tour down under

colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#FFCC00" \| Tour Down Under
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olspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#FFCC00" \| General
stablished	1999
eld	January
ountry	Australia
egion	South Australia
ype	Stage Race
olspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#FFCC00" \| Data
ditions	7
irst Winner	Stuart O'Grady, AUS
ost Recent	Luis Sanchez, ESP
ost Wins	Stuart O'Grady, AUS: twice

The Tour Down Under is a cycling race held in picturesque Adelaide, South Australia, and the surrounding area. The race takes places on the third Tuesday of January each year, and it attracts esteemed riders from across Australia and around the world. The 2005 Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under is a six-day tour was staged from January 18 to January 23, 2005, and covered a total of 728 kilometres (449.3 miles). Luis Leon Sanchez from Spain was the overall winner.

Terminolgy

Terms used in the Tour Down Under and other cycling events include:

attack - an attempt by one or more riders to quickly pull ahead
breakaway - a group of riders who have escaped the peloton
cadence - the rate at which a cyclist pedals (in revolutions per minute)
caravan - the team cars following behind the peloton in support of their racers
domestique - a rider whose primary role is to support the team leader, as opposed to winning individual honors
drop - to leave a rider behind
etape - a race stage
yellow jersey - the jersey worn by the overall first-place rider
parcourse - the race route
patron - the winner of the race from the year before
peloton - the large main group of riders

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