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Santos Tour Down Under

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• Date: 20 January 2023
• Start time: 11:40 (02:10 CET)
• Avg. speed winner: 41.673 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 116.8 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 107
• Vert. meters: 1831
• Departure: Norwood
• Arrival: Campbelltown
• Race ranking: 38
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Tour Down Under 2023: Route, stages, and startlist guide

Taking a look at all the stages for both the men's and women's Australian race

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Key Information

Where: Adelaide, South Australia

When: 14 January (Schwalbe Classic men's and women's)

Women's TDU , 15-17 January Men's TDU , 17-22 January

Rank: UCI WorldTour (men's and women's)

Distance: 672 kilometres (men's) 293 kilometres (women's)

Returning to the WorldTour after a two-year absence, the Tour Down Under lifts the curtain on the WorldTour season once more. Multiple big name riders in both the men’s and women’s peloton will be heading to Australia for the stage-race including the recently crowned Australian national road champion Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) and Grace Brown (FDJ Suez). 

Both the men’s and women’s action will begin with the Schwalbe Classic, an evening criterium on Saturday 14 January. However the criterium will have no say in the overall general classification battle. 

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The men’s race will get underway on Tuesday 17 January with a 5.5 kilometre prologue, whereas the women’s race will begin the day after the criterium on Sunday 15 January with a flat 110.4 kilometre stage between Glenelg and Aldinga. 

Men's Tour Down Under: Stages, 17-22 January

Luke Plapp will be flying the flag for Australia at this years race

The route for the 2023 men's Tour Down Under has something for everyone. There will be plenty of action in the depths of the Adelaide hills as well as other fast and furious sprint stages which should make for an excellent opener to the WorldTour season. Bringing the race back without its famous Willunga Hill climb was always going to be a brave decision, although race director Stuart O'Grady explained when presenting the 2023 route that he believes it was important to bring some "fresh faces" into the Australian stage race. 

"I think it's important to bring some new, fresh places into the Tour Down Under,” O'Grady said. "I was brought in to bring in some new innovations, some new exciting parcours and also didn't want just the same old kind of stages where everybody knows exactly what's going to happen. The new final stage brings in a lot of excitement. It's a short stage, it's aggressive, it's more central to Adelaide, so I'm guessing more and more people will get there.”

Prologue: Adelaide - Adelaide, 5.5 km

The evening prologue on Tuesday 17 January follows a 5.5 kilometre course through the Adelaide Parks and past the Adelaide Oval cricket ground in what promises to be a fast and furious affair. Unusually, the riders will have to use their road race bikes due to logistical issues with bringing all of their equipment over to Australia for the race. It's also the first time a prologue has been incorporated into the race, with race organisers clearly hoping that Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma), home favourite and time trial expert, can pull off the win and the early race lead.

Stage One: Tanunda - Tanunda, 149.9 km, Hilly

The first road stage of the 2023 men's race covers a 149.9 kilometre circuit around the city of Tanunda and and the Barossa wine area. It also features four smaller circuits which involve the Menglers Hill climb, making for a total of 2,050 metres of elevation gain. Menglers Hill isn't so challenging that the best sprinters in the world won't get over it, meaning that the likes of Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) could still be in contention towards the stage finale. 

Otherwise, a rider of the likes of Plapp could look to use the final climb with just 10 kilometres to go as a launch pad for a solo move to the finish. 

Stage Two: Brighton - Victor Harbour, 154.8 km, Hilly

The longest stage of this year's edition, stage two from Brighton to Victor Harbour is all about the coast. Riders will get to enjoy the spectacular coastline for the first portion of the route before things ramp up in the stage climax. 

The final 60 kilometres involve two challenging, categorised ascents although the flat run in could also mean a day for the sprinters once more. In 2020, Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel-Premier Tech) grabbed the victory. Ewan will be another name to watch or a rider like EF Education-EasyPost's Alberto Bettiol. The Italian can more than hold his own on short, punchy climbs and packs a devilish fast finish.

Stage Three: Norwood - Campbell Town, 116.8 km, Hilly

Stage three to Campbelltown is short but will pack a mean punch with three of Adelaide's toughest hills roped into the equation. Norton Summit, Checkers Hill and Corkscrew Road are all on the menu, providing plenty of staging posts for the high profile overall contenders to make their moves. Corkscrew Road features challenging pitches of 6.8% average gradient, with one section ramping up to more than 9%. Perhaps homegrown hero and Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) will look to test his early season form on the hills of Adelaide.  

