Check out the 5 hardest climbs that are all within 20 km of Adelaide.

The 2017 Tour Down Under route leaves the race formula unchanged from the last few years: 150km-ish stages and a balanced parcours of sprints and up-hill finishes. Race Organiser Mike Turtur has little reason to change the World Tour curtain raiser. So what can you expect from the 2017 edition?

If you’re thinking of doing extreme endurance riding, you should probably we aware of a few things. Be warned, it’s mostly gross.

Riding with a fixed gear on the road gives you a feeling like no other. You feel intimately connected with the terrain you are riding on.