Tour Down Under 2025
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Date | January 21-26, 2025 |
Distance | 830.6km |
Start location | Prospect |
Finish location | Adelaide |
Category | WorldTour |
- See also: Women's Tour Down Under 2025
2025 Tour Down Under Results
Stage 6: Jhonatan Narvaez wins Tour Down Under / As it happened
Equadorian Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) secured his first-ever WorldTour overall title on the final day of racing at Tour Down Under, crossing the finish of stage 6 safely with the ochre leader's jersey on his back in Adelaide. He improved from second overall last year. Sam Welsford (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) won the sprint on the final stage, earning his third stage victory of the week.
Stage 5: Jhonatan Narvaez wins atop Willunga and secures leader's jersey / As it happened
Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprinted to the stage 5 win atop Willunga Hill on Saturday and with it put on the overall leader's jersey with one day to go. Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) finished second and Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) took third, leaving Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) in fourth from the four-rider confrontation atop the signature climb.
Stage 4: Bryan Coquard holds off Phil Bauhaus to take the win / As it happened
Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) held off a late charge by Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Jhonathan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) in a chaotic sprint to win stage 4 of the Tour Down Under in Victor Harbor.
Race leader Javier Romo (Movistar) finished safely in the group and retained the lead in the general classification ahead of the decisive stage 5 which features Willunga Hill.
Stage 3: Javier Romo wins stage 3 with late race solo attack / As it happened
Javier Romo (Movistar) launched an attack on the descent of Knotts Hill with 6km to go to win stage 3 of the Tour Down Under in Uraidla. He sustained a gap with the bold acceleration to hold off the reduced peloton by five seconds, the group led by Jhonathan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) in second place and of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) in third.
It was the first UCI victory for Romo, and he also claimed the ochre leader's jersey with eight seconds on Narvaez.
Stage 2: Sam Welsford survives early crash to win in Tanunda / As it happened
A battered and bruised Sam Welsford (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) received a perfect lead out from his teammates to take his second win in so many days at the 2025 Tour Down Under, increasing his lead in the overall classification.
Welsford retained the ochre leader’s jersey with Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty) in second place and Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease A Bike) in third. Both are tied at 14 seconds back.
Stage 1: Sam Welsford sprints to victory in chaotic finish / As it happened
Sam Welsford of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe claimed victory on stage 1 of the Tour Down Under after launching his sprint early and holding off his rivals in a chaotic finale. He also claimed the first ochre leader’s jersey of the six-day race.
Men's Tour Down Under information
The Australian six-stage event, centred in Adelaide, winds its way across South Australian roads in the height of the southern hemisphere summer, delivering a usually sweltering opener to a new WorldTour season.
The race, which was first held in 1999 and has been part of the WorldTour since 2008, starts in Prospect on January 21 and concludes in Adelaide on January 26 in 2025.
The race is often a place where Australian riders rise to the top, putting their best foot forward as they return from Europe to race on home soil, but with the strong international field delivered by its WorldTour status, there is no guarantee they will have it all their way.
Previous winners include Simon Gerrans, who has won the title on four occasions in 2012, 2014, 2006, and 2016. Tied for twice winning the overall title is Richie Porte in 2017 and 2020, Stuart O'Grady in 1999 and 2001, Daryl Impey in 2018 and 2019, and Andre Greipel in 2010 and 2008.
Since its inception in 1999, the race was cancelled for two editions due to COVID-19 in 2021 and 2020. The most recent overall champion was Stephen Williams in 2024.
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2025 Men's Tour Down Under start list
Find the men's 2025 Tour Down Under start list here.
2025 Men's Tour Down Under stages
- Stage 1: Prospect - Gumeracha, 150.7km
- Stage 2: Tanunda - Tanunda, 128.8km
- Stage 3: Norwood - Uraidla, 147.5km
- Stage 4: Glenelg - Victor Harbor, 157.2km
- Stage 5: McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 145.7km
- Stage 6: Adelaide - Adelaide, 90km
2025 Men's Tour Down Under schedule
Date | Stage | Start time (ACDT) | Finish time (ACDT) |
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January 21, 2025 | Stage 1 | 11:10 | 15:26 |
January 22, 2025 | Stage 2 | 11:10 | 14:23 |
January 23, 2025 | Stage 3 | 11:10 | 15:30 |
January 24, 2025 | Stage 4 | 11:10 | 15:21 |
January 25, 2025 | Stage 5 | 11:10 | 14:53 |
January 26, 2025 | Stage 6 | 13:30 | 15:30 |
Races
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Tour Down Under 202518 January 2025 - 26 January 2025 | South Australia | WorldTour
Latest Content on the Race

