2019 Women's Tour Down Under

For the men's race, see 2019 Tour Down Under.

The 2019 Women's Tour Down Under (officially the 2019 Santos Women's Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th edition of the Women's Tour Down Under. It began on 10 January in Hahndorf and concluded on 13 January in Adelaide.^[1]

2019 Women's Tour Down Under

Race details
Dates	10–13 January 2019
Stages	4
Distance	376.6 km (234.0 mi)
Winning time	10h 27' 26"
Results
Winner  Amanda Spratt (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Second  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Third  Rachel Neylan (AUS) (UniSA–Australia) Mountains  Nadia Quagliotto (ITA) (Alé–Cipollini) Youth  Jaime Gunning (AUS) (Specialized Women's Racing) Sprints  Sarah Roy (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)   Team Mitchelton–Scott
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The race was won by Mitchelton-Scott rider Amanda Spratt, who claimed victory for a third year in a row. Spratt won the race 49 seconds ahead of fellow Mitchelton-Scott rider Lucy Kennedy, who was followed by third place finisher Rachel Neylan of UniSA–Australia. Meanwhile, Sarah Roy of Mitchelton-Scott won the sprints classification, Jaime Gunning of Specialized Women's Racing won the youth classification, and Italian rider Nadia Quagliotto of Alé–Cipollini secured the mountain classification.^[2]

Teams

15 teams participated in the 2019 Women's Tour Down Under.^[3]

UCI Women's Teams

• Alé–Cipollini
• Astana
• Bepink
• CCC Liv
• Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Rally UHC Cycling
• Swapit–Agolíco
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Trek–Segafredo

Other teams

• Gusto StepFWD KOM
• New Zealand (national team)
• Specialized Women's Racing
• Sydney University
• UniSA–Australia

Route

The race route was announced on 8 September 2018.^[4]

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	10 January	Hahndorf to Birdwood	112.9 km (70.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
2	11 January	Nuriootpa to Mengler Hill	116.7 km (72.5 mi)		Hilly stage	Amanda Spratt (AUS)
3	12 January	Nairne to Stirling	104.5 km (64.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Grace Brown (AUS)
4	13 January	Adelaide	42.5 km (26.4 mi)		Flat stage	Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Total			376.6 km (234.0 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

10 January — Hahndorf to Birdwood, 112.9 km (70.2 mi)

Stage 1 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 3h 10' 28" 2  Sarah Roy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 3  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana + 0" 4  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 0" 5  Rachele Barbieri (ITA) Bepink + 0" 6  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) CCC Liv + 0" 7  Matilda Raynolds (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 0" 8  Rebecca Wiasak (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0" 9  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) New Zealand (national team) + 0" 10  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 3h 10' 18" 2  Sarah Roy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 2" 3  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini + 5" 4  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 5" 5  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana + 6" 6  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 10" 7  Rachele Barbieri (ITA) Bepink + 10" 8  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) CCC Liv + 10" 9  Matilda Raynolds (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 10" 10  Rebecca Wiasak (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 10"

Stage 2

11 January — Nuriootpa to Mengler Hill, 116.7 km (72.5 mi)

Stage 2 Result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 3h 13' 20" 2  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 39" 3  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 45" 4  Rachel Neylan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 50" 5  Jaime Gunning (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 53" 6  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 01" 7  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) CCC Liv + 1' 10" 8  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 10" 9  Taryn Heather (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 13" 10  Emily Roper (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 1' 16"

General classification after Stage 2[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 6h 23' 38" 2  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 43" 3  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 51" 4  Rachel Neylan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 1' 00" 5  Jaime Gunning (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 03" 6  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 11" 7  Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (RSA) CCC Liv + 1' 20" 8  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 20" 9  Taryn Heather (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 23" 10  Emily Roper (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 1' 46"

Stage 3

12 January — Nairne to Stirling, 104.5 km (64.9 mi)

Stage 3 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Grace Brown (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 3h 01' 07" 2  Ruth Winder (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 2" 3  Rachel Neylan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 2" 4  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 4" 5  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 4" 6  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 4" 7  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 7" 8  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 9" 9  Emily Roper (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 9" 10  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 9"

General classification after Stage 3[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 9h 24' 48" 2  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 49" 3  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 55" 4  Rachel Neylan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 55" 5  Jaime Gunning (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 09" 6  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 12" 7  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 34" 8  Taryn Heather (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 37" 9  Emily Roper (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 1' 52" 10  Ruth Winder (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 1' 54"

