| 2024 Women's Tour Down Under | |
| Date: | 12–14 January 2024 |
| Series: | 2024 UCI Women's World Tour |
| Race No: | 1 |
| Season No: | 27 |
| Stages: | 3 |
| Distance: | 384 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 7h 57' 33" |
| First: | Sarah Gigante |
| First Nat: | AUS |
| First Color: | orange |
| Second: | Nienke Vinke |
| Second Nat: | NED |
| Third: | Neve Bradbury |
| Third Nat: | AUS |
| Mountains: | Katia Ragusa |
| Mountains Nat: | ITA |
| Mountains Color: | greendots |
| Sprints: | Sofia Bertizzolo |
| Sprints Nat: | ITA |
| Sprints Color: | blue |
| Youth: | Nienke Vinke |
| Youth Nat: | NED |
| Youth Color: | white |
| Team Nat: | NED |
| Previous: | 2023 |
| Next: | 2025 |
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 2024.[1] 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.[2]
Sixteen teams took part in the event, including nine UCI Women's WorldTeams, six Women's continental teams and one national team.[3] [4]
UCI Women's WorldTeams
UCI Women's Continental Teams
National Teams
| 1[5] | 12 January | Hahndorf to Campbelltown | 93.9km (58.3miles) | Hilly stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2[6] | 13 January | Glenelg to Stirling | 104.2km (64.7miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 3[7] | 14 January | Adelaide to Willunga Hill | 93.4km (58miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| Total | 291.5km (181.1miles) | ||||||
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.[8] The first intermediate sprint was 12km into the race Ruby Roseman-Gannon (out-sprinted teammate Georgia Baker to take the points and bonus seconds. Then a breakaway of four riders went up the road: Matilda Raynolds (Team Bridgelane), Katia Ragusa, India Grangier and Kate Richardson . The four worked together with Ragusa winning both QOM sprints to win the jersey for next stage.[9] The peloton caught the break with 9km to go and set up for the sprint.[10] The team led the bunch through the final kilometres trying to set Baker up to win. Roseman-Gannon led Baker into the final 300 metres when Ally Wollaston jumped out from behind Baker to win the stage.[11]
The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two QOM points also.
The stage featured two intermediate sprint points and two category 1 climbs where QOM points were on offer.
| Stage | Winner | General classification [12] | Mountains classification | Sprint classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ally Wollaston | Ally Wollaston | Katia Ragusa | Ally Wollaston | Kristýna Burlová | ||
| 2 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | Sofia Bertizzolo | Francesca Barale | |||
| 3 | Sarah Gigante | Sarah Gigante | Nienke Vinke | ||||
| Final | Sarah Gigante | Nienke Vinke | |||||
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | |||
| Denotes the winner of the sprints classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7h 57' 33" | |||
| 2 | + 20" | |||
| 3 | + 33" | |||
| 4 | + 37" | |||
| 5 | + 45" | |||
| 6 | + 57" | |||
| 7 | + 57" | |||
| 8 | + 57" | |||
| 9 | + 1' 02" | |||
| 10 | Australia | + 1' 02" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | |||
| 2 | 43 | |||
| 3 | 37 | |||
| 4 | 34 | |||
| 5 | 33 | |||
| 6 | 30 | |||
| 7 | 29 | |||
| 8 | 29 | |||
| 9 | 26 | |||
| 10 | 22 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | |||
| 2 | 12 | |||
| 3 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 6 | |||
| 8 | 4 | |||
| 9 | 4 | |||
| 10 | Team Bridgelane WE | 4 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7h 57' 53" | |||
| 2 | + 13" | |||
| 3 | + 37" | |||
| 4 | + 45" | |||
| 5 | + 47" | |||
| 6 | + 47" | |||
| 7 | + 55" | |||
| 8 | + 1' 04" | |||
| 9 | + 1' 08" | |||
| 10 | + 1' 38" |
| Rank | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23h 56' 08" | ||
| 2 | + 4" | ||
| 3 |  | + 36" | |
| 4 |  | + 1' 08" | |
| 5 | + 1' 10" | ||
| 6 | Australia | + 1' 28" | |
| 7 | + 1' 31" | ||
| 8 |  | + 1' 52" | |
| 9 |  | + 3' 43" | |
| 10 | | + 4' 05" |