Thursday, January 2, 2025
The official begin record for the 2025 Santos Tour Down Beneath has been revealed, showcasing a star-studded lineup that features eight reigning nationwide champions from each the boys’s and girls’s pelotons.
Celebrating its twenty fifth version, Australia’s premier biking race guarantees thrilling competitors on the streets of South Australia this January.
Among the many standout names, reigning Canadian Nationwide Champion Michael Woods will return to South Australia for the primary time since 2019.
Becoming a member of him are Italian Nationwide Champion Alberto Bettiol and three-time Australian Nationwide Highway Race Champion Luke Plapp, each making their fifth look within the occasion.
Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narváez, the runner-up within the 2024 version, is about to compete after a powerful yr that included his second Ecuadorian Nationwide Highway Race title and a stage win on the Giro d’Italia.
Swiss Nationwide Champion Mauro Schmid will race for Group Jayco AlUla, whereas French Nationwide Champion Paul Lapeira will lead Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale Group.
Within the girls’s peloton, three nationwide champions will likely be racing, together with Australian champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon. New Zealand’s 2024 Girls’s Nationwide Champion Ella Wyllie and Swiss champion Noemi Rüegg are additionally poised so as to add to their nationwide successes on the worldwide stage.
The lads’s race will function headline names comparable to Geraint Thomas, Sam Welsford, defending champion Stephen Williams, and 2023 champion Jay Vine. Making their Santos Tour Down Beneath debuts are biking luminaries Michal Kwiatkowski, the 2014 World Champion, and Dylan Van Baarle, the 2022 Paris-Roubaix winner.
Within the girls’s competitors, reigning Tour de France Queen of the Mountain Justine Ghekiere will compete alongside 2024 Olympic gold medalist Chloe Dygert and Olympic silver medalist Ally Wollaston, who returns after her Stage 1 victory in 2024. Native favourite and former stage winner Alexandra Manly may also be a part of the 110-rider area.
Race Director Stuart O’Grady OAM expressed his enthusiasm for the occasion, highlighting the distinctive expertise on show.
“Having eight reigning national champions across the men’s and women’s pelotons demonstrates the incredible depth and quality in our field for this milestone 25th anniversary,” O’Grady mentioned.
“With stars like Justine Ghekiere, Chloe Dygert, Michal Kwiatkowski, and Dylan Van Baarle, we are set for some unforgettable racing this summer.”
Biking followers can sit up for an exciting showcase of worldwide expertise because the 2025 Santos Tour Down Beneath kicks off in January.
