IT TOOK 20 years and didn’t have any official bearing on the Tour Down Under race itself but Peter Sagan’s victory in Adelaide on Sunday night was the most significant result in the event’s history, writes Reece Homfray.
NEWLY crowned national cycling champion Alex Edmondson will put his hand up to race a home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast if it’s possible to back up just six days after the epic Paris-Roubaix.
ALL the colour and action from Sunday’s Tour Down Under, Santos Festival of Cycling and People’s Choice Undies Run. Were you there? Find yourself in our mega gallery.
AUSTRALIAN sprinter Chloe Hosking won the final stage of the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under with a perfectly-timed move in the criterium in Adelaide last night.
THE Barossa Valley has come alive with pink and blue spray-painted bikes and plenty of fighting spirit ahead of the TDU on Tuesday.
ELIA Viviani says SA-based Nino Solari helped mentor the Italian to become aggressive in two different disciplines – track and road.
PEOPLE’S Choice Classic winner Marcel Kittel knows the next chance for pure sprinters might not come until Victor Harbor on Friday.
TEAM director Michael Drapac has slammed the AIS, claiming the government-funded elite sports hub lacks integrity.
TDU director Mike Turtur provided official confirmation on Monday that Tuesday’s Stage 1 from Nuriootpa to Angaston would start as planned.
GIOVANNI Visconti hopes to be back racing at the Giro D’Italia in May after breaking his leg in a crash he described as “stupid”.
SYDNEY sprinter Chris Sutton is out of the Tour Down Under, the second victim of a street circuit crash in Adelaide on Sunday.
CADEL Evans has spoken for the first time about his former teammate Alessandro Ballan after the 2008 world road champion was sacked from the BMC Racing team.
MORE than 30,000 cycling fans are expected to line the streets of Rostrevor when Campbelltown Council hosts a Tour Down Under stage finish on Thursday.
MARCEL Kittel dethroned Andre Greipel as the Tour Down Under’s opening night king by winning in a photo finish.
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