Tour Down Under Women 2026
17.01-19.01
The 2026 Tour Down Under Women runs from 17 to 19 January 2026 and covers 394.6 kilometres across three stages. The eleventh edition again serves as the traditional WorldTour pre-appetiser in the scorching summer in Southern Australia in and around Adelaide. Noemi Rüegg won in 2024 after a thrilling ending. Willunga Hill is, as usual, the defining climb where the general classification is shaped. A mouth-watering stage 3 also awaits with two ascents of Corkscrew Road.
Overview
- Date: January 17-19, 2026
- Distance: 394,6km
- Number of stages: 3
- Start location: Willunga Hill
- Finish location: Athelstone
- Category: WorldTour
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Route
The 2026 Tour Down Under Women opens with an immediate climbing test in the Mount Lofty ranges with the famed Willunga Hill. The three stages are a real puncheurs paradise with notable climbing on all three stages.
Stage 1 begins and finishes in Willunga Hill, with three ascents of the Willunga Hill climb, the third and final time will be a finish on the climb which should display who is in contention to win the GC. Stage 2 is one for the versatile sprinters, traversing from Magill to Paracombe, with Norton Summit providing the main climb of the day, which arrives very early on in the stage.
Stage 3 starts at Norwood and provides a real showdown to the 2026 edition of the race, with two ascents of the short and steep Corkscrew Road climb, with an average gradient of 9.7%, a real GC battle can be expected here as riders compete for the Ochre Jersey.
Read our preview for more information on the 2026 edition.
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