Heads Up, Race Fans! Tour Down Under is (Finally!) Back for 2023—Here’s How to Watch – AOL
It’s been a long two year wait for the Tour Down Under to make its comeback as the annual signal that the UCI racing calendar is officially rolling. In the 2023 edition that gets underway this weekend we’ll finally get to see the stages of the men’s race that race director, native Australian and former pro cyclist Stuart O’Grady designed himself and has been waiting years to debut.
What is even more exciting is that the women’s race, even though only three stages to the men’s five stages plus a prologue, will be part of the UCI WorldTour for the first time, making the Tour Down Under women’s race the first UCI Women’s WorldTour stage race in the southern hemisphere. Like, ever.
The women’s and men’s races both unofficially kick off with a race before the race, when the riders line up for the curtain-raising circuit race on January 14th.
When is the 2023 Santos Tour Down Under happening?
The women’s race runs from January 15-17 followed by the men’s race on January 17-22, 2023.
What are the women’s stages like?
The women’s teams racing in this year’s Tour Down Under are:
EF EDUCATION – TIBCO – SVB (United States)
TREK – SEGAFREDO (United States)
ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND (Switzerland)
HUMAN POWERED HEALTH (United States)
TEAM JAYCO – ALULA (Australia)
FDJ-SUEZ (France)
ST MICHEL – MAVIC (France)
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM
TEAM BRIDGELANE (Australia)
ARA SKIP CAPITAL (Australia)
ZAAF CYCLING TEAM (Spain)
TEAM COOP – HITEC PRODUCTS (Norway)
What are the men’s stages like?
The men’s teams rolling up to the line are:
TREK – SEGAFREDO (United States)
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK (Belgium)
COFIDIS (France)
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM (Kazakhstan)
AG2R CITROEN TEAM (France)
TEAM JAYCO – ALULA (Australia)
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS (Bahrain)
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP (Belgium)
GROUPAMA – FDJ (France)
INEOS GRENADIERS (United Kingdom)
INTERMARCHE – CIRCUS – WANTY (Belgium)
JUMBO-VISMA (Netherlands)
MOVISTAR TEAM (Spain)
TEAM DSM (Netherlands)
UAE TEAM EMIRATES (United Arab Emirates)
Where can I watch it?
The Tour Down Under will be available streaming live on FloBikes streaming on-demand afterwards on Global Cycling Network with a subscription to GCN+.
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