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Feeling the heat but keeping their cool – EF Education-Oatly withstand onslaught to claim Women’s Tour Down Under

STIRLING AUSTRALIA JANUARY 19 Noemi Ruegg of Switzerland and Team EF EducationOatly Orange Santos Leaders Jersey prior to the 9th Santos Womens Tour Down Under 2025 Stage 3 a 1059km stage from Stirling to Stirling 444m UCIWWT on January 19 2025 in Stirling Australia Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images

Noemi Rüegg and her EF Education-Oatly team successfully defended the Swiss champion’s overall position to win the 2025 Women’s Santos Tour Down Under, the first WorldTour race of the season, but the team were certainly put to the test by attacks from other teams who sought to unseat the rider in ochre.

Throughout the 105.6km long Ardennes Classic-style circuit in Stirling, the team were under pressure from rivals like Lidl-Trek and Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, so much so that Rüegg was isolated for a time and had to cover one attack herself with 40km to go.

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