"I'm really looking forward to coming back to my home race to start off the season," Welsford said in a Tour Down Under media release. "It's an event with a lot of good memories for us, particularly from this year, where we took three stages, so it will be great to be back at the Santos Tour Down Under again in 2025."
For both of the current Australian champions, the racing in South Australia has been pivotal in their early racing careers, with both making a mark during the years when the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the international racing for two years but the event still pulled out all the stops to deliver a high calibre domestic race.
In 2021 a then unsigned Plapp drew the attention of WorldTour teams at the domestic event, first with a flying victory on stage 2 of the Santos Festival of Cycling and then a scorching run up Willunga.
Then in 2022, Roseman-Gannon launched her professional road career during this event, highlighting its importance in the development of Australian cycling talent.
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