Recent content by Wilba60

Not sure if Meyer is doing the Herald Sun tour but I just noticed why he didn't race the Cadel Evans race Australia claimed three gold, three silver and two bronze across the three days, highlighted by dual gold to Thomas Clarke, 23, in the sprint and team sprint with teenagers James Brister...

Well maybe not Meyer which is interesting. This is the MS team that is posted on the Cadel website. First appearance for Dion Smith? Daryl IMPEY (RSA) Samuel BEWLEY (NZL) Luke DURBRIDGE (AUS) Alexander EDMONDSON (AUS) Dion SMITH (NZL) Lucas HAMILTON (AUS) Damien HOWSON (AUS)

The Cadel Evans road race is next up this Sunday on Australia Day. Timing couldn't be better with the riders avoiding the heat that is coming in on Thursday and Friday. 38C and 41C in Melbourne won't be so bad down in Geelong with 32C and 40C expected. No doubt the sea breezes on Thursday will...

Great tribute to Paul Sherwin at the start of the criterium.

Interesting weather coming up for the peleton with 40+ C the first two days and then graduating to 2 days of mid 30's then Sat a bit cooler in the 20's and back to 30ish for Sunday. Winds look moderate at worst, so it won't be as draining as it could be with stronger northerly winds. It will...

Anyone involved in team sport from juniors to local senior teams to professional teams have heart wrenching stories of the players who miss out on the big games like Grand Finals. Look at the World Cup now with all of the teams playing, including Australia having 10 players missing each game...

Does anyone know the composition of the 2018 tour squad for MS? I gather that A. Yates is in for sure with Ewan, Mezgec and Kluge. Not sure who is going to give mountain support to Yates, maybe Howson, Verona, Power or Hamilton. Impey seems like a starter and is in good form. Durbridge and Meyer...

Tuft, Hayman and possibly Albasini will be big losses for the team when they retire. The team culture and camaraderie has been guided over the years by good strong leaders and I am not sure if they have a natural leader ready to step up and replace Hayman. The possibles would be Meyer, Albasini...

One of the really great things about watching Haig race is that he buries himself and then keeps on racing once he is dropped. He doesn't drop huge amounts of time and that shows a lot of fighting spirit. He seems hardy as well, always upbeat as you say and loves aggressive racing. Ewan opened...

I may be wrong but the most recent world tour rankings for teams sees Mitchelton Scott in 3rd place and it seems that the points are calculated as of May 7th. This last week at the Giro has been excellent for the team and should see some great improvements, especially from Yates and Chavez (who...

Injury Update: Adam Yates Thu 22 Mar 2018 Scans following Adam Yates' heavy crash in the final kilimeter of stage three at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya have revealed the 25-year-old has sustained a fractured pelvis.
 After preliminary scans yesterday evening, Yates had a subsequent...

Great stage 2 of Catalunya for MS. Would have been great to see Impey finish off with the stage win but Valverde was strong. Great to see Haig, Power and Verona finish in the main bunch at the finish after doing a heap of work in that last 20kms.

Have Mitchelton Scott ever been at the top of both the individual and team rankings in their short history? After what I thought was an average and under performing 2016 the team is looking much better balanced this year and things look very interesting for the Spring racing. I am trying to...

From a tactics perspective, I wonder if Meyer was told to just follow Viviani in the final couple of kilometres? Maybe easier said than done but it would have made sense as he was such a big danger.

Re: Impey was good and was in the final bunch of a dozen that kicked away after the final climb. He had Chavez with him who did a huge amount of work on the front and also pushed the small pack up another quick climb nearer the finish. The finish at Geelong is a very fast run in downhill and it...