durianrider said:The NRS is like the pro tour. As hard.
RP rides away from em just like Paris Nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ZgobjFM0c
For the people playing at home, this is fallacious. NRS is the highest level of cycling competition in Australia, but nowhere near protour.
The TdF, for example, has stages of 200+ km in a 3 week race.
The video displayed clearly shows 76km length stages, in up to 1 week length race. Longest NRS tour stage is around 120km. Climbs are nothing like Tour HC cols.
NRS is a number of steps below protour.