2024 Tour Down Under Results from BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the finish city of Lobethal at 12:00 Noon, local time: 12C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

UAE’s Mexican star Isaac del Toro announced himself to the UCI WorldTour on team debut in the best possible way at Lobethal on Wednesday.

Del Toro, 20, claimed Stage 2 from Norwood to Lobethal to show that he is arguably the most exciting prospect the WorldTour has on its roster in 2024.

“It’s crazy we have leaders in the team, and it was the last chance to make more seconds with the sprint (finish),” del Toro said after he blew the superstars of the WorldTour apart with an attack worthy of an experienced professional.

“I was thinking about attacking and I took it I’ll try to enjoy today.”

Bora Hansgrohe’s Australian gun Sam Welsford wore ochre with pride on Wednesday after he won Stage 1 in the Barossa on Tuesday.

Del Toro is the new race leader and also holds the Young Rider jersey going into day three. The Mexican has a three-second lead over New Zealand’s Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech), who finished second with teammate Stephens Williams third at the death.

Binian Girway (Intermarché-Wanty) ended the day in fourth place to secure the Sprint jersey for Thursday’s Stage 3 from Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown, with Australia’s nine-time Santos Tour Down Under stage winner Caleb Ewan (Jayco AlUla) claiming fifth in a bunch sprint at Lobethal.

Australian National Team star Luke Burns snared the King of the Mountain jersey.

The 25-year-old, formerly a star triathlete, said he hoped to hold on to the coveted jersey until the very end of Australia’s greatest cycling race on Sunday.

Burns has been racing a bike for a little more than two-and-a-half years.

“My goal is to make it to the pro teams,’’ Burns said.

“I’ve got a lot more potential to grow as a 25-year-old compared to other 25-year-olds that have been in the sport for a lot longer. I did triathlon at a very high level, and it’s helped me progress quickly I would say.

“I might be a chance to pick up more points in the KOM but stages five and six all the GC guys will be up there, and it would be hard to scrape points.

“I’ll try to get a bit of a lead before those last two stages – that would be ideal.”

After a cool start to the day, the race ended with fireworks. Attack after attack came just before the Lobethal finish.

It was just 15C at the Norwood start line on The Parade after yesterday’s 30C heat potentially fatigued some of the riders who left the European winter to be at the summery Santos Tour Down Under.

With WA sprint gun Welsford in the Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey after his empathic maiden WorldTour stage win in Tanunda on Tuesday, most of the peloton eased into Stage 2.

Riders from the Australian National Team including Burns and Tristan Saunders took full advantage of a fast and furious finish alongside EF Education-Easypost’s Jardi van der Lee.

They charged up towards Norton Summit to take points in the first King of the Mountain at Ashton before applying more pressure on the peloton to react before the first prime at Woodside.

Burns and van der Lee earned critical bonus seconds before del Toro added a one-second bonus to his GC time.

As the race continued to ease towards the Lobethal finish along the three circuits around the Fox Creek climb, sportsmanship came to the fore before the business end of the race.

With Burns and van der Lee more the two minutes ahead of the main peloton the Dutchman was forced to change his tyre.

Burns waited for van der Lee before charging ahead as the peloton closed in fast, with Italian Elia Viviani – a two-time Santos Tour Down Under stage winner – experiencing a mechanical before re-joining the race.

Pre-race sprint favourite Ewan also had a mechanical with about 20km before the finish after the peloton had caught Burns and van der Lee.

KEY POINTS
9.9km: King of the Mountain 1 - Stony Rise Road, Ashton (Category 2)
Luke Burns from the Australian National Team became the provisional leader of the KOM jersey despite finishing behind EF Education-Easy Post’s Jardi van der Lee. South Australia’s Tristan Saunders, (Australia) who knows Adelaide Hills roads extremely well, picked up two KOM points at Ashton after the Norton Summit climb. He was followed by teammate Liam Walsh.

30.7km: Sprint 1 - Onkaparinga Valley Road, Woodside at Bedford Hotel
UAE Team Emirates’ Isaac del Toro showed some good form during the Down Under Classic last Saturday and picked up a valuable one-second bonus as teams produced lead-out trains before Woodside. Breakaway rider Jardi van der Lee (EF Education-Easypost) was first across the line before the Australian National Team’s Luke Burns, 25.

63.5km: King of the Mountain 2 - Fox Creek Climb (Category 2)
The second KOM saw a headwind take the leaders across the line which would have made the experienced sprinters happy. Jardi van der Lee, 22, and Luke Burns’ 3min 21sec gap over the main peloton meant the pair battled for the key KOM points with 78km before Lobethal. Burns kicked hard about 100m from the line and dropped the Dutchman. Burns’ feat meant he will be wearing the polka dot jersey for the Health Partners Stage 3 from Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown on Thursday.

71.7km: Sprint 2 - Main Street, Lobethal at Finish Line
In a repeat of the first intermediate sprint breakaway riders Jardi van der Lee (EF Education-Easypost) earned the first of the bonus points ahead of Australia’s Luke Burns. Jayco AlUla’s Caleb Ewan – winner of nine stages at the Santos Tour Down Under – was made to work hard to jag the bonus second with Mexico’s Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates) ensuring the Australian didn’t have it all his own way.

