Simon Gerrans won for the third time last year, but injury has ruled him out of this year's event (pic: Sirotti)

Andre Greipel has 16 stage wins and two overall victories in this race, but will not start his season in Australia this year (pic: Sirotti)

Willunga Hill is likely to be pivotal again, featuring twice on stage five - the day the race will be all but won or lost (pic: Sirotti)

Cadel Evans will ride the final WorldTour race of his career in Adelaide (pic: Sirotti)

Recently re-crowned Australian time trial champion Richie Porte leads a strong Team Sky squad (pic: Sirotti)

Thomas de Gendt may have slipped under a few radars after a quiet year with Omega Pharma-Quickstep but the Belgian will hope to lead Lotto-Soudal to success in 2015 (pic: Sirotti)

Michael Rogers enjoyed a resurgent 2014 and kicks off 2015 by leading Tinkoff-Saxo at the Tour Down Under (pic: Sirotti)

Domenico Pozzovivo finished fifth last year (pic: Sirotti)

Luis Leon Sanchez, last year's Vuelta King of the Mountains, is likely to have domestique commitments this time out (Pic: Sirotti)

You can work on you race-winning sprint at the same time as aiding recovery (Pic: Sirotti)