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2020 Tour Down Under, Culture, Features - January 23, 2020

Feel the Rush: The story of the Tour Down Under’s polarising theme song

ADELAIDE, Australia (CT) – It’s the sound that defines the Tour Down Under. Three guitar power chords right out of the gate, with drums and bass holding down a solid rock groove. Rapid-fire electronics that underpin a gradually building verse. A powerful and catchy chorus vocal that implores the listener to “feel the rush”, to …

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Caleb Ewan’s lucky charm

STIRLING, Australia (CT) – On a cool Wednesday afternoon in the hillside town of Stirling, Ryann Ewan stood on the lush grass of the local footy oval and waited. On her right hip, baby Lily, perched patiently. Around them, riders, team staff, reporters, and all the other assorted hangers-on that make up the 2020 Tour …

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Where GC men and sprinters collide: Ewan into overall lead as TDU takes shape

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STIRLING, Australia (CT) – Willunga might be the Tour Down Under’s most famous battleground, but Stirling is its most dynamic. It’s a place where stage-hunters and GC men collide. A finish just hard enough to put the best sprinters and the punchy all-rounders on even footing. A place that almost invariably helps shape the complexion …

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Pro bikes of the 2020 WorldTour: part four

The final four. Here are the 2020 race bikes of CCC, Bora-Hansgrohe, Lotto-Soudal and Ag2R-La Mondiale.

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KOM confusion: Jarrad Drizners takes polka dots in TDU countback

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ADELAIDE, Australia (CT) – A countback was required to determine the first king of the mountains leader at the 2020 Tour Down Under. Both Jarrad Drizners (UniSA-Australia) and Joey Rosskopf (CCC) finished stage 1 with five points, with each having won one KOM sprint (worth three points) and placed second in the other (worth two). …

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Feel the Rush: The story of the Tour Down Under’s polarising theme song

Caleb Ewan’s lucky charm

Where GC men and sprinters collide: Ewan into overall lead as TDU takes shape

Pro bikes of the 2020 WorldTour: part four

KOM confusion: Jarrad Drizners takes polka dots in TDU countback

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