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dimspace said:Uk got highlights every day, and by the looks of it some stages live, but the tv guide is very very confusing.. Link to what has been worked out, and then link on that page to the full listings..
auscyclefan94 said:Yes, we get 30 minute highlights at 6pm and get stages 0,5,6 live...
Maybe we canteach you poms how to hold a proper bike race unlike your Tour of Britain
Thought I'd help out some of the euro posters on here for the coverage times.
Down Under Classic coverage starts at 16:30 AEST, 5:30am London, 6:30 for the rest of the main euro countries.
Stage 5 coverage starts at 11:15 AEST, 00:15 London, 1:15 for the rest of the main euro countries.
Stage 6 coverage starts at 13:30 AEST, 2:30 london, 3:30 for the rest of the main euro countries.
Now you euros will understand what we aussies go through to watch the tdf every night and to watch other big races.
auscyclefan94 said:Yes, we get 30 minute highlights at 6pm and get stages 0,5,6 live...
Maybe we canteach you poms how to hold a proper bike race unlike your Tour of Britain.
SBS - The official host broadcaster of the Santos Tour Down Under
17 January - Cancer Council Helpline Classic
SBS ONE: LIVE @ 4pm (Adelaide), 4:30pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
19 January - Stage 1
SBS ONE: Daily highlights @ 5.30pm (Adelaide), 6:00pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Daily highlights Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
20 January - Stage 2
SBS ONE: Daily highlights @ 5.30pm (Adelaide), 6:00pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Daily highlights Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
21 January - Stage 3
SBS ONE: Daily highlights @ 5.30pm (Adelaide), 6:00pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Daily highlights Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
22 January - Mutual Community Stage 4
SBS ONE: Daily highlights @ 5.30pm (Adelaide), 6:00pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Daily highlights Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
23 January - Jayco Stage 5
SBS ONE: LIVE @ 10.45am (Adelaide) 11:15am (Sydney)
SBS TWO: highlights @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
24 January - Adelaide City Council Stage 6
SBS ONE: LIVE @ 1pm (Adelaide), 1:30pm (Sydney)
SBS TWO: Repeat @ 8pm (Adelaide), 8:30pm (Sydney)
lucybears said:complete apart from 187. Australia open road champion (TBC)http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/teams/start-list
seems no Lampre, as UNISA backnumbers are now 181-187 instead of previous 191-197
SBS, only cycling that ONE shows is the worlds and the sun tour.craig1985 said:Do SBS or ONE have the highlights?
dimspace said:doesnt look like we have live coverage of the classic. TV guide goes up to 6am now, and i work out it starts at about 5.45 uk time.. so certainly looks like highlights of 0,1,2,3,4 and 5/6 live
at least the ToB had some bloody hills...
And dont even claim some of your hills are hills.. they aint..TdU must be the only race to have a king of the slight incline jersey.. (oh sorry.. i forgot qatar)
auscyclefan94 said:SBS, only cycling that ONE shows is the worlds and the sun tour.
auscyclefan94 said:What do you call Wilunga Hill? 3.5km at 7%. their are a few others but i don't now adelaide well as i have never been there.
auscyclefan94 said:Read the bottom of the page of your link
craig1985 said:Thanks.
Remember last year's edition? There were some really steep hills on the first and second stage, because they were doing close to 100km/h down it!I'm also going to predict Travis Meyer to be a right annoyance to the peloton and be in every break that goes, like Jack Bobridge did last year. And nice how Garmin's team line-up is made up soley of Commonwealth riders.
auscyclefan94 said:he's not riding.
stefank said:I was wondering about that. Who do you suppose will fill the final UNISA spot?
nice to see a rider get their place on merit...badboyberty said:so I assume David Kemp will get the spot.
badboyberty said:That spot is reserved for the Australian National champion, but I can't see them allowing a Garmin rider into the Uni-SA squad, so I assume David Kemp will get the spot.
It'll be interesting to see if Garmin decide to change their line-up so Travis Meyer gets to show off his new jersey.
dimspace said:at least the ToB had some bloody hills...
dimspace said:at least the ToB had some bloody hills...
badboyberty said:a couple of gentle gradients climbing 400metres at most...
Sorry Dim, the ToB isn't any lumpier than the TdU.
Probably best to leave the "that's not a hill" talk to people who live in countries with topography, like New Zealand and Canada.
lucybears said:hate to have to agree with the antipodean colonials...
http://www.cycle2max.com/bike-hill-climb/Old-Willunga-Hill.aspx?id=656
but such is ...
dimspace said:Pah.. call that a hill..
we have this just a few miles up the road..
http://www.rural-roads.co.uk/a39/a39_4.shtml
frustratingly the tour of britain has gone near it twice, the last two years, and not once have they had the guts to put it on the route.. its only 1 in 4.. :/
lucybears said:Still not a patch on the Templestowe Hill Climb in Melbourne - a gradient of 1 in 2.5
dimspace said:Pffft... "my hills bigger than your hill... neurghh..."
Guess the aussies have got they eyres mountain thing.. never seen a bike race go up it though..
The ToB is actually realy frustrating, theres some great climbs in this country, even a couple of cobbled ones, but the Tour organisers seem scared of going anywhere near them.. They used to. now anything over 2% gets a HC sign...