2013 Tour Down Under
| 2013 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 22–27 January 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 758.5 km (471.3 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 18h 28' 32" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands)
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(Blanco Pro Cycling) |
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| Second |
 Javier Moreno (Spain)
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(Movistar Team) | |
| Third |
 Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
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(Team Sky) | |
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Mountains |
Javier Moreno (Spain)
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(Movistar Team) |
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Youth |
Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands)
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(Blanco Pro Cycling) |
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Sprints |
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
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(Team Sky) |
| Team | RadioShack–Leopard | ||
The 2013 Santos Tour Down Under was the 15th edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 22 to 27 January and was the first race of the 2013 UCI World Tour.
The race was won by Dutch rider Tom-Jelte Slagter of the Blanco Pro Cycling team, after taking the lead on the penultimate stage of the race and held the race leader's ochre jersey to the finish, the next day, in Adelaide. Slagter also won the third stage of the race, taking the first victories of his professional career at the race. Slagter's winning margin over runner-up Javier Moreno of the Movistar Team was 17 seconds, and Team Sky's Geraint Thomas completed the podium, 8 seconds behind Moreno and 25 seconds in arrears of Slagter. Like Slagter, Thomas won a stage of the race, winning the second stage and held the race lead for three days.
In the race's other classifications, Slagter's overall victory ensured that he also won the black jersey for the highest placed rider under the age of 26, while Thomas won the blue jersey for the sprints classification on the final day – taking points at the intermediate sprints and the finish to displace Slagter of the jersey – to hold off Lotto–Belisol's André Greipel; Greipel won three stages during the race to surpass Robbie McEwen's previous record of most stage wins, and also picked up his 100th career victory with his final stage win. Moreno won the mountains classification, while RadioShack–Leopard won the teams classification.
As the Tour Down Under was a UCI World Tour event, all 18 UCI ProTeams at the time of the race were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Team Katusha was not invited, as the legal proceedings concerning their ProTour status were not resolved yet. Together with a selection of Australian riders forming the UniSA-Australia squad, this formed the event's 19-team peloton.
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