In the days leading up to the first race of cycling's World Tour, and despite the uncertainties of which rider might dominate, I'm sure the winner of the Santos Tour Down Under will likely be Australian.

Race favourite Richie Porte will be licking his lips in anticipation as the Tour Down Under starts on Tuesday (Sirotti)
The process of assembling a Tour de France “Team of the Century” featuring Australian only riders is not so easy, writes Mike Tomalaris.

Prolific sprinter Robbie McEwen makes the cut for Tomo's Aussie Tour de France 'Team of the Century' (Getty)
The women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships has certainly whipped up a hornet's nest online while several opinion pieces has kept discussions simmering.
I have a confession to make. The idea of Yorkshire winning the tender to host the Grand Depart is still very difficult to comprehend but the UK’s biggest county in England’s north has worked extremely hard and rightfully deserves the accolade.
With the FIFA World Cup dominating world wide interest and the SBS television and online screens doing the same for the next four weeks, most viewers, including regular followers of cycling, have been gripped by the matches from Brazil.
The Giro d'Italia, a groundbreaking moment for SBS
The 2014 Giro d’Italia has arrived and for the first time SBS management has boldly decided to screen every stage of this year's race live. It’s another breakthrough in the network’s history, growth and support for world cycling, writes Mike Tomalaris.
As much as it would be in my interest to get along and have a peek, I really don't have the urge to squirm through a two hour documentary highlighting cycling's biggest fraud, writes Mike Tomalaris.
It goes without saying the international TV coverage and worldwide
exposure the Tour de France's new one-day women's race
will be an enormous advertisement for the women's game at a time when
it's screaming for global attention, recognition and respect.

Like the world championships, the ASO is bringing women's cycling to the crowds and television with a women's race on the final day of the Tour de France (Getty Images)
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