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Santos Tour Down Under

Sprint | angaston (24.5 km), sprint | angaston (73.9 km), points at finish, kom sprint (4) menglers hill (32 km), kom sprint (4) menglers hill (81.3 km), kom sprint (4) menglers hill (130.7 km), youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 16 January 2024
• Start time: 11:17 (01:47 CET)
• Avg. speed winner: 41.955 km/h
• Classification: 2.UWT
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 144 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.C1.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 27
• Vertical meters: 1381
• Departure: Tanunda
• Arrival: Tanunda
• Race ranking: 51
• Startlist quality score: 374
• Won how: Sprint of large group
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2024 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 1 Race Report

• 12 January 2024
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How the race finished

Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) sprinted to her first win on the Women’s World Tour in the opening stage of the 2024 Tour Down Under. Georgia Baker (Liv Alula Jayco) and Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) completed the podium.

Full results are available below.

How it happened

The 93.9km stage started in the historic town of Hahndorf, with the first part of the stage rolling in a loop through the Adelaide Hills towns, before swinging east towards the finish in Campbelltown. The race got off to a relatively quiet start, with riders seemingly cautious and wanting to use their energy wisely on what was pegged to be a stage for the sprinters. 

The peloton rolled through the first of the two intermediate sprint points for the day intact, with newly crowned Australian national champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv Alula Jayco) picking up the points ahead of teammate Georgia Baker and Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ). 

Finally seeing an opportunity, Matilda Reynolds (Team Bridgelane) attacked straight after the intermediate sprint. She was quickly joined by India Grangier (Coop-Repsol) and Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health) and the trio developed a small lead over the peloton. Kate Richardson (Lifeplus Wahoo) tried to jump across, and despite the relatively small gaps, found herself in for a long chase, caught between the two groups and the lead trio pushed on.

On the long straight into the base of the first categorised climb of the day, the peloton eased a little, and for Richardson, the trio were visible, a tantalising 10 seconds up ahead. On the short, steep climb Ragusa proved strongest, claiming maximum points ahead of Grangier and Reynolds. A few kilometres later, Richardson finally made contact with the leading trio.

The quartet increased their lead to over three minutes, with Ragusa also claiming the maximum points at the second intermediate sprint ahead of Grangier and Reynolds. At around 40 kilometres to go the peloton behind increased the pace, and the gap to the breakaway began to drop away. Taking three from three, Ragusa then stamped her claim on the QoM jersey by also proving strongest over the second categorised climb of the day. 

Reynolds, who had initiated the breakaway after the first intermediate sprint, used the final categorised climb to launch another attack – this time going solo with 35 kilometres remaining. As the peloton closed in on the break, Ragusa suffered a mechanical that saw her time out front come to an end, and Grangier and Richardson were caught shortly after. 

With around 20 km remaining, Reynolds held a solo lead of 1 minute over the peloton. A few nerves in the first race of the year saw a handful of small crashes in the bunch, but everyone seemed able to continue. On the high speed descent down Gorge Road the peloton reeled Reynolds back without much effort, and at 9km to go it was all back together. 

Lidl-Trek and AG Insurance-Soudal Team led the peloton, with Canyon//SRAM Racing, FDJ-Suez and Liv Alula Jayco all coming to the front to position their sprinters. With 2km to go Liv Alula Jayco and Lidl-Trek held the front, one team on each side of the road in the drag race to the line. Riders from both teams began to drop, and as they came over the small punch climb and under the 1km to go banner the lead out trains were barely intact. Roseman-Gannon dropped off Baker for the sprint, taking the line up the barriers, but Wollaston launched straight up the centre and powered away to win by more than a bike length, taking her first win on the Women’s World Tour. 

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Welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of stage 1 of the Tour Down Under, a 149km stage around Tanunda. The stage starts at 11:30am local time or 2:00am CET and 8pm EST and finishes roughly four hours later.

We're just moments away from the start of Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under. At 150km, today's stage is the second longest of this year's edition and will be one slated for the sprinters. 

Today's stage starts and finishes in Tanunda and 139 riders are rolling through the neutral at the moment. The big crowds in Tanunda will see the peloton fly by four times. 

