Tour Down Under - Stage 2
Big Star - Caleb Ewan arrives to sign-on surrounded by the TDU media frenzy…
The peloton starts its day with a bear to contend with…
Manuele Boaro leads a hopeful quartet away…
The peloton is happy to let the escape roll, for now…
Thomas De Gendt is also in the escape, a threat to the G.C hopes of many..?
Richie Porte looks ahead from the back of the peloton, there’s a chase starting to close the gap…
Michael Hepburn leads the Orica-Green Edge pursuit - there’s a bonus sprint they want to aim at in Stirling…
Is Caleb Ewan the intended beneficiary of the sprint-bonus - or Simon Gerrans..?
Tyler Farrar has been dropped off the pace by the OGE guys…
The peloton is spread out on the hills around Stirling, it’s been a tough first 30-minutes..!
Adam Hansen takes off with over 80-kilometres to go, Gerrans having won the bonus sprint…
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Hansen has had a flat tyre just minutes into his escape…
The peloton is still chasing gently as it climbs through the Adelaide Hills…
Hansen looks like he’s regretting his attack, but he has his mum cheering him on in Stirling..!
Hepburn is hurting too, on this very hot day…
Trek starts to control the racing with Hansen now back in the peloton…
Giant-Alpecin leads the charge towards Stirling…
Sky make a big surge behind Ian Stannard, almost dropping Thomas in the process…
Two riders are elbow-to-elbow in the uphill sprint into Stirling…
Diego Ulissi sprints against Jay McCarthy - but who’s the winner..?!
And Jay McCarthy is the happy winner..!
Jay McCarthy takes over the race-lead with Ewan dropped in the finale…