Stage Four: Port Willunga - Willunga Township, 133.2 km, Flat

Normally on a stage in and around Willunga, you would expect the infamous Willunga Hill to feature somewhere in the route but this year's race misses out the legendary climb. Stage four gets underway overlooking the beach and ends in Willunga Township after 133 kilometres of mainly rolling, undulating roads. Stage four is definitely a day for the sprinters once more before the race reaches its finale on Mount Lofty the day after. 

Stage Five: Unley - Mount Lofty, 122.5 km, Hilly

Stage five to Mount Lofty will make for a spectacular finish to the 2023 edition of the race. The stage is just 112.5 kilometres long but features five ascents of Mount Lofty, which is almost certainly going to provide drama on the races final day in the heart of the Adelaide Hills. All four ascents of the devilish climb will make for more than 3,000 metres of climbing. The whole climb is 2.6 kilometres long with an average gradient of 7%. At two and then one kilometre to go there are two much more severe, steeper sections which is where the GC favourites will be expected to attack. Many talented climbers feature on the expected start list which should make for a thrilling and aggressive stage five to end the race. 

WOMEN'S TOUR DOWN UNDER: STAGES, 15-17 JANUARY

FDJ-Suez's Grace Brown will be a strong favourite for the women's race

Stage One: Glenelg - Aldinga, 110.4 km, Flat

The opening day of the women's race is a relatively flat affair along the South Australian coastline. 

With just one categorised climb on the menu, the category four Chaffey's climb, it promises to be a fast run into the finish which could provide an opportunity for the likes of Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) to start as they mean to go on, with an opening day stage victory. 

Stage Two: Birdwood to Uraidla, 90 km, Hilly 

Stage two will be a punchy affair through the Adelaide hills, a reverse of the route taken in stage five of the men's race. The women will ascend the back of the Mount Lofty climb which is certainly set to cause some major splits in the bunch. 

If after day one Brown has taken an early lead in the GC, she will have to be well on her guard to prevent climbing experts like Brodie Chapman (Trek-Segafredo) from wrestling the overall lead from her grasp. 

Stage Three: Adelaide - Campbelltown, 93.2 km, Hilly

The grand finale for this year's women's Tour Down Under will be one for the climbers with more than 1,500 metres of elevation on offer. 

Corkscrew Road - one of the toughest climbs in the Adelaide hills - will play a starring role on the races final day and will more than likely cause some major splits. 

With sections of up to 24.4% gradients, the Corkscrew will provide a menacing test and potentially the perfect setting for the overall leader to launch an attack, and claim a final day stage win to cement their advantage. 

MEN'S START LIST

 Jayco-AIUla

Michael Matthews  (AUS) Simon Yates (GBR) Luke Durbridge (AUS) Lucas Hamilton (AUS) Michael Hepburn (AUS) Chris Harper (AUS) Campbell Stewart (NZA)

AG2R-Citroën

Ben O'Connor (AUS) Alex Baudin (FRA) Dorian Godon (FRA) Paul Lapeira (FRA) Nans Peters (FRA) Michael Schar (SWI) Damian Touze (FRA)

Arkéa-Samsic

Ewen Costiou (FRA) Mathis Le Berre (FRA) Elie Gesbert (FRA) Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) Kevin Ledanois (FRA) Łukasz Owsian (POL) Alessandro Verre (ITA

Astana Qazaqstan

Luis Leon Sanchez (SPA) Manuele Boaro (ITA) Leonardo Basso (ITA) Fabio Felline (ITA) Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) Martin Laas (EST) Gianni Moscon (ITA)

Bahrain-Victorious

Pello Bilbao (SPA) Nikias Arndt (GER) Kamil Gradek (POL) Hermann Pernsteiner (AU) Cameron Scott (AUS) Jasha Sutterlin (GER)

Trek-Segafredo

Tony Gallopin (FRA) Filippo Baroncini (ITA) Marc Brustenga (SPA) Asbjorn Hellemose (DEN) Emils Liepins (LAT) Natnael Tesfazion (ERI) Antonio Tiberi (ITA)

Bryan Coquard (FRA) Francois Bidard (FRA) Davide Cimolai (ITA) Wesley Kreder (NED) Victor Lafay (FRA) Alexis Renard (FRA) Harrison Wood (FRA)

