Santos Tour Down Under 20/1/15

Darkglasses

First race of the road season..Kind of. Porte (9/4) goes in as favourite but I fancy Ryder Hesjedal (14/1) to nick the overall.

Interesting profiles, enough lumps and bumps to keep it interesting throughout. Kittel is the only top tier sprinter at the race so should sweep up any sprint finishes that arise.

BMC will be riding for Cadel Evans in his last ever professional race, and have sent a strong line-up of riders to support him including Peter Stetina, Rohan Dennis and Michael Schar. No Irish participants.

barry75

do you know if this will be on tv, dont see it listed on eurosport

Darkglasses

barry75 wrote: »

do you know if this will be on tv, dont see it listed on eurosport

Yep, it's on Sky. They do a pretty decent job of it too IMO

bazermc

Finally some cycle racing on the box. I had to resort to watching darts last week.

jackstaff

When's it start on the box

Darkglasses

jackstaff wrote: »

When's it start on the box

Live coverage will probably start around 1 in the morning, there should be repeats on all the following day.

jackstaff

Is the tour down under any use ?

Darkglasses

jackstaff wrote: »

Is the tour down under any use ?

Yeah, last year it was quality viewing. The GC was decided by a single second between Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans. It's actually one of the better stage races to watch in my opinion, beats any of the tours of the middle east countries anyway. The profiles invite attacking riding, doesn't hurt that the stages are pretty short, and it's not like there's any other racing going on you can watch :P

jackstaff

Darkglasses wrote: »

Yeah, last year it was quality viewing. The GC was decided by a single second between Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans. It's actually one of the better stage races to watch in my opinion, beats any of the tours of the middle east countries anyway. The profiles invite attacking riding, doesn't hurt that the stages are pretty short, and it's not like there's any other racing going on you can watch :P

That's great info to a novice thanks mate

Darkglasses

jackstaff wrote: »

That's great info to a novice thanks mate

No problem questions are what makes the forum work!

Zyzz

No simon gerrans

whacker00

Team start lists

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/tour-down-under-2015-start-list-149660

letape

Looks like this is for Porte this year with the form he is in.

Would be great to see Cadel win his last race before retirement though. He has been a great ambassador for the sport.

dexty

I'd say Evans will be going hard for this (with his last race and loosing by 1 sec last year) and see Porte as his main rival as he seems on form atm. Interesting abt Hesjedal, He's very much building up to form based aimed at Giro/Tour. You know something we dont? :-) Looks like it will all come down to Willunga Hill!!!

Beasty

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bazermc

Whats this People Choice Classic, is it same guys cycling the tour down under, kind of a warm up the day before?

MPFG

bazermc wrote: »

Whats this People Choice Classic, is it same guys cycling the tour down under, kind of a warm up the day before?

Yes...and it was today

bazermc

MPFG wrote: »

Yes...and it was today

Any good? Highlights on sky later, I think. Time zones confusing me.

MPFG

bazermc wrote: »

Any good? Highlights on sky later, I think. Time zones confusing me.

Only saw last few laps...it wasn't bad for a criterium...great to see the pros back racing

bazermc

Highlights of people's Classic on sky sports 3 now. Weather looks glorious.

Darkglasses

Remember everyone, spoiler rules apply for all televised races - If you want to discuss the specifics of the race, make a thread for that stage. Use spoiler tags in this thread

bazermc

Darkglasses wrote: »

Remember everyone, spoiler rules apply for all televised races - If you want to discuss the specifics of the race, make a thread for that stage. Use spoiler tags in this thread

Ok boss.

Darkglasses

End of stage 1 spoilers

Looks like Giant aren't happy to do all the chasing this season, and as a result the four breakers managed to get the slip on the peloton. Still, Giant will probably be raging not to take the first stage and the Ochre jersey. Different prospect tonight, profile could work for anybody in the right circumstances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RdrIl13hxU

simonrooneyzaga

Darkglasses wrote: »

End of stage 1 spoilers

Looks like Giant aren't happy to do all the chasing this season, and as a result the four breakers managed to get the slip on the peloton. Still, Giant will probably be raging not to take the first stage and the Ochre jersey. Different prospect tonight, profile could work for anybody in the right circumstances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RdrIl13hxU

Very enjoyable finish to the stage. Always like to see a breakaway cling on, especially when it's not expected to!

simonrooneyzaga

Must be some expense and hassle for the teams to get their cars etc over to Australia. Especially those roomy Jags.

TheBlaaMan

Video of stage 1 on GCN feed
Tour Down Under 2015 - Stage 1 Race Report: http://youtu.be/5RdrIl13hxU

Darkglasses

Queen stage is tonight, with a double ascent of Willunga Hill. Tonight's the night if you want to stay up to watch a live stage.

My betting has gone abysmally so far, so I've put small e/w bets on Ruben Fernandez and future African star Tsgabu Grmay at 150/1 to rescue my TDU.

Dooish

the craics about to start

Dooish

back to sleep, good last 20k with echelons included. great to get the year started

stringbean

- Porte's finish was mightily impressive - pity he couldn't take the gc lead - did he leave it too late to make his move!

Darkglasses

Please don't post spoilers people!

MPFG

Porte was impressive but underestmated Dennis's form ...All those preparing for the hour record are in grat form at the moment

Stringbean....you need to use the advanced settings and the the spoiler option to cover spoilers