Apparently no male Australian Nat champ has won a world tour race since Gerrans so we will see.
Teammate not being allowed to celebrate at the line anymore
Who will be the first to break the rule?
Who will be the first to break the rule?
The only time you even hear the name Luke Durbridge (or to a lesser extent, Luke Plapp) is around the Australian championships. Always a good amount of attention because they're held in January, but they're not an indicator of anything.
Prohibiting celebrations is more of an anti-woke thing
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He played with his balls.
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Was just thinking ahead they would celebrate together if they stayed in front.
I guess the rule is only in a bunch sprint, so the leadout doesn't slow down too fast when going up and endanger others riders behind/next to him.
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You are joking about Plapp right? Because if you didn’t notice Plapp after the nationals last season then I’m guessing you didn’t watch Paris-Nice or the GiroThe only time you even hear the name Luke Durbridge (or to a lesser extent, Luke Plapp) is around the Australian championships. Always a good amount of attention because they're held in January, but they're not an indicator of anything.
Prohibiting celebrations is more of an anti-woke thing
I am big on Plapp. I reckon he can win a GT stage in 2025.
I forgot about Paris-Nice, yes. I said "to a lesser extent" though, I do rate Plapp. Durbridge is really only visible in the month of January.
Plapp did finish on the podium of the UAE Tour in 2023. I expect he will return in 2025 with an ITT on the route.
Tour down under starts early hours of the morning tomorrow for us Europeans, think it's 1.49am ish CET kickstarting the WWT season
Discovery+ allegedly have coverage but with their diet of tennis & snooker at the moment it will be app only streams and prob no highlights on the channels 🙄
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8lV2KpN366/
Discovery+ allegedly have coverage but with their diet of tennis & snooker at the moment it will be app only streams and prob no highlights on the channels 🙄
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8lV2KpN366/
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At this point, I'm not sure the race will be broadcast in Denmark at all. That obviously doesn't mean I won't be able to watch it, but it's on at a time where it's too late to stay up for and too early (for me) to wake up for it.
The route it pretty good though. We'll see them climb Willunga Hill twice for the first time, which could shake things up. That probably also means that Gigante's record time isn't in any danger (it might not have been anyway), but it's a shame that she is yet again unable to race.
BTW, there's still about 10 hours left until I'll stop updating my spreadsheet for my Emerging Female Riders game, so if anyone reading this thread is able to think of 16 eligible riders, why not give it a go?
Samu's 2025 Emerging Female Riders CQ Game (The Muriel Furrer Trophy)
I'm happy to officially launch the second edition of my emerging female riders game. Like in the first edition, the game will only last for one season. The primary reason for that is that I don't want to be running multiple games simultaneously. Rules The average team size for women's...
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Typical Jayco, they either use all their riders including their leader before the race even starts if they don’t even bother to try and chase. No in between.
The women's team is a worry. They can't get the best Aussie riders into the team, they lost decent riders in the off-season who have not been replaced. Their race strategy and placement of riders continues to be confusing. They had to bring Mavi Garcia for this race as Willunga Hill suits her characteristics, yet, she is riding the Trofeo races next week for the spanish team. Anyway, getting Gene bates back should see an improvement in the future.
I feel like this is exactly my comments about them at the end of last year. They also lost more experience than they have gained over the past few years and pretty much all those people look happier in another team.
Garcia is still good for willunga hill but she is really not that young. You can’t build your whole team around her especially when she didn’t look that good in the grand tours last year. Domestiques don’t like working for leaders who get dropped before they do on climbs.
I found the comments from riders who left the team last year but staying was there first option very interesting. All basically said they wanted to stay but other teams came in with better offers earlier and Jayco just kind of expected everyone would stay and didn’t extend people until quite late in the season.
I hope they can improve their season outlook but it’s pretty disheartening.
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Let's move the Women's TDU talk here, and make sure this thread doesn't die completely!
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I've been a fan of Hengeveld ever since the stage on the Assen race track in the 2021 Healthy Ageing Tour, and now she's finally aged in healthy way!
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I think I've made similar puns back when the race took place, but my material is limited, so I have to rehash it at times.
All I can say is that the two first races in Australia for the women's elite in Australia have been awful advertisements for women's cycling. Life can only get better.
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