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

[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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[Dazed and Confused]

Highlights including the Roo incident.

View: https://youtu.be/j1XuBcKqKEI


Good win for Brennan. Visma needed that.

 

[yaco]

Jayco rode an anonymous race yet got second on Gc, teams classification and a swag of UCI points. My highlight was after the race when Kwiatkovski was pinned to the ground by his t2o young daughters.

 

[KZD]

Finally Brennan wins.

Tough race for UAE with Narvaez and Bjerg both getting injured, fortunately Vine managed to avoid injures (despite the kangaroo scare) and take the overall win.

 

[RedheadDane]

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

Aah, okay, didn't know that.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the Movistar one being older, and having two Jeffersons in the family might have been confusing...

 

[search]

Aah, okay, didn't know that.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the Movistar one being older, and having two Jeffersons in the family might have been confusing...

yeah, no idea how exactly it was sorted out (or if one of the names is an "official" first name), but if he calls himself Alexander on his social media profiles, I guess that's good to go with.

 

[HashRouge]

Finally Brennan wins.

Tough race for UAE with Narvaez and Bjerg both getting injured, fortunately Vine managed to avoid injures (despite the kangaroo scare) and take the overall win.

Early signs the Visma curse has moved to UAE...

 

[Netserk]

what kinds of satanic rituals have @Ilmaestro99 performed???

first jonny, now he got an aussie monster to assault them again, nearly taking out grande v$ne

 

[vappaxbipmv]

Finally Brennan wins.

Tough race for UAE with Narvaez and Bjerg both getting injured, fortunately Vine managed to avoid injures (despite the kangaroo scare) and take the overall win.

And Stake Laengen

 

[Rockestar_33]

It's just you and me I guess, RHD

Unfortunately was playing cricket today, would have been watching otherwise

 

[RedheadDane]

Unfortunately was playing cricket today, would have been watching otherwise

You need to sort out your priorities!








(Of course, I did prioritise sleep for the week-day stages.)

 

[Rockestar_33]

You need to sort out your priorities!








(Of course, I did prioritise sleep for the week-day stages.)

I did play well though

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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.

Managed to lose 28 places on GC while retaining 2nd in the white jersey.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

yeah, no idea how exactly it was sorted out (or if one of the names is an "official" first name), but if he calls himself Alexander on his social media profiles, I guess that's good to go with.

You would imagine that they have some way of establishing clarity for family gatherings etc. Alexander is the younger, so I would imagine the family habit would be to give him the alternative name rather than re-naming the one they had already been addressing as Jefferson for 2 years.

But how little imagination does one have to have to give your son the same name as your brother gave his son? (I guess there must be some family significance)

There are plenty of riders (or any other section of society) that are commonly known by their second given name (even excluding strange Danish naming customs): odd that commentators haven't been keen to prefer this one.

 

[RedheadDane]

There are plenty of riders (or any other section of society) that are commonly known by their second given name (even excluding strange Danish naming customs): odd that commentators haven't been keen to prefer this one.

I haven't actually noticed what commentators refer to Alexander Cepeda as. In this case, he was referring to the guy from Movistar, and I thought that was a little unclear, not knowing the guy from EF is usually referred to as Alexander Cepeda.

 

[Cycling111]

It seems that Bjerg has fractured his collarbone following the kangaroo attack.

 

[Potomac]

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.

That's why I wondered if there was a crash at the end. I didn't know they were making him help chase.