No Tour Down Under guarantee: SA govt

There's no guarantees the Tour Down Under cycling race will remain in South Australia beyond 2016, the state government says.

The government and Australian cycling officials are sweating on a review by cycling's world government body, the UCI, about the ongoing status of the event.

SA's contract to host the Tour Down Under expires after next year's edition of the race in Adelaide and environs.

SA Sports Minister Leon Bignell says they are desperate to keep the race, with the outcome of the UCI review expected in a couple of months.

"We can't count our chickens until the review is finalised,'" he told ABC radio on Monday.

Bignell recently met with UCI President Brian Cookson in Switzerland about the future of the race, first held in Adelaide in 1999.

He said each cycling event generates $50 million for the state and attracts 40,000 visitors.