Down Under Classic (15/1/2012), Adelaide, 51km

[swuzzlebubble]

Would like to know Greipel's top speed? Would have been above 70km/h

@J_Cantwell: OMG what a fast race. Max sprint 74kmh! Finished 6th in my first World Tour debut race #notbad

 

[maltiv]

Edvald says that he was supposed to be leading out but Sutton lost his wheel. I hope the management realizes that they should go for Edvald when TDU starts though as he really needs the bonus seconds...

 

[theyoungest]

@mark_renshaw

Seriously #badluck tonight, I had a flat rear tyre on the last lap. The guys did a great job the whole race. #devastated but... I'll be back

 

[woodie]

I'm not so sure about that.

No one cares about the crowds at the cricket so whats your point?

Can't wait to see the race on the tv soon, thanks channel nine for doing a great job of covering it live

 

[swuzzlebubble]

No one cares about the crowds at the cricket so whats your point?

Can't wait to see the race on the tv soon, thanks channel nine for doing a great job of covering it live

Presumably that there may have been a similar crowd at the crit.

 

[woodie]

Presumably that there may have been a similar crowd at the crit.

If that was his point I apologize. Could make what he's trying to say clearer though

 

[roadkill]

No one cares about the crowds at the cricket so whats your point?

My point is, it should have got a better run on TV rather than a very low quality internet stream.

 

[AussieGoddess]

perhaps overseas streaming had difficulties ... but I cant honestly tell you that my stream was fine.

Low quality image for sure, but no buffering at all so was easy enough to follow.

If they are doing daily highlights at 7pm AEDT ... then I will be happy.

 

[roadkill]

Presumably that there may have been a similar crowd at the crit.

More like 5 or 6 times more

 

[Andy99]

@J_Cantwell: OMG what a fast race. Max sprint 74kmh! Finished 6th in my first World Tour debut race #notbad

The classic isn't WT, is it??

 

[roadkill]

Low quality image for sure, but no buffering at all so was easy enough to follow.

I couldn't run their coverage on chrome, I was seeing one frame every 10 or 20 seconds. It worked fine on IE strangely enough, though the quality was poor.

 

[woodie]

More like 5 or 6 times more

I apologize I read it the wrong way, i'm on your side, can't believe they didn't show it, the cricket was finished by 7pm anyway

 

[swuzzlebubble]

@mattgoss1986 Matt Goss
Well done to the lotto boys. I lost robbies wheel thro a corner at a lap and a half to go. Pace was way to rapid to get back into position.

 

[hughmoore]

Good start to TDU, sat at second to last corner and watched it on the big screen.

Sky stuffed the corner which held a lot of the others up.

Andre was so relaxed he turned around to watch Bosan coming up then took off for the win.

Looking forward to the rest of the week.



Hugh

 

[Kwibus]

Have you ever watched the TDU? Basically anyone who can climb and has some form is in with a chance for the Willunga stage.

Yeh I watched last year, but do you expect Rogers to win? Like really?
If it's a smokescreen it's good, but if it's reality I think it's a real bad decision. You can all burn me if I'm wrong ofcourse

 

[Kwibus]

perhaps overseas streaming had difficulties ... but I cant honestly tell you that my stream was fine.

Low quality image for sure, but no buffering at all so was easy enough to follow.

If they are doing daily highlights at 7pm AEDT ... then I will be happy.

Low quality, but I had no buffering issues as well and I'm from the Netherlands.

 

[Kwibus]

The classic isn't WT, is it??

It's not, but the same teams as the Tour Down Under ride it so it's WT level.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

via @saddleblaze

 

[LaFlorecita]

via @saddleblaze

Okay... That's kind of creepy...

 

[theyoungest]

Yeh I watched last year, but do you expect Rogers to win? Like really?
If it's a smokescreen it's good, but if it's reality I think it's a real bad decision. You can all burn me if I'm wrong ofcourse

But it's more about form than actual talent... and Rogers isn't half bad to begin with.

 

[Tuarts]

My point is, it should have got a better run on TV rather than a very low quality internet stream.

Can you care to explain how we are supposed to get your point of "bad choppy stream sucks" from a post which was just trying to compare the cricket attendance with the attendance for the cycling?

 

[Cobblestoned]

Another ****race win, but really good work by Lotto.

Perfect start for them.

 

[goggalor]

via @saddleblaze

Nice legs.











She must be a climber.

 

[Ryaguas]

Greipel looks veeeeery fit! He really wants to win TDU again

 

[El Pistolero]

What a train by Lotto.

Mcewen already said Lotto was the "best team ever" after a race, but if he could count on such a train I wonder what he would've said