Triple world champion Peter Sagan is one of cycling’s brightest stars, and he’s back for his fourth Tour Down Under. But the story of how the prodigious talent landed in South Australia didn’t begin in Adelaide — it was on the streets of Monte Carlo.
The Slovakian three-time UCI world champion ended 2018 in freezing conditions pointing out that he will soon be in the middle of the SA heat probably sometime next week.
AUSTRALIAN WorldTour cycling star Nathan Haas was on a bunch ride in Adelaide last week when he saw a young guy take a gravel corner at high speed and he had to ask.
With Usain Bolt retired, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal not as dominant, there’s a different look to JON ANDERSON’S list of this year’s best sport stars.
VALENTINA Scandolara’s sprint finish in the final stage of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic has propelled the Alé Cycling rider to her first Bay Crits title.
HEADLINING Tour Down Under act Peter Sagan’s new team Bora-Hansgrohe will be the first European team to arrive for the 19th edition of the nation’s most important bike race.
THE new UAE Abu Dhabi team will make its UCI WorldTour debut at this month’s Santos Tour Down Under — but it won’t be going into the race “blind”.
ONLY a disaster of epic proportions will prevent Englishman Ian Bibby from winning the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic.
AFTER a frustrating first stage for Orica-Scott, Amanda Spratt blew away her rivals to headline a 1-2-3 finish for Australia’s premier team in stage two of the Bay Classic.
AFTER a year of fairytale victories and sporting upsets, GLENN McFARLANE takes a look ahead at some of the burning questions in Australian sport for 2017.
THE Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic will boast one of the sharpest fields in the event’s 28-year history but the new three-day format means no cyclist can afford to have one bad day.
CALEB Ewan isn’t sure, but he doesn’t think he’s getting any faster but the Orica-Scott pocket rocket knows what has to be done to close the gap on the sprinting elite.
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