The Tour Down Under is the first stop in World Cycling after being granter ProTour status - the first race outside of Europe to be given this ranking.

Elite international athletes race around South Australia over a week in January in a bid to win the right to wear the Ochre Leaders Jersey.

The 2008 Tour Down Under will be held from 20-27 January.

• Route: Stirling to Hahndorf
• Date: 23 January 2008
• Start: 11am
• Finish: approx 2.45pm

• Echunga (SA Lotteries Sprint # 1: 15.4km)
• Echunga (King of the Mountain: 44.9km)
• Balhannah (SA Lotteries Sprint # 2: 64.1km)
• Near Hahndorf (Feed Station: 92.0km)

• Browse the gourmet goodies or sit down for a tasty snack at Stirling’s Organic Market and Café.
• SFeed friendly kangaroos and meet rare native animals at the beautiful Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary at Mylor
• Find out why the Adelaide Hills is one of the nation’s premier cool climate wine regions with some tastings at Nepenthe Cellar Door at Balhannah.

• Sample handcrafted goat and jersey milk cheese at Hahndorf’s Udder Delights Cheese Cellar.
• Pick your own strawberries and stock up on stock up on home-made jam at Beerenberg Strawberry Farm.
• Visit The Cedars, the family property that inspired some of Hans Heysen’s greatest artworks.

There is a bookable VIP-Package of the Tour Down Under.

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