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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Willunga | Mind Blowing Facts

'It gives me a bit of belief' – Ally Wollaston lines up as defending champion at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race with firing form

"Last year was a pretty pivotal moment for me in my career and showed that I'm more than just a sprinter" says rider from New Zealand fresh from two stage wins at Tour Down Under

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'It was going to be 50/50 whether or not we had a stage today' – Changing the plans as altered Tour Down Under stage 4 survives the heat

Race director Stuart O'Grady said there was 'no hesitation' in making decision to remove Willunga Hill as 'it's sad from a racing point of view … but it's the most common sense and sensible decision for rider safety and public safety'

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'50-50': Willunga stage nearly called off at Tour

Tour Down Under race director Stuart O'Grady said before he met with emergency services he was unsure if the Willunga stage would go ahead.

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Tour Down Under Queen Stage shortened over 'extreme' fire danger and severe heat

Willunga Hill taken out of race route due to weather warnings

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Willunga Hill removed, stage 4 shortened as Tour Down Under hit by extreme fire danger rating and scorching temperatures

Stage distance reduced to 131km as temperatures of 43°C forecast for Saturday

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From 'a bit of a sideshow' to 'proper start to the season' - The changing shape of the Women's Tour Down Under

"Any result here is meaning more and more, but it also makes it a lot harder to get those results" says three-time winner Amanda Spratt

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'If the race was a kilometre shorter that would have been better' - After nearly 100km solo Alessia Vigilia caught in sight of line at Women's Tour Down Under

"I was really over my limits. I really tried it but it was not enough for today," says Uno-X Mobility rider after narrowly missing first WorldTour win.

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Absence of Willunga Hill creates wide-open 2026 Women's Tour Down Under – Analysing the contenders

Defending Champion Noemi Rüegg faces toughest field yet at three-day Women's WorldTour opener

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Tour Down Under 2026 route

A prologue starts the 758.9-kilometre race with Willunga Hill and a tough finale in Stirling

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Women's Tour Down Under 2026 route

Three stages over 394.6km includes longest stage to Willunga, double Corkscrew ascents

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Dual Corkscrew climb finale for women’s Tour Down Under in 2026 as men’s race tackle Willunga Hill triple on penultimate stage

Both courses deliver opportunity for shifts in overall standings right up to the very last kilometres of racing in the southern hemisphere summer

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‘A good start to the season but I wanted more’ – Step back for Oscar Onley on Tour Down Under’s Willunga Hil

Picnic Post NL rider takes second on stage 5 and moves up to fourth overall, 15 seconds back from race leader Jhonatan Narváez

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Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe deliver Tour Down Under podium for Finn Fisher-Black

Team's plan comes to fruition on stage 5 to Willunga Hill but another crash costs points leader Welsford

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'We had big plans and didn't pull it off, but we tried' - Jayco-AlUla go all in at Tour Down Under

Plapp patient after missing crosswind split but not able to top Narvaez atop Willunga Hill

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Narvaez wins on Willunga to snatch cycling Tour lead

Ecuador's Jhonatan Narvaez has taken the Tour Down Under lead and should win the title after triumphing in an explosive fifth stage at Willunga.

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Tour Down Under: Jhonatan Narvaez wins atop Willunga and secures leader's jersey on stage 5

Oscar Onley second and Finn Fisher-Black third on pivotal climb

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As it happened: Jhonathan Narvaez is king of Willunga at Tour Down Under stage 5

Don't miss all the action from the leg-breaking stage as the peloton tackles the iconic Willunga Hill twice

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Tour Down Under GC battle remains poised on knife-edge before key Willunga stage

Javier Romo holds fragile four-second lead on 2024 runner-up Jhonatan Narvaez

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‘The big shakedown’ – New climb set to transform GC on stage 3 of Tour Down Under - Preview

Welsford's time in ochre set to come to an end as Thursday's stage opens up three crucial GC days

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Following in Richie Porte’s Tour Down Under footsteps – Is this the year Luke Plapp can claim his mentor’s crown?

‘I think it's one of the hardest courses the Tour Down Under’s probably ever seen, which I think is right up my alley’

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Willunga not necessarily GC decider for Women's Tour Down Under with all to play for in Stirling finale - Analysis

Swiss champion Rüegg's slim lead may not be enough on Sunday's demanding circuit

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Australian team out to break Tour drought in Hills heat

Dutch cyclist Silke Smulders will have her work cut out as she tries to end a five-year Tour Down Under drought for top Australian team Liv Jayco AlUla.

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Women's Tour Down Under: Noemi Rüegg wins stage 2 in perfectly timed attack on Willunga Hill

Swiss champion takes over ochre leader's jersey

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As it happened: Swiss champion outclimbs peloton to win Women's Tour Down Under stage 2

Don't miss all the action from the second stage featuring two ascents of the iconic Willunga Hill

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Broken collarbone stunts flying start to 2024 for Oscar Onley

Willunga Hill winner fractures collarbone in Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Aranburu does similarly in Mallorca

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