Santos Tour Down Under 2026: the route, stage maps and profiles, rider list, and TV broadcast times for the 26th edition

It’s back! The professional peloton returns to the sunny south of Australia to kick off the 2026 season with the Santos Tour Down Under, from Tuesday, January 20 to Sunday, January 25. On the menu: a prologue, 5 stages, 794.9 km of racing, nearly 13,600 meters of elevation gain, and 141 riders ready to battle it out under the colors of 20 participating teams. From explosive action in Adelaide to the final verdict in Stirling, the spectacle promises to be complete on the Australian roads. To follow the race closely, find the route at a glance, maps and profiles of each stage, the teams and riders entered, as well as the TV broadcast times for this 26th edition.

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How to watch the Tour Down Under 2026 on TV?

The Santos Tour Down Under 2026 will be broadcast daily live on Eurosport Max starting at 1:30 AM.

The route of the Tour Down Under 2026

The map and profile of the Tour Down Under 2026 stages

Prologue – Tuesday, January 20 – Adelaide (3.6 km, 0 m D+)

Stage 1 – Wednesday, January 21 – Tanunda / Tanunda (120.6 km, 1,541 m D+)

Stage 2 – Thursday, January 22 – Norwood / Uraidla (184.1 km, 3,624 m D+)

Stage 3 – Friday, January 23 – Henley Beach / Nairne (140.8 km, 2,497 m D+)

Stage 4 – Saturday, January 24 – Brighton / Willunga (176 km, 2,492 m D+)

Stage 5 – Sunday, January 25 – Stirling / Stirling (169.8 km, 3,436 m D+)

The list of teams and riders entered in the Tour Down Under 2026

UAE Team Emirates – XRG

1. NARVAEZ Jhonatan

2. BJERG Mikkel

3. LAENGEN Vegard Stake

4. MOLANO Juan Sebastian

5. OLIVEIRA Ivo

6. VINE Jay

7. YATES Adam

Alpecin-Premier Tech

11. PLOWRIGHT Jensen

12. BALLERSTEDT Maurice

13. GLIVAR Gal

14. SENTJENS Sente

15. MARSMAN Tim

16. BUSATTO Francesco

17. GOGL Michael

Bahrain – Victorious

21. BUITRAGO Santiago

22. ERZEN Zak

23. MIHOLJEVIC Fran

24. STANNARD Robert

25. STOCKWELL Oliver

26. VAN DER MEULEN Max

27. ZAMBANINI Edoardo

Décathlon CMA CGM Team

31. ANDRESEN Tobias Lund

32. CHAMBERLAIN Oscar

33. GAUTHERAT Pierre

34. GUDMESTAD Tord

35. L’HOTE Antoine

36. PRODHOMME Nicolas

37. SCOTSON Callum

EF Education – EasyPost

41. CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander

42. VAN DER LEE Jardi Christiaan

43. SWEENY Harry

44. WALKER Max

45. MACKELLAR Alastair

46. LAMPERTI Luke

47. LEONARD Michael

Groupama – FDJ United

51. BOWER Lewis

52. CAVAGNA Remi

53. DONNENWIRTH Tom

54. FONTAINE Titouan

55. GENIETS Kevin

56. MARTIN Guillaume

57. PALENI Enzo

INEOS Grenadiers

61. HAIG Jack

62. HAMILTON Lucas

63. KWIATKOWSKI Michal

64. SVESTAD-BARDSENG Embret

65. SWIFT Ben

66. WATSON Samuel

67. WELSFORD Sam

Lidl – Trek

71. BAGIOLI Andrea

72. GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel

73. KONRAD Patrick

74. MOSCA Jacopo

75. OOMEN Sam

76. SOBRERO Matteo

77. TEUTENBERG Tim Torn

Lotto Intermarché

81. FOX Matthew

82. RUTSCH Jonas

83. TAMINIAUX Lionel

84. THOMPSON Reuben

85. VAN DER HOORN Taco

86. VAN EETVELT Lennert

87. ZIMMERMANN Georg

89. VEISTROFFER Baptiste

Movistar Team

91. CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro

92. MORO Manlio

93. NOVAK Pavel

94. ROMO Javier

95. SERRANO Gonzalo

96. TESFATSION Natnael

97. TORRES Albert

NSN Cycling Team

101. BENNETT George

102. CLARKE Simon

103. GILMORE Brady

104. SCHULTZ Nick

105. STEWART Jake

106. STRONG Corbin

107. VERNON Ethan

Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe

111. DRIZNERS Jarrad

112. ETXEBERRIA Haimar

113. FISHER-BLACK Finn

114. PITHIE Laurence

115. THORNLEY Callum

116. TUCKWELL Luke

117. VAN POPPEL Danny

Soudal Quick-Step

121. DAINESE Alberto

122. EENKHOORN Pascal

123. RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea

124. REINDERINK Pepijn

125. PEDERSEN Casper

126. VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio

127. ZANA Filippo

Team Jayco AlUla

131. O’CONNOR Ben

132. DURBRIDGE Luke

133. PORTER Rudy

134. MCKENZIE Hamish

135. O’BRIEN Kelland

136. PLAPP Luke

137. SCHMID Mauro

Team Picnic PostNL

141. DINHAM Matthew

142. HAMILTON Chris

143. KNOX James

144. MARKL Niklas

145. PEACE Oliver

146. RENARD-HAQUIN

Henri-Francois

147. VAN UDEN Casper

Team Visma | Lease a Bike

151. BRENNAN Matthew

152. FIORELLI Filippo

153. HAGENES Per Strand

154. SCHIFFER Anton

155. HUISING Menno

156. MATTIO Pietro

157. REX Tim

Uno-X Mobility

161. KRON Andreas

162. CHARMIG Anthon

163. SKAARSETH Anders

164. BLIKRA Erlend

165. RESELL Erik Nordsaeter

166. INGEBRIGTSEN Storm

167. URIANSTAD BUGGE Martin

XDS Astana Team

171. KAJAMINI Florian Samuel

172. ROMELE Alessandro

173. SCHRETTL Marco

174. VAN BEKKUM Darren

175. VELASCO Simone

176. TONEATTI Davide

177. GATE Aaron

Tudor Pro Cycling Team

181. BRENNER Marco

182. MAYRHOFER Marius

183. SUTER Joel

184. STORK Florian

185. KELEMEN Petr

186. WIRTGEN Luc

187. ZIJLAARD Maikel

Australia

191. HOWSON Damien

192. HARPER Chris

193. EDDY Patrick

194. WALSH Liam

195. BLEDDYN Oliver

196. GREENWOOD Matthew

197. STEVENSON Lucas

The last 10 winners of the Tour Down Under

2025 – Narváez Jhonatan (UAE Team Emirates)
2024 – Williams Stephen (INEOS Grenadiers)
2023 – Vine Jay (UAE Team Emirates)
2022 – Cancelled (no winner)
2021 – Cancelled (no winner)
2020 – Porte Richie (Trek‑Segafredo)
2019 – Impey Daryl (Mitchelton‑Scott)
2018 – Impey Daryl (Mitchelton‑Scott)
2017 – Porte Richie (BMC Racing Team)
2016 – Gerrans Simon (Orica‑GreenEDGE)