Tour Down Under
The Santos Tour Down Under is Australia's WorldTour cycling event and the start of the international racing season. It's also where many of the world's biggest names can gauge their form early on.
Being the first race of the year, it's also the first chance we get to see the latest gear that the world's best riders will be racing during the season.

Tour Down Under tech gallery: carbon chain rings, new team bikes and ‘Marmite’ stems
John Whitney reports from the 2025 WorldTour opener in Adelaide

How to watch the Tour Down Under 2025 | Global options for live TV, streaming and highlights
Stages, start times and viewing options for the men's and women's WorldTour racing opener

POC teases another unorthodox aero helmet at the 2024 Tour Down Under
EF Education–EasyPost rider spotted wearing new lid prior to the start of stage one.
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Stan Portus | Extinction Rebellion's Tour Down Under protests should be a wake-up call for cycling
Tennis Australia and the Science Schools Project have dropped Santos as a sponsor, so why hasn't the Tour Down Under?

Extreme positions, road bikes, time trial wheels and big helmets at the Tour Down Under prologue
Three novel tech choices for the opening WorldTour event

Deceuninck–Quick-Step and Bora–Hansgrohe riders to race aluminium Allez Sprint at Schwalbe Classic criterium
The Down Under Collection also includes limited edition helmets, shoes, socks and a cap

Specialized claims 99g S-Works EXOS 99 is lightest production shoe ever made
First spotted at TDU, now confirmed

Diego Ullisi's Colnago C64 — gallery
All-Italian build for UAE Team Emirates

Daryl Impey's Scott Foil RC — gallery
Mitchelton-Scott rider wins stage four of 2019 Tour Down Under

Rafael Valls' Canyon Ultimate CF SLX — gallery
Spanish squad to race on unreleased Campagnolo EPS 12-speed groupset for 2019

2019 Tour Down Under race tech mega gallery
105 and alloy in the peloton... and a koala

The hottest road tech from the 2019 Tour Down Under so far
From groupsets to shoes and helmets, Jack brings you the latest

Elia Viviani's Specialized S-Works Venge and Tarmac Disc — gallery
Deceuninck - Quick-Step rider wins first stage of 2019 Tour Down Under on Venge

Luis Leon Sanchez's Argon 18 Gallium Pro — gallery
54-tooth chainring and Ultegra cassette for Astana veteran

Tour Down Under 2019 WorldTour tech gallery
The best new bikes, kit and components from the first WorldTour race of the year

POC launches new Ventral Air helmet
New lid used by EF Pro Cycling at Tour Down Under

Jakub Mareczko's Giant TCR Advanced SL — gallery
CCC Team sprinting star's bike on eve of WorldTour team debut

Caleb Ewan's Ridley Noah Fast — gallery
Ewan wins precursor to Tour Down Under on unreleased Campagnolo Super Record EPS groupset

Lazer's second iteration of the Bullet aero helmet is here
New Bullet 2.0 retains sliding vent, gains magnetic visor and claims significant aero improvements

Mitch Docker's Cannondale SuperSix EVO — gallery
EF Pro Cycling gets jazzy new paint job for 2019

Pierre Latour's Eddy Merckx 525 — gallery
AG2R La Mondiale move from Factor to Eddy Merckx bikes for 2019

EF Education First aim to 'disrupt' pro peloton with bright pink kit — gallery
2019 design by Rapha joins the fade movement

Peter Sagan to race alloy frame and tubeless tyres
Three-time world champion to race Allez Sprint Disc frameset at Down Under Classic

New lace up shoes from Rapha seen at Tour Down Under
First lace-up shoes from British brand