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EF Education-EasyPost lines up for TDU

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Alastair MacKellar , Esteban Chaves , Jardi van der Lee , Lukas Nerurkar , Markel Beloki , Max Walker , and Yuhi Todome will take…

Wednesday, Jan 15

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Alastair MacKellar , Esteban Chaves , Jardi van der Lee , Lukas Nerurkar , Markel Beloki , Max Walker , and Yuhi Todome will take on six stages for a total of 819 kilometers around Adelaide’s coast and hills. The action gets underway on Tuesday. At Tour Down Under, you can always count on the weather to be warm, the climbs to be hard, and the racing to be explosive.

Here’s what our riders had to say about racing the Tour Down Under.

This is my first time in Australia so I’m really looking forward to being part of the race and to see how the body responds after a long period without racing.

The main goal for me is to show a good level of fitness and to enjoy the race as much as I can.

It’s important to get back into race mode. After a long period without racing, sometimes the first race is a shock, mentally and physically, so leaving this block of races in good health is the first priority.

The stage on Willunga always shows the difference. They say that’s the queen stage but this year we have a pretty hard one finishing in Uraidla with more than 3000 meters of elevation in just 150 kilometers. Heat will be crucial as well and the quick adaptation with the time difference is key.

It’s unreal to be starting my first ever WorldTour race here in Australia, and there couldn’t be a better race to start my first season as a WorldTour […]

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