Tour Down Under 2026 (Men's, Jan. 20-25)

[Potomac]

It's only 7pm here, and once again dinner will have to wait till after they cross the finish line.

You think you'll make it till the end of the race tonight?

We are expecting 10 inches of snow tonight, starting around midnight,
I want to see the first flakes. So I will finish out this race.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

We are expecting 10 inches of snow tonight, starting around midnight,
I want to see the first flakes. So I will finish out this race.

Daaang, 10" of snow, you got your snow shovel all polished and ready to go? At least tomorrow is Sunday though, so I'm presuming you won't have to go to work...

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice to see the entire UAE team sitting around Vine.

Not nice to see that those are the "entire UAE team"...

 

[yaco]

Its a good vine on the finish line. IT seems like Jumbo want to bring it back for Brennan.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Not sure who the Aussie commentator is (might be Robbie McEwen), and he just said the hottest temp he ever raced in was 52C. It should come as no surprise that riders were dropping like flies of heat stroke. Thankfully it's only 32C where they are racing today...

48km to go and gap has shrunk to 1:33s

 

[Potomac]

OK....things are heating up a bit for these last 30 something kms

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Plapp dropped back and assumed domestique duties by collecting water bottles for his teammates, Novak was dropped, so now there is a break of only two.

EDIT: Actually Plapp just collected water bottles and isn't dropping back to the peloton, so now he's riding around with a jersey full of water bottles, not sure what his plan is with all that extra weight.

 

[RedheadDane]

Real Chris Harper attacks!

And now Jefferson Cepeda attacks.
The Movistar one... someone needs to tell Mielke that you need to specify when they're both in a race...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Final lap bell has been rung, 20km to go - woooooo!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

A new break has formed - Romo, Buitrago, Cepeda, Glivar, and Stannard had no more to give, but hat's off to him for having hung on for so long.

 

[yaco]

Jayco and EF need to ride to protect their podium sponsor on GC.

 

[Potomac]

The sprinting teams should be the ones to shut it all down

 

[RedheadDane]

Jayco and EF need to ride to protect their podium sponsor on GC.

I think Uno-X should ride too, to protect their top-10 spots.

And of course Decathlon should ride so Lund can sprint.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Naturally I'm pulling for the break, will I be crying into my pillow again tonight?

4km to go, gap is now 15s

 

[RedheadDane]

Naturally I'm pulling for the break,

Normally I'd be too, but... well... there's this Danish guy who's been pretty good in the sprints.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brennan wins.

 

[yaco]

Great ride by Gilmore to finish 4th. He will Wina race or two.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

At last Brennan gets a win!

Except for the kangaroo incident this was a pretty good ending to this year's edition of the TDU, I thought. And to all the riders who crashed and sustained injuries this week- heal well!

General classification after final stage and time won or lost in the classification:

Rnk.	+/-	Rider	Team	Time	Time won/lost
1	-	VINE Jay	UAD	16:44:54.000	-
2	-	SCHMID Mauro	JAY	1:03.000	-
3	-	SWEENY Harry	EFE	1:12.000	-
4	-	BRENNER Marco	TUD	1:14.000	-
5	-	KRON Andreas	UXM	1:16.000	-
6	-	RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	SOQ	1:19.000	-
7	▲1	CHARMIG Anthon	UXM	1:23.000	-
8	▲1	ZANA Filippo	SOQ	1:23.000	-
9	▲1	SOBRERO Matteo	LTK	1:27.000	-
10	▲1	O'CONNOR Ben	JAY	1:28.000	-

 

[Potomac]

Was there a crash in the final couple of km?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Was there a crash in the final couple of km?

The commentators thought so but nothing was shown and PCS isn't saying anything either. So, who knows?

Kudos on making it till the end btw., is it snowing in your parts yet?

 

[Cookster15]

Quite funny to see some kangaroos in the race coverage. Quite common to see them in sports events in Oz which are conducted in countryside areas.

Kangaroos outnumber humans in Australia by roughly 2 to 1. Just hope I never see those collide with a fast moving peloton. Would be carnage.

I see a kangaroo almost took out Vine. Not the smartest animals. Have a tendency to run towards hazards rather than away. Vine was lucky.

 

[RedheadDane]

I see a kangaroo almost took out Vine. Not the smartest animals. Have a tendency to run towards hazards rather than away. Vine was lucky.

Technically, it did take him out.
He just escaped relatively unhurt.

(Did attempt a bit of a Vingegaard-style bike change dance, though.)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I see a kangaroo almost took out Vine. Not the smartest animals. Have a tendency to run towards hazards rather than away. Vine was lucky.

Yeah, Vine was saying in post-race interview that kangaroos are the biggest danger on Aussie roads for cyclists. And Brennan said he got smacked by the kangaroo, so he had actual contact with the cute but not so clever marsupial, didn't stop him from winning though.

 

[tobydawq]

Michael Leonard lost 3 minutes and his 7th spot on GC. That seems pretty silly - especially if it was because it was him they made chase the break at some point.

 

[search]

Real Chris Harper attacks!

And now Jefferson Cepeda attacks.
The Movistar one... someone needs to tell Mielke that you need to specify when they're both in a race...

the EF one is Alexander Cepeda, so there actually is no need to. At least if he uses the right name for him

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