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Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: Route, how to watch and start list
Road racing is back, and pro cycling is on the road again. The 2025 season gets underway with the Women’s Tour Down Under, where fans will get to see refreshed riders and kits. The race, now in its eighth official edition, begins on Friday 17th January in Brighton and consists of three stages, finishing on Sunday 19th January in Stirling.
Last year’s Women’s Tour Down under was won by Australian Sarah Gigante by 20 seconds. Gigante described it as her ‘best moment on the bike‘ but will not be back to defend her title. Third place finisher Neve Bradbury will take to the start line alongside riders including Tour de France Femmes polka dot jersey Justine Ghekiere and Chloé Dygert as well as a host of the peloton’s Australians and New Zealanders.
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: Key information
- Dates: 17th-19th January
- Start: Brighton, South Australia
- Finish: Stirling, South Australia
- Stages: Three
- Television coverage: Eurosport, Discovery+, Seven Network
- 2024 winner: Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal)
- Most wins: Amanda Spratt (three)
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025 route
The Women’s Tour Down Under sticks mainly to the Adelaide area in South Australia, so many of the locations in the 2025 edition will be familiar to previous viewers of both the women’s and men’s race.
A one-day race will take place in Adelaide a week after the finish of the three-day Women’s WorldTour race, part of a wider ten-day festival of cycling that also includes the Men’s Tour Down Under.
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: Stage-by-stage preview
Stage 1: Friday 17th January, Brighton – Aldinga, 101.9km
The first sprint of the race comes 35km into the day, with the 9.6km Heatherdale Hill at the halfway mark towards Aldinga Beach. A sprint finish with potential for crosswinds awaits.
Stage 2: Saturday 18th January, Unley – Willunga Hill, 115km
Stage 2 gets tougher with the peloton immediately climbing towards the Windy Point climb. The day ends with a double ascent up the legendary Willunga Hill, which was the finishing point of last year’s race and saw Gigante put in a blistering attack to win.
Stage 3: Sunday 19th January, Stirling – Stirling, 105.9km
Although day two will see some big gaps forming, it should all come down to Stage 3, which involves five laps of a circuit in Stirling that takes in the ascent of Stirling Climb at the end of each lap. It’s therefore an uphill finish, and a repeat of the end of last year’s Stage 2, which saw Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig take the win on the climb.
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: Live TV and streaming guide
The Women’s Tour Down Under will be available to watch in the UK on Eurosport and Discovery+. Discovery+ costs £6.99 for the more basic package, which includes cycling and all the other Eurosport programmes.
In Australia you can catch the action on 7plus and 7mate. In New Zealand it’s being shown on Sky.
Elsewhere coverage will be on SuperSport in Africa; NBC in the United States; FloBikes in the US and Canada; Eurosport, J Sports (Japan) and Zhibo (China) in Asia Pacific and Oceania; Eurosport, L’Équipe (France), TV2 (Denmark) and rtve (Spain) in Europe; ESPN in Latin America; and Abu Dhabi Sport TV in the Middle East.
If it’s not being shown in your country you may be able to watch coverage using a VPN – Virtual Private Network – which allows users to mask their IP address and watch geo-blocked content, provided they don’t need to pay for a subscription. This is also helpful for watching paid-for coverage while travelling abroad in countries without access. One such example is ExpressVPN, which is very well reviewed, helps users to find way to watch cycling without having to pay for broadcasters services, and costs £5.36 per month with three-months free.
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: TV and streaming times
Stage 1: Friday 17th January
Eurosport and Discovery+: 00:30-4:00 GMT
7mate: 11:00-14:30 ACDT
Stage 2: Saturday 13th January
Eurosport and Discovery+: 00:30-4:30 GMT
7mate: 11:00-15:00 ACDT
Stage 3: Sunday 14th January
Eurosport and Discovery+: 00:30-4:00 GMT
7TWO: 11:00-15:00 ACDT
7HD, Seven: 12:00-15:00
Women’s Tour Down Under 2025: The favourites
After a podium last year, Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) will be eyeing the top step as the race leaves Brighton. There’s also Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) who is aiming for more stage wins this season and Tour de France Femmes stage winner Justine Ghekiere.
Home favourites include Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla) and teammate Amber Pate, who recently secured the Aussie crit national title and a second place in the time-trial. Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) lines up alongside Kiwi teammate Niamh Fisher-Black.
Women’s Tour Down Under 2024 start list
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