The 2023 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in and around
Adelaide
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,
South Australia
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from 15 to 17 January
2023
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.
It was the sixth edition of
Women's Tour Down Under
The Women's Tour Down Under (known for sponsorship reasons as the Santos Limited, Santos Women's Tour Down Under) is an annual professional road bicycle racing for women in Australia. It is held in conjunction with the Tour Down Under.
From 20 ...
, after the 2021 and 2022 editions were cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The race was the first event of the
2023 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2023 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that included twenty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2023 in women's road cycling, 2023 women's cycling season. It was the eighth edition of the UCI Women's World T ...
, with it joining the World Tour calendar for the first time. It was won by Australian rider
Grace Brown of
FDJ-Suez.
Route and stages
Teams
Thirteen teams took part in the event, including six UCI Women's WorldTeams, and four teams from Australia & New Zealand.
UCI Women's WorldTeams
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UCI Women's Continental Teams
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National Teams
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Australia
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New Zealand
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Classification leadership table
Result
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Womens Tour Down Under, 2023
2023 in Australian sport
January 2023 sports events in Australia
2023 UCI Women's World Tour
Women's Tour Down Under