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Tour Down Under

annual multiple stage cycling race in Australia

Key facts

Date: January
Region: South Australia
English name: Tour Down Under
Nickname: TDU
Discipline: Road
Competition: UCI World Tour
Type: Stage race
Organiser: Events South Australia
Race director: Stuart O'Grady
Web site: tourdownunder .com .au
First edition: 19 January 1999 ( 1999-01-19 )
Editions: 26 (as of 2026)
First winner: Stuart O'Grady ( AUS )
Most wins: Simon Gerrans ( AUS ) (4 wins)
Most recent: Jay Vine ( AUS )

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The Tour Down Under (currently branded as the Santos Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour.

The event was established in 1999 with the support of then Premier of South Australia John Olsen as part of an effort to strengthen the state’s sporting calendar after the Australian Grand Prix moved from Adelaide to Melbourne, Victoria. Since that time it has been owned and managed by the South Australian Government through Events South Australia, the events division of the South Australian Tourism Commission. It experienced rapid growth in its first two decades, becoming the first race granted UCI ProTour status (now UCI WorldTour) in 2008 and the first event of the UCI World Ranking calendar in 2009.