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Tour Down Under 2024 Route stage 6: Unley - Mount Lofty

The route climbs from the gun on the short but explosive climb to Windy Point, which is a 3.8 kilometres ascent with maximum gradients of 20%. Within the first 20 kilometres the second climb is also crested and the route then continues on undulating terrain to the finishing circuit around Mount Lofty.

The riders enter the loop in Aldgate and continue through Stirling and Crafers to the summit of Mount Lofty. This section goes entirely uphill, although the actual KOM is only 1.3 kilometres long and averaging 7.3%. The steepest part – 13.3% – sits in the final kilometre.

Two more climbs up Mount Lofty are on the cards, both at the end of a 25 kilometres loop through the Adelaide Hills.

Last year, Mount Lofty was first included on the Tour Down Under. Simon Yates outsprinted Jay Vine and Ben O’Connor on the line, while Vine sealed the overall victory.

Two intermediate sprints come with 3, 2 and 1 seconds each, while the first three riders on the line take time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds.

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Another interesting read: results 6th stage and final GC 2024 Tour Down Under.

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Sprint | mylor (56.1 km), sprint | uraidla (79.9 km), points at finish, kom sprint (1) windy point (3.8 km), kom sprint (1) mount lofty (69.5 km), kom sprint (1) mount lofty (98.2 km), youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 21 January 2024
• Start time: 11:19 (01:49 CET)
• Avg. speed winner: 41.481 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 128.2 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.C1.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 110
• Vert. meters: 2344
• Departure: Unley
• Arrival: Mount Lofty
• Race ranking: 51
• Startlist quality score: 374
• Won how: Sprint of 4 riders
• Avg. temperature: 22 °C

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17-26 JANUARY 2025 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

The stages are set.

Adelaide is where global cycling gathers to start each season. It’s a chance for riders to leave their wintry European bases and compete under the summer sun, to earn crucial points and be cheered on by passionate fans.

The 2025 Santos Tour Down Under stages are a blend of tradition and innovation as the race covers 1198 kilometres across South Australia. 

Guide to the 2025 Santos Tour Down Under Men's Stages

Paying homage to the event’s rich history as Australia's greatest cycling race, the men’s fast-paced final city stage returns to the lineup after a seven year hiatus. Willunga Hill will feature once again but with a twist - the men will race down it before facing it again in two ascents.

Guide to the 2025 Santos Tour Down Under Womens Stages

Tougher climbs and longer stages await riders as the Santos Tour Down Under women’s race returns for its third year at the highest level of international competition. We're adding new challenges for riders out to earn the season’s first points.

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Hillside Social – it’s giving milestone year energy! Secure the best spot atop Willunga Hill and watch a champion reign supreme while soaking up the atmosphere with a cold beverage in hand. A local DJ will bring the vibes so get loud and cheer on the riders as they approach the toughest climb in the race – it’s time to party, TDU style.

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Unley - Mount Lofty Riders & Results

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Vine wins Tour Down Under, Yates takes final stage

Vine finishes second on the Mount Lofty finale, O'Connor third

Jay Vine (Team UAE Emirates) has won the 2023 Tour Down Under despite losing the final stage of the Tour Down Under in a two-up sprint against Simon Yates (Team Jayco AlUla) in Mount Lofty. 

The 27-year-old becomes the ninth Australian to win the race and first since Richie Porte in 2019. Jay Vine is also the first rider since Daryl Impey in 2018 to win the race overall without claiming a stage win. 

“It’s pretty incredible to be standing here wearing this jersey,” Vine said after the stage, flanked by his wife Bre. 

On the undulating course around the Adelaide Hills, the GC battle came to life in the final two kilometres as Yates launched the stage winning move with Vine and Ben O’Connor (Ag2R-Citroën) the only riders capable of following the Briton. As the trio started to look at each other with the finish line in sight, it was Vine who was first to launch. On the fast dip down to the finish line, Yates surged past for the victory with Vine yards in arrears and O’Connor at two seconds. 

Yates’ win was the first for Jayco AlUla at its home race since 2019. 

“We came here with a lot of ambition. We didn't walk away with the overall but we can be really happy with the stage,” Yates said. “The only thing I could change was the prologue in the rain." 

The time bonus wasn’t enough for Yates to take the ochre jersey off Vine as he finished 11 seconds off the Australian. Despite missing the winning move, Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) held on to his podium position, finishing third at 27 seconds. 

The win is Vine’s first career stage race of his career and second victory in his so far short tenure with Team UAE Emirates following his debut Australian time trial victory in Ballarat. 

