2016 Tour Down Under WT January 19-24 Adelaide

[Jancouver]

One of those early season mandatory races on the other side of the planet ...

19.01 Stage 1 - Prospect › Lyndoch 130.8
20.01 Stage 2 - Unley › Stirling 132
21.01 Stage 3 - Glenelg › Campbelltown 139
22.01 Stage 4 - Norwood › Victor Harbor 138
23.01 Stage 5 - McLaren Vale › Willunga Hill 151.5
24.01 Stage 6 - Adelaide › Adelaide 90

Stage 5 - the world famous Willunga Hill climb will most likely decide the race once again.

Some details on this monster climb:

Average grade: 7.4 %
Length: 2.97 km
Height start: 153 m
Height top: 375 m
Ascent: 222 m

Startlist

SANTOS TOUR DOWN UNDER 2016

BMC Racing Team
1 DENNIS Rohan
2 WYSS Danilo
3 DE MARCHI Alessandro
4 PORTE Richie
5 VELITS Peter
6 BURGHARDT Marcus
7 GERTS Floris

Orica GreenEDGE
11 ALBASINI Michael
12 DURBRIDGE Luke
13 EWAN Caleb
14 GERRANS Simon
15 HAYMAN Mathew
16 HEPBURN Michael
17 IMPEY Daryl

Team Giant - Alpecin
21 GESCHKE Simon
22 DE BACKER Bert
23 DE KORT Koen
24 PREIDLER Georg
25 JI Cheng
26 LUDVIGSSON Tobias
27 JONES Carter

Team Sky
31 THOMAS Geraint
32 HENAO Sergio Luis
33 PUCCIO Salvatore
34 KENNAUGH Peter
35 STANNARD Ian
36 ROWE Luke
37 SWIFT Ben

Lotto Soudal
41 DE GENDT Thomas
42 BAK Lars Ytting
43 DOCKX Gert
44 HENDERSON Gregory
45 VALLS Rafael
46 LIGTHART Pim
47 HANSEN Adam

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
51 CLARKE Simon
52 BEVIN Patrick
53 WOODS Michael
54 MOSER Moreno
55 ZEPUNTKE Ruben
56 WIPPERT Wouter
57 BETTIOL Alberto

Trek-Segafredo
61 BOBRIDGE Jack
62 REIJNEN Kiel
63 ARREDONDO Julián David
64 VAN POPPEL Boy
65 STETINA Peter
66 HESJEDAL Ryder
67 NIZZOLO Giacomo

Tinkoff
71 BOARO Manuele
72 GATTO Oscar
73 BLYTHE Adam
74 GOGL Michael
75 ROVNY Ivan
76 MCCARTHY Jay
77 VALGREN Michael

AG2R La Mondiale
81 POZZOVIVO Domenico
82 BAGDONAS Gediminas
83 SERGENT Jesse
84 RIBLON Christophe
85 GAUTIER Cyril
86 MONTAGUTI Matteo
87 GOUGEARD Alexis

Astana Pro Team
91 BOOM Lars
92 GRUZDEV Dmitriy
93 DE VREESE Laurens
94 KAMYSHEV Arman
95 MALACARNE Davide
96 SANCHEZ Luis Leon
97 WESTRA Lieuwe

Team Katusha
101 MACHADO Tiago
102 BELKOV Maxim
103 ISAYCHEV Vladimir
104 TSATEVICH Alexey
105 SILIN Egor
106 LAGUTIN Sergey
107 TAARAMäE Rein

FDJ
111 MORABITO Steve
112 LE BON Johan
113 OFFREDO Yoann
114 FISCHER Murilo Antonio
115 VAUGRENARD Benoit
116 PICHON Laurent
117 ROUX Anthony

Movistar Team
121 LOBATO Juan José
122 SUTHERLAND Rory
123 SüTTERLIN Jasha
124 OLIVEIRA Nelson
125 FERNáNDEZ Rubén
126 HERRADA Jesús
127 ROJAS José Joaquín

IAM Cycling
131 PELUCCHI Matteo
132 HOWARD Leigh
133 KLUGE Roger
134 PANTANO Jarlinson
135 AREGGER Marcel
136 SARAMOTINS Aleksejs
137 TANNER David

Etixx - Quick Step
141 VAKOC Petr
142 MARTINELLI Davide
143 SERRY Pieter
144 DE LA CRUZ David
145 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
146 VELITS Martin
147 VERONA Carlos

