If you have ever dreamt of experiencing the thrill and excitement of the Tour de France – then this is your year. The Flinders Medical Centre Foundation has partnered with the McGuinness McDermott Foundation and Flight Centre to offer 40+ supporters the opportunity to take part the 2010 Tour de France Cancer Cycle Challenge from the 15-29 July. The tour will be guided by cycling great Ronan Pensec

Current 24 hour mountain bike world champion, Jason English from Port Macquarie, says he is on track to defend his world title this year after winning the JetBlack 24 hour Sydney race over the weekend. The 24 hour solo champion along with 450 riders braved torrential rain at Wiseman’s Ferry. English completed 28 grueling laps despite organizers, Rocky Trail Entertainment, being forced to shorten the

South Australian Jack Bobridge won his second straight Australian title in the men's 4km individual pursuit after posting two world class times on day one of competition at the Australian Championships at Adelaide's Super-Drome. In the afternoon's qualifying session the 20 year old posted a time of 4min14.427sec, the third fastest ever ridden, to qualify fastest for a gold medal ride off against team

A host of junior and elite World Champions will descend on Adelaide this week for the 2010 Australian Elite, U19 and Para-cycling Track Championships being staged at the Super-Drome from Tuesday 2 to Sunday 7 February. The Queensland team boasts the 2009 Junior World Champion and world record holder for the 3km individual pursuit, Michael Hepburn. A talented road and track cyclist, Hepburn stepped

With the Black Saturday anniversary a little more than a week away, the town of Marysville is also preparing for the 2010 Ventou Marysville Lake Mountain Challenge on Saturday February 20. Organised by CycleSport Victoria, the recreational cycling ride passes through many of the towns badly affected by the tragic Black Saturday bushfires including Marysville, plus Buxton, Taggerty, Alexandra, Eildon,

Germany's Andre Greipel has become the second rider in the 12 year history of the Santos Tour Down Under to twice claim the crown after a phenomenal performance that saw him win three of the event's six stages and, with the support of his HTC-Columbia team, fend off all challengers. “The other teams had to do the work today if they wanted to win," said Greipel. "We just stayed calm and managed our

2005 Santos Tour Down Under champion, Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) claimed stage five of the Santos Tour Down Under on a day that saw some of the superstars of world cycling, including Australia's reigining elite road race World Champion, Cadel Evans, light up the race. Germany's Andre Greipel held onto the overall race lead but 119,000 fans were treated to a thrilling battle on the

Germany's Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) has scored stage win number three in the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under galloping into a gusting head wind in Goolwa to further increase his overall lead in the Tour. Greipel crossed in a time of 3hr30min29sec edging out Australians Robbie McEwen (Katusha) who was second and Graeme Brown (Rabobank) third in a wild and windy bunch sprint for the line at the end of

Portugal's reigning road champion Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto-Fuji) upstaged a 2009 grand tour champion and the current World Champion to win stage three of the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under. Cardoso crossed the line in a time of 3hr14min38sec, one second clear of Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) who won last year's Tour of Spain and 2009 elite men's road race World Champion, Australian

Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) today paid homage to the heritage of Hahndorf, first settled by Germans in 1839, winning a rip-roaring sprint to claim his second straight stage of this year's Santos Tour Down Under and repeat the win he claimed in the same town in 2008, the year he won overall honours in the Tour. Greipel rocketed ahead in the last 50 metres to find clear space at the head of a baying