TDU fireworks at Paracombe finish, says White
AUSTRALIAN cycling director Matt White has made the huge call that the Tour Down Under’s new uphill stage finish at Paracombe on Thursday will be more decisive to the race than Old Willunga
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Jack Bobridge 2.0 returns Down Under
FATHERHOOD, moving back to Australia and getting back on the boards has rejuvenated Jack Bobridge’s cycling career on the eve of his fifth Tour Down Under.
The Coffee Ride #54 with Reece Homfray
NEW Australian cycling champion Heinrich Haussler has been compared to one of the nation’s greatest ever in Simon Gerrans but remains a longshot to follow in his footsteps and win next week’s Tour Down Under.
Three days hold key to Tour chances: Cadel
STILL hurting from last year’s one-second loss to Simon Gerrans, Cadel Evans predicts a second uphill stage finish in next week’s Santos Tour Down Under could blow the general classification open.
Cadel ready for one last ride of his life
AUSTRALIA’S greatest cyclist Cadel Evans arrived in Adelaide on Monday admitting he was emotional about what will be the last WorldTour race of his career.
1950s sprint star still on a roll at 80
DON Koehne was a national-level cyclist who finished third in the Australian sprint championship in 1956 before his bike sat idle for the best part of 30 years as work and family commitments took over.
Haussler hungry for stage victory
NEWLY crowned national champion Heinrich Haussler wants to start his year in green and gold by winning a stage of Australia’s only WorldTour race at this week’s Santos Tour Down Under.
Impey can give his team the EDGE
SOUTH African Daryl Impey has emerged as Orica-GreenEDGE’s main weapon in its bid to defend Simon Gerrans’ ochre jersey in next week’s Santos Tour Down Under.
Bobridge inspires Scotson double victory
A TEXT message from Jack Bobridge inspired Miles Scotson to become only the fourth rider ever to achieve an impressive cycling feat.
Can Cadel end journey with final souvenir?
CADEL Evans begins the long goodbye to cycling in Ballarat tomorrow searching for one of the few things that has eluded him in his glittering road career — a green and gold national champion’s jersey.
Gracie will fight tooth and nail for national crown
CANBERRA’S Gracie Elvin today takes aim at a historic three-peat in the women’s road race at the national championships in Buninyong.
Dennis waiting in the wings behind Evans
THERE is no question champion cyclist Cadel Evans is definitely BMC’s man for the Tour Down Under starting on January 20.
Time-trial champ accused of tailgating
SHARA Gillow won her fourth national women’s time trial championship before coming under an extraordinary attack from her second-placed rival.
Aussies set to control TDU peloton: Turtur
TOUR Down Under race director Mike Turtur has predicted this year’s race will be another Australian celebration.
It’s crunch time for cycling’s hottest field
ROHAN Dennis and Richie Porte lead the hottest field ever assembled for a time trial national championship at Buninyong today.
Gillow hungry to reclaim time trial crown
THREE-time national time trial champion Shara Gillow has emerged from her toughest year on the bike with hopes a fresh start with new team Rabobank-Liv brings about a return to form.
Cycling Australia still fighting $2m debt
NEW Cycling Australia chief executive Nick Green says the worst budget pain is over after telling every department — including high performance — to make cuts.
TDU can set ‘wheels of recovery in motion’
DESPITE the SA bushfires raging through the Hills, the local council is still keen to host the Tour Down Under — scheduled to start on January 20.
The Coffee Ride #53 with Reece Homfray
THE 2015 Australian cycling season is under way and all roads this week lead to Ballarat for the national championships starting today.
Cadel’s last stretch to end with a bang
CADEL Evans is nothing if not relentlessly competitive, which is why he became Australia’s greatest road cyclist.
All eyes on Jones-Ewan cycling duel
VICTORIAN sprinter Brenton Jones debuts for new team Drapac in Ballarat tonight trying to upset red-hot favourite Caleb Ewan in a twilight criterium to open Cycling Australia’s national road championships.
Sutton brothers the best of enemies
THEY grow cotton and farm livestock at Moree on but two brothers from the tiny NSW town are also harvesting Olympic gold medals.
Buchanan inspired by unlikely pair
BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan is leaning on two unlikely mentors in her pursuit of an Olympic Games gold medal next year.
Ewan, Elvin tame savage criterium heat
AUSTRALIAN cyclists Caleb Ewan and Gracie Elvin scored convincing wins in brutal conditions at race two of the Bay Classic criterium series in Geelong.
Orica-GreenEDGE’s Ewan off to a flying start
CALEB Ewan christened his first full year as a professional cyclist with elite team Orica-GreenEDGE when he won the first race of the summer season.
VIDEO: Cyclist’s horrifying crash flip
WATCH the frightening moment a cyclist hits a piece of metal and does a complete flip while travelling at 50km/h on a freeway.
Tipsy Wiggins calls wife ‘panel beater’
CHAMPION cyclist Bradley Wiggins will have some explaining to do at home after he called his wife a “panel beater” while slightly ‘refreshed’ on a chat show.
The sport Lance would never cheat at
LANCE Armstrong has a bizarre honour code. He cheated on an unprecedented scale in the Tour de France, yet would NEVER do the dirty in this sport.
Mountain bike crash ruins Gerrans’ plans
A FORTNIGHT after tweeting his excitement at being let loose on his mountain bike, a crash while doing just that has cost Simon Gerrans his Australian summer.
Gerrans injury favours Porte in TDU
TEAM Sky’s Richie Porte is firming as the new Tour Down Under favourite following the shock news that defending champion Simon Gerrans would miss the race with a broken collarbone.
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