The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race ended speculation that it could be part of a block race in Australia before the Wollongong Road World Championships in September, saying that an alternative date in 2022 was considered but was not a feasible option. He said that it was not.

The Victoria event was the last to host a World Tour and Women's World Tour one-day event and a 1.1 rank circuit race in 2020, and the Santos Tour Down Under has been awarded an early season slot on the international racing calendar for 2021 and 2022. Gave up.

In September, after the latest cancellations, the South Australian event announced that it would host a national cycling festival and that Cadel Evans Races was "currently exploring the opportunity to host an international cycling event in late 2022." And last week, Eurometropole Tour race organizer Louis Coussaire told Belgian newspaper La DH Les Sports that he had heard "noise" about an Australian race being held in September. [Scott Sunderland, race director of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, said this week, "It won't happen. 'It's a good thing that the event had to be canceled or postponed because then we'd have to look at alternatives. We looked at the calendar for opportunities, but it was just too difficult."

Cadel Evans' Great Ocean Road Race is usually held as a race on the same block as the Santos Tour Down Under, with riders going straight from the South Australian stage race, usually held in late January or early February, to the Victoria event This makes the long early season journey more realistic, as many riders will be heading to Australia for the Wollongong World Championships in September 2022, but as part of a national team rather than a trade team, and hosting a World Tour event will be different involving the support of players and teams.

Earlier this week, the Tour Down Under responded to a question about international events beyond 2022 with a focus on 2023.

"The Australian cycling community is committed to the Santos Tour Down Under returning to South Australia each January as the first race on the UCI road cycling calendar in 2023. . and the South Australian Department of Tourism told Cycling News in an email on Monday."

Organizers will host the Santos Festival of Cycling in 2022 instead of a second year of international competition, with four days of national road series-level racing for elite men and elite women. The event will run from January 21-29 and will feature national teams as well as European-based professionals who have returned home for the off-season.