Two-time Tour Down Under champion André Greipel returns to Australia

André Greipel celebrates winning the sixth and final stage of the Tour Down Under in 2018 – the last time that the German sprinter raced at the Australian stage race, which he's twice won overall
André Greipel celebrates winning the sixth and final stage of the Tour Down Under in 2018 – the last time that the German sprinter raced at the Australian stage race, which he's twice won overall (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Two-time overall winner of the Tour Down Under, André Greipel, will return to the Australian stage race in 2020 with his new team, Israel Start-Up Nation, the race organisers have announced.

Greipel boasts 18 stage wins at the event – the first round of the UCI's season-long WorldTour competition – which will also this year welcome the likes of Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), Trek-Segafredo's Richie Porte, Elia Viviani of Cofidis, and Simon Yates and his Mitchelton-Scott teammate Daryl Impey, who's also the defending champion.

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