Tour Down Under: First rider training gallery of 2016

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The Cannondale team get ready to roll out (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Luka Pibernik in his national jersey (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Plenty of bidons for Tinkoff (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Rohan Dennis with the media pre-ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Ryder Hesjedal makes his Trek-Segafredo debut at the Tour Down Under (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Matteo Montaguti (Ag2r-La Mondiale) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The LottoNL-Jumbo team (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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JJ Lobato has a final minute chat before the ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The IAM Cycling team will keep cool in white jerseys under the hot Australian sun (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Lotto Soudal team ready to roll (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Greg Henderson and Adam Hansen about to roll out (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The 2016 bikes of IAM Cycling (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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FDJ ready to roll (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Defending champion Rohan Dennis (BMC) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Manuele Boaro waits on his teammates (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The 2016 Bianchi team bikes for LottoNL-Jumbo (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Julián Arredondo waiting to roll (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Ag2r-La Mondiale riders ready to ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Caleb Ewan heads out for the ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Moreno Moser (Cannondale) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Astana get ready to roll out (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Diego Ulissi checks his bike before the ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Jarlinson Pantano checking his phone pre-ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Nathan Haas models the Dimension Data kit (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Czech national champion Petr Vakoč (Etixx-Quick Step) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Keon de Kort (Giant-Alpecin) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Former Tour Down Under champion Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Astana riders prepare for a ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Lars Boom with Stefano Zanini (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Lars Boom (Astana) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Lieuwe Westra (Astana) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Cannondale riders pre-ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Diego Ulissi (Lampre Merida) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Kangaroos are a common sight in the Tour Down Under village (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Ag2r-La Mondiale team slap on the suncreen (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Lars Boom returns to the race with Astana (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Ag2r-La Mondiale team (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Focus bikes of Ag2r-La Mondiale (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Diego Ulissi ready to roll (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Giant-Alpecin team prepare for a training ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Domenico Pozzovivo applies some sunscreen (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The Cannondale team heads out for a training ride (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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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The team's are based in the race village for the entirety of the Tour Down Under, just a short walk across the road from the race headquarters in the Hilton Hotel, where all training riders are likely start and finish.

Have a look through our gallery by clicking or swiping though to see riders in their new team kit for 2016 on their first Tour Down Under training rides for the week.

For a provisional 2016 Tour Down Under start list that will be updated as teams announce their squads for the race, click here and to subscribe to the Cyclingnews YouTube channel, click here

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