The current Australian champions, Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) and Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla), have been confirmed as starters at the 2025 Santos Tour Down Under, with the riders among a growing contingent signed up to pin on a number in front of home crowds at the opening WorldTour and Women's WorldTour races of the season.
Joining them in January in South Australia will be three-time overall winner Amanda Spratt. The Lidl-Trek rider has not missed a single UCI classified edition of the event and also raced at the precursor to the 2.2 designated event that started in 2016 and then rose up the ranks to Women's WorldTour level in 2023.
Sam Welsford will also be on the start line again after delivering a spectacular debut with his new team of Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe in 2024, quickly finding his feet among the new sprint train.
“I’m really looking forward to coming back to my home race to start off the season,” Welsford said in a Tour Down Under media release.
