Alex Manly and Ruby Roseman-Gannon will lead Liv AlUla Jayco on the 2024 Santos Tour Down Below to open the Girls’s WorldTour calendar within the new 12 months.
5 Australians and newly-signed Ella Wyllie of New Zealand are a part of the six-rider squad which is able to make its debut on the three-day ‘residence’ race with their new look from a merger with Liv Racing-TeqFind for 2024. The ladies’s race takes place January 12-14 throughout Adelaide and culminates with a finale on prime of Willunga Hill.
Final 12 months Manly sprinted to a victory on stage 2 to place her within the ochre-coloured chief’s jersey. Her teammate Roseman-Gannon then took over on stage 3 as a part of a small group chasing race leaders Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) and Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek), who went 1-2 within the ultimate GC, via the Corkscrew climb, and the Jayco rider completed fifth on the ultimate stage and secured fourth total.
“I all the time love racing again on residence soil, and to get to race round all my favorite coaching roads is an absolute pleasure. It was one in every of my profession highlights to win a stage and put on the Ochre jersey this 12 months. It was a goosebump second for me and the group. I’m so excited to get again on the market with the women once more,” stated Manly, a local Adelaide, in a group assertion.
Wyllie, driving for Workforce New Zealand finally 12 months’s occasion, completed second within the youth classification and eighth on GC. She was additionally second within the youth classification on the Tour de France Femmes, driving for LifePlus Wahoo. Thought-about top-of-the-line climbers amongst under-23 girls, the younger Kiwi dedicated to a two-year contract to journey for the Jayco programme earlier this season.
“As everybody is aware of, the Santos Tour Down Below is an important race for our group and each time we take that begin line, workers, riders and supporters are full of satisfaction,” stated Megan Chard, group sports activities director.
“Our aim is to start out the season on a excessive and carry that momentum via the entire 12 months. Our line-up could be very sturdy and really properly balanced. we’ve got riders suited to the totally different terrain and forms of levels and we hope we will placed on an amazing present and are available away with extra victories in Adelaide.”
Commonwealth Video games gold medallist Georgia Baker, Australian criterium champion Amber Pate and 2022 Oceania Continental time trial champion Georgie Howe will present choices for day by day assaults and assist the GC leaders.
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Liv AlUla Jayco 2024 roster
- Georgia Baker (AUS)
- Georgie Howe (AUS)
- Alex Manly (AUS)
- Amber Pate (AUS)
- Ruby Roseman-Gannon (AUS)
- Ella Wyllie (NZL)