Soudal Quick-Step

Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) Josef Cerny (CZA) Dries Devenyns (BEL) James Knox (GBR) Mauro Schmid (SWI) Jannik Steimle (GER) Martin Svrcek (CZA)

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Kaden Groves (AUS) Jenson Plowright (AUS) Robert Stannard (AUS) Samuel Gayze (NZA) Senne Leysen (BEL) Oscar Riesebeek (NED) Michael Gogl (AUS)

Groupama-FDJ

Michael Storer (AUS) Miles Scotson (AUS) Lorenzo Germani (ITA) Reuben Thompson (NZA) Laurence Pithie (NZA) Paul Penhoet (FRA) Rudy Molard (FRA)

Ineos Grenadiers

Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ethan Hayter (GBR) Kim Heiduk (GER) Luke Plapp (AUS) Magnus Sheffield (USA) Ben Swift (GBR)

Intermarche-Circus-Wanty

Sven Erik Bystøom (NOR) Julius Johansen (DEN) Hugo Page (FRA) Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Taco van der Hoorn (NED) Boy Van Poppel (NED) Dion Smith (NZA)

Jumbo-Visma

Rohan Dennis (AUS) Robert Gesink (NED) Lennard Hofstede (NED) Timo Roosen (NED) Milan Vader (NED) Timo van Dijke (NED) Jos van Emden (NED)

Gorka Izaguirre (SPA) Imanol Erviti (SPA) Johan Jacobs (SWI) Oscar Rodriguez (SPA) Ivan Romeo (SPA) Sergio Samitier (SPA) Luis Guillermo Mas (SPA)

Chris Hamilton (AUS) Matt Dinham (AUS) Patrick Bevin (NZA) Romain Combaud (FRA) Tim Naberman (NED) Marius Mayrhofer (GER) Martijn Tusveld (NED)

UAE Team Emirates

Jay Vine (AUS) George Bennett (NZA) Marc Hirschi (SWI) Sjoerd Bax (NED) Alessandro Covi (ITA) Michael Vink (NZA) Finn Fisher-Black (NZA)

EF Education-EasyPost Alberto Bettiol (ITA) Mikkel Honoré (DEN) Jens Keukeleire (BEL) Sean Quinn (USA) Jonas Rutsch (GER) Thomas Scully (NZA) Lukasz Wisniowski (POL)

Bora-Hansgrohe

Jai Hindley (AUS) Marco Haller (AUS) Shane Archbold (NZA) Luis-Joe Luhrs (GER) Jordi Meeus (BEL) Max Schachmann (GER) Giovanni Aleotti (ITA)

Israel Premier-Tech

Chris Froome (GBR) Daryl Impey (RZA) Simon Clarke (AUS) Corbin Strong (NZA) Taj Jones (AUS) Sebastian Berwick (AUS) Derek Gee (CAN)

Australian National Team

Caleb Ewan (AUS) Jarrad Drizners (AUS) Graeme Frislie (AUS) Connor Leahy (AUS) Zac Marriage (AUS) James Moriarty (AUS) Liam Walsh (AUS)

WOMEN'S START LIST

Jayco- AIUla Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS) Alex Manly (AUS) Amber Pate (AUS) Georgia Baker (AUS) Georgia Howe (AUS) Jessica Allen (AUS)

Amanda Spratt (AUS) Lauretta Hanson (AUS) Brodie Chapman (AUS) Tayler Wiles (USA) Lisa Klein (GER) Ilaria Sanguineti (ITA)

Grace Brown (AUS) Loes Adegeest (NED) Clara Copponi (FRA) Eugenie Duval (FRA) Victorie Guilman (FRA) Gladys Verhulst (FRA)

Human Powered Health

Lily Williams (USA) Daria Pikulik (POL) Antri Christoforou (GRE) Kaia Schmid (USA) Henrietta Christie (NZA) Nina Buijsman (NED)

Israel Premier Tech Roland

Caroline Baur (SWI) Silvia Magri (ITA) Mia Griffin (IRE) Thi That N'Guyen (VIE) Claire Steels (GBR) Elena Pirrone (ITA)

EF Education-Tibco-SVB

Lauren Stephens (USA) Emma Langley (USA) Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA) Abigail Smith (GBR) Georgia Williams (NZA)

