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Strong northerly winds should have the following effects: 1. Most of the first 80km is very exposed. Going to be more cross than tail for the first 50km, so everyone will have to work and there's potential for splits. We could lose a lot of the minnows in the first hour and no one will be...

Unfortunately this is too often too true. Whatever the law says, perhaps a majority of drivers here believe cyclists have no right to use the roads and when it comes to enforcement the police generally don't challenge that opinion. Delaying a motorist for 20 seconds draws more police response...

It was sentiments like these that led to the formation of the AFL (the Anti Football League).

What, and miss the chance to go past southern Victoria's poorest farmland, two oil refineries, and a sewage farm? Unlike the TdU I doubt the international television exposure of the route is going to have anyone clamouring to visit Melbourne. I don't know if it's significant that the race route...

I was interested to see that both Cav & Farrar did the entire Vuelta. My guess is that's a sign of targeted preparation - unlike Freire and Hushovd they needed to get all that climbing in their legs to give them a chance of surviving the World's course.

Latest weather forecast suggests perfect conditions for the men's TT but that wind could be a major factor in the men's RR. Melbourne's weather tends to follow a cycle (no pun intended) of cold southwesterly wind and rain, then calm or gentle easterly wind, then hot dry northerlies (= major...