Amanda Spratt pipped by fast-finishing American in Women’s Tour Down Under

  • US road race champion Winder wins overall honours
  • Spratt, third, dethroned after hat-trick of titles

Australian cycling queen Amanda Spratt’s reign in the Women’s Tour Down Under is over after American Ruth Winder took out overall honours. Simona Frapporti (Bepink) upstaged the big guns to win Sunday evening’s final stage around a tight Adelaide street circuit, with Lauren Stephens (Tibco-SVB) and Rushlee Buchanan (New Zealand) filling out the podium.

But US road race champion Winder did just enough to preserve her overall lead and become the first international rider to win the general classification in the five-year history of the women’s event.

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