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'Moneyball, game theory': crash chaos dents Vine's Tour

Tour Down Under race leader Jay Vine lost two teammates, including defending champion Jhonatan Narvaez, to crashes in the shortened fourth stage.

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$Jhonatan Narváez fractures several thoracic vertebrae in stage 4 crash at Tour Down Under, having been forced to abandon from second place$

Jhonatan Narváez fractures several thoracic vertebrae in stage 4 crash at Tour Down Under, having been forced to abandon from second place

UAE Team Emirates-XRG defending champion falls in early stages of shortened stage

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'50-50': Willunga stage nearly called off at Tour

Tour Down Under race director Stuart O'Grady said before he met with emergency services he was unsure if the Willunga stage would go ahead.

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Tour Down Under: Sam Welsford sprints to seventh Tour Down Under victory and first for Ineos Grenadiers in chaotic stage 3 finale

Tobias Lund Andresen second and Lewis Bower third in chaotic finish as Jay Vine retains race lead

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Fire threat means Tour Queen stage loses Willunga crown

Tour Down Under organisers have taken the iconic Willunga Hill climb out of Saturday's stage because of the fire danger and extreme heat.

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'Obviously we want to race for the win but there wasn't a lot we could do' – Jayco AlUla best of the rest with Mauro Schmid after UAE steamroll rivals on stage 2 of the Tour Down Under

Swiss champion takes third on stage behind race leader Jay Vine and his teammate Jhonatan Narváez who have carved out lead of around a minute in race usually decided by a handful of seconds

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'We've got a very strong position' – UAE Team Emirates-XRG start 2026 in dominating fashion, blitzing field on stage two of Tour Down Under

Jay Vine and Jhonatan Narváez put a minute into the peloton – will they get to 100 wins in 2026?

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'It is a good day but it is not finished’ – Domination but not presumption for UAE Team Emirates-XRG after Jay Vine takes lead in Tour Down Under stage 2 masterclass

'This year is a different race, harder, so I like that we are in this position but, still, we have to ride to Stirling' says team DS Fabrizio Guidi

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'Punch to the guts': rivals left reeling at Tour

The Australian Jayco AlUla team had a tough day at the Tour Down Under, with Mauro Schmid their only rider to finish high on the overall standings.

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'I thought my power meter was broken' – Harry Sweeny utilises unexpectedly strong form to move up to fourth overall on stage 2 of the Tour Down Under

Canadian teammate Michael Leonard moves into top 10 on GC and reclaims best young rider jersey

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Vine is fine with dominating ride on Corkscrew

Australian cyclist Jay Vine and fellow UAE Team Emirates rider Jhonatan Narvaez have a stranglehold on the Tour Down Under.

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Tour Down Under: Jay Vine and Jhonatan Narváez go 1-2 after powerful attack on Corkscrew climb on stage 2

Australian takes over race lead as Mauro Schmid sprints to third from chase group almost one minute back

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Andresen upstages Welsford, Brennan at Tour Down Under

Danish sprinter Tobias Lund Andresen has won stage one of the Tour Down Under and is the new overall race leader.

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'I'd be disappointed if I didn't win, especially with how much work we put in' – Targeting prologue pays off for Sam Watson and Ineos Grenadiers at Tour Down Under

British rider scorches to victory in Adelaide opener, looks for more success as part of Sam Welsford's lead-out train

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'It’s great for me and the team to start the season like this' – Britain's Sam Watson and Ineos Grenadiers win first WorldTour race of 2026

Sam Watson victorious in Tour Down Under prologue

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Tour Down Under: Samuel Watson edges out Ethan Vernon for prologue victory

Laurence Pithie rounds out podium in 3.6km opener as Jay Vine takes fourth place

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Home riders among favourites in open GC field – Analysing the Tour Down Under contenders

Jay Vine, Ben O'Connor and Jhonatan Narváez lead those hunting for the ochre jersey in Adelaide

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Toughest races yet, Women's WorldTour strength and more: Five things to look out for at the Tour Down Under 2026

The Women's WorldTour race begins on 17 January, with the men's WorldTour event following on 20 January

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Defending champion Jhonatan Narváez to lead powerful UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad at Tour Down Under

Adam Yates makes debut in Australian World Tour race, 2023 champion Jay Vine returns alongside Narváez

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Eddy defies odds to win Australian road race crown

Pat Eddy has won the Australian elite men's road race title, defying the might of Jayco AlUla and sending a strong message to his old team.

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Patrick Eddy beats Luke Plapp to elite men's Australian road race title after Jayco AlUla's strength in numbers fails in dramatic final kilometre

Plapp second and Oscar Chamberlain rounds out the podium in final race of the 2026 Australian Road National Championships

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'Game theory': Vine out to crack road nationals code

After his strong ride in the time trial, Jay Vine has proved he is one of the riders to beat in Sunday's Australian road cycling championships road race.

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'There could be a massive drop-off' - Jay Vine warns of dramatically narrowing pathways to professionalism for Australian and New Zealanders

Australian paints gloomy picture for mid-to-long term future for riders from Down Under – with soaring costs providing another layer to the obstacles – but says there may be solutions

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Jay Vine reclaims elite men's time trial title at the Australian Road National Championships

Oliver Bleddyn takes second as defending champion Luke Plapp slips down results list to eighth

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Vine, rising star claim time trials at road nationals

Jay Vine has dominated the men's event and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden has upset reigning champion Brodie Chapman to claim the Australian elite time trial crowns.

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