having a petrochemical company as the primary sponsor now seems like a small-potatoes issue with the world blowing up in so many places. Not trying to inject politics - just trying for some perspective.
note that two of the three riders quoted are not in the WT. These three Aussie riders are out of touch with reality if they think it's easy to get cycling sponsors in Australia. You only have to look at Jayco 14 years of existence, In that time they got one Aussie sponsor Orica for five years.
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Yeah i was about to post the same, I don't think there is one, not sure where Berniece is getting that date from. I can't find anything on actual official websites about it.
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I read the pre-race interviews with the EF riders, and I think it was Van der Lee who mentioned that it was nice to have a prologue to start off with because there wasn't a crit beforehand (Squire has made me really eager to follow his big breakthrough this year).
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From a very random site
But this is wrong, because cyclingnews says there is no race this year.
Tour Down Under 2026 route
A prologue starts the 758.9-kilometre race with Willunga Hill and a tough finale in Stirling
www.cyclingnews.com
There is no criterium this year. Checked out the Tananda stage today which should be a sprint finish.
That’s my view as well but not how it plays out usually.
This is why Alaphillipe has struggled to win French nationals against 27 FDJ and 18 Decathlon riders even though most years he was the strongest individual rider.
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Wollaston takes it.
Looked like Vigilia was gonna hold on there for a sec.
Looked like Vigilia was gonna hold on there for a sec.
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Realini's bid for the second batch of climbing points was perhaps one of the most abject throwings in of a towel I have ever seen in the sport.
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Uhm... are the numbers Vigilia wearing a slightly different colour than those worn by the FDJ riders?
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spoke to the Dad of Sophie Edward's who is riding in the Aussie team as he was writing her name on the road near the finish. We discussed how Jayco does itself no favors by refusing to bring their overseas riders to the TDU. You can get caught out by injuries and riders who are not good enough to fulfill their ride. Watch for Mavi Garcia in stage three.
Chloe Dygert was strong in the break but she didn't get much help. but always nice to see her on the attack
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Looked the same to me... of course, Vigilia was never nice enough to ride right next to one of the FDJ riders so I could make a direct comparisson.
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With Shell and BP sponsorship for national team, Total Energies sponsors 2 team on WT
, Chevron sponsors one of the oldest races in US, Manhattan Beach Grand Prix, UAE, Bahrain, Astana all have fossil fuel angle to sponsorship.
Everything, I mean everything in cycling from head to toe, including sunglasses have petrochemical elements, bicycles themselves are built using a petrochemical intensive processes, team buses, ambulance, helicopters, support cars and motorcycles in every race big and small..
Maybe some of the commenting riders can't see forest through the trees.
Be careful going after petro people or we will be back to wearing Decca wool jerseys and shorts with a chamois from a sheep farm..
After seeing modern fabrics and anti bacterial short padding I might just hug and kiss a guy at a random gas station, just because! Or call some oil company exec and explain clammy chamois and intensely painful boils that were common before dinosaurs were used to make bike clothing!! Thank you oil companies!!!!!
I love you!
Dear TDU sponsors, thank you, thanks for your support, thanks for stepping up when dozens or hundreds didn't put money were their mouth is,
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