It looks like race director, Stuart O'Grady, is slowing down the peloton due to a rider receiving help for a mechanical. Once the rider is back in the bunch, the former sprinter will drop the red flag to indicate the official start. 

And we have our first attack coming from the Australian champion Luke Plapp.

But Plapp is reabsorbed and there's a counter from Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche).

But that move was also brought back and it's all together at the moment. The sprinters' teams are policing the front, along with EF Education First who are protecting their race leader, Alberto Bettiol. 

The weather is an unusual sight for the so often hot TDU, with riders setting off in mild overcast conditions and a forecast top of just 24 degrees in Adelaide. Those stocking sales might not peak as much as normal in Adelaide this year, with riders unlikely to be as quick to reach for the ice packed hosiery to keep them cool. 

Nans Peters (AG2R) has taken off up the road, but no one seems keen to join him. 

Lots of chatting in the main bunch at this point in the race. No one team is leading the bunch. 

The peloton is approaching 127km to go, with Nans Peters up the road for AG2R. 

Caleb Ewan has dropped back to his team car. It looks like he is thinking about changing to his spare bike. 

Peters already has a 2'45" advantage on the peloton with 122km to go. 

The reports are that Peters is edging an advantage up to five minutes at this point. EF Education First have come to the front to manage this time gap. 

It looks like there's a small pileup toward the back of the peloton with Phil Bauhaus involved. He's up and moving again. 

The peloton isn't going full flight at the moment, so the riders caught up in this crash don't have to panic. There's still 116km to go. 

Nans Peters (AG2R) is off the front with a 4'20 second advantage on the peloton. 

110 km to go

The riders are flying toward the finish line in Tanunda for the first time.

Nans Peters will of course be the first back into town. He's about 4'15" ahead of the peloton. 

EF Education First are still at the front, but other teams are starting to fall in line besides them to try and pick up the second and third place in the first ZipTrack intermediate sprint. 

Bettiol is contesting this, but he's caught back a little way. Israel Premier Tech is in control of the front.

Peters picked up the 3 points and three bonus seconds, and back in the peloton, Michael Matthews outsprinted Ethan Hayter for second. 

EF Education First is back on the front after the excitement of the first intermediate sprint. 

100km to go

With 100km to go, the gap to Peters is down to 2 minutes after the speeds going into Tanunda. 

It's been reported that Paddy Bevin (Bora Hansgrohe) had to abandon the race following some injuries he sustained a couple of days ago. 

The gap keeps dropping down for Peters, who at one point had a lead of almost five minutes. It's now sitting inside two minutes with just 1.5km to go before the base of the KOM climb. 

And of course, Peters gets the max KOM points the first time over Menglers Hill (Cat. 4). 

82 km to go

Peters has his head down as he goes across the finish line once again. That's the third time through Tanunda. He takes a bidon since there are no intermediate sprint opportunities this lap. Next lap will be the second and final intermediate sprint. 

With 75km to go, the gap is looking very slender to Peters. It looks like they'll have the French rider back by the time they come back around for the intermediate sprint. 

Today's pre-race favourite, Caleb Ewan (AUS) has his Australian National team all around him. 

The young 20-year-old American, Magnus Sheffield (Ineos), is currently in the best young rider jersey after yesterday's prologue.

James Moriaty (Australia National Team) is leading the peloton for the team's sprinter, and possible stage winner, Caleb Ewan. 

Now Israel - Premier Tech are leading the charge with Chris Froome at the front. However, Peters has nosed out a bit more time, and now sits at 1'37."

There are still two circuits to come, and the gap is down to 40 seconds. EF Education First has done most of the work in bringing Peters' time down to within striking distance. 

And there's a crash toward the back of the peloton. It affected about 6 riders, and the race isn't hanging around. The peloton is setting up for the intermediate sprint, so it's going to be a challenge to catch back on.

It's all together and the bunch is still about a kilometre away from the intermediate, but already the elbows are flying as the teams get their sprinters in position.

Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech) takes the max points in the intermediate sprint ahead of Michael Matthews, who takes two bonus seconds, and Ethan Hayer gets one. 

Italian Mattia Cattaneo and James Knox (GBR) of Team Soudal Quick-Step have a chat earlier in the stage. We have less than 50km left in the stage. 

Jumbo Visma is starting to organise their train behind EF Education First. 

