Finn Fisher-Black is one of several antipodean riders getting their season started at the Tour Down Under this week, and after finishing third overall last year and thriving in the early season, the Kiwi would probably take a carbon copy of his races up until March in 2026 if you offered it to him.
Having left UAE Team Emirates-XRG to another of cycling's big-money projects, Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, the then 23-year-old was in search of new opportunities after not quite reaching his full potential among the Emirati team's conveyor belt of superstars as he'd hoped.
