The organization of Santos Tour Down Underthe race that opens the cycling era for men and women, announced the creation of a new test by 2025: the Schwalbe Women’s One-Day Classic.
As reported, the competition 1.Pro categorywill be played on Sunday January 26, one week after the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under (January 17-19, 2025). Cyclists will ride 90 kilometers in the 20 laps they will do around the Adelaide circuit where, on the same day, the men’s peloton will ride the final stage of the 25th Tour Down Under.
The goal of the Schwalbe Women’s One-Day Classic is offer another chance to teams so they can add the highly sought after UCI pointswhich ensures that they can continue in the WorldTour and not go down in the category.
In this sense Stuart O’Gradythe race director, has already highlighted the women’s teams They have been asking for more races for a long time which guarantees these points. And this, as he pointed out, “is a great incentive that will strengthen the competition” in the world of women’s cycling.
The Australian Amanda Sprattpresent Lidl-Trek runner but who spent 10 years in the ranks of the current Team Jayco-AlUla, the only Australian World Tour team, welcomes the addition of this new race saying that “This is a good initial step forward.”
In addition, he also emphasizes that the creation of this new race is his hope that “it can be an impetus for add more stages to the women’s Santos Tour Down Under in the future” because the women’s event only has 3 stages while the men’s event has 6.
Source: La Verdad
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