Tour Down Under

Chloe Hosking won a mad dash to the finish line at the end of the 92.4km stage Monday.

Esteban Chaves kicks off his season at the Tour Down Under, and he's hoping 2017 is at least as successful as 2016 was for him.

Andrew Hood previews the annual WorldTour opener, which has perhaps the best field in the race's 19-year history.

Reigning Australian crit champ Caleb Ewan claimed his second straight People's Choice Classic, the annual curtain raiser event for the TDU.

Cylance Pro Cycling's Kristen Wild and Rachele Barbieri claim first and second respectively on stage two of the 2017 Santos Women’s Tour.

A challenging course, with two hilltop finales, at next week’s season debut at the Santos Tour Down Under means that Sagan will be only revving up his engine ahead of more important goals this spring.

The UCI WorldTour begins in earnest at the Tour Down Under. Here's a look at most of the bikes that will be in the 2017 peloton.

Andrew Hood breaks down the field and takes a look at who can derail the Australians at the annual WorldTour debut.

Peter Sagan goes to Australia early to tune-up in the warm climate before his WorldTour 2017 kickoff race, the Santos Tour Down Under.

The opening race of the 2017 season is scheduled for January 17-22 in Australia.

Simon Gerrans endured a 2015 season filled with crashes and injuries, but he hopes his Tour Down Under win is a sign of things to come.

Andrew Hood's takeaways from this year's Tour Down Under

Gallery: Tour Down Under Stage 6

Simon Gerrans wraps up the overall win at Tour Down Under, while his teammate, Caleb Ewan wins the final stage.

Caleb Ewan sprinted to victory in Adelaide, with Simon Gerrans holding the lead

Gallery: Richie Porte Attacks on Stage 5

Full results from the fourth stage of racing at the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia.

Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) does it again, winning his second stage in a row and padding his lead a Tour Down Under after out-sprinting Sky's Ben Swift.

Michael Woods, 29, is a former competitive runner who worked in a bank before turning to professional road cycling.

Full results from the fourth stage of racing at the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia.

Simon Gerrans pads his overall lead at the Tour Down Under with his second win in a row, out-sprinting Ben Swift in stage 4.

The two-time Tour de France champion wanted to start his season on a more low-key note at the lower-tier race in Victoria.

Simon Gerrans sprints to victory and the overall lead after Thursday's steep, twisting Corkscrew climb shatters the peloton.

Simon Gerrans snatches the overall lead at Tour Down Under in a high speed finish after the corkscrew climb.

The squads registered three top-10 finishes in the first three days of racing at the Santos Tour Down Under.

The UCI race jury says the "exceptional circumstances" prevented it from disqualifying the American from the race.

Simon Gerrans flew past Rohan Dennis in a thrilling finish to win stage 3 of the Tour Down Under Thursday and take the overall lead.

Adam Hansen tries for a valiant solo breakaway, but in the end, Jay McCarthy notches his first career WorldTour win.

Jay McCarthy vaults into overall race lead after out-dueling Diego Ulissi on steep finishing climb in Stirling, Australia.

Jay McCarthy earns his first WorldTour victory, assumes the overall lead in Santos Tour Down Under by winning stage 2's punchy finale.

Caleb Ewan handily won the stage 1 bunch sprint to snatch the overall lead in his home tour in Australia.

Katrin Garfoot claims the GC lead on day one and never lets go of the jersey through four days of racing in Australia.

Caleb Ewan sprints into his first career GC lead in a WorldTour race at his home race in Tour Down Under.

The 21-year-old Australian sprint star played it cool on a hot day of racing and delivered a perfect sprint in the finale to take the GC lead.

There was no Cavendish or Kittel. But Caleb Ewan was at the People's Choice Classic, and showed top form ahead of the TDU.

Despite its position at the top of the racing calendar, the Tour Down Under is missing some big names this year.

Freshly crowned Australian crit champ Caleb Ewan is raising the bar with his race schedule and targeting higher-profile results.

Teams are gearing up for the WorldTour season opener in Australia, and we've got photos of the pre-race training, new kits, and star riders.

