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The names are in, the riders have arrived, the scene is set: racing in South Australia’s ‘Festival of Cycling’ begins on the weekend. Here is the full list of starters for the 20th edition of the Santos Tour Down Under.
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The 20th edition of the Santos Tour Down Under is just around the corner. It began as a concept to try and lure people to South Australia and the race has certainly achieved that objective. It is a tourism initiative and it works. Year on year, more and more cycling fans arrive to watch some of the world’s best riders get the international racing season underway.
It’s the first round of the 2018 WorldTour and it begins next Tuesday.
Okay, yes… there is a race on Sunday featuring all the riders from the Santos Tour Down Under, it’s the People’s Choice Classic – a 50.6km criterium on the streets of Adelaide. But the TDU proper begins on 18 January.
It’s a star-studded cast of riders, including the defending champion, Tasmania’s Richie Porte, and the three-time world champion, Peter Sagan from Slovakia.
The list of competitors for the 20th Tour Down Under has been building steadily but it was finalised yesterday with the announcement of the seven riders for the Australian composite squad sponsored by UniSA.
Below is the full list of starters for 2018.
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Richie Porte (above) is back to defend his title with an impressive BMC Racing roster that includes three former champions of the Santos Tour Down Under.
Photo: Graham Watson
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BMC Racing (USA) | |||
1 | Richie Porte | (AUS) | BMC |
2 | Tom Bohli | (SUI) | BMC |
3 | Simon Gerrans | (AUS) | BMC |
4 | Danilo Wyss | (SUI) | BMC |
5 | Miles Scotson | (AUS) | BMC |
6 | Patrick Bevin | (NZL) | BMC |
7 | Rohan Dennis | (AUS) | BMC |
Bora-Hansgrohe (GER) | |||
11 | Peter Sagan | (SVK) | BOH |
12 | Daniel Oss | (ITA) | BOH |
13 | Sam Bennett | (IRL) | BOH |
14 | Maciej Bodnar | (POL) | BOH |
15 | Peter Kennaugh | (GBR) | BOH |
16 | Rudiger Selig | (GER) | BOH |
17 | Jay McCarthy | (AUS) | BOH |
Mitchelton-Scott (AUS) | |||
21 | Caleb Ewan | (AUS) | MTS |
22 | Daryl Impey | (RSA) | MTS |
23 | Alex Edmondson | (AUS) | MTS |
24 | Mathew Hayman | (AUS) | MTS |
25 | Jack Bauer | (NZL) | MTS |
26 | Damien Howson | (AUS) | MTS |
27 | Cameron Meyer | (AUS) | MTS |
Lotto-Soudal (BEL) | |||
31 | André Greipel | (GER) | LTS |
32 | Adam Hansen | (AUS) | LTS |
33 | Thomas De Gendt | (BEL) | LTS |
34 | Lars Bak Ytting | (DEN) | LTS |
35 | Marcel Sieberg | (GER) | LTS |
36 | Bjorg Lambrecht | (BEL) | LTS |
37 | Jens Debusschere | (BEL) | LTS |
UAE Team Emirates (UAE) | |||
41 | Rui Costa | (POR) | UAD |
42 | Diego Ulissi | (ITA) | UAD |
43 | Simone Consonni | (ITA) | UAD |
44 | Manuele Mori | (ITA) | UAD |
45 | Matteo Bono | (ITA) | UAD |
46 | Marco Marcato | (ITA) | UAD |
47 | Roberto Ferrari | (ITA) | UAD |
Team Bahrain-Merida (BRN) | |||
61 | Domenico Pozzovivo | (ITA) | BRN |
62 | Ion Izagirre | (ESP) | BRN |
63 | Gorka Izagirre | (ESP) | BRN |
64 | Manuele Boaro | (ITA) | BRN |
65 | Ramunas Navardauskas | (LTH) | BRN |
66 | Yukiya Arashiro | (JAP) | BRN |
67 | Valerio Agnoli | (ITA) | BRN |
EF Education First-Drapac powered by Cannondale (USA) | |||
71 | Simon Clarke | (AUS) | EFD |
72 | Brendan Canty | (AUS) | EFD |
73 | Thomas Scully | (NZL) | EFD |
74 | Daniel Moreno | (ESP) | EFD |
75 | Logan Owen | (USA) | EFD |
76 | Will Clarke | (AUS) | EFD |
77 | Mitchell Docker | (AUS) | EFD |
Team Sunweb (GER) | |||
81 | Nikias Arndt | (GER) | SUN |
82 | Chad Haga | (USA) | SUN |
83 | Phil Bauhaus | (GER) | SUN |
84 | Mike Teunissen | (NED) | SUN |
85 | Chris Hamilton | (AUS) | SUN |
86 | Michael Storer | (AUS) | SUN |
87 | Sam Oomen | (NED) | SUN |
AG2R La Mondiale (FRA) | |||
91 | Ben Gastauer | (LUX) | ALM |
92 | Mikael Cherel | (FRA) | ALM |
93 | Matteo Montaguti | (ITA) | ALM |
94 | Pierre Latour | (FRA) | ALM |