The points classification was won by Michael Matthews Team Jayco AlUla) while the mountains classification went to Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost). The best young rider jersey went to 20-year-old Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), who also finished fourth overall. UAE Team Emirates won the team classification.

How it unfolded

Starting in Unley, it was a long neutral zone roll out through the suburbs of Adelaide for the 129-rider peloton. Devil’s Elbow on Mt Barker Road marked the start of the stage with first of the short-lived attacks from KOM leader Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost). 

Despite the aggressive start to the stage, with numerous teams looking to make the breakaway, the peloton was all together as they passed under the finish line gantry for the first of five crossings. 

Looking to extend his points jersey lead, Michael Matthews (Jayco-Alula) initiated a five-man breakaway to take the maximum points at the sprint point in front of the Uraidla Hotel. The quintet’s lead was short lived with the riders quickly back in the bunch as the peloton continued its laps around the Adelaide HIlls. A 13-rider group jumped off the front of the peloton, slowly building its lead over the strung out peloton. 

The composition of the break was Michael Hepburn (Jayco-AlUlla), Paul Lapeira (AG2R-Citroën), Matthew Dinham and Chris Hamilton (Team DSM), Francois Bidard and Victor Lafay (Cofidis), Marco Haller (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mathis Le Berre (Arkea-Samsic), Timo Roosen (Jumbo-Visma), Ben Swift (Ineos-Grenadiers), Marc Brustenga (Trek-Segafredo), Johan Jacobs (Movistar)and dual Commonwealth Games cross-country gold medallist Sam Gaze (Alpecin-Fenix). 

On the second crossing of the finish line and first offering of KOM points, it was Jacobs from the breakaway who took the maximum points. At the head of the peloton, Soudal-Quickstep and Bahrain-Victorious took on the pace making duties with the breakaway hovering between 25 and 51 seconds on the undulating course. 

With the breakaway holding, it was at the back of the peloton where the damage was being done with a large number of riders almost ten minutes in arrears half-way into the stage.At the second and final sprint point on the penultimate lap of the stage, it was Hepburn taking the maximum points with little interest from his breakaway companions. Behind the breakaway, AG2R joined in the pace making to reduce the lead under 20 seconds. 

With 30km to race, the breakaway was back in the sights of the peloton and the catch by the Luke Plapp lead peloton was made on the penultimate ascent of Mount Lofty. The bunch then content to roll over the line at the KOM with Plapp pocketing the points. The prize on offer next time the bunch came through would be stage honours. The race was only briefly back together as the counter attacks came thick and fast. 

A group of ten riders quickly jumped twenty seconds clear of the peloton. The group of Mattia Cattaneo (Soudal-QuickStep), Chris Harper (Jayco AlUla), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain-Victorious), Dorian Godon (AG2R-Citroën), Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Fenix), Kim Heiduk (Ineos-Grenadiers), Ewen Costiou (Arkea-Samsic), Jonas Rutsch (EF Education First-EasyPost), and Dinham for the second time today, posed no threat to Vine’s lead. Cattaneo, the best placed of the challengers at 1:06 minutes, was the first to try solo away for victory with Costiou the next rider to roll the dice. 

With a little under 10km left in the stage and the 2023 edition of the Tour Down Under, the race was all back together as the long line of the peloton snaked through Algate. Vine was comfortable sitting on the wheel of his teammate George Bennett with Jayco-AlUla driving the pace via Luke Durbridge with the team looking to set up Yates. 

In the final run into Mount Lofty, the colours at the head of the peloton continued to change from black to white to fluoro to yellow with the only constant the ochre of Vine’s leaders jersey. After a monster pull by Rohan Dennis, Bryan Coquard made a brief cameo before Yates made his move with 1.8km to race. As the trio quickly rode away from the select peloton, Vine and O’Connor letting Yates set the pace, a touch of wheels by the pursuers brought down the likes of Milan Vader (Jumbo-Visma). 

The damage had already been done by Yates as the trio stormed their way to the line. The only question left to answer in the race was whether Vine could add a stage win to his palmares. Yates' celebration providing a clear answer to that question.

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Santos Tour Down Under - Schwalbe Men's Stage 6 Start

Riders from across the globe will gather on King William Road Hyde Park for the race start, the final leg of the men's event, where the riders will head to the Adelaide Hills for a finish at Mount Lofty.

Get along to King William Road for breakfast to enjoy the event atmosphere, which will start building from 9.20am with the arrival of the Tour Parade.

The starter's gun will fire at 11.10am to officially start the race.

For more information about the Santos Tour Down Under, visit tourdownunder.com.au

• Sunday, 21 January 2024 | 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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