Injury forces change to BMC Racing Team lineup A hip injury which arose towards the end of the 2011 season is dragging on for the Australian Tim Roe, and will prevent him from being able to take part in his […]
Start list for next month’s race continues to take shape Former Vuelta a España stage winner Borut Bozic will go head to head with some of the sport’s other strong sprinters in the Santos Tour Down Under, with the Slovenian […]
German will be part of RadioShack Nissan squad Sidelined from racing since breaking his finger in the Tour of Britain, crowd favourite Jens Voigt will make his competitive return in the Santos Tour Down Under next month. The affable German […]
Italian to make debut in race as part of Milan-Sanremo buildup The Australian climber Matthew Lloyd and top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi will head the Lampre-ISD team at the Santos Tour Down Under next month, with the duo’s presence being confirmed […]
Belgian will be one of Vacansoleil-DCM’s confirmed leaders in Australian race Having shown superb early season form this season, animating many of the first races as well as winning a stage and leading Paris-Nice, Thomas De Gendt is determined to […]
Spaniard starting early in what will be his final pro season Following the recent announcement that Alessandro Ballan will be one of the BMC Racing Team leaders at the Santos Tour Down Under, another former world road race champion has […]
Evans to start season at later point As expected, Tour de France champion Cadel Evans will forgo the Santos Tour Down Under in order to start his season a little later, with another past rainbow jersey wearer instead leading the […]
Thomas, Rogers and Dowsett also part of Sky Procycling’s lineup After a fine season where he won two stages in the Tour de France, a stage plus the overall of the Eneco Tour and the national time trial championships, Edvald […]
Dutch team to feature three strong Australian sprinters Seven years after taking the 2005 event, Luis Leon Sanchez will compete in the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under at the head of a strong Rabobank team. The Spaniard had his career […]
Australian feels 2012 parcours could set him up for big result Australian rider Luke Roberts will ride his fifth season with the Saxo Bank SunGard team in 2012 after confirmation that his contract has been renewed. He is aiming to […]
Australian plans late season start, will miss Tour Down Under Having carefully delayed his season start to ensure he was in the best possible shape for the Tour de France, Cadel Evans has said that he plans to start his […]
Big show of confidence in event One day after the UCI awarded a WorldTour license to the new Tour of Beijing, it confirmed that the Santos Tour Down Under will be granted an extension to the license it currently holds. […]
Another plus for Australian cycling Hot on the heels of Matt Goss’s win in Milan-Sanremo on Saturday, Australian cycling has received another big boost with the news that the Santos Tour Down Under has set new records and also landed […]
Australia best nation but Dutch Rabobank team leads team rankings Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervélo) has taken an early lead in the International Cycling Union (UCI) flagship WorldTour series rankings. The 23-year-old Australian’s stage and overall victory in the recent Santos Tour […]
Slight increase on last year’s attendance for Australian WorldTour opener Organisers of the Santos Tour Down Under have reported record crowds for this year’s event, with preliminary crowd figures up slightly on last year. According to the South Australian Tourism […]
‘Scrawny’ rider takes his first UCI stage race – by two seconds Ben Swift (Sky) took his second win in this year’s Tour Down Under, sprinting faster than teammate Greg Henderson and HTC-Highroad’s Matthew Goss. Swift’s time bonus moved him […]
Goss takes four seconds out of Meyer’s lead with finishing time bonus Digging deep on the climbs of Willunga Hill and then unleashing a strong sprint at the end of the stage, Spanish rider Fran Ventoso raced to victory on […]
Good day for Garmin-Cervélo wrests ochre jersey from Goss He’s shown his class on the track with multiple rainbow jerseys, and now Cameron Meyer has propelled himself into a different tunic signifying number one by taking over at the top […]
