Route revealed: TDU to finish on Willunga Hill
THE battle for next year’s Santos Tour Down Under will go right down to the last pedal stroke with organisers moving the queen stage on Willunga Hill to Stage 6 on the final day. SEE ALL THE ROUTES
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Kaarle goes all in: The Coffee Ride #191, with Reece Homfray
KAARLE McCulloch explains how having her head held under water has helped her become a better cyclist, news on Australia’s team for the road world championships, a world record holder has ankle surgery and Aussie transfer news.
Spat at, booed but Sky didn’t cave in
THE machine that is Team Sky with Geraint Thomas in charge won the Tour de France for the sixth time in eight years and after taking victory did something it had not done previously.
Beer drinking rugby nut wins Tour de France
GERAINT Thomas, the Welshman who is the ‘life of the party’, has transformed from an Olympic track gold medallist to an elite Grand Tour rider with victory in the Tour de France.
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Play of the Day: Anna Meares
IT’S hard to go past Australian track sensation Anna Meares for our Play of the Day, so we’re not.
Why wasn’t this woman banned?
THE Olympic time trial has been engulfed in controversy after Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya won a silver medal despite breaching the IOC’s initial criteria to compete in Rio.
Crash victim Hosking rides to victory
AUSTRALIAN Chloe Hosking crashed but still managed to win the third stage of the Route de France Feminine.
Anna Meares: The numbers game
THE simply remarkable ANNA MEARES claimed the hearts of Australians in London with her gold medal win and is hoping to repeat the feat in Rio.
Aussie cyclist in hospital after track crash
AUSSIE track cyclist Melissa Hoskins has been taken to hospital after the women’s team pursuit squad crashed at training in Rio, three days out from competition.
Ewan gives ORICA an extra gear
ORICA-BikeExchange has crowned a stellar transfer season by retaining one of the Australia’s best emerging sprinters.
Matthews to swap Orica for Giant
STAR sprinter Michael Matthews is poised to leave Orica-BikeExchange as the emerging Australian team signed gun Czech rider Roman Kreuziger.
Great Ocean Road Race joins elite
VICTORIA has its first ever WorldTour cycling event after the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was elevated to sport’s top shelf.
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