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According to ammattipyöräily on Twitter Onley, Williams and Narvaez set the fastest time ever on Willunga Hill (6'38").

Porte's record was 6'39".

 

[movingtarget]

Onley one winner..........well taken win.

 

[Sciatic]

According to ammattipyöräily on Twitter Onley, Williams and Narvaez set the fastest time ever on Willunga Hill (6'38").

Porte's record was 6'39".

 

[proffate]

Came here to say the same thing. Seems like he might have thought the KOM line was the finish line since that was 200m before the actual finish line.

Maybe he actually wanted kom points...?

 

[armchairclimber]

That was fun to watch.. Well done to young Oscar. Del Toro so gracious and humble. And nice to see Alaphilippe at least in the mix.

 

[Rob5091]

According to ammattipyöräily on Twitter Onley, Williams and Narvaez set the fastest time ever on Willunga Hill (6'38").

Porte's record was 6'39".

Good win for Onley & DSM - the fast and furious start to 2024 is on! Lemmen hanging on until the finish was good news for Visma, but at 28 years old he must feel ancient.

 

[tobydawq]

According to ammattipyöräily on Twitter Onley, Williams and Narvaez set the fastest time ever on Willunga Hill (6'38").

Porte's record was 6'39".

It sounds wild but we're comparing to pre-covid numbers, so it's no wonder the record was beaten.

 

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Strong was erroneously noted as second on stage 2 before Williams. The footage quite evidently showed that Williams was not overtaken before the line.

That mistake now costs Williams the leader's jersey.

there's a photo finish in the official results, with Strong ahead (red line added by myself):

 

[theyoungest]

Good win for Onley & DSM - the fast and furious start to 2024 is on! Lemmen hanging on until the finish was good news for Visma, but at 28 years old he must feel ancient.

In Lemmen's case his age is not that relevant. He probably has less experience than Isaac del Toro Doesn't even know which type of rider he is yet.

 

[RedheadDane]

but at 28 years old he must feel ancient.

What do you think S. Yates is feeling then? Practically like a dinosaur?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What do you think S. Yates is feeling then? Practically like a dinosaur?

Well at least he's stil 26 seconds younger than Adam.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well at least he's stil 26 seconds younger than Adam.

Not according to this:

How to tell Adam and Simon Yates apart

Last week we looked at how to tell Germany’s top male cyclists apart. In some ways that was an easy task -- Pascal Ackermann, Max Schachmann and Emanuel

velo.outsideonline.com

– Simon was born first, five minutes ahead of Adam.

 

[Netserk]

Strong was erroneously noted as second on stage 2 before Williams. The footage quite evidently showed that Williams was not overtaken before the line.

That mistake now costs Williams the leader's jersey.

 

[repre]

Who is Bart Lemmen in 5th...the new Roglič?

Seems like jumbo marginal gains upped a level this winter

 

[DNP-Old]

Who is Bart Lemmen in 5th...the new Roglič?

He's a former air force marine turned cyclist. In fact, he was the ITT world champion among them (yes, this exists).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not according to this:

How to tell Adam and Simon Yates apart

Last week we looked at how to tell Germany’s top male cyclists apart. In some ways that was an easy task -- Pascal Ackermann, Max Schachmann and Emanuel

velo.outsideonline.com

I found it in this other Velo article (they call me the Velo Man, btw), so I'm right!
But Simon must really feel like an old dinosaur, if he's indeed 5 minutes older than Adam.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Mollema,Chris Harper and Ulissi all together and not far back. Hope that a good sign for Trek..Quinn Simmons had one leg fall off.. can't win them all

Please put me at ease, and tell me his leg has been put back on ok?

 

[RedheadDane]

I found it in this other Velo article (they call me the Velo Man, btw), so I'm right!
But Simon must really feel like an old dinosaur, if he's indeed 5 minutes older than Adam.

Does this mean Adam lied in the first one?
"Simon's totally older!"
Or Simon lied?
"I'm totally older, and you have to listen to your older brother."

 

[tobydawq]

there's a photo finish in the official results, with Strong ahead (red line added by myself):

The photo finish equipment must have been placed un a wrong position then. Unfortunately, I cannot find the Twitter pic I saw a couple of days ago but it showed something else than this.

And yes, I know that officially, it's the photo finish shot that decides but that just doesn't feel right when the riders have no chance of knowing where that is if it isn't positioned correctly.

 

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The photo finish equipment must have been placed un a wrong position then. Unfortunately, I cannot find the Twitter pic I saw a couple of days ago but it showed something else than this.

And yes, I know that officially, it's the photo finish shot that decides but that just doesn't feel right when the riders have no chance of knowing where that is if it isn't positioned correctly.

probably this one?!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1747703618357063877

View: https://twitter.com/lucasaganronald/status/1747703618357063877


Personally I would think the photo finish camera is more likely to be set up correctly than this one, but sure, who knows.

 

[tobydawq]

probably this one?!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1747703618357063877

View: https://twitter.com/lucasaganronald/status/1747703618357063877


Personally I would think the photo finish camera is more likely to be set up correctly than this one, but sure, who knows.

Yes.

This isn't "set up". Here you can see the line and see that Williams is in front of Strong.

If you're not convinced from looking at the wheels, check the shadows of the wheels. Williams was first across the line.

 

[DNP-Old]

In almost every race, the finish line we see is not *actually* the finish line, it's usually shortly thereafter. Which is why photos like the one above can be deceiving.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If this race is in October we would all hate it. A WT race with 120km stages and decided on time bonuses .. However because is first race of the season we are all excited for racing. Riders get to do a winter training block on Australia and Australia gets a WT event. That's nice . But really without Ritchie porte lighting up willunga it's clear that this is no really a WT race.

Anyway nice warm up for the season, happy for welsford, Loulou and Steven William. Tomorrow hope to see Simon Yates attacking in the drops like it's a Spanish 1.1 race

 

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Jason Osborne had to abandon the race today because no one stopped to give him a new bike after a crash

https://twitter.com/x/status/1748624923076006029

View: https://twitter.com/LoosDieter/status/1748624923076006029

 

[RedheadDane]

Jason Osborne had to abandon the race today because no one stopped to give him a new bike after a crash

Someone at Alpecin owes him a big apology!
Doesn't look like Alpecin is doing the CEGORR, so maybe a first-class ticket back to Europe.