Riders eat to beat the heat in Stage One scorcher
Almost a tonne of pasta will fuel sweltering riders through the first stage of the Tour Down Under today as North Adelaide prepares to send off the peloton for the first time.
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Porte still hardest to beat but Mike could come from the woods
Racing in the national cycling championships has South Australian Rohan Dennis ready to make an impact in the 2019 Tour Down Under. READ HIS COLUMN
Extreme heat forces TDU to back-pedal
The opening two stages of the 2019 Tour Down Under have been shortened with warnings extreme heat and strong winds are expected to punish the riders tomorrow and Wednesday.
Spratt’s Tour three-peat
AMANDA Spratt is the undisputed queen of the Santos Tour Down Under after the 31-year-old Australian claimed a hat-trick of crowns under pressure in a sizzling peloton on Sunday.
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