COOP-Hitec Products

Mari Mohr (NOR) Josie Nelson (GBR) Tiril Jorgenson (NOR) Sylvia Swinkels (NED) Kerry Jonker (RZA) Georgia Danford (NZA)

ZAAF Cycling

Danielle De Francesco (AUS) Elizabeth Stannard (AUS) Nikola Noskova (CZA) Michaela Drummond (NZA) Debora Silvestri (ITA) Maggie Coles-Lyster (CAN)

ARA Skip Capital

Sophie Edwards (AUS) Chloe Moran (AUS) Isabelle Carnes (AUS) Alex Martin-Wallace (AUS) Georgia Whitehouse (AUS) Rachael Wales (AUS)

Emily Watts (AUS) Gina Ricardo (AUS) Jessica Pratt (AUS) Keely Bennett (AUS) Lillee Pollock (AUS) Mia Hayden (AUS)

Nicole Frain (AUS) Rachel Neylan (AUS) Josie Talbot (AUS) Anya Louw (AUS) Haylee Fuller (AUS) Alli Anderson (AUS)

New Zealand National Team

Ally Wollaston (NZA) Bryony Botha (NZA) Ella Wyllie (NZA) Prudence Fowler (NZA) Rylee McMullen (NZA) Annamarie Lipp (NZA)

St Michel - Mavic

Roxane Fournier (FRA) Coralie Demay (FRA) Simone Boilard (CAN) Dilyxine Miermont (FRA) Sandrine Bideau (FRA) Camille Fahy (FRA)

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Watch tour down under and cadel evans great ocean race live and free on seven.

Channel 7 has unveiled a star-studded commentary line-up for the highly anticipated 2024 Santos Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race — both live and free on Seven and 7plus .

Direct from picturesque South Australia, Seven’s coverage of the Santos Tour Down Under will kick off on Friday, January 12 at 11.30am AEDT, with Seven’s resident cycling expert and Sunrise presenter Mark Beretta , top cycling broadcaster Matthew Keenan and Sunrise reporter and cycling enthusiast James Tobin leading the broadcast.

In a coup for fans, the doyen of cycling commentary and aptly named ‘voice of cycling’ Phil Liggett MBE will return to Seven’s broadcast.

Former cycling champions Scott McGrory , Robbie McEwen , Anna Meares and Gracie Elvin will bring valuable insights to their roles as experts on the commentary panel.

Cycling fans can enjoy a broadcast of a combined 1,116 kilometres of action across nine days of premier racing, including the full women’s race returning as a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Women’s WorldTour event – the top level of road cycling competition – broadcast live and free on Seven and 7plus from Friday, January 12.

Following record-breaking broadcast audiences in 2023, the men’s Stage One will begin on Tuesday, January 16 and returns to the Barossa for an opening stage that starts and finishes in Tanunda.

With a stunning backdrop off Victoria’s Surf Coast, the iconic Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will return to Seven on Saturday, January 27 for an action-packed weekend of elite cycling action.

Seven’s coverage will be led by hosts Beretta and Tobin, and will feature the UCI WorldTour Deakin University Elite Women’s Road Race on Saturday, January 27 and the UCI WorldTour Elite Men’s Road Race on Sunday, January 28.

Joining Beretta and Tobin will be Liggett, McEwan and Keenan, as well as Olympic cyclist and seasoned cycling commentator Kate Bates , who will provide expert commentary across the two days.

Seven Network Head of Sport Lewis Martin said: “Seven is set to take the Australian summer of cycling into a new era, reaching new audiences across our digital platforms, and delivering all the exciting competition, exceptional entertainment and world-class talent direct to fans, live and free on Seven and 7plus.

“With an incomparable commentary team, led by international cycling’s most authoritative voice Phil Liggett and hosted by Sunrise’s own Mark Beretta and James Tobin, the 2024 Santos Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will showcase the world’s best road race cycling on the most picturesque backdrops in Victoria and South Australia.

“Elite men’s and women’s cycling paired with stunning views of our own backyard – what more could you want?” he said.

Fans can also tune into the 7plus Cycling Hub for extra highlights – including a daily highlights show throughout the Santos Tour Down Under – and replays from both events, bonus features and Race Routes.

