Tour Down Under 2020: Schwalbe Classic preview
Map, profile and Mat Hayman's guide
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Schwalbe Classic: Adelaide51km | Adelaide - Adelaide
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Stage 1150km | Tanunda - Tanunda
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Stage 2135.8km | Woodside - Stirling
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Stage 3131km | Unley - Paracombe
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Stage 4152.8km | Norwood - Murray Bridge
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Stage 5149.1km | Glenelg - Victor Harbor
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Stage 6151.5km | McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill
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Mat Hayman's view
This is more than just a criterium because it's the first real roll-out for a lot of riders on new teams. For many of the Australians, they've already raced at the national championships, but for the rest of the peloton, a lot of riders will have arrived with new squads and new equipment. For everyone involved it's always good to have this little hit-out before the Tour Down Under starts a couple of days later.
This year it's a slightly different circuit with an extra corner thrown in, but it's just such a fast route that the break, which invariably forms, has very little chance of staying away. I tried last year as I was about to retire, but it didn't really happen because it's just so fast along those wide streets.
I was involved with a few wins there, with Team Sky and Mitchelton, and it's a great feeling to win and start the week with that momentum, so teams with sprinters will be treating this as a really competitive outing.
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