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Laura Weislo

Alyssa Polites shows she is back to her best with Women's Tour Down Under attack

ALDINGA AUSTRALIA JANUARY 17 Alyssa Polites of Australia and ARA Australian Cycling Team celebrates at podium as White best young jersey winner during the 9th Santos Womens Tour Down Under 2025 Stage 1 a 101 9km stage from Brighton to Snapper PointAldinga UCIWWT on January 17 2025 in Aldinga Australia Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images.

After going on the attack in the opening stage of the Women's Tour Down Under and securing the mountains classification jersey, Alyssa Polites sent a message to the cycling world that she's back.

Two years ago, Polites was a neo-pro full of promise and ambitions. She was on her way, having signed a WorldTour contract with Jayco-AlUla at age 19, and aspired to compete in the Olympic Games in Paris, to race Paris-Roubaix and win a world title.

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