From the 21st to the 26th of January we have got the first men's World Tour event of the year. In Australia, the Tour Down Under is every single season the first big race of the year and we preview stage 1.
The race starts off with a slightly hilly day from Prospect to Gumeracha, but it should be the sprinters to fight for the ochre jersey in the first finale of the race which will be rather technical. It's not a pan-flat day, with 1600 meters of climbing, but the climbing won't be too difficult either.
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There will be a two-lap circuit into the the finish, it will include a climb that is 1.5 kilometers long at 6.7% which could do damage, but it comes with 30 kilometers to the finish and it's unlikely that there will be teams wanting to go all-out from that far out. Likely a fight for positioning, a relatively calm climb, and then the approach to the finish.
This one won't be easy, it's not a finale with sharp bends or road furniture but instead the final kilometers will zigzag through a valley, with small uphill and downhill gradients which mean that the teams will want to position themselves very well from early on. From 1.2 kilometers to go to 400 meters to go it rises slightly, and then the final 400 meters slowly tilt to the left and have a slightly downhill gradient to it.
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