Strong Tour Down Under performances determine early leaders Performing well on home soil, Australian riders and the nation have taken an early lead in the UCI WorldTour rankings after the Santos Tour Down Under. Race winner Simon Gerrans unsurprisingly tops […]

Italian faces hearing on February 3rd Following yesterday’s story that Riccardo Riccò has been given a licence by the Croatian cycling federation for the 2012 season, thus potentially bypassing disciplinary action by the Italian Olympic committee CONI and the Italian […]

Images from the final day of racing in Australia The splash of early-season colour and sunlight that was the Santos Tour Down Under came to an end today in Adelaide, giving photographers one last chance to capture the riders through […]

 Racing out the finale today on the streets of Adelaide, the riders of the Santos Tour Down Under brought the 2012 edition of the race to a close with a fast, aggressive 90 kilometres of competition. As expected, several big […]

Could rider be trying to evade CONI disciplinary action? With less than two weeks to go before he is due to appear before the national anti-doping tribunal called by Italian Olympic Committee CONI, it appears that Riccardo Riccò may be […]

Greipel beats Renshaw to take final stage Safely marking chief rival Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) on the final stage, Simon Gerrans today ran out as overall victor in the Santos Tour Down Under and completely a superb start for his GreenEdge […]

Spaniard says he’ll keep fighting Gerrans, but is satisfied with what he has achieved thus far Stage five victor Alejandro Valverde stands a chance of winning his comeback stage race tomorrow but despite the adrenaline rush of taking his first […]

More images from Australia’s WorldTour event Today’s penultimate stage of the Santos Tour Down Under was billed as being the big decider and so it proved, with the list of possible winners of the race being slashed to effectively two. […]

Images from penultimate day of competition With the Santos Tour Down Under coming down to the final day of racing on Sunday, here’s a video summary of how Saturday’s tough stage to the summit of Old Willunga Hill shaped the […]

Teams and stages confirmed for ASO’s early-season opener With just over a fortnight to go until the start of the 2012 Tour of Qatar, race organisers ASO have finally issued the team lineup for this year’s race. A total of […]