Male Team 13 - 21 Jan Tour Down Under
Tour Down Under 
823 Kilometers 7 Stages
Participants list
TV
Live images will be provided by Eurosport. The exact schedule and platforms were to be confirmed when this Guide was first updated -Tuesday 2nd January-.
Bonus
There will be 10-6-4″ at every finish, plus 3-2-1″ at the intermediate sprints.
Stages
Analysis
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Down Under Classic
13 January
01
Tanunda (144km)
16 January
02
Norwood - Lobethal (141.6km)
17 January
03
Tea Tree Gully - Campbelltown (145.3km)
18 January
04
Murray Bridge - Port Elliot (136.2km)
19 January
05
Christies Beach - Willunga Hill (129.3km)
20 January
06
Unley - Mount Lofty (128.2km)
21 January
Analysis
For the second consecutive year after the race returned to the international scene post pandemic, the Movistar Team and all WorldTour squads will start their 2024 season at the Tour Down Under.
Featuring no prologue this time around yet bringing the usual criterium preface -in Adelaide, Saturday 13th, three days before the start of the WorldTour’s opening round, Tuesday 16th-, the Aussie event again includes short routes, intense heat and interesting courses, with the weekend’s stages set to gather all attention GC-wise.
There’s three clear sprint opportunities, barring any crashes or echelons, in Tanunda (Tuesday 16th), Campbelltown (Thursday 18th) and Port Elliot (Friday 19th). The first ‘breaking point’ should be stage two on Wednesday 17th, with nearly 3,000m elevation gain and a couple of ascents to Fox Creek Climb (1.6km, 9%), the final one just eight kilometers from the end.
Saturday 20th will bring the traditional -yet absent in 2023- dual climb of Willunga Hill, 3km at 7.4% with a firdt passage 22km before the uphill finish. It will be a crucial day, but not decisive, as the showdown, Sunday 21st, tackles 2,900m elevationon hilly roads in the interior and the ascents of Mount Lofty, 1.3km at 7,3% with a last passage just 2km form the end.