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

[Mellow Velo]

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

ACF would hype speedbumps into 3rd cat climbs if it could make the TDU more credible.

Probably another crashsprintfest finish, as per TDU usual,
although with BMC on peloton patrol maybe Cam Meyer may fancy his chances of a breakaway repeat.

Roll on wonderful Wilunga.

 

[Fetisoff]

Feillu - Bozic - Freire will go 1-2-3 in this crash-riddled stage

 

[Midnightfright]

You can tell its the start of a new season by the fact I've loved every second of the tdu so far.

 

[hughmoore]

Very warm and windy this morning, forecast is for 35kmh this arvo. They will be heading into it on the way down to Goolwa, but will have tail on way accross and through south coast.

Another tough day in the saddle.


Hugh

 

[auscyclefan94]

ACF would hype speedbumps into 3rd cat climbs if it could make the TDU more credible.

Probably another crashsprintfest finish, as per TDU usual,
although with BMC on peloton patrol maybe Cam Meyer may fancy his chances of a breakaway repeat.

Roll on wonderful Wilunga.

The climb is 880m long @4%

Are you going to say that isnt a good spot to jump away from the field?

Instead of just making a lame troll-like post maybe you could actually make a contribution to the forum. Thank you.

 

[Anonymous]

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

the race isnt shown live until the final two stages.

And there are youtube highlights of every stage. use the search function.

edit: would you beleive it, typed Tour Down Under into youtube and there they were.. *rolleyes*

 

[Sylvester]

The climb is 880m long @4%

Are you going to say that isnt a good spot to jump away from the field?

Which great puncheur will "jump away from the field" on a 880 m "climb" @ 4%?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Which great puncheur will "jump away from the field" on a 880 m "climb" @ 4%?

All I was saying in my original post is that it is a good launch pad? Plain and simple. Ballan or another opportunist could jump away on the climb.

 

[Nikoloz]

is there any hope to watch TDU in internet?

 

[rgmerk]

is there any hope to watch TDU in internet?

Live? No chance. They're simply not doing live coverage - for anyone - except for stage 5 and 6 (the circuit race) on Saturday and Sunday (local time).

Does anyone know how much more expensive it is to do live coverage cf highlights?

 

[swuzzlebubble]

Live? No chance. They're simply not doing live coverage - for anyone - except for stage 5 and 6 (the circuit race) on Saturday and Sunday (local time).

Does anyone know how much more expensive it is to do live coverage cf highlights?

I’m sure it would be more about they expect the TV audience to be greater in the evening than during the day when most are at work.
But then once you get into evening it would not rate enough to be shown prime-time so gets pushed back late.

 

[Swede1]

Bold Prediction: Andre Greipel. There won't be as many crashes as predicted, and he will crush in a flat out sprint vs Petacchi, Hagen, Haussler, and Renshaw.

 

[stefank]

Maybe television coverage will be better next year if you can believe what you read here:

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/mike-tomalaris/blog/125543/prudhomme-impressed

You would imagine that having ASO involved may help matters.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Less than 2 minutes before the start...who is this sheila they are talking to on abcgrandstand radio?

 

[hughmoore]

Radio Coverage is here:

http://www.abc.net.au/local/players...File=itineranttwo&streamTitle=Tour Down Under



Hugh

 

[Ferminal]

Wilco attacks

With O'Grady, Sulzberger... & Moreno.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Wilco attacks

With O'Grady, Sulzberger...

No doubt a kind act this. Allowing the peloton to get used to the site of him riding away in the distance.

Bravo young wilco, bravo!

 

[Ryaguas]

Alejet FTW using his Ale - sweep move!

 

[auscyclefan94]

Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Nissan) and Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) Matt Brammeier (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)

All of these guys are quite high up on GC but none are a direct danger to Kohler's lead. Personally, unless Greipel places Kohler's lead is safe.

Because Greipel struggles with positioning, this technical finish coming off the bend may not suit him.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Nissan) and Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) Matt Brammeier (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)

In theory that's a strong break, but surely the peloton won't make a hash of things two days in a row. Lotto and GreenEdge should be working hard. Possibly Rabo and Sky too.

(Then again, I confidently predicted that yesterday's two man break was doomed from the start, so what do I know?)

 

[auscyclefan94]

Given it's mere seconds which will win this year's Tour Down Under, it appears as though it's Rabobank's number one sprinter, Mark Renshaw who will be leading out the man known as Bling.

"I don’t know if he’s happy about it, but that’s what we’re doing," Brown said of Renshaw's amended duties... Hmmmmm

Renshaw already leading out Matthews

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

All of these guys are quite high up on GC but none are a direct danger to Kohler's lead. Personally, unless Greipel places Kohler's lead is safe.

Because Greipel struggles with positioning, this technical finish coming off the bend may not suit him.

Greipel is clearly the form sprinter so far, and he should have a competent lead out to get him through the corners. If Matthews is being led out by Renshaw, then really he should have something of a leg up on most other sprinters too.

It would surprise me if Kohler is still in the lead tomorrow. It seems unlikely that neither of Greipel or Matthews manage a placing. Although at least the break should take the intermediate sprint bonus seconds out of play.

On another note, apparently the break has stabilised at 5:25, which would indicate that the peloton learned a lesson yesterday.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Renshaw already leading out Matthews

Why wouldn't he? Matthews has a legitimate GC shout and has a substantially improved chance of picking up bonus seconds on flat stages if he's coming off Renshaw's wheel.

I'm sure that Renshaw expects to start out as Rabo's main sprinter, but I'm equally sure that he isn't under any illusion that the team's other ambitions will be subordinated to his, in the Cavendish style. Sprinters who haven't yet proven themselves to be reliable winners don't get that treatment anywhere.

 

[hughmoore]

Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Nissan) and Thomas de Gendt (Vacansoleil) Matt Brammeier (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)

All of these guys are quite high up on GC but none are a direct danger to Kohler's lead. Personally, unless Greipel places Kohler's lead is safe.

Because Greipel struggles with positioning, this technical finish coming off the bend may not suit him.

Andre has won here before, so dont think he will have any problems technically.


Hugh

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

De Gendt takes the KoM points.