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The 2022 Jayco Herald Sun Tour has been cancelled
The Australian Summer of Cycling is getting thinner by the day.

Replacing 2021 Tour Down Under, the Santos Festival of Cycling takes shape
After the cancellation of the Tour Down Under in October, the Australian cycling community suddenly found itself with a gaping hole in it...

Now COVID is screwing up 2021: Tour Down Under and Cadel's Race officially cancelled
Today race organisers announced that both the Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will not be staged in 2021. Due to th...

2021 Tour Down Under in doubt
The Advertiser newspaper out of Adelaide reports that fresh doubt has been cast on the 2021 Tour Down Under after organisers said they ar...

Tour Down Under dates announced for 2021
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 pl...

Stuart O'Grady appointed new Tour Down Under race director
More than 20 years after winning the inaugural Tour Down Under, Stuart O'Grady has been revealed as the race's new director. A profession...

The story behind the story: Bunny hopping in the dirt with Peter Sagan
I’m the first to admit that my job at CyclingTips is something special. Friends and family have a hard time getting their heads around wh...

The story behind the story: The Philippe Gilbert interview that never saw the light of day
The Santos Tour Down Under provides access to pro riders like no other race. The casual atmosphere of the event allows for candid convers...

Stage 7 of the Tour Down Under: the inaugural Rickshaw World Championships
For most riders in the Tour Down Under peloton, the year's first WorldTour race ran for a measly six stages. But for four of the toughest...

Contador names his most important career victory…and it’s not the Tour de France
He’s won two editions of the Tour de France, taken two of the Giro d’Italia and also clocked up success in three editions of the Vuelta a...

The future of the Tour Down Under: what the UCI WorldTour reforms might mean
After years spent trying to reform the WorldTour -- the highest level of men’s professional road cycling -- the UCI is just weeks away fr...

The Week in Bike #54 - The Season Arc
Road season's just getting going while cyclocross prepares for that last big bang. The circle of life, really, but with more awkward—espe...