The famous Tour de France is undoubtedly the world’s greatest cycling race. And as Official Car Partner, it’s one of the events we enjoy most. Running from Saturday 5 July to Sunday 27 July 2008, the 95th Tour de France will have 21 stages and cover a total distance of 3,500 kilometres.

Tour Down Under

Continuing in the vain of supplying support vehicles to the Tour de France, we are now delighted to be the premier partner of Tour Down Under - Australia's leading international cycling event.

Tour Down Under is a six-day cycling event in and around Adelaide and attracts pro-cyclists the world over. This year, Tour Down Under opened the European cycling season and made its debut on the UCI ProTour, becoming the first race outside Europe included in the competition race portfolio.

The 2009 Tour Down Under will be held from 18 to 25 January. To find out more or register your participation for the Škoda Breakaway Series. Visit the official Tour Down Under website.

Cycling Highlights on SBS

Škoda continues its support of cycling by being the Broadcast Partner of SBS Cycling. Watch all your favourite cycling action when SBS presents the best European Classics, Tours, World Cups and Championships from around the world.

In an exciting lead-up to the Tour de France, SBS will show daily updates of the Giro d'Halia on television and online. Catch up on all the action from the roads in Italy each morning at 7.15am or anytime online at sbs.com.au.

The cycling action doesn’t stop there. SBS will have on-air and online coverage of the following events in 2008:

The schedule is subject to change, check your local guides or at SBS online