The peloton has calmed a bit now before preparing for the final opportunity to get points at the KOM. The current leader in that competition is Peters, who got the max points earlier in the race. 

Peters is working his way up through the peloton, despite spending the majority of the stage off the front. He's going to give it a go on this climb. 

Menglers Hill (Cat. 4) is 3.6km long, and averages 3.6 percent. However it does get as steep as 13 percent in places. 

And Nans Peters (AG2R) goes on the attack! But he's tracked down by a small group that includes Leo Hayter. 

Peters is giving it his all toward the top, but it looks like Alessandro Covi (UAE) will take the max points ahead of Lucas Plapp (Ineos). That puts Plapp in the jersey at the end of the stage. 

The peloton passes through Menglers Hill (446m) after the final KOM. Just 30 km remaining in today's stage.

We're heading back into Tanunda and soon the peloton will be on their final lap. EF Education First is still on the front.

They hear the bell for the final lap - 25km to go!

Another crash - this time it's three Jumbo Visma riders and one AG2R rider. 

Robert Gesnik was one of the riders who went down in that fall, and he's told his two teammates not to wait for him. 

The sprinters are making their way up through the peloton. Phil Bauhaus and Caleb Ewan are amongst them.

But they still have one more time up Menglers Hill, and Jumbo Visma are at the front ready to make it as hard as possible. 

Israel Premier Tech is on the left for Corbin Strong, who revealed his form during the second intermediate sprint. We're getting closer to the sprint, just 14km to go. 

Bahrain Victorious is also lined up for Phil Bauhaus, who has a crash early on in the stage. 

And Matthews is also up there with his team. He's on the hunt for the ochre jersey as well as a stage win. Ewan, however, is surfing around teams without any teammates. 

It's getting down to crunch time as the sprinters start to jostle. 

The peloton is swirling around as they reach the flamme rouge. It's anyone's guess who will take this sprint. There isn't much cohesion from any one team.

There's a crash in the middle of the bunch which has stopped many riders. 

And it's a win for Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious)! 

Caleb Ewan (AUS) was second, and Michael Matthews (Jayco-Alula) claimed third. Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First) will stay in the ochre jersey heading into stage 3. 

Phil Bauhaus wins stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under. Alberto Bettiol retains his lead in the ochre leaders jersey. 

In that late crash right before the line, third place Magnus Sheffield (Ineos) went down and sustained cuts on both knees. He didn't go to the podium for best young rider, but seemed okay after medical treatment.

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New Zealand's Ally Wollaston finished powerfully to take the first stage of Australia's Tour Down Under for her first women's WorldTour win in an uphill finish to claim the leader's jersey on Friday.

Wollaston (AG Insurance-Soudal) prevailed in a bunched sprint ahead of Australia's Georgia Baker (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) and Italy's Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team-ADQ) in sapping heat in the 93.9km leg from Hahndorf to Campbelltown.

Wollaston's Powerful Finish and Team Support

"I'm just really proud," Wollaston said. "The girls (team) rode amazing today. I can't thank them enough for the work they did.

"I'm not usually super confident in the bunch, so I struggled quite a lot. But these girls looked after me so well."

Wollaston's win gave her a two-second lead overall from Baker but with sterner uphill tests to come, she is not expecting to hold on to the leader's ochre jersey over the weekend's final two stages.

"We've got a pretty big powerhouse of a team this week. Sarah [Gigante] is our little pocket rocket so we're targeting Sunday for her.

"But for tomorrow we will just try to hold on to the jersey for as long as possible and see what happens."

Three-time winner and favourite to make it four, Australia's Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) lies in 15th place overall after the first stage, 10 seconds down on the leader, and is expected to feature prominently over the final two stages.

Challenges Ahead In The Tour Down Under

This year's event will culminate on Willunga Hill, an exacting climb that is synonymous with the Tour Down Under but has yet to be used by the women's peloton.

It is the summit finish which plays to Spratt's climbing strengths and she is relishing the opportunity to attack the climbs and assert her dominance over the field.

"I was pretty happy with how I am climbing so I'm feeling good for this week," she said.

Defending champion Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez), who finished 10 seconds ahead of her compatriot Spratt to win last year's TDU, lies in 24th place and a similar time behind the leader.

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