Tour Down Under 2027

The first day is not one for the sprinters: 164.9 kilometers to Gumeracha with three ascents of Checker Hill, 600 meters at an average of 14.2 percent, the last of them six kilometers from the finish. Stage 2 is three laps of a 50-kilometer loop from Angaston through the Barossa, with a gradual uphill finish that suits them better. Stage 3 from Lobethal goes twice over Mount Lofty and then twice up Corkscrew Road, 2.4 kilometers at 9.7 percent, in the last 25 kilometers before the descent to Campbelltown.

Stage 4 goes from Glenelg over Chandlers Hill to Victor Harbor, and Saturday, January 23, belongs to the climbers. Stage 5 is 116.4 kilometers from Christies Beach and loops through McLaren Vale, Port Willunga and Aldinga in the opposite direction to earlier years. The riders climb Willunga Hill, 3 kilometers at 7.4 percent, descend Penny's Hill Road and climb it again to the finish. The last stage runs 136.2 kilometers from Norwood over Norton Summit, Ashton and Checker Hill to a lap through Stirling.

The women's race shares the last three days for the first time, on the same roads over the same distances, starting 90 minutes after the men.

Willunga Hill was missing in 2026. With heat of up to 43 degrees Celsius and a high fire risk, the climb was cut from stage 4, which was shortened from 176 to 131 kilometers and finished in the town at its foot. Jay Vine had already won stage 2 to Uraidla with an attack on the Corkscrew, his teammate Jhonatan Narváez in second place. Narváez, the 2025 winner, crashed out on stage 4.

On the last stage a kangaroo ran into the peloton and brought Vine down. He chased back and won by 1 minute 3 seconds over Mauro Schmid, with Harry Sweeny third. It was Vine's second overall win, after 2023. Only Patrick Jonker, in 2004, has won it by more.