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