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By Philip Gomes

Quintana’s game of risk

While Chris Froome was testing his legs in Australia, his closest rival, Nairo Quintana, took part in the Challenge Mallorca and then lifted the tempo to take the overall win at the Vuelta a Communitat Valencia.
Along with Australia’s Richie Porte (BMC), Both riders appear on track for the bigger tests to come later on this year. Quintana surprised many when it was revealed by his Movistar team that he would target the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: All podium positions available

As Anthony Tan sees it, three teams stand an even chance for one of their riders to be crowned champion of the 2017 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
You need only look at the results sheet from the second stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour to see who has the strongest team. We already knew after Falls Creek, but that was confirmed Friday when no less than five KordaMentha Real Estate A...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: Race of Dreams

When they tell you you're nuthin' and can't beat the best, that's when you need to hold the dream, writes Anthony Tan.
Hold the dream. Thursday at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, the KordaMentha Real Estate Australian National Team chose to defy the odds in search of a dream. The Tour de France champ and his team made a mockery of everyone at last year's race; ...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: Thrashing in Chaos

You don't know where, you don't know when, you don't know how. All you know is that when it happens to Chris Froome, it happens in chaos, writes Anthony Tan.
The Hornet shakes and shimmies, virtually convulses, as he rushes into an invisible opponent, a muscle-bound and moustachioed Pacquiao weighed down in the ring by his eight world-title belts. The Hornet's always adjusting his rhythm, never...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: What Does Caleb Do?

Should he stay or should he go? After dominating the sprints at the season's opening WorldTour event, it's a question not just on the lips of fans and pundits, but the man himself, writes Anthony Tan.
When Caleb Ewan won his third stage at last week's Tour Down Under, of his impending Grand Tour trajectory, I said that "I'd imagine he'll be down to ride the Giro once more and possibly the Vuelta too - though it'll be at least another ye...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: A race to call his own

Not in the 19-year history of the Tour Down Under has one witnessed such an imperious performance; Richie Porte is more than just 'King of Willunga', writes Anthony Tan.
I don't believe it entirely accurate to label him 'King of Willunga' because when I looked up the definition this afternoon, 'king' more often than not refers to "one who inherits the position by right of birth". Genetics have blessed him ...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: You can only beat who's there

Comparisons between athletes are inevitable, but is it fair to ask what may be if they're not around, wonders Anthony Tan?
You know the media is struggling to say anything that hasn't already been said when they start asking questions about who isn't there, or speculate what may be if so-and-so were. In the case of Caleb Ewan and Richie Porte, it was always go...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: The Fonz of Pro Cycling

The rider who impressed Anthony Tan the most Thursday at the Tour Down Under was, rather ironically, the very person with the least to prove.
I could write 500 words saying the race isn't over till its over. Which is not altogether untrue, because in bike racing, as in life, even when the odds are with totally with you, as they are with BMC Racing's Richie Porte right now, anyth...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: His Best Yet To Come

Right now, it seems things can't get much better for Richie Porte. But as the man who so emphatically decimated the Tour Down Under field said so himself, it can, and most likely, will, writes Anthony Tan.
Since he broke his right scapula in the closing stages of the Rio Olympic road race on August 6 last year, Richie Porte had five and a half months to think about winning the Tour Down Under. Though in actuality, he's been thinking about wi...
By Anthony Tan

Tan Lines: What's in a name?

With umpteen changes of name each year, are you better off following the rider than the team, wonders Anthony Tan?
Even for the seasoned commentator, keeping up with which rider is on what team isn't easy, especially the first day of the first WorldTour race of the year. Out of the 18 WorldTour teams in 2017, seven have either undergone name changes, o...
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