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Annette Edmondson won stage two of the Santos Women's Tour, while Katrin Garfoot retained the overall lead.

Annette Edmondson of team Wiggle High5
Australian cycling star Annette Edmondson won stage two of the Santos Women's Tour. (AAP)

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Australian cycling star Annette Edmondson has made the most of perfect team work to win stage two of the Santos Women's Tour.

Her Wiggle Hi5 team were prominent throughout the 20.4km street race, held on the East Tce circuit outside the Adelaide CBD.

Chloe Hosking then led out Edmondson on the final lap and they finished first and second, with Orica-AIS rider Lizzie Willliams third.

Stage one winner and Williams' teammate Katrin Garfoot remains the tour leader.

Their stage early on Sunday evening was the curtain raiser to the People's Choice Classic, the standalone race which gives the men a hitout ahead of this week's Tour Down Under.

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"Because of the strength of the Wiggle Hi5 girls out there, I could relax," Edmondson said.

"I let them do all the work and they came back and found me when they needed to."

Orica-AIS tried to disrupt Wiggle Hi5's sprint train with an early attack on the last lap.

"Luckily Chloe, my leadout girl, was switched on and got straight on their wheel," Edmondson said.

Two crashes during the 20-lap race thinned out the main group, which quickly shut down any breakaway attempt.

Edmondson is reigning world champion in the omnium and teams pursuit and is set for a prominent role in the track team at the Rio Olympics.

Garfoot's stage win gave her the tour lead, but she remains level on time with fellow Australian Lauren Kitchen (Hitec), American Shelley Olds (Cyclance) and British rider Dani King (Wiggle Hi5).

Edmondson is sixth overall at 47 seconds.


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