Australia's Santos Tour Down Under has become the standard of what a professional bike race should be, writes Andrew Hood.

Trek-Segafredo's three new North American additions will debut in 2016 at the Santos Tour Down Under.

Several top Australian riders will race the Santos Tour Down Under, scheduled for January 19-24.

Organizers, fans, and riders want the Tour Down Under to stay in January, but the UCI is considering other options

Results from the final stage of the 2015 Santos Tour Down Under

Photos from the final stage of the 2015 Santos Tour Down Under, a circuit race through the streets of Adelaide

Rohan Dennis stays out of trouble on the final circuit race through Adelaide to head an all-Australian podium at the Santos Tour Under

Results from stage 5 of the 2015 Santos Tour Down Under

Richie Porte had his go on Willunga Hill, chasing the stage win and the leader's jersey, and we were there

Richie Porte made his move on the second and final climb to win the stage, but Rohan Dennis fought back to hold the leader's jersey

Steele Von Hoff takes sprint favorites to the mat in a stage 4 finale marred by a major crash. Rohan Dennis keeps the leader's jersey

Steele Von Hoff nets another big win for the UniSa team in stage 4 of the Tour Down Under

Complete results from the fourth stage of the Santos Tour Down Under

Watch out! Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) barely avoids a huge crash at the finish of stage 4 in the Tour Down Under

The Frenchman is 6 seconds off the podium entering Saturday's decisive stage 5

The Australian is showcasing his GC talents this week at the Tour Down Under, where he leads the overall standings

The 22-year-old Texan ended up in a local hospital with broken bones after crashing heavily in the opening kilometers of Friday’s fourth stage

The Australian times his finishing sprint just right to claim victory by a bike length in Friday’s Tour Down Under stage 4

Rohan Dennis snatches the overall race lead from Jack Bobridge in a furious uphill sprint in stage 3 of the Australian tour

It's all BMC Racing in a fast uphill finale that sees Rohan Dennis win the day and claim the overall lead in Australia on stage 3

Full results from the third stage of racing at the Santos Tour Down Under

Dennis seizes the race leader's jersey but says Evans is still BMC's leader at the race

Global Cycling Network recaps the second stage of the Tour Down Under, which saw Juan Jose Lobato snag a sprint win in Stirling

Movistar's Lobato comes correct on a hilly run to Stirling in the second day of racing in Australia. Bobridge keeps his leader's jersey

Results from the second stage of racing at the season-opening race

Spanish all-rounder Luis Leon Sanchez is happy to have another chance to race at the top level after joining Astana on a one-year deal

The Spaniard comes from behind in the final 50 meters to take the win

Orica-AIS dominates home race in first-ever running of the four-day Santos Women's Tour in Australia

Global Cycling Network's recap of the first day of action in Australia at the Santos Tour Down Under

Bobridge is best in first day of Tour Down Under, gambling with a four-man breakaway and winning big in an uphill sprint

Tour Down Under kicks off with a breakaway win for Jack Bobridge

Jack Bobridge times his attack to perfection in the final meters of stage 1 to win the day and assume the overall race lead

Andrew Hood takes a deeper look into Cadel Evans' career, highlighted by an historic victory at the 2011 Tour de France

The People's Choice Classic heralds the start of WorldTour racing for 2015, and Tim De Waele was there in Adelaide

The German sprinter likes to win, and he got right to it Sunday at the People's Choice Classic in Adelaide, prelude to the Tour Down Under

The 2015 UCI WorldTour kicks off this week with the Santos Tour Down Under, and Richie Porte is looking like the top GC contender going in

A trimmed-down Richie Porte looks to bounce back after an illness-shortened 2014 season that saw his confidence take "a fair ol’ beating"

The six-day race in South Australia gets underway January 20

2014 Giro d'Italia winner Nairo Quintana leads a talented cast at the Argentina race

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) and his career farewell highlights a strong field for the WorldTour opener at the Santos Tour Down Under in January

Movistar's team for the Australian WorldTour opener will be a mix of old hands and fresh faces for the nine-day race in Adelaide

Belgian powerhouse team brings a balanced roster to the WorldTour kickoff race in January