Epic GC Showdown at Willunga – Excursion Down Beneath Level 5 LIVE!

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5 km to cat.1 Wickham Hill in McLaren Flat, which extends over 3 kilometres, 6.9% gradient and hits a most gradient of 13.3%

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Nonetheless a variety of chatter within the destroy, which appears to be about Torres, despite the fact that Torres is operating with the crowd.

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Swift confirmed that he wasn’t pleased with Torres being within the destroy since he sits most effective 35 seconds down on GC. Swift is operating for his teammate Sheffield.

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Wreck

6 riders off the entrance: Oliver Bleddyn (ARA Australia), Michael Hepburn (Jayco-AlUla). Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal-Quickstep), Pablo Torres (UAE Workforce Emirates XRG), Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) and Juan Lopez (Lidl-Trek) have 1:20 with 132km to move.

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Lopez bridged throughout to the destroy making it 6 up the street. 

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The 5 riders have a small hole with 136.5km to move. Torres is 35 seconds down on GC.

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Eenkhoorn, Hepburn, Ben Swift  and Torres bridge as much as Bleddyn 

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Bleddyn assaults solo, with a couple of extra riders seeking to bridge.

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Lidl does’t wish to pass over it, tries to bridge up and brings the sphere with him.

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Peloton is chasing.  Ineos, Intermache, FDJ, Australia, Jayco all represented on this 7-rider  transfer.

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Hepburn jumps throughout with a couple of extra riders becoming a member of this assault.

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Peloton shuts it down and FDJ & Australia counters. 

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Giant staff nonetheless has a couple of seconds, comprises Durbridge, Askey.  

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Extra riders making an attempt to sign up for the now 12 riders with an opening. And extra motion from at the back of shuts down this assault.

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7 riders with a couple of seconds with extra tyring to bridge up. Again of the peloton is unmarried report. 

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Soudal continues to boost up. 

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Swift additionally jumped, and extra riders observe.

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Every other assault via Soudal, this time it is Pedersen with Durbridge following the transfer. 

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Arkea, Australia, Jayco all masking strikes because the peloton is going up a slight uphill.

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Eenkhoorn made the primary assault with various riders seeking to get into the breakaway. It’ll be natural chaos seeking to break out nowadays.

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And quick assault from 3 riders.

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And we are off and racing! 

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Closing 12 months, Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) gained the Willunga level, and nearly beat the strava document.

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We are using throughout the 2.4 impartial zone ahead of Stuart O’Grady drops the flag at KM 0. 

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Best possible climate to take on Willunga nowadays, with temperatures at 24C and most commonly sunny.

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It is the special occasion – Willunga! 

Level 5 of the Excursion Down Beneath in beneath 10 mins. The 145.7km level options two ascents of the long-lasting climb within the closing 25km, making this level any other leg-breaker. Riders get a warm-up on Wickham Hill within the opening of the level. The class 1 climb precedes a slightly sedate heart 80km ahead of the important thing Willunga Hill ascents the place the winner of the 2025 Excursion Down Beneath will probably be determined.

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Level 3 winner Javier Romo (Movistar) tops the GC with a 4-second lead on Jhonathan Narvaez (UAE Workforce Emirates XRG), and 10 seconds on Patrick Konrad (Lidl-Trek) and Finn Fisher-Black (Purple Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).  

A complete of 28 riders, together with Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), Jay Vine (UAE Workforce Emirates XRG), Chris Harper and Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla), Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek) and protecting champion Stephen Williams (Israel-PremierTech), are beneath one minute.

18-year-old Philipsen tops the most productive younger rider classification. Fergus Browning (ARA Australia) leads the mountain classification whilst double level winner Sam Welsford (Purple Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) leads the issues classification.