Australian Steele Von Hoff grabbed Tour Down Under victory at the end of a crash marred finish of Bupa Stage 4 in Mount Barker. Von Hoff crossed the line at the end of the 144.5 kilometre stage from the beachside suburb of Glenelg in a time of 3:24:28 holding off South African Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEDGE)…
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2015 Tour Down Under: Stage 3 Photo Gallery
Rohan Dennis has snatched the race lead with a convincing kick on the uphill finish into Paracombe on Thomas Foods Stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under. Close behind the 24 year old was his BMC Racing team mate and compatriot Cadel Evans with Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) in third place. [wpbanners id=”4″]?To be…
2015 Tour Down Under: Stage 2 Photo Gallery
Spain’s Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle has claimed victory in the southaustralia.com Stage 2 of the Santos Tour Down Under to move within three seconds of the overall lead of?South Australian ?Jack Bobridge. [wpbanners id=”4″]Twenty six year old Lobato launched a powerful surge on the uphill drag into the Adelaide Hills hamlet of Stirling to…
Tour Down Under: Glory For Gerrans On Australia Day
Victorian Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) has celebrated Australia Day by winning his third Santos Tour Down Under crown in front of 115 thousand fans who flocked to the Adelaide City circuit for the Be Safe Be Seen – MAC final stage of the WorldTour season opening event. “I?ve got my third Tour Down Under win thanks…
Tour Down Under: Richie Porte Claims Stage 5; Simon Gerrans Back In Ochre
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) has set himself up to become the first three-time winner of the Santos Tour Down Under in a dramatic day of racing that saw Richie Porte (Team SKY) win the Pure Blonde Stage 5 Following Porte across the line ten seconds later was Italian Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) while Gerrans was third. The…
Tour Down Under: Drapac Professional Cycling Into Third On Teams GC
It was ?mission accomplished? for Drapac Professional Cycling on Saturday in the queen stage of the Santos Tour Down Under moving into third overall on the Team Classification. Stage 5 of the first UCI WorldTour event of the season saw the peloton race 151.5km between McLaren Vale and Willunga Hill with Drapac once again looking…
Tour Down Under: Stage 1 Photo Gallery
Defending champion Simon Gerrans signalled his intentions early at the Santos Tour Down under, taking a dominant sprint win and the ochre leader?s jersey on stage one into Angaston. Gerrans narrowly edged out Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) and Steele Von Hoff (Garmin-Sharp), from a 40-man bunch reduced by the challenging Menglers Hill that came with…
Ag2r La Mondiale Looking For Tour Down Under Stage Wins
French favourites [W:Ag2r La Mondiale] will return to the Santos [W:Tour Down Under] with a strong team aiming for stage wins. Ag2r, the only team to have competed every year since the Santos Tour Down Under began, today announced the seven-man roster heading to South Australia in January. Explosive climber [W:Maxime Bouet] will lead…
Dutch Delight At Maiden Win As Andre Greipel Hooks His Hundred
Dutch cyclist [W:Tom-Jelte ‘TJ’ Slagter] has celebrated his first WorldTour victory while [W:Andre Greipel] notched up his 100th career win on the final stage of the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide. 23 year old Slagter from the Blanco team snatched the race lead on yesterday’s stage finish atop Old Willunga Hill and went…
Tom-Jelte Slagter Backs Himself And Wins In Stirling
Dutch young gun Tom-Jelte Slagter this morning predicted he’d win and this afternoon he delivered claiming victory in the bikeexchange.com.au third stage of the Santos Tour Down Under. “Wat a mooie aankomst [what a beautiful finish],” he exclaimed in delight. “I couldn?t expect anything better for my first pro win. “(Australian team mate) David Tanner…