2018 Santos Tour Down Under (World Tour), Australia
20th edition: January 16 - January 21, 2018
Pre-Race Photos
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January 8-13: Three sets of photos: the top set are from the teams presentation on Saturday, January 13. The sets that follow are of the teams arriving and getting set up for a week of racing. Our Fotoreporter Sirotti was there and sent us these pictures.
January 11 photos | January 8 photos (or just scroll down past the Jan 11 pics)
January 13: Team presentation photos
Fotoreporter Sirotti sent me this collection of the riders and teams being presented the day before the racing started:
Diego Ulissi and an unidentified teammate.
Beppu Fumiyuki
Chad Haga in the obligatory Tour Down Under rider with baby kangaroo photo
Peter Sagan and the Bora-hansgrohe team is presented by Phil Ligget
Mitchelton-Scott
Speedster Caleb Ewan
Team Quick Step
Team Sky
Teek-Segafredo
Richie Porte
Diego Ulissi
Tom Jelte Slagter
Daniel Moreno
January 11: More photos of the riders arriving and setting out on training rides:
Pre-race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Domenico Pozzovivo heads out for a training ride.
Nathan Haas and his Katusha teammates get ready to ride.
Team FDJ
Luis Leon Sanchez
The big guy is here. André Greipel gets ready.
Daniel Moreno
Alexander Edmondson & Caleb Ewan
Team Sky
Elia Viviani & Team Quick Step
Team Trek-Segafredo
Richie Porte and Team BMC
Pre-race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Valerio Agnoli is going out for a training ride.
Domenico Pozzovivo will be in the race.
There are still more bikes to assemble
Diego Ulissi
Rui Faria da Costa. Note he gets to wear rainbow stripes on his race kit because he is a former world road champion.
Laurent Biondi and his Ag2r teammates.
Dimension Data is here
And so is team Sunweb
Maciej Bodnar shows off the 2018 Bora-hansgrohe kit and the new team bike.
Daniel Oss
World champion Peter Sagan is starting his season at the earliest possible opportunity.
The race caravan is ready
And this is an Autralian race caravan.
And the race is making its presence known in Adelaide.
Race banners in Adelaide