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Cycling’s biggest name Tadej Pogacar could be bound for the Tour Down Under. Picture: Getty Images

How cycling’s biggest name could race at Tour Down Under

Tour Down Under organisers have pursued cycling’s biggest name for years in attempt to bring him to Australia. But could 2026 finally be the year Tadej Pogacar races Down Under?

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

A man throws a smoke flare back at police as protests rock the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Picture: AFP

Cycling’s biggest fears exposed by protest chaos, embarrassing finish

Cycling officials are bracing for the worst after a chaotic day of the Vuelta a Espana, in which the final stage was called off 50km shy of the capital with the winner crowned in a hotel car park.

AFP

CYCLING CHAOSThe Times Sport

Riders of the Israel Premier Tech team compete as people holding Palestinian flags try to disrupt the eleventh stage of the Vuelta a EspaÃÂ±a cycling race, from Bilbao to Bilbao, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)

La Vuelta urges Israeli team to withdraw as protests cut short stage

The technical director of La Vuelta says the behaviour of protesters in Bilbao was not only dangerous, but deprived Basque cycling fans of ‘the stage finish they deserved’.

Sean Russell

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‘I’m not going to live’: Olympian’s miracle escape from truck crash

Olympic cyclist Maeve Plouffe was hit by a truck while training in Italy. Two days later she raced – and a couple of days after that she was winning.

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

TOPSHOT - UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium with the overall leader's yellow jersey after the 21st and final stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 132.3 km between Mantes-la-Ville and Paris Champs-Ãlysees, on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Imperious Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time

Tadej Pogacar closed out a supreme 21-day performance to win the Tour de France in a rainy Paris, crushing his rivals to rack up a fourth title.

AFP

TOPSHOT - Alpecin - Deceuninck team's Australian rider Kaden Groves cycles to the finish line to win the 20th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 184.2 km between Nantua and Pontarlier, in the Jura, eastern France, on July 26, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Kaden Groves claims first Tour de France stage win

Australia’s Kaden Groves has completed his set of grand tour stage wins after thriving on the slippery roads to Pontarlier on the penultimate day of the Tour de France.

TOPSHOT - (From L) UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narvaez, UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's British rider Adam Yates and Team Visma - Lease a bike team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the best climber's polka dot (dotted) jersey cycle past cows along the race route, in the descent of Col du Pre during the 19th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 93.1 km between Albertville and La Plagne, in the French Alps, on July 25, 2025. The 19th stage of the Tour de France was shorted from its initial 129.9 km route, bypassing the Col des Saisies where an outbreak of nodular dermatitis in a herd of cattle was discovered, prompting organizers to modify the race route. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Pogacar stranglehold tightens after stage shortened by cow disease

It seems now only disaster will stop Tadej Pogacar from claiming his fourth Tour de France at the age of just 26, after a third-place finish in the 19th stage, shortened by a cow disease outbreak.

AFP

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM, 19 JULY 2025. FEE MAY APPLY. Limited Edition TDF Bike $4,499.00. Photo: Supplied

Break out the yellow Lycra onesie, fellas!

Can’t get enough of the Tour de France? Check out NordicTrack’s new indoor smart bike, inspired by ‘the world’s toughest race’.

Indigenous sport rising stars feature

Revealed: 40 Indigenous rising stars set to shape Aussie sport

To kickstart this year’s NAIDOC Week celebrations, we’ve scoured the country and identified 40 of Australia’s top up-and-coming Indigenous sports stars. Meet them here.

Team Jayco AlUla team's Australian rider Ben O'Connor cycles through Lille's city center during the official teams presentation days prior to the start of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, in Lille, northern France, on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Can Aussie cycling star make the Tour de France podium?

Ten of Australia’s best cyclists are ready to tackle the world’s biggest annual sporting event. With Ben O’Connor targeting a podium and Team Jayco AlUla stronger than ever, here’s all you need to know ahead of Saturday’s start.

