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Women's Tour Down Under
The Women's Tour Down Under (known for sponsorship reasons as the Santos Limited, Santos Women's Tour Down Under) is an annual professional road bicycle racing for women in Australia. It is held in conjunction with the Tour Down Under. From 2016, it was rated as UCI race classifications, UCI 2.2, from 2018 as UCI 2.1., from 2020 Women's UCI ProSeries and from 2022 UCI Women's World Tour. History Women's racing at the Tour Down Under began in the late 2000s as a series of exhibition criterium races in conjunction with the Tour Down Under event (for example, at the 2007 Tour Down Under). This eventually formed part of the women's National Road Series (2015), with these races variously operating under guises deriving from the parent event's name. In 2016, organisers developed a new UCI-classified event that carried the 'Women's Tour' name, and was ranked as a new UCI 2.2. stage race with international teams invited to compete. The event considers the 'Women's Tour Down Under' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Gigante
Sarah Gigante (born 6 October 2000) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Junior and under-23 career In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium, won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships, won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race, In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships. She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist. Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (2020–2021) In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the team. In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships. She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series. She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season. Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cyclin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlee Taylor
Carlee Taylor (born 15 February 1989) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She took up cycling in 2007 after previously competing in triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the .... See also * 2014 Orica-AIS season References External links * * 1989 births Living people Australian female cyclists Cyclists from Adelaide Sportswomen from South Australia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Australia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Greendots
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and government institutions, so qualifies as a small nation or island country. Located in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of north-west France, it is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Women's Tour Down Under
The 2025 Women's Tour Down Under (officially Santos Women's Tour Down Under 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the Women's Tour Down Under, which is the part of the 2025 UCI Women's World Tour. It began on 17th of January in Brighton and finished on 19th of January in Stirling. The race was won by Swiss rider Noemi Rüegg of . Teams Ten UCI Women's WorldTeams, two UCI Women's ProTeams, one UCI Women's Continental Team and one national team made up the fourteen teams that took part in the race. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * UCI Women's ProTeams * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * National teams * Australia Route Stages Stage 1 17 January — Brighton to Snapper Point, Stage 2 18 January — Unley to Willunga Hill, Stage 3 19 January — Stirling Stirling (; ; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Central Belt, central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Women's Tour Down Under
The 2024 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 12 to 14 January. It was the seventh edition of Women's Tour Down Under. The race was the first event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour, the second year it was a part of the World Tour. The race was won by Australian rider Sarah Gigante of AG Insurance–Soudal. Teams Sixteen teams took part in the event, including nine UCI Women's WorldTeams, six Women's continental teams and one national team. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * * * * Team Bridgelane WE * * National Teams * Australia Route and stages Stages Stage 1 ;12 January 2024 — Hahndorf to Campbelltown, The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two Queen of the Mountains (QOM) points also. Ahead of the first stage a minute silence was help to honour Melissa Hoskins who had recently passed away. The first inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Women's Tour Down Under
The 2023 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 15 to 17 January 2023 in women's road cycling, 2023. It was the sixth edition of Women's Tour Down Under, after the 2021 and 2022 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 pandemic. The race was the first event of the 2023 UCI Women's World Tour, with it joining the World Tour calendar for the first time. It was won by Australian rider Grace Brown (cyclist), Grace Brown of FDJ Suez Futuroscope, FDJ-Suez. Route and stages Teams Thirteen teams took part in the event, including six UCI Women's WorldTeams, and four teams from Australia & New Zealand. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * * * * * National Teams * AusCycling, Australia * Cycling New Zealand, New Zealand Classification leadership table Result References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