‘You can turn your brain off, they’ll do the whole thing for you’: Welsford praises Bora-Hansgrohe Tour Down Under leadout
By Sophie Smith published
News The fight for Welsford’s wheel on stage 3 was more intense than the sprint to the line

Caleb Ewan feeling the pressure ahead of final Tour Down Under sprint
By Sophie Smith published
News Australian lost teammate Luke Plapp to a crash and has a final chance to win a sprint in Port Elliot on Friday

Luke Plapp crashes on stage 3 of Tour Down Under, finishes with 'lots of skin lost'
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian national champion at bottom of pile of tangled up riders that crashed on Gorge Road

100km out front, sit up, go again – Chasing Tour Down Under KOM points
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian National Team’s Luke Burns shifts into lead of the climber's competition after 100km two-man break on stage 2

Girmay stalled by Alaphilippe clash in chaotic Tour Down Under finale
By Sophie Smith published
News Eritrean takes fourth on stage to move into points jersey

‘What could have been’ – Luke Plapp’s Tour Down Under attack foiled by presence of Narvaez
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian told not to work with former Ineos Grenadiers teammate and risk giving GC rival a time advantage

‘Pogacar-esque’: Isaac Del Toro shows he could be cycling’s next big thing
By Sophie Smith published
News The Mexican neo-pro was compared to teammate Tadej Pogacar after winning stage two of the Tour Down Under

‘I was the best from the rest’ - Bauhaus makes most of unlucky situation
By Sophie Smith published
News German sprinter takes second at Tour Down Under opener, relying on Jack Haig to help lead him out after his team took multiple hits
Top News on the Race
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A mountains jersey that could launch a pro career? Fergus Browning dominates Tour Down Under climbers classification
'The exposure I've had has just been exactly what I needed … I'm really looking forward to what's to come' -
Sam Welsford eyes Tour de France berth after trio of stage wins in Tour Down Under
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe sprinter puts his hands up for first maillot jaune -
'It hasn't cost me' - Luke Plapp raced with injured wrist in Tour Down Under
Jayco-AlUla rider says he crashed in training on Mount Buffalo in December and re-aggravated old injury
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Lidl-Trek's Juan Pedro Lopez ejected from Tour Down Under for sticky bottle
Team accepts decision after Spaniard takes a tow from neutral assistance moto -
‘A good start to the season but I wanted more’ – Step back for Oscar Onley on Tour Down Under’s Willunga Hil
Picnic Post NL rider takes second on stage 5 and moves up to fourth overall, 15 seconds back from race leader Jhonatan Narváez -
'In this race, I think this gap is a lot' – Narváez ready to cancel the sting of second place at Tour Down Under
A nine seconds gap before final stage means Ecuadorian champion is set to claim overall victory in first race with UAE Team Emirates-XRG
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Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe deliver Tour Down Under podium for Finn Fisher-Black
Team's plan comes to fruition on stage 5 to Willunga Hill but another crash costs points leader Welsford -
'We had big plans and didn't pull it off, but we tried' - Jayco-AlUla go all in at Tour Down Under
Plapp patient after missing crosswind split but not able to top Narvaez atop Willunga Hill -
Lidl-Trek back 18-year-old Albert Philipsen for key Tour Down Under stage to Willunga Hill
Young Dane shows inexperience in hectic stage 4 but remains the best young rider in seventh overall
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