2023 Tour Down Under

For the women's race, see 2023 Women's Tour Down Under.

The 2023 Men's Tour Down Under was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 22 January 2023 in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It was the 23rd edition of the Tour Down Under and the first race of the 2023 UCI World Tour.^[1]

2023 Men's Tour Down Under

2023 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 35
Race details
Dates	17–22 January 2023
Stages	6
Distance	672.7 km (418.0 mi)
Winning time	16h 07' 41"
Results
Winner  Jay Vine (AUS) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Simon Yates (GBR) (Team Jayco–AlUla)   Third  Pello Bilbao (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Mountains  Mikkel Frølich Honoré (DEN) (EF Education–EasyPost) Youth  Magnus Sheffield (USA) (Ineos Grenadiers) Sprints  Michael Matthews (AUS) (Team Jayco–AlUla)   Team UAE Team Emirates
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Teams

All eighteen UCI WorldTeams participated, with up to seven riders in each team.

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team DSM
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Israel–Premier Tech

National Teams

• UniSA–Australia

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
P	17 January	Adelaide	5.5 km (3 mi)		Individual time trial	Alberto Bettiol (ITA)
1	18 January	Tanunda to Tanunda	149.9 km (93 mi)		Hilly stage	Phil Bauhaus (GER)
2	19 January	Brighton to Victor Harbor	154.8 km (96.2 mi)		Hilly stage	Rohan Dennis (AUS)
3	20 January	Norwood to Campbelltown	116.8 km (72.6 mi)		Flat stage	Pello Bilbao (ESP)
4	21 January	Port Willunga to Willunga Township	133.2 km (82.8 mi)		Flat stage	Bryan Coquard (FRA)
5	22 January	Unley to Mount Lofty	112.5 km (69.9 mi)		Hilly stage	Simon Yates (GBR)
Total			672.7 km (418.0 mi)

Stages

Prologue

17 January 2023 — Adelaide, 5.5 km (3 mi)^[3]

Prologue Result[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost 6' 19" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 8" 3  Julius Johansen (DEN) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 4  Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 5  Samuel Gaze (NZL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 6  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 12" 7  Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Team DSM + 13" 8  Jannik Steimle (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 13" 9  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 14" 10  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 14"

General classification after Prologue[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost 6' 19" 2  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 8" 3  Julius Johansen (DEN) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 4  Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 5  Samuel Gaze (NZL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 6  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 12" 7  Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Team DSM + 13" 8  Jannik Steimle (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 13" 9  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 14" 10  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 14"

Stage 1

18 January 2023 — Tanunda to Tanunda, 149.9 km (93 mi)^[6]

Stage 1 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious 3h 37' 35" 2  Caleb Ewan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0" 3  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 4  Alessandro Covi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 5  Paul Penhoët (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 6  Emils Liepins (LAT) Trek–Segafredo + 0" 7  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 8  Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 0" 9  Taj Jones (AUS) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 10  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost 3h 43' 54" 2  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 6" 3  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 8" 4  Julius Johansen (DEN) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 10" 5  Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 6  Samuel Gaze (NZL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 7  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 12" 8  Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Team DSM + 13" 9  Corbin Strong (NZL) Israel–Premier Tech + 13" 10  Jannik Steimle (GER) Soudal–Quick-Step + 13"

Stage 2

19 January 2023 — Brighton to Victor Harbor, 154.8 km (96.2 mi)^[8]

Stage 2 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 00' 40" 2  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 2" 3  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2" 4  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 2" 5  Jai Hindley (AUS) Bora–Hansgrohe + 5" 6  Caleb Ewan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 11" 7  Emils Liepins (LAT) Trek–Segafredo + 11" 8  Corbin Strong (NZL) Israel–Premier Tech + 11" 9  Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 11" 10  Paul Penhoët (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 11"

General classification after Stage 2[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Team Jumbo–Visma 7h 44' 41" 2  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 3" 3  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 12" 4  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 13" 5  Corbin Strong (NZL) Israel–Premier Tech + 14" 6  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 14" 7  Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 15" 8  Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Team DSM + 17" 9  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 19" 10  Miles Scotson (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 20"

Stage 3

20 January 2023 — Norwood to Campbelltown, 116.8 km (72.6 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious 2h 48' 10" 2  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 3  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 28" 5  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 28" 6  Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) Trek–Segafredo + 28" 7  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 28" 8  Milan Vader (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 28" 9  Ben O'Connor (AUS) AG2R Citroën Team + 28" 10  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 28"

General classification after Stage 3[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates 10h 32' 50" 2  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 15" 3  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 16" 4  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 5  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 46" 6  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 50" 7  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 54" 8  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 58" 9  Ben O'Connor (AUS) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 00" 10  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 01"

