Simon Gerrans became the first three-time winner of the Tour Down Under, in front of a home crowd in Adelaide on Australia's national day. Gerrans went into the final stage with a lead of just one second over Cadel Evans (Team BMC Racing) and finished with the same narrow margin.

Germany's André Greipel of Team Lotto-Belisol powers to stage victory ahead of Omega Pharma-QuickStep's Mark Renshaw; Simon Gerrans wins Santos Tour Down Under 2014.

Simon Gerrans (Team GreenEdge) set himself up to become the first three-time winner of the Santos Tour Down Under in a dramatic day of racing that saw Richie Porte (Team Sky Pro Cycling) win stage 5.

Team Sky Pro Cycling's Richie Porte wins stage 5 of Santos Tour Down Under 2014; Simon Gerrans takes back overall Tour Down Under lead.

Though having to wait longer than he had hoped, André Greipel today succeeded at adding a 15th stage win to his Santos Tour Down Under victory count when he won stage 4 of this year's race in Victor Harbor; General Classification and former World Champion Cadel Evans of Team BMC Racing was put under pressure but managed to remain in light.

German André Greipel powers to stage 4 victory at Santos Tour Down Under 2014; Cadel Evans' overall race lead minimized to seven seconds.

Australian Cadel Evans has wrenched the leader's jersey from the shoulders of compatriot Simon Gerrans with a stunning solo victory across the line at the end of stage 3 of the Santos Tour Down Under 2014.

Team BMC Racing's Cadel Evans returns to winning on Corkscrew Mountain and takes overall Santos Tour Down Under lead. Nathan Haas of Garmin-Sharp finishes 2nd and yesterday's stage winner Diego Ulissi takes 3rd for Team Lampre-Merida.

Italian Diego Ulissi of the Lampre-Merida team stole the show in Stirling today holding off Australians Simon Gerrans (Team GreenEDGE) and Cadel Evans (Team BMC Racing) who crossed the finish line behind Ulissi in stage 2 of the 2014 Santos Tour Down Under.

Diego Ulissi sprints to stage victory for Team Lampre-Merida ahead of Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans of Team BMC Racing.