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Tour Down Under broadcast times

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12

Ziptrak Women’s Stage 1 – Hahndorf to Campbelltown

Sydney and Melbourne 11.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

Brisbane 10.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

Adelaide 11.00am live on 7mate and 7plus

Perth 8.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13

Health Partners Women’s Stage 2 – Glenelg to Stirling

Men’s Down Under Classic – Adelaide to Willunga Hill

Sydney and Melbourne 7.30pm live on 7plus

Brisbane 6.30pm live on 7plus

Adelaide 7.00pm live on 7plus

Perth 4.30pm live on 7plus

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14

Hyundai Women’s Stage 3

Sydney and Melbourne 11.30am live on 7two and 7plus

Brisbane 10.30am live on 7two and 7plus

Adelaide 11.00am live on Channel 7 and 7plus

Perth 8.30am live on 7two and 7plus

TUESDAY, JANUARY 16

Ziptrak Men’s Stage 1 – Tanuda to Tanuda

Adelaide 11.00am live on 7two and 7plus

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17

efex Men’s Stage 2 – Norwood to Lobethal

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18

Health Partners Men’s Stage 3 – Tea Tree Gully to Campbelltown

Women’s Down Under Criterium

Sydney and Melbourne 7.15pm live on 7plus

Brisbane 6.15pm live on 7plus

Adelaide 6.45pm live on 7plus

Perth 4.15pm live on 7plus

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19

Hahn Men’s Stage 4 – Murray Bridge to Port Elliot

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20

THINK! Road Safety Men’s Stage 5 – Christies Beach to Willunga Hill

SUNDAY, JANUARY 21

Schwalbe Men’s Stage 6 – Unley to Mount Lofty

Perth 8.30am live on 7flix and 7plus

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2024 – Elite Women’s Race

Sydney and Melbourne 12.00pm live on 7mate and 7plus

Brisbane 11.00am live on 7mate and 7plus

Adelaide 11.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

Perth 9.00am live on 7flix and 7plus

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2024 – Elite Men’s Race

Sydney and Melbourne 10.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

Brisbane 9.30am live on 7mate and 7plus

Adelaide 10.00am live on 7mate and 7plus

Perth 7.30am live on 7two and 7plus

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Tour Down Under 2023: The Route

The UCI World Tour kicks into gear with a flat prologue of 5.5 kilometres in the streets of Adelaide before the 1st stage is likely to see a sprint finish in Tanunda. Stage 2 takes in two climbs – the first of which measures 2.5 kilometres at 6.8% – inside the last 20 kilometres.

Stage 3 features 2,442 vertical metres in just 118.5 kilometres. The renowned Corkscrew climb – 2.3 kilometres at 9.2% – marks the finale before a technical downhill finish into Campbelltown. It’s back to the fast men on stage 4 , while Tour Down Under is to be decided on the final day of action. Starting in Unley and finishing on Mount Lofty, stage 5 takes in an elevation gain of 3,131 metres and a punchy uphill finish.

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The Tour Down Under is (Finally!) Back for 2023—Here’s How to Watch

The 2023 pro cycling road racing season officially kicks off with the return of the Tour Down Under, and we’re ready.

What is even more exciting is that the women’s race, even though only three stages to the men’s five stages plus a prologue , will be part of the UCI WorldTour for the first time, making the Tour Down Under women’s race the first UCI Women’s WorldTour stage race in the southern hemisphere. Like, ever.

The women’s and men's races both unofficially kick off with a race before the race, when the riders line up for the curtain-raising circuit race on January 14th.

When is the 2023 Santos Tour Down Under happening?

The women's race runs from January 15-17 followed by the men’s race on January 17-22, 2023.

What are the women's stages like?

The women's teams racing in this year's Tour Down Under are:

EF EDUCATION - TIBCO - SVB (United States)

TREK - SEGAFREDO (United States)

ISRAEL PREMIER TECH ROLAND (Switzerland)

HUMAN POWERED HEALTH (United States)

TEAM JAYCO - ALULA (Australia)

FDJ-SUEZ (France)

ST MICHEL - MAVIC (France)

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL TEAM

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TEAM

TEAM BRIDGELANE (Australia)

ARA SKIP CAPITAL (Australia)

ZAAF CYCLING TEAM (Spain)

TEAM COOP - HITEC PRODUCTS (Norway)

What are the men's stages like?

