The Astana team ride past race headquarter at the Hilton Hotel(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Movistar team get instructions before heading out for a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Peter Sagan zips up his jersey before the ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Jarlinson Pantano in his new Trek-Segafredo kit(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Facto Bikes that AG2R-La Mondiale will be riding at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Movistar team continue to race on Canyon bikes in 2017(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Trek bikes for Trek-Segafredo(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Tyler Farrar (Dimension Data) is excited to be back racing in Australia(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Matteo Montaguti checks where the AG2R-(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Jani Brajkovic (Bahrain-Merida)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Bahrain-Merida were quick to get on a training ride after arriving early on Wednesday morning(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Domenico Pozzovivo gets ready for a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Giant bikes of Team Sunweb(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The LottoNL-Jumbo and Cannondale-Drapac teams head out for a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Cannondale-Drapac's Tom-Jelte Slagter is one of the former winners to line-up in 2017(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Peter Sagan and his teammates prepare for a training ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Laurent Didier in the Trek-Segafredo team training kit(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Lotto Soudal race on Ridley once again in 2017(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Giant bikes Team Sunweb will be racing at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Bora-Hansgrohe's Specialized bikes for the Tour Down Under(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Simon Geschke (Team Sunweb)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Oscar Gatto checks over his new race bike before the training ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Director sportif Stefano Zanini with Luis Leon Sanchez(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Wilco Kelderman in the Team Sunweb kit(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Enrico Battaglin strikes a pose before the training ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Caleb Ewan with his new 2017 Scott Foil(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Domenico Pozzovivo makes sure he is covered in sunscreen(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Robert Gesink is all smiles ahead of the training ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) takes a moment before heading off on a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
A clever shoe cover satisfies the needs of both riders and sponsors(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Peter Sagan chats with the team mechanic before the ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Team Sunweb prepare for a ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Peter Sagan checks his SRM pre-ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Ben Gastauer checks the set up of his bike(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
The Katusha-Alpecin team modelling the new helmet pre-ride(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida)(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
With 18 of the 19 teams that will contest the 2017 Tour Down Under having now confirmed seven-man squads, riders are heading out into the surrounds of Adelaide for important training rides and course recon ahead of the January 17-22 WorldTour stage race.
Along with some of the first photographs of the riders in new kits, the early-Tour Down Under training rides provide the first glimpse as team bikes for the year ahead.
For a full race preview of the 2017 Tour Down Under, click here, and for the 2017 Tour Down Under start list, click here, and for Baden Cooke's stage-by-stage preview, click here.
