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A matter of seconds – is the Tour Down Under hard enough for the WorldTour?

ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA JANUARY 26 Stage Winner Australian Sam Welsford riding for Red BullBoraHansgrohe with race director Stuart OGrady after the race during day nine of the 2025 Tour Down Under on January 26 2025 in Adelaide Australia Photo by Sarah ReedGetty Images

The 25th year of the men’s Tour Down Under was billed as the toughest course in the race’s history but after Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) beat Javier Romo (Movistar) by just nine seconds, is the race tough enough to challenge the WorldTour riders?

Narvaez won both through his brilliant ride on Willunga Hill and thanks to the time bonuses he gained in the sprint on stage 3 where he finished in the top three behind Romo and again on stage 4, where he battled with pure sprinters to finish third being Bryan Coquard (Cofidis).

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