Men's Tour Down Under '25, Stage 2: Not Loving the Climb

It was a little strange to see the former winner of the Tour de France being dropped by the peloton on the final climb of Mengler Hill.  To be fair, Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) had been driving the pace on the front of the peloton to keep his teammates well positioned before the turn onto the climb.  Just ahead two riders, one from Alpecin-Decuninck and another from Intermache-Wanty were losing touch with the main peloton as well.  According to Phil Liggett, Thomas finished dead last in the opening stage of the 25th Tour Down Under, as well.

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"Not Loving the Climb TDU25-24" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Men's Tour Down Under '25, Stage 2: Chasing More KOM Points

Fergus Browning (ARA Australian Cycling) sporting his King of the Mountians Polka Dot Jersey was out in the breakaway for the second day running.  Not only did he claim the jersey in stage one, he was also awarded the red bib number of most aggressive rider on stage one.  Kindly, the race organization awarded his breakaway companion and teammate Zacharie Marriage the same aggressive rider red bib, too.  Today Browning was joined by Patrick Konrad (Lidl-Trek) and Georg Zimmermann (Intermache-Wanty).  Do their credit, they didn't challenge Browning for the KOM points at the top of Mengler Hill either time the trio was off the front of the peloton.

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"Chasing More KOM Points TDU25-22" (Original art by Greig Leach)