McEwen: Race jury overreacted to Ewan's headbutt

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Robbie McEwen interviews race leader Richie Porte at the 2017 Tour Down Under

Robbie McEwen intᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerviews race leader Richie Porte at the 2017 Tour Down Under (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Australians Baden Cooke and Robbie McEwen spiced up the sprints of the 2003 Tour de France.

Australi🍎ans Baden Cooke and Robbie McEwen sp🦹iced up the sprints of the 2003 Tour de France. (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Former sprinter Robbie McEwen has told Cyclingnews that the race jury at the Tour Down Under overreacted and made the wrong d❀ecision in relegating Calebཧ Ewan in the sprint for stage 5.

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at gxiaowu.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, ✅he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.