John Trevorrow in France

CASTELRAIMONDO, ITALY - MAY 17: Luke Plapp of Australia and Team Jayco AlUla celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 108th Giro d'Italia 2025, Stage 8 a 197km stage from Giulianova to Castelraimondo / #UCIWT / on May 17, 2025 in Castelraimondo, Italy. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Aussie’s epic solo escape to claim maiden Grand Tour stage win

Aussie cyclist Luke Plapp held a bottle of bubbly as he revealed the emotional roller coaster of his season so far after taking out his maiden Grand Tour stage win.

Brendan Bradford

Caleb Ewan in Ballarat, Victoria preparing for the Tour Down Under, Friday, January 5, 2024. Picture: Con CHRONIS/The Advertiser

Aussie cycling star announces shock retirement

Australia’s five-time Tour de France stage winner Caleb Ewan has announced his retirement aged just 30, declaring the past two seasons had “taken a significant toll on my relationship with the sport”.

AFP

Who are the most powerful women in Australian sport?

Athletes or the boardroom? Which women really wield power in sport

Women hold some of the most powerful positions in Australian sport – and boast some of the country’s most recognisable athletes. But who really holds the power?

Emma Greenwood

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Sam Welsford of Australia and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe - Blue Sprint Jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 25th Santos Tour Down Under 2025, Stage 6 a 90km stage from Adelaide to Adelaide / #UCIWT / on January 26, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Welsford ‘lost for words’ after third Tour Down Under stage win

Aussie Sam Welsford has claimed his third Tour Down Under stage this race, while a rider was kicked out ahead of its final stage following a review of a race incident.

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

WILLUNGA HILL, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: Jhonatan Narvaez of Ecuador and UAE Team Emirates Xrg celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 25th Santos Tour Down Under 2025, Stage 5 a 145.7km stage from McLaren Vale to Willunga Hill 371m / #UCIWT / on January 25, 2025 in Willunga Hill, Australia. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Ecuadorian conquers Willunga Hill to claim TDU honours

Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez has conquered Willunga Hill and will win the Tour Down Under after finishing second in the race last year.

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 18: Crash on last corner with two riders going over the barricade including Tobias BAYER of team DS: Meersman Gianni during day two of the Tour Down Under on January 18, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images)

Huge TDU pile-up puts Adelaide spectator in hospital

Up to seven cyclists slammed into the crowd at last night’s sprint leg of the Tour Down Under on the corner of two major city streets.

James Gratton

MOUNT LOFTY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Stephen Williams of United Kingdom and Team Israel - Premier Tech - Orange Santos Leader's Jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Isaac Del Toro Romero of Mexico and UAE Team Emirates and Jhonatan Narvaez of Ecuador and Team INEOS Grenadiers during the 24th Santos Tour Down Under 2024, Stage 6 a 128.2km stage from Unley to Mount Lofty 648m / #UCIWT / on January 21, 2024 in Mount Lofty, Australia. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Stellar field announced for 2025 Tour Down Under

It is the 25th edition of the Tour Down Under and a host of champion cyclists have been confirmed to take to South Australia’s roads.

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

Top 100 Sporting moments 2024

Golden hauls, spats, tears: Top 100 sporting moments of 2024

From Australia’s record golden haul at the Paris Games to controversies that split the sporting world – we look back at 100 moments that shaped the sporting calendar.

Staff writer

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Rohan Dennis outside Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday; world champions Dennis and Melissa Hoskins. Picture: Roy Van Der Vegt, NewsWire/Instagram

An argument, a fatal chase: Olympian’s tragic final moments

New details of the fatal incident can be revealed after Rohan Dennis fronted court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a downgraded charge that still carries a lengthy prison sentence.

