Santos Tour Down Under 2026 Australia, Stage Race

Stages: 3
Starters: 88
UCI points: 3,870

Noemi RÜEGG won in 10:27:36, 0:11 ahead of GARCIA, after taking the lead on the last day.

1	N. RÜEGG	10:27:36
2	M. GARCIA	+0:11
3	P. BLASI	+0:14

Points	A. WOLLASTON	65 pts
Mountains	P. BLASI	38 pts

The Women's Tour Down Under is an annual women's professional road cycling stage race held in and around Adelaide, Australia, in January. It is run in conjunction with the men's Tour Down Under and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI Women's WorldTour. The race is organised by Events South Australia and directed by Stuart O'Grady.

Stages

#	Date	Type	Winner	Finish	Gap behind	Start	Finish	Distance	Time	New GC leader
1	17 Jan	Hills	A. WOLLASTONFDJ United - Suez	Bunch sprint	+0:21Bunch sprint	Willunga	Willunga	137 km	3:28:31	A. WOLLASTONleads · 2 stages
2	18 Jan	Hills	A. WOLLASTON 2nd winFDJ United - Suez	Bunch sprint	+0:10Bunch sprint	Magill	Paracombe	131 km	3:35:20
3	19 Jan	Hills	N. RÜEGGEF Education - Oatly	Solo	+0:01Solo	Norwood	Campbelltown	127 km	3:24:02	N. RÜEGGleads · 1 stage

How the GC was won

gap to the leader after each stage, final podium

RÜEGG 10:27:36GARCIA +0:11BLASI +0:14Led from stage 3

Stage 2 decided it: RÜEGG gained 7 seconds on GARCIA.10 of the 11 seconds came from bonus seconds.

General

#	Rider	Time	UCI pts
1	N. RÜEGGEF Education - Oatly EF Education - Oatly	10:27:36	500
2	M. GARCIAUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:11	400
3	P. BLASIUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:14	325
4	D. WLODARCZYKUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:17	275
5	S. VAN DAMTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:25	225
6	N. BUIJSMANHuman Powered Health Human Powered Health	+0:29	175
7	A. SPRATTLidl - Trek Lidl - Trek	s.t.	150
8	E. WYLLIELiv-Alula-Jayco Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.	125
9	M. BENITOAG Insurance - Soudal Team AG Insurance - Soudal Team	s.t.	100
10	L. CLAESFenix-Premier Tech Fenix-Premier Tech	s.t.	85
11	M. OUDEMANTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:31	70
12	J. NELSONTeam Picnic Postnl Team Picnic Postnl	+0:34	60
13	O. BARILMovistar Team Movistar Team	+0:39	50
14	J. CZAPLACanyon//SRAM Zondacrypto Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto	+0:44	40
15	R. REIJNHOUTTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.	35

Rider performance

stage places, log scale

Presets

Stages

N. RÜEGG1 winM. GARCIAbest 2P. BLASIbest 3

Teams

#	Team
1	UAE Team ADQ	1,182	0	2	8	6
2	EF Education - Oatly	663	1	2	3	5
3	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	390	0	0	2	6
4	FDJ United - Suez	230	2	2	2	6
5	Human Powered Health	211	0	0	2	6
6	Lidl - Trek	195	0	0	1	6
7	Liv-Alula-Jayco	190	0	0	2	6
8	AG Insurance - Soudal Team	168	0	0	2	6

Santos Tour Down Under 2026 Australia, Stage Race

Stages: 3
Starters: 88
UCI points: 3,870

All editions

Noemi RÜEGG won in 10:27:36, 0:11 ahead of GARCIA, after taking the lead on the last day.

1	N. RÜEGG	10:27:36
2	M. GARCIA	+0:11
3	P. BLASI	+0:14

Points	A. WOLLASTON	65 pts
Mountains	P. BLASI	38 pts

Stages

#	Date	Type	Winner	Finish	Gap behind	Start	Finish	Distance	Time	New GC leader
1	17 Jan	Hills	A. WOLLASTONFDJ United - Suez	Bunch sprint	+0:21Bunch sprint	Willunga	Willunga	137 km	3:28:31	A. WOLLASTONleads · 2 stages
2	18 Jan	Hills	A. WOLLASTON 2nd winFDJ United - Suez	Bunch sprint	+0:10Bunch sprint	Magill	Paracombe	131 km	3:35:20
3	19 Jan	Hills	N. RÜEGGEF Education - Oatly	Solo	+0:01Solo	Norwood	Campbelltown	127 km	3:24:02	N. RÜEGGleads · 1 stage

How the GC was won

gap to the leader after each stage, final podium

RÜEGG 10:27:36GARCIA +0:11BLASI +0:14Led from stage 3

Stage 2 decided it: RÜEGG gained 7 seconds on GARCIA.10 of the 11 seconds came from bonus seconds.

General

#	Rider	Time	UCI pts
1	N. RÜEGGEF Education - Oatly EF Education - Oatly	10:27:36	500
2	M. GARCIAUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:11	400
3	P. BLASIUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:14	325
4	D. WLODARCZYKUAE Team ADQ UAE Team ADQ	+0:17	275
5	S. VAN DAMTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:25	225
6	N. BUIJSMANHuman Powered Health Human Powered Health	+0:29	175
7	A. SPRATTLidl - Trek Lidl - Trek	s.t.	150
8	E. WYLLIELiv-Alula-Jayco Liv-Alula-Jayco	s.t.	125
9	M. BENITOAG Insurance - Soudal Team AG Insurance - Soudal Team	s.t.	100
10	L. CLAESFenix-Premier Tech Fenix-Premier Tech	s.t.	85
11	M. OUDEMANTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+0:31	70
12	J. NELSONTeam Picnic Postnl Team Picnic Postnl	+0:34	60
13	O. BARILMovistar Team Movistar Team	+0:39	50
14	J. CZAPLACanyon//SRAM Zondacrypto Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto	+0:44	40
15	R. REIJNHOUTTeam Visma \| Lease a Bike Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.	35

Rider performance

stage places, log scale

Presets

Stages

N. RÜEGG1 winM. GARCIAbest 2P. BLASIbest 3

Teams

#	Team
1	UAE Team ADQ	1,182	0	2	8	6
2	EF Education - Oatly	663	1	2	3	5
3	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	390	0	0	2	6
4	FDJ United - Suez	230	2	2	2	6
5	Human Powered Health	211	0	0	2	6
6	Lidl - Trek	195	0	0	1	6
7	Liv-Alula-Jayco	190	0	0	2	6
8	AG Insurance - Soudal Team	168	0	0	2	6

Nations

above or below their numbers

Share of ridersShare of UCI points

Spain+19 pp
Switzerland+14 pp
Poland+7 pp
Canada+4 pp
New Zealand+3 pp
Netherlands−2 pp
Italy−10 pp
Australia−14 pp
0%5%10%15%20%25%

Age

every rider in this race by age, coloured by best result

88 riders with a known ageWinPodiumTop 10RacedYoungest, oldest

Winner N. RÜEGG, 25 · Youngest P. OSTIZ, 19 · Oldest M. GARCIA, 42

Dropouts

riders in the race after each stage

Started 88Finished 72Dropped out 16Finish rate 82%DNFDNSOTL

Speed and climbing

stage winner's average speed, per stage

Fastest 39.5 km/hAverage 37.7 km/hSlowest 36.4 km/h