The men's teams rolling up to the line are:

ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK (Belgium)

COFIDIS (France)

ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM (Kazakhstan)

AG2R CITROEN TEAM (France)

BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS (Bahrain)

SOUDAL QUICK-STEP (Belgium)

GROUPAMA - FDJ (France)

INEOS GRENADIERS (United Kingdom)

INTERMARCHE - CIRCUS - WANTY (Belgium)

JUMBO-VISMA (Netherlands)

MOVISTAR TEAM (Spain)

TEAM DSM (Netherlands)

UAE TEAM EMIRATES (United Arab Emirates)

TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC (France)

EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST (United States)

BORA-HANSGROHE (Germany)

ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH (Israel)

AUS COMPOSITE TEAM (Australia)

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Kenny chesney launches sun goes down 2024 tour with new record.

Posted by Buddy Iahn | Apr 20, 2024

Finding tickets three times after selling out, the country star played to 60,529 in Tampa

It looked like Raymond James Stadium’s famed pirate ship was rocking on a sea of humans, hands in the air as Kenny Chesney delivered two hours of back-to-back life-affirming hits to a beyond sold-out crowd at his Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour kick-off. With 60,529 tickets sold – including an unprecedented wave of standing-room-only tickets in the North Zone Plaza – the audience seemed as hungry for the East Tennessee songwriter/superstar’s music as Chesney was to throw it all down on that stage.

It was a night of surges and highlights. Telling the packed crowd they’d been in rehearsals since February and were so glad to be playing for actual human beings, the audience cheered even harder. Often it felt like a competition to see who could out-love the other, as the audience pulled an extra last chorus of “American Kids” and sang so loud it poured onto the stage during “The Good Stuff.”

From the moment Chesney came down the drum riser, the band full-tilt into “Living in Fast Forward,” it was obvious they’d come to play hard. A cascade of “Beer In Mexico” into “Keg in the Closet” into the five guitars blazing “KC/DC” march down the T, bringing the music as close to No Shoes Nation as possible, the momentum never stopped. Whether the sexy “Somewhere with You,” the countryfied Chris Stapleton-penned “Never Wanted Nothing More” or the gulp life down “Til It’s Gone,” it was song forward, muscular music sent into the near-perfect night.

“You think about it, you anticipate, you wait – and no matter how many times you’ve done this,” Chesney marveled after the show, “there is nothing like the way that crowd hits you. They came to sing, to cheer and just love the night, and they sure did.”

With the cars wrapped around the stadium before 9 am and folks in line not much later, No Shoes Nation came ready. Tiki bars, pirate flags, corn hole courts, grills’n’blenders and sundry skeletons created a tableau in the parking lot that was distinctly redolent of Chesney’s poets and pirates reality. That sense of friendship extended to the stage as well.

When Uncle Kracker emerged from the wings for “When The Sun Goes Down,” their multiple week No. 1, the crowd erupted in shrieks seeing the two friends reunited. As the song ended, production manager Ed Wannebo rambled onstage with the ceremonial massive margarita, but instead of one giant tumbler, he had a pair. With a toast, a drink and a laugh, they two shared Kracker’s remake of Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away,” again with the crowd singing along in full voice.

“Nobody sings like No Shoes Nation,” Chesney says. “When I hear those voices coming back at us, how much they mean these songs, I feel like I’m home, and home is a really good place to be.”

Once again, presented by Blue Chair Bay Rum, Sun Goes Down 2024 brings all the high-velocity energy and songs people know by heart back to America’s favorite football stadiums.

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Men's Stages

In 2024, the Santos Tour Down Under stages will challenge the peloton as they race around South Australia and deliver plenty of excitement for fans.

MEN'S COMBINED STAGE MAP

Saturday, 13 January 2024

• Start: 7:10 PM, Wakefield Street, Adelaide, Adelaide
• Finish: 8:15 PM, Wakefield Street, Adelaide, Adelaide
• Distance: 1.35km (1 hour + 1 lap)km

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Ziptrak® Men's Stage 1: Tanunda to Tanunda

• Start: 11:10 AM, Murray Street, Tanunda
• Finish: 2:53 PM, Murray Street, Tanunda
• Distance: 144km

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

efex Men's Stage 2: Norwood - Lobethal

• Start: 11:10 AM, The Parade, Norwood
• Finish: 2:52 PM, Main Street, Lobethal
• Distance: 141.6km

Thursday, 18 January 2024

Health Partners Men's Stage 3: Tea Tree Gully - Campbelltown

• Start: 11:10 AM, North East Road, Tea Tree Gully
• Finish: 2:49 PM, Gorge Road, Athelstone
• Distance: 145.3km

