Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Workforce ADQ) and Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (UNO-X Mobility) make a transfer on stage 3(Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Ella Simpson (St Michel-Desire House-Auber 93) in a solo breakaway grew to become briefly the digital chief on the street(Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
STIRLING AUSTRALIA JANUARY 19 Noemi Ruegg of Switzerland and Workforce EF EducationOatly Orange Santos Leaders Jersey competes throughout the ninth Santos Womens Tour Down Below 2025 Stage 3 a 1059km stage from Stirling to Stirling 444m UCIWWT on January 19 2025 in Stirling Australia Picture by Dario BelingheriGetty Pictures(Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Compact peloton on the undulating roads (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Peloton racing within the Adelaide Hills on stage 3(Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Recreation face for race chief Noemi Rüegg (EF Schooling-Oatly) at the beginning in Stirling(Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Swiss champion Noemi Rüegg (EF Schooling-Oatly) survived an onslaught of assaults within the closing 30 kilometres to win the 2025 Santos Tour Down Below in Stirling. She fought til the top and completed third on the stage to safe her first WorldTour stage race victory.
An remoted Rüegg needed to shut down gaps by herself quite a few occasions as she was examined by a number of riders and groups however no transfer was in a position to escape resulting in a diminished bunch dash.
Following her teammate’s wheel, Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) bidded her time within the diminished peloton and opened her dash within the closing metres to take the stage victory. Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco ) completed second on the stage, simply forward of Rüegg.
