Adelaide, Australia, Jan 22, 2025 (AFP) - Bloodied Welsford fights back from crash to win another Tour stage

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2025-01-22
Bloodied home rider Sam Welsford fought back from an early crash to thrillingly win his second straight stage of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday. It was the Australian's fifth career stage win at the season-opening UCI World Tour race and yet again he owed much to his lead-out Dutch rider Danny van Poppel and his other Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammates to position him for the final push. Welsford, with his ochre leader's jersey ripped on his blo......
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