98.4km: King of the Mountain 3 - Fox Creek Climb (Category 2)
Burns glued the polka dot jersey to his back after winning the KOM again, taking his tally to 23 points. Van der Lee had to settle for second as the pair again sprinted to the line for points.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

141.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.53 km/hr

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 29min 37sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
5	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
6	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
10	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
12	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
16	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	s.t.
20	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
21	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
25	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
28	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
31	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
32	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
33	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
34	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
37	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
38	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Chris Harper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
40	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
47	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
50	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
52	Simon Yates	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
53	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
54	Damien Howson	Australian National Team	s.t.
55	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
56	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
57	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
59	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
60	Laurens De Plus	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
61	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
62	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
64	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
65	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
66	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Christopher Hamilton	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
69	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
70	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
72	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
73	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Michael Storer	Australian National Team	s.t.
76	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	@ 55sec
81	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	+59''
82	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
83	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
84	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
85	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
86	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
90	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
91	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
92	Tristan Saunders	Australian National Team	s.t.
93	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Jackson Medway	Australian National Team	s.t.
95	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
97	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
98	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
99	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
102	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Filippo Ganna	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
105	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
106	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Torstein Traeen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
109	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
110	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	+1'51''
111	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Elia Viviani	Ineos Grenadiers	+2'29''
113	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+2'52''
114	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
117	Luke Burns	Australian National Team	+3'56''
118	Rudiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
120	Emils Liepins	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
121	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
124	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
125	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+4'45''
126	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
127	Patrick Eddy	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
128	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+4'50''
129	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
130	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
131	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
132	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco AlUla	+5'39''
133	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
134	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	s.t.
135	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
137	Leo Hayter	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
138	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	+9'44''
DNF	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

GC leader: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Luke Burns (Australian National Team)
Points classification leader: Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Best young rider: Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates)
Teams classification leader: Intermarché-Wanty

285.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.25 km/hr

1	Isaac del Toro Romero	UAE Team Emirates	6hr 55min 22sec
2	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 2sec
3	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	+7''
4	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	+8''
6	Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Louis Barre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	+9''
8	Caleb Ewan	Team Jayco AlUla	+10''
9	Jhonatan Narvaez	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	+11''
11	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
15	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Axel Mariault	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Milan Vader	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
18	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Clement Berthet	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Antonio Morgado Tomas	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
21	Franck Bonnamour	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Valentin Paret Peintre	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
24	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
27	Harrison Sweeny	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
28	Ivan Garcia Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Archie Ryan	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
30	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
34	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Sean Flynn	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
36	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
37	Oscar Onley	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
38	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
41	Stefan De Bod	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
42	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
43	Michael Vink	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
44	Natnael Tesfazion	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Michele Gazzoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
47	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Christian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
49	Roger Adria	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
50	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
51	Koen Bouwman	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
52	Juan Pedro Lopez Perez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
53	Simon Yates	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
54	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Jonas Rutsch	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
57	Damien Howson	Australian National Team	s.t.
58	Stan Van Tricht	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
59	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
60	Chris Harper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
61	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
64	Anthony Delaplace	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Samuele Battistella	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
67	Laurens De Plus	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Michel Ries	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
71	Christopher Hamilton	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
72	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
73	Jaakko Hänninen	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Nicholas Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Michael Storer	Australian National Team	s.t.
76	Declan Trezise	Australian National Team	+36''
77	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	+51''
79	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Samuel Welsford	Bora-hansgrohe	+1'00''
81	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	+1'04''
82	Vinicius Rangel Costa	Movistar Team	+1'06''
83	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	+1'10''
84	Milan Fretin	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
86	Cameron Scott	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
88	Owain Doull	Ef Education-Easypost	s.t.
89	Pavel Bittner	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
90	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
91	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Nans Peters	Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale	s.t.
93	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
96	Kevin Ledanois	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
97	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'41''
98	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	+1'43''
99	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	+1'48''
100	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	+1'50''
101	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	+2'02''
102	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Kelland O’Brien	Team Jayco AlUla	+2'07''
104	Dario Cataldo	Lidl-Trek	+2'16''
105	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	+2'35''
106	Elia Viviani	Ineos Grenadiers	+2'40''
107	Johan Niklas Jacobs	Movistar Team	+2'48''
108	Filippo Ganna	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	+3'03''
110	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Loe Van Belle	Team Visma \| Lease A Bike	s.t.
112	Jack Rootkin-Gray	Ef Education-Easypost	+3'43''
113	Emils Liepins	dsm-firmenich Postnl	+4'07''
114	Rudiger Selig	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
115	Laurens Huys	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
116	Luke Burns	Australian National Team	+4'28''
117	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	+4'47"
118	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	Patrick Eddy	dsm-firmenich Postnl	+4'56''
120	Daniel McLay	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
121	Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui	UAE Team Emirates	+5'01''
122	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Patrick Bevin	dsm-firmenich Postnl	s.t.
124	Ben Swift	Ineos Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	+5'31''
126	Tristan Saunders	Australian National Team	+5'37''
127	Torstein Traeen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Liam Walsh	Australian National Team	+5'50''
129	Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee	Ef Education-Easypost	+6'01''
130	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco AlUla	+6'13''
131	Josef Cerny	Soudal Quick-Step	+7'15''
132	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	+8'31''
133	Jackson Medway	Australian National Team	+8'53''
134	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	+9'55''
135	Nicolo Buratti	Bahrain Victorious	+11'56''
136	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco AlUla	+13'11''
137	Leo Hayter	Ineos Grenadiers	+13'33''
138	Johan Price Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	+22'03''