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Cycling Results · Stage Analysis · Édition 2026
Cycling Results · Stage Analysis · Édition 2026
§ S0 · ITT · 3.6 km
Prologue: Adelaide → Adelaide (ITT)
Tour Down Under 2026
Samuel Watson took the 3.6 km Adelaide-Adelaide opener for INEOS Grenadiers in a thin one-second margin over Ethan Vernon, with Laurence Pithie a second further back. Jay Vine, the eventual GC winner, opened conservatively at +4.
§ 01 · The stage
Watson by a second
3.6 km of Adelaide city-centre ITT in late-afternoon heat with blustery wind. Watson set the reference time, Vernon and Pithie split second by a tenth, Vine — the team's protected GC card — opened deliberately at four seconds. A textbook short-prologue gap spread.
The leader's jersey went to Watson for one day; by Stage 2's mountain stage it would be Vine's.
§ 02 · GC impact
First leader's jersey to INEOS
Watson took the first leader's jersey. Vine sat 4 seconds back — the comfortable conservative open the team wanted.
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§ X · All stages
Tour Down Under — every stage we've published
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S0Prologue: Adelaide → Adelaide (ITT)YOU ARE HERE
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S1Stage 1: Tanunda → Tanunda
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S2Stage 2: Norwood → Uraidla
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S3Stage 3: Henley Beach → Nairne
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S4Stage 4: Brighton → Willunga Hill
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S5Stage 5: Stirling → Stirling
§ Y · Sources
Where this stage analysis comes from
- 🇬🇧 ProCyclingStats — TDU 2026 Prologue