2020 Tour Down Under
Male Team 21 - 26 Jan

Tour Down Under

868 Kilometers 6 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Jorge Arcas
  2. Lluís Mas
  3. Edu Prades
  4. Jürgen Roelandts
  5. Juri Hollmann
  6. Sergio Samitier
  7. Gabriel Cullaigh
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TV

The race will be broadcast live across Europe at Global Cycling Network (link), other than FreeSports in the UK.
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Timetable

It's important to remember that there's nine-and-a-half hours of difference between continental Europe and South Australia, and so all stages end in the (very) early morning. The finishes are scheduled between 4.50 and 5.40am; route timetables are available down below.
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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4" available at every finish + 3-2-1" at the intermediate sprints.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter account is @tourdownunder; the hashtag, which changed in 2019, is #TourDownUnder.
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Score

The Movistar Team has won four stages in the race and scored two runner-up GC finishes, with Alejandro Valverde in 2012 and Javi Moreno in 2013.

Stages

Analysis

01
Tanunda (150km)
21 January
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  1. 01 Sam Bennett Deceuninck – Quick Step 3h28'54"
  2. 02 Jasper Philipsen UAE Team Emirates "
  3. 03 Erik Baska Bora-Hansgrohe "
  4. 11 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team "
  5. 26 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 31 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  7. 48 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
  8. 54 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  9. 80 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  10. 114 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +22"
02
Woodside - Stirling (135.8km)
22 January
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  1. 01 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal 3h27'31"
  2. 02 Daryl Impey Mitchelton-Scott "
  3. 03 Nathan Haas Cofidis "
  4. 24 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  5. 32 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 46 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team "
  7. 51 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  8. 62 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team "
  9. 75 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  10. 76 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
03
Unley - Paracombe (131km)
23 January
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  1. 01 Richie Porte Trek-Segafredo 3h14'09"
  2. 02 Rob Power Team Sunweb +5"
  3. 03 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott "
  4. 16 Edu Prades Movistar Team +15"
  5. 33 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +34"
  6. 42 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  7. 49 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +54"
  8. 53 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team +1'21"
  9. 63 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +2'19"
  10. 87 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team +3'59"
04
Norwood - Murray Bridge (152.8km)
24 January
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  1. 01 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal 3h29'08"
  2. 02 Sam Bennett Deceuninck – Quick Step "
  3. 03 Jasper Philipsen UAE Team Emirates "
  4. 11 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  5. 22 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 61 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team "
  7. 70 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  8. 71 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  9. 84 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +23"
  10. 132 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +5'53"
05
Glenelg - Victor Harbor (149.1km)
25 January
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  1. 01 Giacomo Nizzolo NTT Pro Cycling Team 3h32'45"
  2. 02 Simone Consonni Cofidis "
  3. 03 Sam Bennett Deceuninck – Quick Step "
  4. 32 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  5. 60 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +2'02"
  6. 61 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  7. 68 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team "
  8. 69 Edu Prades Movistar Team "
  9. 81 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  10. 107 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team +6'38"
06
McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill (151.5km)
26 January
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  1. 01 Matthew Holmes Lotto Soudal 3h24'54"
  2. 02 Richie Porte Trek-Segafredo +3"
  3. 03 Manuele Boaro Astana Pro Team +4"
  4. 34 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +52"
  5. 43 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +1'10"
  6. 54 Edu Prades Movistar Team +1'56"
  7. 62 Jürgen Roelandts Movistar Team +2'15"
  8. 66 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  9. 76 Gabriel Cullaigh Movistar Team +3'46"
  10. 82 Juri Hollmann Movistar Team +4'27"

Analysis

The 22nd edition of the Tour Down Under -prefaced, two days before the start of the UCI WorldTour, by the Schwalbe Classic criterium (Sunday 19th January)– will take the top-tier cycling peloton to Australia, still trying to get over the most cruel ecological disaster in its recent history. The TDU will surely be a way of bouncing back for a region which enjoys its biggest sporting event of the summer as the best riders in the world make the travel towards Adelaide. Short, intense stages will once again take the curtain up for the Movistar Team’s 41st season.

There will be three clear chances for the sprinters, combined with three days where the GC contenders will have to make their best efforts to succeed. The finishes suited for the fast legs will be held at Tanunda (stage one, Tuesday 21st), Murray Bridge (stage four, Friday 24th) and Victor Harbor (stage five, Saturday 5th), the latter significantly harder as the peloton gets through the Kerby Hill ascent -slopes up to 12%- just about twenty kilometers from the end. A harder sprint will be contested in Stirling (stage two, Wednesday 22nd), with lots of ups and downs leading to a hilltop finish which some sprinters have historically still been able to cope with.

The TDU will have two mountain-top finishes in 2020. On Thursday 23rd, the race will head to Paracoin thmbe via the Torrens Hill Road, a 1.2km climb with average ramps of 9.3% and maximum gradients of 20%, crested just 500m from the end. And Sunday 26th, on stage six just like in 2019 when the race scheme saw the final circuit race being scrapped, the peloton will take on the two decisive ascents of Willunga Hill, 3km at 7,5%, always at high speeds in the race’s showdown.