Team LottoNL-Jumbo
151 TANKINK Bram
152 TJALLINGII Maarten
153 BENNETT George
154 ROGLIC Primož
155 KEIZER Martijn
156 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
157 BATTAGLIN Enrico

Lampre - Merida
161 ZURLO Federico
162 GRMAY Tsgabu
163 MEINTJES Louis
164 PIBERNIK Luka
165 KUMP Marko
166 ULISSI Diego
167 MORI Manuele

Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
171 MEYER Cameron
172 HAAS Nathan
173 RENSHAW Mark
174 FARRAR Tyler
175 JIM Songezo
176 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
177 VENTER Jaco

Drapac Professional Cycling
181 BROWN Graeme
182 SPOKES Samuel
183 EARLE Nathan
184 JONES Brenton
185 MANNION Gavin
186 NORRIS Lachlan
187 PHELAN Adam

UniSA-Australia
191 VON HOFF Steele
192 VAN DER PLOEG Neil
193 LAKE Sean
194 HAMILTON Chris
195 LANE Patrick
196 HAMILTON Lucas
197 SHAW Patrick

 

[Hugo Koblet]

1. Ulissi
2. Henao
3. Dennis
4. Gerrans
5. Pantano

 

[Orbit501]

Taaramäe FTW. Either that or Ulissi.

If an Aussie really must win it then please let it be Dennis.

 

[pink_jersey]

Henao to win this bike race. Dennis 2nd. Ulissi 3rd.

 

[Jancouver]

1. Dennis
2. Thomas
3. Vakoc

 

[robin440]

1. dennis
2.gerro
3. diego ullissi

 

[BigMac]

Machado Reborn.

 

[GdaG]

1. Dennis
2. Porte
3. Henao

 

[ILovecycling]

Vakoc obvious win is obvious

 

[Ruudz0r]

1 Gerrans
2 Porte
3 Henao

 

[Valv.Piti]

I dont have a clue and honestly dont really care, but for the love of gods, don't let Gerrans win. Hoping for a good Fernandez performance again.

 

[yaco]

Great to have WT cycling starting again. TDU is a well supported race in terms of crowds, corporate support and TV coverage. It's is raced harder than at the Tour of San Louis,hence why many GC riders go to San Luis.

Winner is wide open - Got it down to 5 - Gerrans/Dennis/Lobato/Pozzovivo/Pantano.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Porte, Gerro and Dennis will fill the podium.

 

[MatParker117]

Lobato?

 

[Vesica]

1. Dennis
2. Thomas
3. Porte

 

[Jspear]

1. Dennis
2. Gerrans
3. Henao

 

[May0maniac]

No idea who else besides the Aussies will be in decent shape, Pozzovivo is always in good shape, so he'll probably get another top 10.

 

[Velolover2]

1. Clarke
2. Henao
3. Westra
4. Dennis

 

[Jancouver]

Poll added ...

 

[jens_attacks]

What hour tomorrow for the cancer classic, peeps?

Go taaramae-henao!

 

[Afrank]

Re:

What hour tomorrow for the cancer classic, peeps?

Go taaramae-henao!

Prologue start time: Sunday 19:15 CDT (12:45:00 AM PST); Weather for Adelaide, East
Earliest live video: 19:15 CDT (12:45:00 AM PST); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 20:15 CDT (1:45:00 AM PST); Weather for Adelaide, Australia

 

[Carols]

I'll go for Dennis. He has made it clear he has ambitions.

This race isn't WT quality IMO but at least it is cycling and indicates the season is coming .

 

[yespatterns]

Re:

I'll go for Dennis. He has made it clear he has ambitions.

This race isn't WT quality IMO but at least it is cycling and indicates the season is coming .

This! Anyone know if it's televised in the US? ( and yes, I know that's probably a dumb question )

 

[observer]

Re: Re:

I'll go for Dennis. He has made it clear he has ambitions.

This race isn't WT quality IMO but at least it is cycling and indicates the season is coming .

This! Anyone know if it's televised in the US? ( and yes, I know that's probably a dumb question )

Theres an app like the tour tracker that has video

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

I'll go for Dennis. He has made it clear he has ambitions.

This race isn't WT quality IMO but at least it is cycling and indicates the season is coming .

This! Anyone know if it's televised in the US? ( and yes, I know that's probably a dumb question )

Theres an app like the tour tracker that has video

Link?