Team from Oz in!

Tourism Minister Jane Lomax-Smith today announced that UniSA – Australia’s national cycling team – will compete in the 2009 Tour Down Under.

“We are delighted that the UniSA team, which will include some of the best Australian road cyclists, will again be competing at the Tour Down Under in January,” Dr Lomax-Smith says.

“The UniSA team attracts a huge local following and has raced in every Tour Down Under since 2001.”

UniSA was included in the 2008 Tour Down Under following a special permission being granted by the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) ProTour Council.