Date | January 17-19, 2025 |
Distance | 322.8km |
Start location | Brighton |
Finish location | Stirling |
Category | Women's WorldTour |
Previous edition winnner | Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) |
Noemi Rüegg wins Women's Tour Down Under as Chloé Dygert sprints to stage 3 victory / As it happened: Swiss champion wins Women's Tour Down Under as stage 3 ends in sprint
Swiss racer Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) captured the overall victory at the 2025 Women's Tour Down Under. The 23-year-old scored her first career Women's WorldTour win with the triumph, setting it up on stage 2 up Willunga Hill.
Having finished sixth on the opening stage, she soloed home inside the final kilometre on Willunga to beat SIlke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) by 10 seconds. On the third and final stage in Stirling, she finished among the lead group to secure the overall win, 13 seconds up on Smulders, as Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) took the stage win.
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2025 Women's Tour Down Under Information
2025 Women's Tour Down Under start list
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2025 Women's Tour Down Under Route
The iconic Willunga Hill, which has traditionally been used in the men's race, was added to the women's parcours in 2024. The climb will return in the 2025 edition but will feature at the end of the second stage of the three-day event held from January 17-19.
The racing will begin with a 101.9km race from Brighton to Snapper Point. The second day of the race will be the most decisive of the three days as the peloton tackles 115km from Unley to the top of Willunga Hill. The stage race will conclude with a 105.9km stage in Stirling.
Newly added to the menu of racing this year is the Schwalbe Women’s One-Day Classic, which will be held on January 26, giving riders a valuable extra chance to secure crucial UCI points as they begin the season. The route will be 20 laps of a 4.5km circuit around King William Street, War Memorial Drive and Montefiore Hill. The city skyline is set to provide a sparkling backdrop for this fast-paced women's classic.
2025 Women's Tour Down Under Schedule
Date | Stage | Start time (ACDT) | Finish time (ACDT) |
|---|---|---|---|
Friday January 17, 2025 | Stage 1 | 11:10 | 14:08 |
Saturday January 18, 2025 | Stage 2 | 11:10 | 14:45 |
Sunday January 19, 2025 | Stage 3 | 11:10 | 14:07 |
Sunday, January 26, 2025 | Schwalbe Women's One-Day Classic | 10:00 | 12:30 |
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Women's Tour Down Under17 January 2025 - 19 January 2025 | South Australia | Women's WorldTour
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