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Gamble paid off for Alex Manly at Women’s Tour Down Under

Gamble paid off for Alex Manly at Women’s Tour Down Under


Until now, the Australian summer had been so-so for Jayco-AlUla. After winning the women’s Bay Cycling Classic and the men’s and women’s national criterium championships, the Australian WorldTour team lost out in the men’s and women’s road race and time trial championships as well as in the Schwalbe Classic criteriums in Adelaide.

Stage 2 of the Women’s Tour Down Under finally brought the much desired and deserved victory in their home WorldTour race, made even more special as Alex Manly triumphed on her home roads, winning the sprint after a solo move from Amanda Spratt (Trek-Segafredo) was brought back only 500 metres from the line.

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