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2020 Tour Down Under, 2021 Tour Down Under, Features, News, Tour Down Under - June 9, 2020

Tour Down Under Dates Announced for 2021

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The Santos Tour Down Under race organisers have just announced that the 2021 event is scheduled to be held with the men’s event taking place on January 14 – 24 and the Women’s Tour Down Under being staged January 14 – 17. The Tour Down Under men’s race will start with the Schwalbe Classic on …

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Mads Pedersen, the reluctant world champion

Mads Pedersen strides purposefully through a scrum of tightly packed team vehicles, riders, VIPs, and members of the media. His team press officer walks protectively by his side, shielding the Dane from any unwanted attention. It’s stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, in the Adelaide suburb of Unley, and the world champion is keen …

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2020 Tour Down Under, Features, Racing - January 29, 2020

Of bushfires and bike racing

The Tour Down Under was a great race, but it was just sport. The real struggles are happening off the bike, in the farms and forests and fields around this dry country, as people battle to save or rebuild their lives.

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Big, beautiful photos from the 2020 Tour Down Under

The first men’s WorldTour event of the season is now over. The pre-race favourite — Richie Porte — won it, but it was far from a straightforward victory. Porte took the ochre leader’s jersey on stage 3, lost it on stage 5 and then had to fight to get it back on the final stage. …

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Richie Porte wins the Tour Down Under after being dethroned on Willunga

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WILLUNGA HILL, Australia (CT) – Richie Porte’s reign on Willunga Hill has finally come to an end. Today, for the first time in seven years, the Tasmanian wasn’t the first across the line atop the Tour Down Under’s most famous climb. But Porte wasn’t too disappointed — his second place on the stage was enough …

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