Tour Down Under: First rider training gallery of 2016

The 2016 Tour Down Under starts in one week's time with a 130.3km opener from Prospect to Lyndoch and almost all 18 WorldTour teams are in Adelaide preparing for the race. With the majority of riders heading down under from the cold European winter on long haul flights to acclimatise to the hot conditions before the racing gets underway, teams such as Ag2r-La Mondiale, Astana, Cannondale and Giant-Alpecin have started their pre-race training rides.

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