Women's Tour Down Under stage 2 – Live coverage

Ricardo moved up on the aspect of the peloton, using on the grave part to make her assault nevertheless it was to naught, as the sector is again collectively.

Gina Ricardo (BridgeLane) takes a solo flyer, with a number of riders masking her assault,

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Peloton regroups on the backside of the descent, surrounded by the vineyards with 83km to go. AG Insurance coverage-Soudal on the entrance setting the tempo for the ochre jersey, Some riders nonetheless attempting to catch again on after dropping on the climb.

Riders rushing down the descent at 82km/hr with dsm-firmenich PostNL on the entrance, placing out the peloton. Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) on the again.

Lily Williams leads out her teammate Ragusa who sprints out of the saddle with 200 meters to go to take the utmost 10 factors. 

93km to go

Groups combating for place on the entrance on the primary climb of the day with riders dropping off the again beneath stress from the tempo.

Large struggle for place because the peloton with 5km to go to the primary QOM with 10 factors on supply.

Sarah Roy (Australian Nationwide Staff) crashes over the site visitors island whereas attempting to keep away from riders breaking in entrance of her. She is rapidly again on her bike and attempting to catch again onto the sector.

Visma-Lease a Bike upping the tempo on the entrance, combating with Lidl-Trek for management, hoping to separate the race within the cross headwind.

The primary problem comes early, solely 12km into the stage with the cat 1 climb of Cherry Gardens,  2.9km lengthy with a median gradient of 5.9% and a max gradient of 15.6%. 

Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Well being) took the complete 10 QOM factors accessible whereas within the break on stage 1. Will she defend her QOM chief’s jersey? We’ll know very quickly.

Flag drop by race director Stuart O’Grady and we’re out of the impartial zone and racing has began! 

Bike change for Lillee Pollock (BridgeLane) whereas nonetheless in impartial part. Official begin is delayed till all riders have caught again to the peloton.

Crash in impartial. Amanda Poulsen (BridgeLane) who was already sporting bandages from a crash yesterday, and Kimberley Le Courtroom De Billot (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) have been concerned. 

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The riders are rolling via 8.1km impartial part on their option to the official begin. A bit cooler right this moment with a forecast excessive of 31 levels Celsius beneath cloudy skies, however wind could possibly be an element right this moment, with attainable gusts of 30 to 50 km/h predicted.

Stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Underneath is about to begin in just below 5 minutes. At 104.2km lengthy right this moment’s stage is the longest within the historical past of the race. The route from Glenelg to Stirling will ship lumpy terrain with 2079m of climbing with an uphill kick earlier than the road.

Right now is predicted to be a stage the place the GC riders want to remain cautious, however the GC will seemingly come all the way down to the ultimate stage. As cliched as it could sound, it isn’t a day the place the race is prone to be received, it is a day the place it could possibly be misplaced. 

Stage 1 winner Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) tops the final classification with a 2-second lead on Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco) and 6 seconds on Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Staff ADQ). A complete of 51 riders are separated by 10 seconds or much less on GC.

Welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Underneath.