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Will there still be a 'Uni SA' team at TDU with Drapac getting a start?
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Yes, AFAIK they are entitled to two wild cards. They are only using both now because there is a second Aus team eligible for entry. Last time there were two non-WT teams was 2010 when BMC was invited (they were still ProConti then) so Evans could race as WC.
 
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Yeh probably did not read the Q properly, it was "club" crits.
It seems as though Caleb Ewan has everyones measure here, so long as someone else chases the breakaway-like Renshaw in the NSW GP race.
But as far as crits go, the toughest would be the stage 6 of the TdU.
It is 90kays, with a 48kph ave speed, with a hill in every lap and temp in high 30's. The protour racers, race these street races a lot harder than any Aussie based riders would. After seeing the flat stages here, you probably would not waste time going to club races.
 
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Yeh probably did not read the Q properly, it was "club" crits.
It seems as though Caleb Ewan has everyones measure here, so long as someone else chases the breakaway-like Renshaw in the NSW GP race.
But as far as crits go, the toughest would be the stage 6 of the TdU.
It is 90kays, with a 48kph ave speed, with a hill in every lap and temp in high 30's. The protour racers, race these street races a lot harder than any Aussie based riders would. After seeing the flat stages here, you probably would not waste time going to club races.
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The pros do club races as training, usually after riding 80+kms. Most A grade crits still average 42+ for an hour so it's not really a waste of time when you want to be good early in the season and it would beat staring at the back of a motorbike
 
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Yeh probably did not read the Q properly, it was "club" crits.
It seems as though Caleb Ewan has everyones measure here, so long as someone else chases the breakaway-like Renshaw in the NSW GP race.
But as far as crits go, the toughest would be the stage 6 of the TdU.
It is 90kays, with a 48kph ave speed, with a hill in every lap and temp in high 30's. The protour racers, race these street races a lot harder than any Aussie based riders would. After seeing the flat stages here, you probably would not waste time going to club races.
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The SKCC Crit circuit at Port Melbourne is flat, but with several tight (and notorious corners). It was very windy on Sunday. The average speed of the race was 48+kmh, so the guys covered about 70+ km. No hills but tight cornering and the wind makes the average speed pretty impressive. Breakaways could not stay away. The most any break got was about 300m and that was a group of about 10 riders which included about 6 pros, of which 3 were Orica GreenEdge. Despite the soft pedalling by GreenEdge on the peloton, the breakaway was still caught.
 
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Even Wiggo's raced here,......and didn't get a place. :p
Ok, he was only 18
Sheesh, tough crits, bro :D


"Melbourne, Carnegie-Caulfied Criteriums, February 14, 1999

" Included in the A grade bunch were the Great Britain track endurance team composed of Bradley Wiggins (18) winner of the World Jnr pursuit, Paul Manning (24) 10th 1996 World espoirs TT and Phil West (21) who all race together in the UK based addidas-Level 4 team.

The remaining GB team riders are James Taylor (22), James Notley (21) and Harlow CC’s Rob Wood (20). Manager Simon Jones advises that the group represent the new World Class Performance team backed by a UK lottery. Returning from his efforts in the recent Tour of Tasmania, Amore e Vita pro Daniel Moore was seen to pay close attention to the activity of the national team riders.

The Brits had representation in the early breaks, two were involved in the most significant, however the large bunch of experienced "critters" had them back for the finale.

At the bell, all six GB riders massed at the front, their efforts nullified in the end by an in-form Stephen Pate fresh from winning the 101st Austral wheelrace the previous evening. Following Pate across the line was seasoned road rider Luke Weir, tuning up before returning to Belgium, third place to Bendigo’s Brent McCaig from Robert Tighello.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/feb99/feb16.shtml


Patey!!!!!!!! Smashed 'em. Yeah. :D
 
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Jee, I forgot to post last year's "pros at club races" stuff. :p

Anyway, Gerro was doing some damage last week at Carnegie-Caulfield CC Sunday morning criterium. It was a hot morning (about 35C at 10:30am), so I think less than 30 showed up, then the bunch split.

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funny to compare to 2002 or 2003, when CaulfieldCarnegie Brad Davidson was rolling around in his SaecoCannondale kit for two offseasons and no one really knew who he was... things change, now we got about 5 dozen pros, not like US domestic riders like Clarke or Menzie or Henk on retirement sojourn with Navs...
 
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Captain Serious said:
Even Wiggo's raced here,......and didn't get a place. :p
Ok, he was only 18
Sheesh, tough crits, bro :D


"Melbourne, Carnegie-Caulfied Criteriums, February 14, 1999

" Included in the A grade bunch were the Great Britain track endurance team composed of Bradley Wiggins (18) winner of the World Jnr pursuit, Paul Manning (24) 10th 1996 World espoirs TT and Phil West (21) who all race together in the UK based addidas-Level 4 team.

The remaining GB team riders are James Taylor (22), James Notley (21) and Harlow CC’s Rob Wood (20). Manager Simon Jones advises that the group represent the new World Class Performance team backed by a UK lottery. Returning from his efforts in the recent Tour of Tasmania, Amore e Vita pro Daniel Moore was seen to pay close attention to the activity of the national team riders.

The Brits had representation in the early breaks, two were involved in the most significant, however the large bunch of experienced "critters" had them back for the finale.

At the bell, all six GB riders massed at the front, their efforts nullified in the end by an in-form Stephen Pate fresh from winning the 101st Austral wheelrace the previous evening. Following Pate across the line was seasoned road rider Luke Weir, tuning up before returning to Belgium, third place to Bendigo’s Brent McCaig from Robert Tighello.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/feb99/feb16.shtml


Patey!!!!!!!! Smashed 'em. Yeah. :D
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Simon Jones from GB went over to coach at the WAIS.

There are a few dozen quotes from Cavendish about Jones, he hate Jones' guts. pretty funny. Cav pots him pretty stridently in his ghostwritten autobiography.
http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2352085.htm
 
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The endurance track from GB were coming out for a few years, think they based themselves in Bendigo for a time, around the Bendigo madison calendar... Ed Clancy and his ilk. Clancy is a boss.
 
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Oh yeah, Jeremy Hunt turned up one night last Feb and "daylighted" a small-ish A-grade group in the sprint.
Tell me if it's not THE Jeremy Hunt, but it sure looks like him, and isn't that an old Team Sky Helmet?

A-grade
1) Jeremy Hunt
2) Raphael Freienstein, Lotto–Kern Haus
3) Damien Jones, Carnegie Caulfield
4) Harrif Saleh, Malaysia
5) Tommy Nankervis, Carnegie Caulfield
6) David Williams, Carnegie Caulfield

Photos: Michael Eaddy

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Slo-mo video finish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEb0D9faDzw&feature=youtu.be
 
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