The 2018 edition of the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under will be the most demanding to date, and will feature three road stages ahead of the concluding criterium in Adelaide.
The 2018 route was unveiled at a presentation in Adelaide on Wednesday, where the South Australian tourism minister outlined the race’s intention to seek elevation to the Women’s WorldTour in the future.
The Women’s Tour Down Under has already been upgraded to UCI 2.1 status for 2018 and the four-day event gets underway on Thursday, January 11 with a 115.7-kilometre stage starting and finishing in Gumeracha. The stage comprises two laps of a circuit in the Adelaide Hills, and includes the ascents of Cyanide Climb, Terlinga Road and Mount Torrens.
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Stage 2 brings the peloton from Lyndoch to a summit finish on Mengler’s Hill. The 102km leg features the climbs of Whispering Wall and Williamstown ahead of the final haul to Mengler’s Hill, which boasts a maximum gradient of some 14.4%.
The longest day of the Women’s Tour Down Under follows on stage 3 from Bend Motorsport Park to Handorf. Comet Mine Climb is stiff enough to provoke splits in the finale of the 122.4-kilometre stage, though there may be sufficient time for a regrouping ahead of the finish in Handorf.
The final stage of the Women’s Tour Down Under will coincide with the People’s Choice Classic criterium in Adelaide on the evening of Sunday, January 14. The women’s peloton will tackle 20 laps of the circuit in the Adelaide Parklands for a 46-kilometre stage.
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