The first edition of a day's race Schwalbe Classic 2025, part of the Down Under Tour, saw the victory of the French Clara Copponi this Sunday in Adélaïde (Australia).
The Provençale Clara Copponi, 26, won this event on Saturday night on Sunday on Sunday. A few days after the Down Under tour (a professional Cycling race in stages. She has been the first round on the UCI Portour calendar since 2008), female cyclists gathered in the streets of Adelaide, still, for this very first Edition of the Schwalbe Classic. The principle is simple: an urban circuit of 4.5 km to travel 20 times, with breathtaking views of the city and its hills.
Very fit in Australia, the Frenchwoman of the Lidl-Trek team won her first victory of the year, winning in a final sprint where she was ahead of Georgia Baker (Liv-Jayco-Alula) and Rachele Barbieri (Picnic Postnl) after 90 kilometers of racing. Copponi had not triumphed since 2022, during his victory over the Choralis Fourmies Classic.
-Race classification
1. COPPONI Clara (LIDL – TREK WOMEN) les 90 km en 02:03:59; 2. BAKER Georgia (LIV-ALULA-JAYCO) m.t.; 3. BARBIERI Rachele(TEAM PICNIC POSTNL WOMEN) m.t.; 4. DYGERT Chloe (CANYON//SRAM ZONDACRYPTO) m.t.; 5. BERTIZZOLO Sofia (UAE TEAM ADQ) m.t.; 6. SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin (HUMAN POWERED HEALTH) m.t.; 7. WOLLASTON Ally (FDJ-SUEZ) m.t.; 8. ZANARDI Silvia (HUMAN POWERED HEALTH) m.t.; 9. BURLOVÁ Kristýna (CERATIZIT PRO CYCLING TEAM) m.t.; 10. MANLY Alexandra (AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM) m.t.
