Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 1.HC

[Jancouver]

The race is in now in progress and live on EuroSport 2

live stream: http://cricfree.tv/euro-sports-2-live-stream

from Cyclingnews.com:

The second edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race will take place on the same course as 2015 with Cadel Evans and race organisers hoping to replicate the aggressive and attacking racing that was on show in Geelong last February. The upgrading of the race from 1.1 to 1.HC allows for further WorldTour team participation with nine teams confirmed for the race including BMC Racing Team, Orica-GreenEdge and Team Sky.

Mark Cavendish starts his 2016 road season at the race with Data Dimension while Rohan Dennis and Simon Gerrans will both be racing come January 31 with further riders to be confirmed over the next month along with the list of Continental teams.

 

[Jspear]

Gerrans should win, but won't. Their team will crumble.

 

[stefank]

I'm pleased to see that Channel 7 does much better coverage than Channel 9. There's hardly any superfluous waffle.

 

[TMP402]

What's with one-day races having jerseys/classifications? Who started that?

 

[Ricco']

Portuguese broadcaster (CMTV, their first transmission) is broadcasting this with a delay of 60km because they only went on the air at 01h30 GMT and decided to replay the race from the beginning.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Portuguese broadcaster (CMTV, their first transmission) is broadcasting this with a delay of 60km because they only went on the air at 01h30 GMT and decided to replay the race from the beginning.

I heard Paulo Martins is commentating? Can't imagine worse possible coverage and a worse channel. So many reasons not to watch it.

 

[Ricco']

Re: Re:

Portuguese broadcaster (CMTV, their first transmission) is broadcasting this with a delay of 60km because they only went on the air at 01h30 GMT and decided to replay the race from the beginning.

I heard Paulo Martins is commentating? Can't imagine worse possible coverage and a worse channel. So many reasons not to watch it.

Yes, he and Américo Silva.

 

[Jspear]

The live stream isn't working for me...I've got audio but no pictures.

 

[Jancouver]

Re:

The live stream isn't working for me...I've got audio but no pictures.

pm sent

 

[Squirbos_19]

Meyer, Puccio and Valls have a 20sec lead with 1 lap to go

 

[Jancouver]

I like Robbie McEven commentating from the motorbike

 

[TMP402]

Who is the commentator with the very light voice?

 

[Squirbos_19]

Re:

I like Robbie McEven commentating from the motorbike

It's pretty cool, it should happen more often.
On the other hand, Cadel commentating is cringeworthy

 

[TMP402]

Re:

Who is the commentator with the very light voice?

Oh it's Cadel!

 

[gooner]

Big move by Kennaugh.

 

[jaylew]

25 guys chasing - lots of Katusha

 

[gooner]

They're not really eating into the gap. It's hovering around the 15 sec mark for the last few kms.

 

[Jancouver]

Kennaugh won
Howard 2nd
Bonifazio 3rd

 

[Jspear]

 

[TMP402]

Pretty good race, not quite close enough to be super tense though.

 

[gooner]

Good race overall. It's a great addition to the calendar for this time of the year.

 

[Jancouver]

Re:

Pretty good race, not quite close enough to be super tense though.

Solo breakaway rider won + Gerrans not on the podium = everyone is happy

 

[Ferminal]

Real lack of depth in the teams, top ride by Kennaugh.

 

[JRanton]

Fun race. Good ride from Kennaugh.

 

[greenedge]

Howard did a good ride to be in a group chasing Meyer, Puccio and Valls and did a nice sprint at the end, so his frustration is understandable. Really good ride by Kennaugh and it was nice to see all the attacks throughout the race. Good to see that Sky rode aggressively too.