95 | Nans Peters | (FRA) | ALM |
96 | Stijn Vandenbergh | (BEL) | ALM |
97 | Axel Domont | (FRA) | ALM |
Astana Pro Team (KAZ) | |||
101 | Luis Léon Sanchez Gil | (ESP) | AST |
102 | Laurens De Vreese | (BEL) | AST |
103 | Oscar Gatto | (ITA) | AST |
104 | Michael Valgren | (DNK) | AST |
105 | Artyom Zakharov | (KAZ) | AST |
106 | Truls Korsæth | (NOR) | AST |
107 | Riccardo Minali | (ITA) | AST |
Team Katusha-Alpecin (SUI) | |||
111 | Nathan Haas | (AUS) | TKA |
112 | Jose Goncalves | (POR) | TKA |
113 | Pavel Kochetkov | (RUS) | TKA |
114 | Maurits Lammertink | (NED) | TKA |
115 | Tiago Machado | (POR) | TKA |
116 | Jhonatan Restrepo | (COL) | TKA |
117 | Mads Schmidt | (DEN) | TKA |
FDJ (FRA) | |||
121 | Steve Morabito | (SUI) | FDJ |
122 | Antoine Duchesne | (CAN) | FDJ |
123 | Daniel Hoelgaard | (NOR) | FDJ |
124 | Anthony Roux | (FRA) | FDJ |
125 | Georg Preidler | (AUT) | FDJ |
126 | Davide Cimolai | (ITA) | FDJ |
127 | Matthieu Ladagnous | (FRA) | FDJ |
Movistar (ESP) | |||
131 | Carlos Barbero | (ESP) | MOV |
132 | Nuno Matos | (POR) | MOV |
133 | Marc Soler | (COL) | MOV |
134 | Ruben Fernandez | (ESP) | MOV |
135 | Jaime Castrillo | (ESP) | MOV |
136 | Nelson Oliveira | (POR) | MOV |
137 | Jasha Sutterlin | (GER) | MOV |
Quickstep Floors (BEL) | |||
141 | Elia Viviani | (ITA) | QST |
142 | Eros Capecchi | (ITA) | QST |
143 | Dries Devenyns | (BEL) | QST |
144 | Fabio Sabatini | (ITA) | QST |
145 | Michael Morkov | (DEN) | QST |
146 | Florian Senechal | (FRA) | QST |
147 | Enric Mas Nicolau | (ESP) | QST |
Team Lotto NL-Jumbo (NED) | |||
151 | Maarten Wynants | (BEL) | LTJ |
152 | Robert Wagner | (GER) | LTJ |
153 | Enrico Battaglin | (ITA) | LTJ |
154 | Daan Olivier | (NED) | LTJ |
155 | George Bennett | (NZL) | LTJ |
156 | Thomas Leezer | (NED) | LTJ |
157 | Robert Gesink | (NED) | LTJ |
Team Sky (GBR) | |||
161 | Salvatore Puccio | (ITA) | SKY |
162 | Lukasz Wisniowski | (POL) | SKY |
163 | Egan Bernal | (COL) | SKY |
164 | Jonathan Dibben | (GBR) | SKY |
165 | Owain Doull | (GBR) | SKY |
166 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | (NOR) | SKY |
167 | Christopher Lawless | (GBR) | SKY |
Trek-Segafredo (USA) | |||
171 | Laurent Didier | (LUX) | TFS |
172 | Fumiyuki Beppu | (JPN) | TFS |
173 | Koen De Kort | (NED) | TFS |
174 | Niklas Eg | (DEN) | TFS |
175 | Alex Frame | (NZL) | TFS |
176 | Ruben Guerreiro | (POR) | TFS |
177 | Mads Pedersen | (DEN) | TFS |
Dimension Data (RSA) | |||
• | Scott Davies | (GBR) | DDD |
• | Nic Dlamini | (RSA) | DDD |
• | Lachlan Morton | (AUS) | DDD |
• | Ben O’Connor | (AUS) | DDD |
• | Mark Renshaw | (AUS) | DDD |
• | Tom-Jelte Slagter | (NED) | DDD |
• | Jaco Venter | (RSA) | DDD |
Team UniSA (AUS) | |||
• | Alex Porter | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Nathan Earle | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Sam Welsford | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Scott Bowden | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Steele von Hoff | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Timothy Roe | (AUS) | UNI |
• | Zak Dempster | (AUS) | UNI |
*Note: team announced but race numbers not yet allocated for UniSA or Dimension Data riders.
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Photo: Graham Watson
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RIDE Media will be back at the race again in 2018, celebrating 20 successive ‘starts’ at the Tour Down Under. I’ve seen every stage of the TDU over the first 19 years and look forward to seeing six more this year.
We’ll be bringing you coverage from the race, interviews with riders (and others associated with the race), product reviews and insights from the peloton. It’s an exciting time for cycling in Australia. If you’re going to be in South Australia, enjoy the festivities. If you’re watching from afar, enjoy the coverage on www.ridemedia.com.au; be sure to let me know what features you’d like to see and I’ll see what we can do.
– Rob
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