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Wind coming in from the northwest because the peloton is unfold throughout the highway.
Nervous peloton within the impartial part. And we’re off and racing!
Peloton is using by means of the three.6 impartial zone earlier than Stuart O’Grady drops the flag at KM 0.
Stage 5 of the Tour Down Beneath is about to start out in underneath 10 minutes. Fan favorite Willunga Hill (3km at 7.4%) will probably be tackled twice on 129.3km stage 5. After a brand new begin location at Christies Seaside, riders will make their approach round McLaren Vale earlier than two laps of the district. Battle for KOM factors, the stage win and GC would be the order of the day on Willunga Hill with its most gradient of 15.6 p.c.
Warmth is in for the Willunga Hill stage. The Christie’s Seaside begin line could have a pleasant breeze rolling off the water alongside the beginning line however each little bit of it’s wanted. Temperature is already near 30 levels C and is predicted to creep near the mid 30’s alongside the way in which. Shade is in demand and the air-conditioned buses are offering a little bit of a haven for the riders earlier than the beginning.
Isaac del Toro (UAE Group Emirates) tops the GC with a slim 1-second lead on Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), and a pair of seconds on Corbin Sturdy (Israel-Premier Tech), however the GC will probably be shaken at this time.
The final two levels will ship the hardest remaining weekend with the ascents of Willunga Hill and Mount Lofty, a primary within the historical past of Tour Down Beneath. Every iconic Australian climb will probably be tackled twice over the ultimate two days of racing earlier than the general winner is determined.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ dwell protection of stage 5, from Christies Seaside to Willunga Hill, of the Tour Down Beneath. The stage begins at 11:10am native time or 12:30am GMT and finishes roughly 4 hours later.
