The Tour Down Under might be this week, but it won’t really feel like the cycling season is here until spring

It feels like we’re very much in practice mode until the end of February, despite other appearances

The elite male riders climb the Muur van Geraardsbergen at the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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Adam Becket
Adam Becket

News editor at Cycling Weekly, Adam brings his weekly opinion on the goings on at the upper echelons of our sport. This piece is part of The Leadout, a newsletter series from Cycling Weekly and Cyclingnews. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As ever, email adam.becket@futurenet.com - should you wish to add anything, or suggest a topic.

The Tour Down Under kicks off this Friday, with the women’s race quickly followed by the men’s race for nine days of action in Australia. The cyclo-cross season is still in full swing, we’re weeks away from the World Championships. It feels like it gets earlier every year, it’s still very cold in northern Europe, and yet the Women’s WorldTour and WorldTour calendars are about to kick off, with the Middle Eastern races not too far off either.

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