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Tour Down Under - Stage 6 - Adelaide Street Circuit. The Peloton makes its way around a new city circuit. PIC SARAH REED.

Aussie cycling coach to join Great Britain

LONG-time Australian cycling coach Brian Stephens, who is responsible for developing some of the nation’s top riders, is poised to join arch rival Great Britain less than two years out from the Rio Olympics.

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12/12/14 - Jim Mead, Gerold Ward, Les Burdett, Ben Sullivan, Paul Ingram and Anthony Pope getting ready for the Bupa Challenge. Picture Simon Cross

Les pitches in for Challenge

LES Burdett was pretty good at riding a lawnmower but you won’t catch him riding a bike despite inspiring a cycling team to tackle next month’s Bupa Challenge Tour.

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Jay McCarthy with Chris Juul Jensen after Saxo-Tinkoff's six-day trip to Mount Kilimanjaro

The Coffee Ride #51 with Reece Homfray

JAY McCarthy fought bitter cold and snow to finish this year’s Giro d’Italia but says Tinkoff-Saxo’s recent trip to Mount Kilimanjaro pushed the team to its physical and mental limits.

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Tour de France - Stage 20 - Annecy to Annecy Semnoz - Christopher Froome stands on the podium with the yellow jersey that he will wear into Paris tomorrow

Froome honours Tasmanian promise

FOR two weeks the tranquil back-roads of Tassie where you’re as likely to see a four-legged devil as you are another person will be home to one of the best cyclists in the world.

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24/11/14 - Australian cyclist Tiffany Cromwell - - pic Mike BURTON

The Coffee Ride #49 with Reece Homfray

AUSTRALIA’S best female road cyclist Tiffany Cromwell did not win an individual bike race this year but her ultra-consistent performances on the big stage represented a coming of age.

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