Teams gather in Adelaide for the start of the 2017 season at the Tour Down Under
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Miles Scotson and Richie Porte(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gianluca Brambilla and Eros Capecchi (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wilco Keldermann(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Yukiya Arashiro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Niccolo Bonifazio(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Giovanni Visconti and Bahrain-Merida teammates(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jay Mccarthy(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Miles Scotson(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Richie Porte(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Louis Meintjes (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Petr Vakoc(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sean De Bie(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rafael Valls and Adam Hansen(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nathan Haas(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jay Mccarthy and sports director Patxi Vila(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thomas De Gendt(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wilco Keldermann(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jay McCarthy(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jose Goncalves and Jhonatan Restrepo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tiago Machado(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Miles Scotson(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Eros Capecchi (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jack Bauer(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Francisco Ventoso(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dries Devenyns(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Diego Ulissi(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Giovanni Visconti(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Miles Scotson (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gianluca Brambilla(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sergio Luis Henao(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Martin Velits(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thomas De Gendt (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Louis Meintjes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Marco Marcato(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jack Bauer(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gianluca Brambilla(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Eros Capecchi(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Richie Porte(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Teams are gathering in Adelaide for the start of the 2017 season this weekend, when the People's Choice Classic on January 15 will provide a warm-up for the WorldTour opener at the Santos Tour Down Under January 17-22.
Following Sunday's criterium in Adelaide, 18 WorldTour teams plus the Unisa-Australia national team will line up on Tuesday for the Tour Down Under's first stage, a 145km road race from Unley to Lyndoch. From there, the race will visit Stirling, Paracombe, Glenelg, Victor Harbor, Norwood, Campbelltown, McLaren Vale, Willunga Hill and Adelaide before the 2017 winner is decided.
Some riders, like World Champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), have been in Australia since last month, while other teams and individuals have been arriving sporadically over the past few weeks. The first order of business is to shake any jet lag that may have accumulated on the trip to Australia, then it's time to dial in the machines, meet with media and stretch out the legs.
Check out the gallery for a look at what some of the teams and riders have been up to in the Australian summer heat.
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