2 hours ago Australia's Tour Down Under volition go the archetypal World Tour contention to big men's and women's stages connected the aforesaid people and day, implicit the aforesaid distance.
The 2027 play opener volition diagnostic a six-stage men's contention from 19 January, portion the three-stage women's lawsuit volition unfastened connected 22 January.
The Adelaide-area event, which successful 2018 became the archetypal successful the satellite to connection adjacent prize wealth for some sexes, antecedently held its women's contention anterior to its men's event.
"It's a large level to item the spot of our women's peloton and the information that we're adjacent capable to bash this reflects the maturation and progression of women's cycling," said Tour Down Under adjunct contention manager Carlee Taylor.
In Europe, large races including Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders and Tour de Suisse big men's and women's events connected the aforesaid day, but implicit antithetic distances and routes.
"The situation we were fixed by UCI [Union Cycliste Internationale] was to present a much condensed programme of racing and optimise the clip the women's teams spent successful Australia," said contention manager Stuart O'Grady.
"We saw it arsenic an accidental to bash thing antithetic and bring some men's and women's racing unneurotic and decorativeness disconnected with a bumper last play of racing."
The caller docket reduces the spread for women's riders betwixt the 2 aboriginal play events successful Australia, with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race typically staged successful precocious January oregon aboriginal February.
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