Home favourites Orica GreenEdge(Image credit: Sirotti)
Steele von Hoff in his 2014 Garmin kit at the Tour Down Under team presentation(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
FDJ(Image credit: Sirotti)
Katusha(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team Europcar(Image credit: Sirotti)
AG2R La Mondiale(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team Sky(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team Sky(Image credit: Sirotti)
Tinkoff-Saxo(Image credit: Sirotti)
Trek Factory Racing(Image credit: Sirotti)
Lotto-Belisol(Image credit: Sirotti)
Giant-Shimano(Image credit: Sirotti)
Jack Bobridge (Belkin)(Image credit: AFP)
Lachlan Morton (Garmin Sharp)(Image credit: AFP)
Garmin Sharp's Rohan Dennis(Image credit: AFP)
Richie Porte (Team Sky)(Image credit: AFP)
Richie Porte (Team Sky)(Image credit: AFP)
Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano)(Image credit: AFP)
Cadel Evans (Team BMC Racing)(Image credit: AFP)
Movistar(Image credit: Sirotti)
Movistar(Image credit: Sirotti)
Garmin-Sharp(Image credit: Sirotti)
Orica GreenEDGE(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team BMC Racing(Image credit: Sirotti)
Huge crowds turned out for the teams' presentation(Image credit: Sirotti)
Huge crowds turned out for the teams' presentation(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team BMC Racing(Image credit: Sirotti)
Frank Schleck (Trek Factory Racing)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Orica GreenEdge leader Simon Gerrans(Image credit: Sirotti)
Australian road champion Simon Gerrans(Image credit: Sirotti)
Pro-Continental team Drapac(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cannondale(Image credit: Sirotti)
Cannondale(Image credit: Sirotti)
Lampre Merida(Image credit: Sirotti)
Lampre Merida(Image credit: Sirotti)
Belkin(Image credit: Sirotti)
Omega Pharma-QuickStep(Image credit: Sirotti)
Garmin-Sharp(Image credit: Sirotti)
Team Sky(Image credit: AFP)
Bushfires have put stage one of the Tour Down Under at threat but that certainly didn't spoil the mood or excitement at the race's teams' presentation in Adelaide, on Saturday evening. With the first WorldTour event of the season just days away, some of the best riders in the world donned their new 2014 racing kits as they were presented to a strong crowd of support in the city centre.
The race has one of the strongest line ups in years, including home favourites Cadel Evans, Richie Porte and Simon Gerrans, along with Marcel Kittel, Andre Greipel and Jens Voigt.
The Tour Down Under is proceeded by Sunday's People's Choice Classic, and you can follow the race, minute-by-minute live on Cyclingnews.com.
Click here to see today's presentation gallery.
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