Friday, 19 January 2024

Hahn Men's Stage 4: Murray Bridge - Port Elliot

• Start: 11:10 AM, Bridge Street, Murray Bridge
• Finish: 2:48 PM, The Strand, Port Elliot
• Distance: 136.2km

Saturday, 20 January 2024

THINK! Road Safety Men's Stage 5: Christies Beach - Willunga Hill

• Start: 11:10 AM, Esplanade, Christies Beach
• Finish: 2:31 PM, Brookman Road, Willunga Hill
• Distance: 129.3km

Sunday, 21 January 2024

Schwalbe Men's Stage 6: Unley - Mount Lofty

• Start: 11:10 AM, King William Road, Unley
• Finish: 2:31 PM, Mount Lofty Summit Road, Mount Lofty
• Distance: 128.2km

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Jennifer Lopez Quietly Rebrands Tour as Greatest Hits Show Amid Weak Ticket Sales

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After canceling seven dates of her first North American tour in five years amid weak ticket sales, Jennifer Lopez has renamed it to apparently broaden its scope, changing it from “This Is Me… Now” to “This Is Me… Live | The Greatest Hits.”

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Upon release in February, “This Is Me… Now” struggled to find an audience, selling 14,000 copies in its first week. While the album did debut atop the Billboard Top Album Sales Chart due to 11,000 in physical sales, it arrived at No. 38 on the Billboard 200, becoming the second of her nine studio albums to bow outside the top 10.

The album was one part of a self-financed $20 million multimedia project including the tour and the two films, “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story,” and a documentary, “The Greatest Love Story Never Told.” Variety described the endeavor as an examination of “Lopez’s life as a serial romantic” following her romantic rekindling with actor Ben Affleck, who she married in 2022 after nearly two decades apart.

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How to watch the 2024 Tour Down Under – live streaming

The best way to watch all the action from the WorldTour and Women's WorldTour opener

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• Around the world

Road racing is back! The new season draws closer with the return of the Tour Down Under , the 2024 WorldTour opener, which runs from January 16-21.

The 2024 Women's WorldTour also gets underway this month, with the Women's Tour Down Under running from January 12-14.

Cyclingnews will have all the race reports, analysis and news in the lead-up, during, and after the races as a host of big names head to Australia to kick off the new season.

The Tour Down Under will be broadcast live around Europe and the rest of the world – you can find out how to watch the race wherever you are with our handy guide and with ExpressVPN .

Men's Tour Down Under 2024 Women's Tour Down Under 2024 'It's a year to rebuild and find my feet again' – Caleb Ewan starts over at Jayco-AlUla The 2024 WorldTour starts here – A guide to Australia's pro cycling festival

In the men's six-day race which features the famous Willunga Hill finish on stage 5, look out for top riders including Filippo Ganna and Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty).

Home favourites in the men's race include Caleb Ewan (Jayco-AlUla), Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious).

Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) is back to defend her title in the women's three-day race. She'll be joined at the French team by Evita Muzic and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig.

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Other big names at the start line include Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM), and Liv-Jayco-AlUla pairing Alexandra Manly, Ruby Roseman-Gannon.

Check out our full guide to all the racing in Australia here , and read on for all the information on how to watch the action.

How to watch the Tour Down Under in the USA & Canada

The men's and women's Tour Down Under will be aired by FloBikes across North America. A subscription will set you back US$149.99 / CAN$150 for the year or US$29.99 / CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.

NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV will also be airing both races in the USA.

How to watch the Tour Down Under in the UK

In the UK, live coverage of both races will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £29.99 per month.

How to watch the Tour Down Under around the world

Australian live coverage will be available via the Seven Network .

Eurosport hold the coverage rights for various countries around Europe and Asia. If you're in France, Denmark and Spain then you can look to L'Equipe , TV2 , and RTVE respectively.

Best VPN for streaming live cycling

If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the Tour Down Under, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.

In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar thoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.

Try ExpressVPN risk-free for 30 days ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee with its VPN service. You can use it to watch on your mobile, tablet, laptop, TV, games console and more. There's 24/7 customer support and three months free when you sign-up.

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There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out the best two options below - NordVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark .

NordVPN - get the world's favorite VPN We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate NordVPN as the best for streaming Netflix as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. It's also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.

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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.

Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.

As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix

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