Girls’s Tour Down Beneath stage 2 – LIVE

Flag drop. We’re out of the impartial zone and racing has began!

Peloton is compact behind race director Stuart O’Grady’s automobile. Assaults ought to fly early. 

The primary problem comes early with the cat 1 climb of Windy Level,  3.8km lengthy with a median gradient of 6% and a max pitches of 20%. 

Alyssa Polites (Australia)  took the first mountains jersey after two years of setbacks and sickness on stage 1. Will she defend her QOM chief’s jersey? We are going to know very quickly.

The riders are rolling by means of the 5km impartial part on their strategy to the official begin for Stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Beneath. The second day of the race would be the most decisive of the three days because the peloton tackles 115km from Unley to the highest of Willunga Hill. 

Three-time winner Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) carrying a cooling vest firstly, preparing for a sizzling day within the saddle.

One other stunning summer season however quite a bit hotter right now the forecast requires highs of 34C atop Willunga Hill.

Stage 1 winner Daniek Hengeveld (Ceratizit-WNT)  tops the overall classification with a 43-second lead on Ally Wollaston (FDJ-SUEZ) and 45 seconds on Kathrin Schweinberger (Human Powered Well being).

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Welcome to Cyclingnews’ stay protection of stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Beneath.