Maggie Coles-Lyster sprints to victory in crash-marred finale of Tour Down Under Women's One-Day Race

TANUNDA, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Maggie Coles-Lyster of Canada and Team Human Powered Health celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Noemi Ruegg of Switzerland and Team EF Education-Oatly, Sofia Bertizzolo of Italy and Team FDJ United - SUEZ, Emma Norsgaard Bjerg of Denmark and Team Lidl - Trek and Marta Lach of Poland and Team SD Worx - Protime during the 10th Santos Women's Tour Down Under 2026, Barossa Women's Race a 94.2km one day race from Tanunda to Tanunda on January 21, 2026 in Tanunda, Australia. (Photo by Con Chronis/Getty Images).

Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) sprinted to victory at the Tour Down Under Vanguard Women's One-Day Race in Tanunda, powering from out of a reduced bunch after there were multiple crashes in the final kilometres.

Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly), the winner of the three-day Women's WorldTour event that concluded on Monday, took second in the ProSeries race, with Marta Lach (SD Worx-Protime) third in the South Australia 94.2 km event.