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Welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 3 of the Women’s Tour Down Under.
“At first, I thought, ‘Oh no, this was too early; I can’t keep going like this,’ but then I looked back, and I had a gap, so I had no other choice” – Noemi Rüegg explains her big Willunga Hill victory on stage 2.
Stage 2 winner Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) tops the general classification with a 15-second lead on Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco) and 33 seconds on Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Uno-X Mobility). Polish champion Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) sits in fourth place, 36 seconds down and only one second ahead of trio Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal), Neve Bradbury (Canyon-Sram zondacrypto)and Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez).
Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL) leads the best young rider classification, with 10 seconds on Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco).
Stage 3 of the Women’s Tour Down Under is set to start in about 10 minutes On tap is constant undulation with barely a moment of flat terrain in the 25km circuit for a total of 105.9km stage in Stirling. The loop includes the Stirling climb, which stretches over two kilometres and reaches a maximum gradient of 11.1%, though its average is a far milder 3.7%. The riders will tackle the climb five times.
All the riders are tucked in their air-conditioned mini-buses before the start, and the ice vests are out. Temperature has already hit 35C in central Adelaide and while it may just be a little…
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