Stage 1 is underway, beginning with a 12.6km impartial part. Today’s course is predicted to favour the sprinters with a quick end in Gumeracha.
For stage 1 of the Tour Down Under, racers will head north from Prospect to Williamstown, tackling Gorge Road at Paracombe as their opening climb of the day earlier than turning again in direction of the Adelaide Hills and the stage end in Gumeracha. The peloton to cross by way of the primary time host city Gumeracha twice and return for a livid push to the road after 150.7km of racing and 2386 metres of elevation acquire.
For its twenty fifth version, the opening WorldTour race goes again to its earlier components, with extra enjoyable for the sprinters mixed with three phases that provide the potential to create gaps within the GC. Stage 3 will take the racers over Norton Summit, and a brand new climb – Knott’s Hill – a fierce tilts as much as a punishing 22.2% grade that will probably be tackled twice, stage 4 to Victor Harbor, and the double ascent of the enduring Willunga Hill on stage 5.
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ dwell protection of the Tour Down Under, the primary occasion of the WorldTour. Stage 1 begins at 11:10am native time or 12:30am GMT and finishes roughly 4 and a half hours later.