2024 Women's Tour Down Under
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| 2024 UCI Women's World Tour, race 1 of 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 12–14 January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 291.5 km (181.1 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 7h 57' 33" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 12 to 14 January. It was the seventh edition of Women's Tour Down Under. The race was the first event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour, the second year it was a part of the World Tour.
The race was won by Australian rider Sarah Gigante of AG Insurance–Soudal.[1]
Sixteen teams took part in the event, including nine UCI Women's WorldTeams, six Women's continental teams and one national team.[2]
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
National Teams
Route
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 12 January | Hahndorf to Campbelltown | 93.9 km (58.3 mi) |  |
Hilly stage |  Ally Wollaston (NZL) |
| 2 | 13 January | Glenelg to Stirling | 104.2 km (64.7 mi) |  |
Hilly stage |  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) |
| 3 | 14 January | Adelaide to Willunga Hill | 93.4 km (58.0 mi) | |
Hilly stage |  Sarah Gigante (AUS) |
| Total | 291.5 km (181.1 mi) | |||||
Stages
Stage 1
- 12 January 2024 — Hahndorf to Campbelltown, 93.9 km (58.3 mi)
The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two Queen of the Mountains (QOM) points also.
Ahead of the first stage, a minute's silence was held to honour Melissa Hoskins who had recently passed away.[4] The first intermediate sprint was 12 km into the race. Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla Jayco) out-sprinted teammate Georgia Baker to take the points and bonus seconds. Then a breakaway of four riders went up the road: Matilda Raynolds (Team Bridgelane), Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health), India Grangier (Team Coop–Repsol) and Kate Richardson (Lifeplus Wahoo). The four worked together with Ragusa winning both QOM sprints to win the jersey for next stage.[5] The peloton caught the break with 9 km to go and set up for the sprint.[6] The Liv AlUla Jayco team led the bunch through the final kilometres trying to set Baker up to win. Roseman-Gannon led Baker into the final 300 metres when Ally Wollaston jumped out from behind Baker to win the stage.
Stage 2
The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two QOM points also.
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Stage 3
- 14 January 2024 — Adelaide to Willunga Hill, 93.4 km (58.0 mi)
The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two category 1 climbs where QOM points were on offer.
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Classification leadership table
| Stage | Winner | General classification [10] |
Mountains classification |
Sprint classification |
Young rider classification |
Team classification |
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| 1[8] | Ally Wollaston | Ally Wollaston | Katia Ragusa | Ally Wollaston | Kristýna Burlová | Lifeplus Wahoo |
| 2 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Sofia Bertizzolo | Francesca Barale | UAE Team ADQ | |
| 3 | Sarah Gigante | Sarah Gigante | Nienke Vinke | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | ||
| Final | Sarah Gigante | Katia Ragusa | Sofia Bertizzolo | Nienke Vinke | Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | |
