Triple world champion Peter Sagan is one of cycling’s brightest stars, and he’s back for his fourth Tour Down Under. But the story of how the prodigious talent landed in South Australia didn’t begin in Adelaide — it was on the streets of Monte Carlo.
The Slovakian three-time UCI world champion ended 2018 in freezing conditions pointing out that he will soon be in the middle of the SA heat probably sometime next week.
AUSTRALIAN WorldTour cycling star Nathan Haas was on a bunch ride in Adelaide last week when he saw a young guy take a gravel corner at high speed and he had to ask.
With Usain Bolt retired, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal not as dominant, there’s a different look to JON ANDERSON’S list of this year’s best sport stars.
LIKE a heavyweight title fight that is destined to go the journey, the Tour Down Under’s big hitters traded punches for 132km around Stirling Wednesday and after round two there is still no splitting them.
TINKOFF rider Jay McCarthy has taken out Stage 2 of the Tour Down Under in a dramatic finish in Stirling.
MARK Cavendish’s right-hand man, Mark Renshaw, says comparisons between the superstar and Caleb Ewan are fair — but he has warned the Aussie will face a dogfight for position against bigger-bodied sprinters in Europe’s toughest races.
A MAINSTAY of the TDU route, the stage to Stirling has produced plenty of surprises over the years.
THEY came from all over to see South Australia put on a show, and the opening scene was a beauty.
IT’S little wonder Caleb Ewan gave away the team pursuit on the track to become a road sprinter five years ago, writes Reece Homfray.
CALEB Ewan’s second UCI WorldTour win has sounded an ominous early season warning to the established sprint superstars of cycling.
AUSTRALIANS made it a clean sweep of the Santos Women’s Tour with sprinter Kimberley Wells winning the final stage criterium at Victoria Park and Katrin Garfoot finishing third to secure the overall title.
AUSTRALIAN team Orica-GreenEDGE will go all-in to set up Simon Gerrans for Stage 2 victory in Stirling Wednesday where the three-time champion has a history of producing a tour-winning move.
REPLAY all the action from Stage 1 of the Tour Down Under here now and recap how Orica-GreenEDGE young gun Caleb Ewan won the Prospect to Lyndoch leg.
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