I just cannot imagine the outrage in Australia and specially from Cadel if Valverde wins the TDU, given the current circumstances of his CAS hearing....
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hfer07, if you read this thread you will already have seen
"I won't even try to win it," from Valverde
"I won't even try to win it," from Valverde
Hope the poor kid doesn't kill himself trying to win a stage to impress his new Aussie fan base!*G*K*S* said:
For some extra interviews and behind the scenes coverage of the race, aussie posters should watch Sports Tonight on ONE HD. they give a lot of extra stuff and have interviewed brown, mcewen, davis, tutur and will be interviewing mick rogers tonight
rgmerk said:
Nope, he was working alright...working to stay in touch with the bunch!
...both Davis' got dropped from the 'chase' bunch with maybe 4 laps to go (not that there was much chasing going on!) & were sitting on the back well before that. To be fair, though, it's not exactly a race/parcours that suited Alan, in particular. But I still reckon he looked overweighttaiwan said:
It's not a wind up - we're just looking to support a young professional rider that may otherwise go unnoticed and under-appreciated. Nothing to be paranoid about....
1) Tour Down Under has a twitter:
http://twitter.com/tourdownunder
2) "Cycling fans with iPhones will be able to get minute-by-minute race updates on their phone, with a new free app for the Santos Tour Down Under going live overnight."
The iPhone 'app' (a downloadable application) will feature:
> Information about the race and South Australia
> Live news and race updates
> Live minute-by-minute race updates during race week
> Dynamic stage maps that show the pelotons race location during race week
> Renowned cycling photographer Graham Watson image gallery, which will be updated after each stage of the race
To download, visit http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/santos-tour-down-under/id346146925
3) A Bob Roll preview/promo for versus:
http://beta.versus.com/blogs/epic-cycle/tour-down-under-1/
http://twitter.com/tourdownunder
2) "Cycling fans with iPhones will be able to get minute-by-minute race updates on their phone, with a new free app for the Santos Tour Down Under going live overnight."
The iPhone 'app' (a downloadable application) will feature:
> Information about the race and South Australia
> Live news and race updates
> Live minute-by-minute race updates during race week
> Dynamic stage maps that show the pelotons race location during race week
> Renowned cycling photographer Graham Watson image gallery, which will be updated after each stage of the race
To download, visit http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/santos-tour-down-under/id346146925
3) A Bob Roll preview/promo for versus:
http://beta.versus.com/blogs/epic-cycle/tour-down-under-1/
Lance press conference quotes and commentary through cycling central twitter
Start your way from the bottom and work your way up.
SBS cycling central crew seems to be infatuated with lance
Start your way from the bottom and work your way up.
SBS cycling central crew seems to be infatuated with lance
auscyclefan94 said:
Just like last year... if you turned on the TV or picked up a paper in Adelaide you could be excused for thinking that there was only one rider in the whole race.
taiwan said:
Yeah Its being organised by some friends of mine. Pretty funny.
Everyone here should get on board... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arthur-VICHOT/199515474522?ref=ts
Not a wind up though:
yep, last 7 TDU articles from Adelaide Now are all about LanceTugboat said:
'On your bike, Lance,' says MP
Armstrong hints at Tour Down Under return
Tour intel for champ
Anderson opened gates for Lance
I'll put the hammer down, says Lance
It's all go for leader of the pack
The legend has landed
lucybears said:
Lol. From the comments section of this article:
Wish i could ride a pushbike so as to make headline line news on all the commercial tv stations and print media. There again I wouldnt want to upset the Pandas. What a joke Adelaide is
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/comments/0,22638,26587628-5018559,00.html
*G*K*S* said:
All the comments gave me a good chuckle. Number 5 is my favourite.
if you people could only get your heads out of the sand for five minutes it would be great!!!! if you could survive almost certain death from cancer, win 7 tour de frances and raise millions upon millions of dollars ledge, then i'm sure you'd get some headlines too, and you'd deserve it!
Posted by: Desmondo of Wayville 8:53am today
Comment 8 of 8
that radioshack kit looks awful and he has terrible form on a bike. Seems to work though I guess!
Posted by: John of Adelaide 9:50pm January 14, 2010
Comment 7 of 8
From another story on this site it seems he's just a paid mouthpiece for the premier, so he can stay home next year or refrain from giving credibility to something he clearly doesn't understand and shouldn't be involved with.
Posted by: John of Adelaide 4:41pm January 14, 2010
Comment 6 of 8
Single file you road hogging, bad tempered, above the law thinking louts !
Posted by: bikes of 4:15pm January 14, 2010
Comment 5 of 8
Must have twigged onto Labor's gravy train schemes.
Posted by: we cannot be dropped of 4:13pm January 14, 2010
Comment 4 of 8
The translation, he will be back until MediaMike is unable to use tax payers money to pay for his trip plus bonuses.
Posted by: daniel of stepney 4:08pm January 14, 2010
Comment 3 of 8
Will he return? depends on the election result doesn't it.
Posted by: Fred of Elizabeth 2:45pm January 14, 2010
Comment 2 of 8
Wish i could ride a pushbike so as to make headline line news on all the commercial tv stations and print media. There again I wouldnt want to upset the Pandas. What a joke Adelaide is
Posted by: ledge of adelaide 2:35pm January 14, 2010
Comment 1 of 8
Free-to-Air TV is amazing. SBS coverage is 3 hours delayed in WA.
Obviously the German, French, Spanish, Greek and Russian news pull bigger audiences.
Obviously the German, French, Spanish, Greek and Russian news pull bigger audiences.
dimspace said:
Is sbs cycling central not streaming....wait i'll just check.....nup doesn't look like it, figured they would've at least had Lance cam....hahaha
No video streams yet, but it's early. Steephill has a radio link on the site, and he updates with video feeds as they come live. He has competitors, so some times he holds back until race time. The TDU site shows that the overall event will be covered on Eurosport, but doesn't give specifics. I tried their audio a while ago and it was an infomercial. If I find something on my own, I'll post it here, but Steve will have more possibilities. (If I find something he doesn't already have, I send it to him, as do a lot of people). Good luck.dimspace said:
http://www.steephill.tv/tour-down-under/
Here's the link for live text with occasional Graham Watson photos.
http://www.m.tourdownunder.com.au/cchc.aspx
Cycling News text feed is live:
http://live.cyclingnews.com/
Says my i-phone "Santos Tour down Under" free App:
"Go to Rymill Park now
Santos Tour Down Under Teams Presentation at Rymill Park.
***** ********* will be presented last!"
"Go to Rymill Park now
Santos Tour Down Under Teams Presentation at Rymill Park.
***** ********* will be presented last!"
theswordsman said:
Thanks!!!!
EDIT: Allan Davis is in terrible shape for a professional cyclist.
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