Posts Tagged ‘Tour Down Under’
Bike Industry Feels the Rush at TDU
Adelaide, SA The Tour Down Under is heading for its 25th anniversary with some renewed momentum after a successful event this January. This article will barely mention the race itself – leaving that for consumer media, but instead will focus upon trade events and related activities that surround the race. From an industry perspective, the…
It’s Time for the Tour Down Under to Say No to Santos
Adelaide, SA If you look back through the Opinion section of The Latz Report, you’ll see I use my prerogative as publisher to voice an opinion very sparingly. There are only a couple of dozen opinion pieces since we started in 2019, most of which are non-controversial and two of which were written by guests.…
Pon’s Global CEO is Upbeat About Industry’s Future
Adelaide, SA At the start line of Stage 3 of the 2023 Tour Down Under, all eyes of the huge crowd were on the elite professional cyclists. Few people would have noticed the casually dressed Janus Smalbraak unobtrusively visiting some of the teams. A study of his online media shows that Janus likes it that…
Still a Market for Framesets Only, Says Chapter2 Founder
Adelaide, SA Back in the olden days, that this author well remembers, it was virtually impossible to buy a complete high-end bike off the shelf. You would have the frame made by a local hand builder, buy the components through a bike shop and either build it yourself or have your preferred bike shop piece…
Tour Down Under Final Wrap – Great Ideas and Personnel Changes
Adelaide, SA Every bicycle dealer knows they spend many precious wage hours per year on building bikes. Depending upon the price point and level of assembly required, even working with maximum speed and efficiency it might cost 20 to 30 minutes of valuable labour time per bike. And it doesn’t end there. All of that…
Adelaide’s Newest Bike Shop Opens Just in Time for Tour Down Under
Adelaide, SA Just a week before the first races rolled away at the 2023 Tour Down Under, a new bike shop crossed the starting line. Contour is located on Hutt Street, at the leafy, affluent eastern side of the Adelaide CBD just around the corner from the East Parklands and the former Grand Prix motor…
Fans and Bike Industry Return to the TDU
Adelaide, SA It has been three long years since the last fully international Tour Down Under was held in Adelaide. During the previous edition in January 2020, Covid was just starting to make the headlines, but few in either the professional peloton or the exhibiting bike industry could have anticipated the global disruption that was…
Better Formulas Drive Beta Fuel Popularity
~ Sponsored Content ~ Science in Sport’s newest nutrition range, its Beta Fuel Dual Source Energy Gel, had a perfect launch when multiple Grand Tour winner Chris Froome used it to fuel his memorable 80km solo breakaway victory in the 2018 Giro d’ Italia. SiS was supplying Team Sky (now Ineos Grenadiers) with the product…
Santos Festival of Cycling to Fill TDU Time Slot
As we announced previously here, the 2021 Santos Tour Down Under has been cancelled due to the logistical problems in getting the professional teams from around the world to come to Australia and quarantine. On 7th December event organisers announced that the TDU will be replaced by the Santos Festival of Cycling. This will be…
Tour Down Under Expo Visitor Numbers Down – According to Exhibitors
Every January since it began in 1999, the Santos Tour Down Under has turned Victoria Square in the heart of Adelaide into a unique Tour Village. Members of the public can watch every stage live on big screen TV’s, enjoy a range of food and drink offerings, visit the mechanic’s pit area after each stage…