Racing
Harry Sweeny podiums at TDU
Sweeny takes third on GC after a big week of racing
January 25, 2026
After six days of tough racing, Harry Sweeny and his teammates wrapped up their first WorldTour stage race of the year with a podium. The Australian rider placed third place overall, earning his best WorldTour stage race result to date.
Harry recognized that this result came after a tremendous amount of support from his teammates.
“Today we used every single man that we had,” Harry said. “I can’t thank them enough. I had special legs but the boys have been amazing this week and I know what usually goes into fighting for a leader like this because I do it day in, day out most of the year so I can’t thank them enough and I’m really happy with the result.”
While Harry knew he was capable of a strong result at the Tour Down Under, it was a big change for him to put his hand up and nominate himself as the GC leader.
“It’s actually a bit difficult, like telling the boys, ‘Where are you? You need to come, you need to come, you need to do this’ is not usually the style that I have. I’m usually just doing it for someone else so it’s a bit of a mindset shift but it's something that I’m learning to do. Everything’s a learning curve in cycling, especially at the WorldTour level,” he said.
“If you told me a month ago I’d be on the GC podium, it would be a surprise,” Harry told reporters just ahead of the podium ceremony. “But the week leading in, I felt really special and I had some really good legs and it was the first time in a long time that I’ve asked to ride for myself. I had the team’s blessing and the whole team’s support.”
The final stage saw the EF Education-EasyPost squad racing to protect Harry’s GC position on a course consisting of eight laps around the town of Stirling, totaling nearly 3,000 vertical meters.
“It was a hard day,” Harry said. “It was a really hard day. In the end we had to use the whole team. They did an amazing job. I truly couldn’t have done it without them today. I can’t thank them enough.”
With the conclusion of the men’s race, this caps off a great season opening for the team with both Noemi and Harry. Congratulations to both squads on a fantastic block of racing in Adelaide!
