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The Tour Down Under is the premier cycling race in Australia. Raced over six stages each year, the event sees some of the biggest names in the sport head to the country.
It’s raced in South Australia, with all of the stages starting and finishing within two hours drive of Adelaide.
It also features a criterium classic, which is raced on the Sunday night before the race itself begins.
The 2019 edition ran from Tuesday, January 15 until Sunday, January 20. South Africa’s Daryl Impey won the 2019 tour, becoming the first person in race history to win in successive years.
2019 Tour Down Under route
Stage
Route
Distance
Date
Stage 1
North Adelaide to Port Adelaide
129km
Tuesday, January 15
Stage 2
Norwood to Angaston
122.1km
Wednesday, January 16
Stage 3
Lobethal to Uraidla
146.2km
Thursday, January 17
Stage 4
Unley to Athelstone
129.2km
Friday, January 18
Stage 5
Glenelg to Strathalbyn
149.5 km
Saturday, January 19
Stage 6
McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill
151.5 km
Sunday, January 20
2018 Tour Down Under
The 2018 Tour Down Under was spread across six stages, each throwing up different challenges for the riders. The race was ran from January 13 to 21 and was won by Daryl Impey.
The South African, riding for the Michelton-Scott team, won the race by way of a countback over home crowd favourite Richie Porte (BMC Racing), who almost claimed the prize during Stage 5 up Willunga Hill. Instead, the two finished with exactly the same time at the end of the six days with neither able to get among the time bonuses on the final stage around Adelaide.
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The podium was rounded out by Tom-Jelte Slagter (Team Dimension Data), with the Dutchman finishing 16 seconds behind.
The mountain honours were claimed by Nicholas Dlamini (Dimension Data), while the sprinter’s jersey was won by Slovakian Peter Sagan of Team Bora–Hansgrohe.