David Murray and Duncan Evans

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Frame 6 - UCI Champions League Finale at the London Velodrome, 7th December 2024. The competition was cancelled after this. Apparently the worst injury was a broken forearm for Katy Marchant. Picture - You tube

Olympic champion hospitalised after crashing into velodrome crowd

Britain’s Katy Marchant and Germany’s Alessa-Catriona Propster, as well as four spectarors, needed medical treatment after a high-speed crash forced the UCI Track Champions League in London to be abandoned. WATCH THE VIDEO

Funding to be cut for iconic sports of the NSW sporting landscape. Picture: Supplied

Olympic sports axed as crippling funding crisis deepens

Just three months after the Paris Olympics – and eight years before Brisbane hosts in 2032 – four iconic sports have had their programs cut as a savage funding crisis engulfs Australian sport.

Matthew Richardson switched allegiance from Australia to Great Britan.

Aussie defector scorched after first win in GB uniform

Olympic medallist Matthew Richardson has notched his first track cycling victory for Great Britain after defecting from Australia and continues to be reminded of his perceived betrayal.

ParalympicsOlympics

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 04: Lauren Parker of Team Australia competes during the Para Cycling Road Women's H1-3 Individual Time Trial on day seven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at on September 04, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Parker, the warrior on wheels, knocks over another medal

Lauren Parker is on a road less travelled, grabbing along the way her second medal of a peerless and fearless Games campaign.

YUNQUERA, SPAIN - AUGUST 22: Ben O'Connor of Australia and Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale celebrates at podium as Red Leader Jersey winner during the La Vuelta - 79th Tour of Spain 2024, Stage 6 a 185.5km stage from Jerez de la Frontera to Yunquera / #UCIWT / on August 22, 2024 in Yunquera, Spain. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Aussie Ben O’Connor romps to Vuelta win and claims race lead

Ben O’Connor has pinched victory in Vuelta from a three-time winner and has taken the overall race lead, as the Aussie says wearing red at La Vuelta is a ‘once in a lifetime experience.’

AFP

Covert operationThe Times

Matthew Richardson and UK defection

How Aussie cycling Olympian plotted secret UK defection

Team-mates of Olympic star Matthew Richardson weren’t aware in Paris that he’d already committed to switch allegiance — a move years in the making.

John Westerby

F1 star Valtteri Bottas as he laments he is more liked in Australia as he announces his gravel bike riding race will return to Adelaide in 2025.

How Adelaide has become F1 star’s home away from home

F1 star Valtteri Bottas has barely hid his love for Australia. And after not feeling the love in his home country Finland he is heading back to SA with his bike race. WATCH THE VIDEO

Simeon Thomas-Wilson

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 02: Pat Cummins of Australia prepares to bowl during day three of the First Test in the series between New Zealand and Australia at Basin Reserve on March 02, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Cummins eyes NSW return to find extra pace as India series nears

With a blockbuster five Test series against India just around the corner, Australian captain Pat Cummins is eyeing a return to the Sheffield Shield as he plans to freshen up and return to top pace.

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 11: (L-R) Bronze medalist Matthew Glaetzer and Silver medalist Matthew Richardson of Team Australia celebrate with family after the Men's Keirin, Final for Gold on day sixteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Cyclists sign off with best medal haul in two decades

Sprint kings Matt Richardson and Matt Glaetzer have won silver and bronze to end Australia’s most successful track cycling campaign in 20 years.

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 02: Saya Sakakibara of Australia celebrates winning Gold during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Cycling BMX Racing Final at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium on August 02, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pete Dovgan/Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

‘I just had to fing go and I fing went’: Saya’s golden ride

Saya Sakakibara has followed through on her promise to brother Kai to produce an inspiring cycling BMX gold medal run.

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Lucas Plapp Olympics injury video

30 minutes of hell: Aussie cyclist left on road in crash nightmare

Aussie cyclist Lucas Plapp says he was left screaming in agony on the road for almost 30 minutes before he was attended to by Olympics medical staff after his horror crash. WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE

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