Great victory for Noemi Rüegg (EF Education Oatly) who wins the second stage of the Tour Down Under and takes the leader's jersey in the overall standings.

At the start of the climb up Willunga Hill Dygert tries to pull away, but then goes off the pace and drops back, finishing over 3' behind at the finish line.

The best seem to be Rüegg , Smulders and the two favourites Fisher-Black and Bradbury ; after just one kilometre of climbing this quartet remains alone in the lead.

In the last kilometer Swinkels accelerates and, surprisingly, Fisher-Black and Bradbury break away. Rüegg instead holds his own and responds in the last 500 meters and wins alone. Behind him are Smulders and Ottestad .