Italian connection reunites
THE involvement of UCI world champion Peter Sagan in the 20th edition of the Santos Tour Down Under has helped reunite three of Italy’s best cyclists in Adelaide.
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The Coffee Ride: Roaming Sagan’s meeting with Pope
GET your Coffee Ride fix every day during the Tour Down Under as Reece Homfray and Val Migliaccio find the best of what’s brewing behind the scenes.
Port lights up as Tour returns for 20th birthday
FROM the docklands of Port Adelaide on Tuesday, to a finale in King William Street on Sunday, South Australia will be on show again to the world for the 20th running of the Santos Tour Down Under.
Riders go fasta on 670kg of pasta
WHAT does it take to feed the cyclists competing in the Santos Tour Down Under? The Hilton Adelaide kitchen staff tell us just how much food they have to cook to fuel some of the world’s best riders.
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Road Watch: TDU closures in east
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Italian steals Stage 2 of TDU
DIEGO Ulissi has upset Aussie favourites Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans to pinch Stage Two of the Tour Down Under.
Ewan shaken after high-speed crash
YOUNG sprinter Caleb Ewan says he won’t know the extent of his injuries from a nasty crash 3km from the finish in Stirling today until he wakes in the morning.
Evans’s future an open road
CADEL Evans’s boss at BMC Racing Team says the Australian has a blank canvas to shape his future.
Stage 2 and 3 critical for Gerrans
ORICA-GreenEDGE director Matt White rates stages two and three as the most crucial to Simon Gerrans’ Tour Down Under title chances.
TDU closures cause delays
TOUR Down Under road closures are causing delays for commuters.
Simon’s win sealed with a kiss
SIMON Gerrans claiming the first stage win in 2014 has laid out all of Orica-GreenEDGE’s cards at the TDU, says race director Matt White.
Strong crowd on TDU opening day
A STRONG and largely patriotic crowd turned out for the first day of official Tour Down Under racing.
Climb hills, not our war memorials
THE RSL has issued a plea for people to show proper respect for war memorials, which were treated as play equipment during the TDU opening race.
The Coffee Ride: Star’s unlucky cut
CYCLING specialists Reece Homfray and Val Migliaccio follow all the action on and off the road at the Santos Tour Down Under.
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