Andre Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Bahrain-McLaren pose for a group shot(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Francisco Ventoso (CCC Team)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
AG2R La Mondiale go for a recon ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Sam Bennett and his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
EF Education First at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
CCC Team preparing for a ridee(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) checks his bike(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Deceuninck-QuickStep out for a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Team Sunweb have a pre-recon meeting(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Movistar at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
EF Education First move out for their course recon(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Bora-Hansgrohe at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
With just over a week to go until the start of the 2020 Tour Down Under, teams and riders have already assembled in Adelaide, Australia as preparations for the first race of the WorldTour calendar begin.
While not all teams have yet arrived in Australia, a number of them have already begun the process of course recons and training rides ahead of the race.
Big-name sprinters Andre Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation), Elia Viviani (Cofidis) and Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) headed out to get a look at the parcours, as did Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), among others.
The 22nd edition of the Santos Tour Down Under will get under way in Tanunda, north of Adelaide, on Tuesday January 21, and will run for 6 days, ending on the mainstay of the race, Willunga Hill.
Click through the gallery above for a look at who has been out training and what riders look like in their 2020 kit.
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