2025 Santos Tour Down Under
(World Tour), Australia

25th edition: January 17 - January 26, 2025
Men's stage 5, January 25

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Saturday, January 25: Stage 5, McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 145.7 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Jhonatan Narvaez wins the stage and becomes the new GC leader.

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Weather at the city of Willunga at 12:00 PM, local time: 26C (78F), with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Oscar Onley's Team Picnic PostNL:

The penultimate stage at the Tour Down Under saw the peloton take on two ascents of famous Willunga Hill, where the GC riders would do battle once more. Coming into the day Team Picnic PostNL had the goal of protecting GC finisher, and winner on Willunga last year, Oscar Onley, with the hopes of going for the stage win and climbing up in the overall classification.

Stuart O'Grady waves the flag and stage 5 is underway.

A strong and committed ride by the whole team saw the two-striped squad take control of the peloton behind a strong breakaway and ensure that they were reeled back in, with the catch being made on the first ascent of Willunga with around 25 kilometres to go. From there a counter attacking move went and the team once more then helped contribute to the pace in the peloton.

Making the turn onto the more exposed roads just before the foot of Willunga the bunch split but the team remained calm and Onley could return to the front of the race at the base of the climb. From there, he rode a measured effort and followed in the wheels where he could before going clear alongside Plapp, Narvaez and Romo.

Taking a few pulls on the front to extend the gap to those behind, it would all come down to the final kick to the line where Narvaez had just a bit more speed while Onley battled to a very impressive second place in the sprint. It’s a result that sees him and the team move up to fourth place on GC ahead of tomorrow’s final stage.

Results:

Stage 5 photos

145.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.368 km/hr

1	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	3hr 17min 2sec
2	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
3	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	@ 3sec
5	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
6	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	0:06
7	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:15
11	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	0:26
12	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	0:37
13	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
14	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	0:40
15	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:42
17	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	0:45
18	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	0:48
19	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
20	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
22	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
23	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:57
25	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03
26	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:08
27	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	1:16
28	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	1:26
30	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:28
31	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	1:32
32	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	1:35
35	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:39
36	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:57
38	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
39	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:17
40	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:58
42	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	s.t.
43	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
44	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
46	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	3:58
47	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
48	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
49	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	4:40
54	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:24
56	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:40
57	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	6:01
59	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
60	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
62	Erik Bystrøm Sven	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	6:14
66	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
68	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	6:17
69	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
70	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
71	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:40
72	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
73	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
74	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
76	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
80	Jan Maas	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
86	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
87	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
91	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
92	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	8:22
93	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
94	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	8:39
96	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	9:06
98	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
99	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
100	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
102	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
103	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	9:23
106	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	9:33
107	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	9:43
108	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	s.t.
109	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:43
110	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
118	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	11:02
120	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:31
121	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	12:23
122	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	12:25
125	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
127	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:28
128	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
129	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
130	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	12:38
132	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
133	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
134	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
135	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	18:29

 

GC after stage 5:

Classification leaders:

• Stage winner: Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates – XRG)
• Santos Ochre Leader’s jersey: Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates – XRG)
• Sprint jersey: Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
• King of the Mountain jersey: Fergus Browning (ARA Australian Cycling Team)
• Young Rider jersey: Albert Withen Philipsen (Lidl-Trek)
• Most Competitive Rider: Chris Harper (Jayco AlUla)
• Winning Team: Lidl-Trek

