2012 Tour Down Under Stage 3: Unley → Victor Harbor, 135km, 2.WT

[auscyclefan94]

2012 Tour Down Under Stage 3: Unley → Victor Harbor, 135km, 2.WT

Start Time: 11am (King William Road, Unley)

ŠKODA King of the Mountain: Main South Road, Sellicks Hill

Jayco Sprint Locations: Victor Harbor Road, Mt Compass and Cadell Street, Goolwa

Feed Station: Goolwa Road, near Mt Compass

Finish Time: 2.43pm ETA

Weather: 23oC, Mostly sunny. Winds S/SE averaging 15 to 30 km/h. (Weatherzone)

ABC Route preview

UniSA stage preview

Genrel Classification
1 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC 8:33:05
2 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 0:00:02
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:04
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) GreenEDGE 0:00:08
5 Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:00:09
6 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:00:10
7 Xavier Florencio Cabrè (Spa) Katusha 0:00:12
8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
9 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
10 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank

Sprints Classification

1 William Clarke (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 21pts
2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC 20
3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 18
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 15
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 14

King of the Mountains

1 William Clarke (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 10 pts
2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC 8
3 Tiago Machado (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 4
4 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil -DCM 3
5 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil -DCM 2
6 Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 1

Young Rider

1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank 8:33:09
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) UNI SA - Australia 0:00:05
3 Gorka Izagirre Inausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:08
4 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling

 

[Kwibus]

Looks like there will be a pile up with 3 - 2.5km to go

 

[auscyclefan94]

Looks like there will be a pile up with 3 - 2.5km to go

The climb looks like a good place for a launch pad.

 

[will10]

The climb looks like a good place for a launch pad.

Graeme Brown won last time into Victor Harbour, says all you need to know about how tough that "climb" is

 

[auscyclefan94]

Graeme Brown won last time into Victor Harbour, says all you need to know about how tough that "climb" is

Didn't say it was an overly hard climb but it provides an opportunity for an attack.


Last time
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3.15.35 (41,721 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - High Road
5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
7 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
9 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
10 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française Des Jeux

 

[theyoungest]

Rabo DS says it's a tricky finish, with a roundabout and two corners in the final kilometre. Gonna be a crash festival again.

 

[Kvinto]

that hill is 880m with massive 4.4%, i doubt sprinters will notice it

http://www.cyclingprofiles.com.au/HTM/TDU/TDU_1203.htm

 

[Kvinto]

Rabo DS says it's a tricky finish, with a roundabout and two corners in the final kilometre. Gonna be a crash festival again.

You're right, the roundabout (1.2km to go) is followed by right turn (0.7km) and left turn (0.6km).
Go Robbie!

 

[Ferminal]

Yeh, the finish looks bad.

Downhill @ 4km
Roundabout @ 2.2km
Roundabout @ 1.1km
Right 90 @ 650m
Left 90 @ 500m
Roundabout @ 300m (please tell me they have taken this one out!)

 

[Kvinto]

Roundabout @ 300m (please tell me they have taken this one out!)

yep, it is seen on the google maps (satellite) but i'd say that is a pretty little roundabout. nevertheless why did not they make a finish on Victoria St. without that turns (and roundabout) at all

 

[auscyclefan94]

They finished there in 2009 and if my memory serves me right that the final straight curves around.

 

[Anonymous]

Rabo DS says it's a tricky finish, with a roundabout and two corners in the final kilometre. Gonna be a crash festival again.

http://www.bikemap.net/route/1349698#lat=-35.55705&lng=138.61974&zoom=16&type=5

two very sharp corners. But stupid really, no reason for them, could have just gone straight and finished there. guess they wanted a sea front finish.

if you look closely there is a little roundabout about 100m after the last corner. enough to cause a few problems. daft

 

[King Of The Wolds]

http://www.bikemap.net/route/1349698#lat=-35.55705&lng=138.61974&zoom=16&type=5

two very sharp corners. But stupid really, no reason for them, could have just gone straight and finished there. guess they wanted a sea front finish.

Agreed, but if the finish was just a mile long straight, it would have been easy pickings for Griepel. This will certainly make things more complicated for Lotto, especially without Roelandts, and probably more interesting for us.

 

[Panda Claws]

So Greipel vs the rest?

 

[hughmoore]

The roundabout is normally removed.

Andre won the bunch sprint couple of years ago, so expect similar result.

They are not going up Crowsnest at Port Elliot, but going up the Adelaide Road and doing what we call the sawpit loop.

This is a breeze for the peleton, so expecting a bunch sprint.

I work in Victor Harbor and looking forwrad to the action.


Hugh

 

[Kwibus]

Agreed, but if the finish was just a mile long straight, it would have been easy pickings for Griepel. This will certainly make things more complicated for Lotto, especially without Roelandts, and probably more interesting for us.

I don't know if it will be more interesting. The person in 4th-5th position going into the last corner will probably win.
And let's hope everyone stays ok and nobody crashes.

 

[hughmoore]

Here is video of 2009 finish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfQCTZtVtCM&feature=related

Bunch Sprint, they went over crowsnest in 2009, this year I expect the whole lot together.



Hugh

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

The climb looks like a good place for a launch pad.

lol the 20m up? zoncolan has nothing on this.

 

[theyoungest]

lol the 20m up? zoncolan has nothing on this.

Wouldn't it be a fun concept? "To make the race a bit more exciting and give different riders a chance to win, we've decided to replace Old Willunga Hill with the Zoncolan".

 

[Ferminal]

There was a >20 knot SSE all afternoon at Sellicks Hill today, the point of the KOM tomorrow. Forecast for tomorrow is similar, winds maybe a bit lighter. They will be riding into it the whole way over the ridge though.

Not quite as strong down on the other side of the peninsula, but could still be some crosswind action once they turn through Goowla.

 

[Der Effe]

Wouldn't it be a fun concept? "To make the race a bit more exciting and give different riders a chance to win, we've decided to replace Old Willunga Hill with the Zoncolan".

Now that would be something .

 

[ItsWitz]

Any live streaming ????

Friends,

Could someone please tell me if there are any site which LIVE STREAM the TDU ????

I look on Youtube for stage vids but they just aren;t there .... one vid from stage 1 was "removed for copyright infringement" .....???

Whats UP with THAT?

witz

 

[LabMonkey]

Looking at todays finish - Haussler or Matthews to finish highest on the stage?

 

[Kwibus]

Friends,

Could someone please tell me if there are any site which LIVE STREAM the TDU ????

I look on Youtube for stage vids but they just aren;t there .... one vid from stage 1 was "removed for copyright infringement" .....???

Whats UP with THAT?

witz

There isn't any live steam of the TDU unfortunately.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CanalF10
You can find a very short summary of stage 2 here.
Normally you can find all recent races here, but I see stage 1 dissapeared from CanalF10... don't know why.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Broadcasting is protected by copyright laws, and the TV company in question obviously takes it seriously. That's why.