Women’s Tour Down Under stage 2 – LIVE

Newly crowned Australian U23 time trial champion Anderson has a 20-second lead on the peloton. After miscalculating yesterday, the pack will probably keep a tight leash on any breakaway today.

Rebecca Korner (UNO-X) is having trouble keeping up with the pack. The heat already hitting some of the riders. 

First attack of the day comes from ARA Australian National Team – Alli Anderson is off solo with 102km to go.

Ceratizit-WNT directeur sportif Fortunato Lacquaniti shared his thoughts with Cyclingnews at the start today on Daniek Hengeveld’s win on stage 1:

“The team is happy – at the finish of the last season, they won in China, in the WorldTour. The first race this year is a win also – it is very nice. Our team is normally not the best team or the best budget, but we have good competence, and skills. This is important for yesterday, to test them. To win a race, normally a lot of team waits for the sprint in the finale. and the other option is to attack in a long breakaway. Daniek was very, very strong yesterday and it was a good result for us.”

“Our team is very happy for the stage this year, but for the GC, Daniek is not the climber. The stage is very hard today. The team will try to keep the jersey, but the strategy is different for today. I think there are other options for today, other riders.”

He added that Dilyxine Miermont is the rider to watch for the QOMs but maybe not the stage. The team is also focussed on Sarah Van Dam for tomorrow’s stage.

Polites and Wlodarczyk rejoined the peloton on the descent. Peloton reshuffling. Ella Wyllie makes a short acceleration to get to the front, and slots behind her teammates.

QOM #1 – Windy Point

Polites looked left and right and jumped first but UAE’s Dominika Wlodarczyk came around to take the top points. The two riders are now tied at the top of QOM classification.

QOM leader Polites is slightly boxed in with 500 metres to the top of Windy Point. Lots of teams spread across the front of the pack.

Peloton still together on the slopes of Windy Point. 

As riders were taking off from the start line in Unley the fans were starting to assemble on Willunga Hill, which was hosting the opening time trial of the new ProVelo Super League in the morning…