729.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.867 km/hr

1	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates XRG	17hr 26min 2sec
2	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	@ ,9sec
3	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	0:12
4	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	0:15
5	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:24
6	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
7	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
8	Thomas Gloag	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
9	Patrick Konrad	Lidl-Trek	0:31
10	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	0:47
11	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates XRG	0:58
12	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Bauke Mollema	Lidl-Trek	1:01
14	Chris Harper	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:03
15	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	1:06
16	Rudy Porter	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:07
17	Albert Withen Philipsen	Lidl-Trek	1:09
18	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	1:16
19	Zac Marriage	ARA Australian Cycling Team	1:24
20	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:26
21	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	1:29
22	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates XRG	s.t.
23	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	1:37
24	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	1:56
25	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	2:26
26	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:44
27	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:46
28	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	2:50
29	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	2:57
31	Henok Mulubrhan	XDS Astana Team	3:15
32	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	3:35
33	Natnael Tesfazion	Movistar Team	4:16
34	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:16
35	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	4:38
36	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	5:30
37	Alessandro Verre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:36
38	Tijmen Graat	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:42
39	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	5:51
40	Fergus Browning	ARA Australian Cycling Team	6:01
41	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:11
42	Damien Howson	ARA Australian Cycling Team	6:18
43	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:36
44	Dorian Godon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
45	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	6:42
46	Martin Tjøtta	Arkea-B&B Hotels	6:48
47	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	7:19
48	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	7:33
50	Paul Lapeira	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:35
51	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	7:48
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	8:02
53	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	8:21
54	Stephen Williams	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	8:24
56	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	8:48
57	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	8:58
58	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Alastair Mackellar	EF Education-EasyPost	9:14
60	Jacopo Mosca	Lidl-Trek	9:15
61	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	9:56
62	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	10:04
63	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	11:15
64	Henri Uhlig	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:50
65	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	12:07
66	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12:15
67	Lucas Hamilton	INEOS Grenadiers	12:19
68	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
69	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
70	Diego Pescador	Movistar Team	12:26
71	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	12:50
72	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	12:56
73	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	13:18
74	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	13:45
75	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:46
76	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	14:04
77	Louis Rouland	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:24
78	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	14:28
79	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	14:31
80	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	14:47
81	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain Victorious	14:51
82	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	15:12
83	Lars Boven	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:28
84	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	15:45
85	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:59
86	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	16:18
87	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	16:34
88	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	16:37
89	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	17:01
90	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates XRG	17:06
91	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	17:08
92	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	18:30
93	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	19:21
94	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	20:39
95	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	20:59
96	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	21:15
97	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	21:23
98	Alex Edmondson	Team Picnic PostNL	21:51
99	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	22:10
100	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates XRG	22:29
101	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
102	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:05
103	Oliver Bleddyn	ARA Australian Cycling Team	23:07
104	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	23:08
105	Ide Schelling	XDS Astana Team	23:11
106	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	23:31
107	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	23:33
108	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	23:50
109	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	24:28
110	Yuhi Todome	EF Education-EasyPost	25:15
111	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	25:19
112	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	25:35
113	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	25:38
114	Cameron Scott	ARA Australian Cycling Team	26:59
115	Jan Maas	Cofidis	27:20
116	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	27:36
117	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	27:51
118	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates XRG	28:26
119	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	28:59
120	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates XRG	29:10
121	Donavan Grondin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	30:08
122	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	30:45
123	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	31:56
124	Campbell Stewart	Team Jayco-AlUla	32:29
125	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
126	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	32:55
127	Liam Walsh	ARA Australian Cycling Team	33:16
128	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	33:24
129	Ryan Mullen	Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe	33:35
130	Michael Hepburn	Team Jayco-AlUla	33:53
131	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	34:29
132	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	34:59
133	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Simon Dehairs	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:44
135	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	36:54

 

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The peloton strung out along the coast.

Race fans along the route

No shortage of hills in this stage.

The caravan begins to climb Willunga Hill. Ours is not generally a quiet, dignified sport.

Some riders begin climbing Willunga Hill.

Race leader Javier Romo on Willunga Hill, just slightly distanced.

Steaming for the finish line, Jhonatan Narvaez has a gap of Oscar Onley and Finn Fisher-Black

Jhonatan Narvaez wins stage five.

Bauke Mollema finishes 14th with Georg Zimmermann right behind him.

Jhonatan Narvaez just after finishing the stage.

Geraint Thomas just after finishing the stage.

Groupama-FDJ riders after the stage finish.

Javier Romo just after the stage.

Chris Harper was awarded the day's combativity prize.

Fergus Browning is King of the Mountains.

Sam Welsford leads the Sprint Classification

Albert Withen Philipsen is the Best Young Rider

Jhonatan Narvaez will start the final stage in the GC leader's ochre jersey.

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map & profile