2017 Santos Tour Down Under Provisional Start List

It’s the first race of the 2017 UCI WorldTour calendar and all top tier teams will be in Adelaide for the Tour Down Under which starts on Sunday.

With two-time World Champion Peter Sagan arguably the major drawcard for the event now in it’s 19th year, the rider list from the 18 teams reads like a who’s who of cycling.

Among the Aussies is 4-time race winner Simon Gerrans along with Orica-Scott teammates Caleb Ewan, Luke Durbridge and Damian Howson. Richie Porte, Rohan Dennis and newly crowned Australian National Champion Miles Scotson will be lining up for BMC Racing.

We are sure to see some action from Mark Renshaw, Nathan Haas and Lachlan Morton of team Dimension Data. Cannondale-Drapac’s Will Clarke, Simon Clarke and particularly Brendan Canty will be popular – the young rider who was famously riding D grade 4 years ago.

The UniSA-Australia team will have nothing to lose and everything to gain – expect to see riders from that tight squad make the most of their golden opportunity to race at the ultimate level.

The start list is provisional with teams expected to make updates over coming days –

AG2R-La Mondiale

Jan Bakelants

Julien Berard

Francois Bidard

Ben Gastauer

Clement Chevrier

Matteo Montaguti

Domenico Pozzovivo

Astana Pro Team

Luis Leon Sanchez

Paolo Tiralongo

Oscar Gatto

Michael Valgren

Matti Breschel

Artyom Zakharov

Laurens De Vreese

Bahrain Merida

Giovanni Visconti

Ondrej Cink

Tsgabu Grmay

Meiyin Wang

Bora- Hansgrohe

Peter Sagan

Sam Bennet

Gregor Muhlberger

Rudiger Selig

Michael Kolar

Jay McCarthy

Lukas Postlebergerl

BMC Racing Team

Rohan Dennis

Danilo Wyss

Richie Porte

Amael Moinard

Francisco Ventoso

Miles Scotson

Damiano Caruso

Cannondale-Drapac

Michael Woods

Tom-Jelte Slagter

Alex Howes

Simon Clarke

Will Clarke

Brendan Canty

Team Sunweb

Wilco Keldermann

Johannes Frohlinger

Christopher Hamilton

Simon Geschke

Lennard Hofstede

Nikias Arndt

Phil Bauhaus

Team Sky

Geraint Thomas

Sebastian Henao

Sergio Henao

Owain Doull

Luke Rowe

Ian Stannard

Danny van Poppel

Team Dimension Data

Mark Renshaw

Nathan Haas

Lachlan Morton

Ben O’Connor

Reinardt Van Rensburg

Tyler Farrar

Jacques Van Rensburg

Lotto Soudal

Thomas De Gendt

Lars Bak

James Shaw

Sander Armee

Rafael Valls

Sean De Bie

Adam Hansen

Orica-Scott

Simon Gerrans

Esteban Chaves

Daryl Impey

Roger Kluge

Luke Durbridge

Caleb Ewan

Damien Howson

Katusha-Alpecin

Tiago Machado

Angel Vicioso

Jose Goncalves

Maurits Lammertink

Baptiste Planckaert

Sven Bystrom

Jhonatan Restrepo

FDJ

Christian Eiking

Anthony Roux

Matthew Ladagnous

Arnaud Courteille

(Other Riders To Be Announced)

Movistar

Jasha Sutterlin

Jose Herrada

Jesus Herrada

Carlos Barbero

Gorka Izagirre

Victor de la Parte

Marc Soler

Quick-Step Floors

Martin Velits

Dries Devenyns

Petr Vakoc

Jack Bauer

Enric Mas Nicolau

Eros Capecchi

Gianluca Brambilla

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