Mixed emotions for Hayman on final ride
Professional cyclist Mathew Hayman ended a 20-year career on Willunga Hill fighting back tears after helping Mitchell-Scott team-mate Daryl Impey win the Tour Down Under.
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Impey creates TDU history with back-to-back win
South African Daryl Impey rewrote the Tour Down Under record books winning the race for the second straight year just holding off Stage 6 winner Richie Porte.
No tears for Kiwi after hero’s effort
New Zealand Patrick Bevin failed to overcome terrible injuries suffered in Stage 5 and hold onto the race leader’s orche jersey he held for the previous two stages.
Anger and accusations as Ewan stripped of Stage 5 win
Lotto-Soudal’s Caleb Ewan was aghast to find he had been sensationally stripped of his Stage 5 win after crossing the finish line first. And the tension didn’t end there on a day of high drama at the Tour Down Under.
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Tour big guns ready to get moving
REIGNING Tour de France champ Chris Froome expects the overall contenders to start making their move when riders hit the mountains on the fifth stage tonight.
Cromwell rides to second Giro win
JUST hours before her 28th birthday, Canyon-SRAM rider Tiffany Cromwell became the second Australian rider to win a stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile.
Tour de France fun fact guide
HOW far do they ride, how fast can they go and for how much cash do they compete? All the answers uin out fun fact guide to the TDF.
Olympians, Wallaroos, netball finalists revealed
THE Australian Olympic team has swelled to 300 plus, it’s D-Day for the Swifts, and ironwoman stars and Wallaroos are named. SHORT AND SWEET women’s sport wrap.
Aussie Hosking sprints off with Giro win
AUSTRALIAN Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking has broken through for her first ever Giro d’Italia Femminile victory.
Olympian one day, flagbearer the next
SOUTH Australia’s cycling queen Anna Meares has been named flagbearer for the Rio Games, a day after being named to represent Australia in her fourth Olympics.
Wheels in motion for Rio redemption
AUSTRALIA has set itself a target of winning five to seven medals in Rio next month, and up to three gold, after yesterday announcing the team it hopes will lead it to Olympic redemption.
Cav closes on all-time Tour win mark
MARK Cavendish has joined French great Bernard Hinault in second place on the all-time list of Tour de France stage winners after grabbing his second victory in this year’s race.
Aussie star left flat after puncture ‘disaster’
AUSSIE star Richie Porte said his Tour de France hopes were not over after losing time on stage two due to a puncture, but it was “a hard one to take”.
Tour de France trio set for Rio
AUSTRALIA’S top male road cyclists Richie Porte, Simon Gerrans and Rohan Dennis are set to jump straight from the Tour de France to the Rio Olympics.
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