Stage 4

21 January 2023 — Port Willunga to Willunga Township, 133.2 km (82.8 mi)^[12]

Stage 4 Result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis 2h 53' 41" 2  Alberto Bettiol (ITA) EF Education–EasyPost + 0" 3  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 0" 4  Paul Penhoët (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 5  Corbin Strong (NZL) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 6  Michael Matthews (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 7  Dorian Godon (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 8  Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Team DSM + 0" 9  Kim Heiduk (GER) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10  Caleb Ewan (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates 13h 26' 31" 2  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 15" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 15" 4  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 45" 5  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 46" 6  Ethan Hayter (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 50" 7  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 54" 8  Hugo Page (FRA) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 56" 9  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 58" 10  Ben O'Connor (AUS) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 00"

Stage 5

22 January 2023 — Unley to Mount Lofty, 112.5 km (69.9 mi)^[14]

Stage 5 Result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla 2h 41' 16" 2  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Ben O'Connor (AUS) AG2R Citroën Team + 2" 4  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 3" 5  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 6" 6  Jai Hindley (AUS) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6" 8  Giovanni Aleotti (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 6" 9  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 6" 10  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 6"

General classification after Stage 5[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates 16h 07' 41" 2  Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco–AlUla + 11" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 27" 4  Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 57" 5  Mauro Schmid (SUI) Soudal–Quick-Step + 58" 6  Ben O'Connor (AUS) AG2R Citroën Team + 1' 04" 7  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) Intermarché–Circus–Wanty + 1' 06" 8  Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 1' 07" 9  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 13" 10  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 13"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Most competitive rider(s)	Team classification
P	Alberto Bettiol	Alberto Bettiol	Not awarded	Not awarded	Magnus Sheffield	Not awarded	Alpecin–Deceuninck
1	Phil Bauhaus		Luke Plapp	Phil Bauhaus		Nans Peters	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty
2	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis	Jay Vine	Caleb Ewan		Manuele Boaro	Alpecin–Deceuninck
3	Pello Bilbao	Jay Vine		Michael Matthews		Mikkel Frølich Honoré	UAE Team Emirates
4	Bryan Coquard		Mikkel Frølich Honoré			Daryl Impey
5	Simon Yates					Mattia Cattaneo
Final		Jay Vine	Mikkel Frølich Honoré	Michael Matthews	Magnus Sheffield	Not awarded	UAE Team Emirates

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the sprints classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
	Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jay Vine (AUS)	UAE Team Emirates	16h 07' 41"
2	Simon Yates (GBR)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 11"
3	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 27"
4	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 57"
5	Mauro Schmid (SUI)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 58"
6	Ben O'Connor (AUS)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 04"
7	Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 1' 06"
8	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 07"
9	Gorka Izagirre (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 13"
10	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 13"

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Mikkel Frølich Honoré (DEN)	EF Education–EasyPost	21
2	Jay Vine (AUS)	UAE Team Emirates	20
3	Simon Yates (GBR)	Team Jayco–AlUla	18
4	Fabio Felline (ITA)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	11
5	Kim Heiduk (GER)	Ineos Grenadiers	10
6	Johan Jacobs (SUI)	Movistar Team	10
7	Luke Plapp (AUS)	Ineos Grenadiers	10
8	Alessandro Covi (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates	8
9	Matthew Dinham (AUS)	Team DSM	8
10	Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	Astana Qazaqstan Team	7

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Michael Matthews (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla	61
2	Simon Yates (GBR)	Team Jayco–AlUla	57
3	Jay Vine (AUS)	UAE Team Emirates	57
4	Caleb Ewan (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	47
5	Paul Penhoët (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	43
6	Hugo Page (FRA)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	40
7	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Cofidis	37
8	Corbin Strong (NZL)	Israel–Premier Tech	34
9	Rohan Dennis (AUS)	Team Jumbo–Visma	30
10	Phil Bauhaus (GER)	Team Bahrain Victorious	30

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Magnus Sheffield (USA)	Ineos Grenadiers	16h 08' 38"
2	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 10"
3	Hugo Page (FRA)	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 54"
4	Reuben Thompson (NZL)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 32"
5	Alex Baudin (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 1' 54"
6	Paul Penhoët (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 3' 24"
7	Iván Romeo (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 6' 55"
8	Leo Hayter (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 10' 14"
9	Alessandro Verre (ITA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 18' 59"
10	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 24' 25"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[15]

Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates	48h 25' 34"
2	Trek–Segafredo	+ 1' 24"
3	Groupama–FDJ	+ 1' 41"
4	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 3' 09"
5	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 5' 02"
6	Intermarché–Circus–Wanty	+ 5' 30"
7	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 6' 27"
8	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 7' 06"
9	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 8' 21"
10	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 8' 58"