Stage 4

13 January — Adelaide, 42.5 km (26.4 mi)

Stage 4 Result[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini 1h 02' 38" 2  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 3  Rachele Barbieri (ITA) Bepink + 0" 4  Sarah Roy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0" 5  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 0" 6  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana + 0" 7  Paola Muñoz (CHL) Swapit–Agolíco + 0" 8  Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 9  Amy Cure (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 0" 10  Gracie Elvin (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Amanda Spratt (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott 10h 27' 26" 2  Lucy Kennedy (AUS) Mitchelton–Scott + 49" 3  Rachel Neylan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 53" 4  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) Rally UHC Cycling + 55" 5  Alison Jackson (CAN) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 08" 6  Jaime Gunning (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 09" 7  Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank + 1' 34" 8  Taryn Heather (AUS) Specialized Women's Racing + 1' 37" 9  Emily Roper (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 1' 52" 10  Ruth Winder (USA) Trek–Segafredo + 1' 54"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1[8]	Letizia Paternoster	Letizia Paternoster	Sarah Roy	Nadia Quagliotto	Letizia Paternoster	New Zealand (national team)
2[9]	Amanda Spratt	Amanda Spratt			Jaime Gunning	Mitchelton–Scott
3[10]	Grace Brown
4[11]	Chloe Hosking
Final[11]		Amanda Spratt	Sarah Roy	Nadia Quagliotto	Jaime Gunning	Mitchelton–Scott

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	10h 27' 26"
2	Lucy Kennedy (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 49"
3	Rachel Neylan (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	+ 53"
4	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA)	Rally UHC Cycling	+ 55"
5	Alison Jackson (CAN)	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	+ 1' 08"
6	Jaime Gunning (AUS)	Specialized Women's Racing	+ 1' 09"
7	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	+ 1' 34"
8	Taryn Heather (AUS)	Specialized Women's Racing	+ 1' 37"
9	Emily Roper (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	+ 1' 52"
10	Ruth Winder (USA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 54"

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Sarah Roy (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	188
2	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Alé–Cipollini	181
3	Alison Jackson (CAN)	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	175
4	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	104
5	Rachele Barbieri (ITA)	Bepink	103
6	Gracie Elvin (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	88
7	Rebecca Wiasak (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	72
8	Rachel Neylan (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	69
9	Grace Brown (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	65
10	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA)	Rally UHC Cycling	65

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Nadia Quagliotto (ITA)	Alé–Cipollini	26
2	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	18
3	Lucy Kennedy (AUS)	Mitchelton–Scott	12
4	Alice Cobb (GBR)	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	11
5	Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA)	Rally UHC Cycling	11
6	Tetyana Ryabchenko (UKR)	Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport	8
7	Deborah Paine (NZL)	New Zealand (national team)	7
8	Georgia Williams (NZL)	Mitchelton–Scott	7
9	Rachel Neylan (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	6
10	Elena Pirrone (ITA)	Astana	6

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jaime Gunning (AUS)	Specialized Women's Racing	10h 28' 35"
2	Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL)	New Zealand (national team)	+ 1' 51"
3	Katia Ragusa (ITA)	Bepink	+ 1' 58"
4	Elizabeth Stannard (AUS)	Gusto StepFWD KOM	+ 2' 15"
5	Grace Anderson (NZL)	New Zealand (national team)	+ 2' 18"
6	Jess Pratt (AUS)	Sydney University	+ 2' 22"
7	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 2' 50"
8	Elena Pirrone (ITA)	Astana	+ 4' 14"
9	Amanda Jamieson (NZL)	New Zealand (national team)	+ 4' 43"
10	Nadia Quagliotto (ITA)	Alé–Cipollini	+ 5' 25"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[2]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Mitchelton–Scott	31h 25' 50"
2	UniSA–Australia	+ 1' 18"
3	Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank	+ 2' 34"
4	Specialized Women's Racing	+ 2' 35"
5	Trek–Segafredo	+ 6' 10"
6	New Zealand (national team)	+ 6' 20"
7	Sydney University	+ 8' 24"
8	Astana	+ 8' 32"
9	Rally UHC Cycling	+ 11' 03"
10	Alé–Cipollini	+ 12' 19"