TWELVE months after fracturing his pelvis and collarbone in a horrific Tour de France crash, Richie Porte again found himself in hospital. It wasn’t as serious this time but his disappointment was laid bare for all to see.
RICHIE Porte has revealed a simple bump in the road sparked the chain of events that cruelly ended his hopes of a Tour de France victory.
SANTOS Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur is hoping Australian cycling stars Richie Porte and Daryl Impey will return for the 21st edition of Australia’s greatest race along with international superstar Peter Sagan.
SANTOS Tour Down Under race director Mike Turtur will reach out to Geraint Thomas in a bid to bring him back to Adelaide next year as the first time the reigning Tour de France champion has started the race.
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Alex Edmondson has returned home from Europe to recover from knee surgery which he is confident will not derail his Rio Olympic campaign.
TASMANIAN cyclist James Robinson has won gold in the team pursuit at the Junior Track World Championships in Astana.
ADELAIDE cyclist Tiffany Cromwell may return to Australian team Orica-AIS on the road to Rio next year after her current pro team announced it would fold at season’s end.
Chief Inspector Wade Burns will be part of a 970km ride from Adelaide to Melbourne for CanTeen, and will run the Melbourne Marathon two days later.
THE current leader of Cycling Australia’s National Road Series, Patrick Bevin, has signed a contract with American team Cannondale-Garmin to ride the WorldTour next year.
AUSTRALIAN cyclist Tiffany Cromwell’s Olympic preparations have hit a hurdle, with the 27-year-old searching for a new team less than 12 months out from Rio.
CAMPBELL Flakemore admits it has been a soul searching first season on the WorldTour with BMC but after re-charging the batteries in Tasmania he returns to racing on Friday with one eye on 2016 already.
YOUNG Australian cyclist Caleb Ewan will make his Grand Tour debut with Orica-GreenEDGE in the Vuelta a Espana starting on Saturday.
A PROFESSIONAL cyclist is lucky to be alive following this horrific collision with a service car. Watch the video here.
RICHIE Porte will again use Tasmania as his launching pad as he prepares to hit the ground full throttle in 2016.
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