This is about the stage win. I don't expect an entire HTC train to make it over Willunga Hill.ingsve said:The diffrence is that Goss will have support from HTC so there will probably not be one on one sprints between them.
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This is about the stage win. I don't expect an entire HTC train to make it over Willunga Hill.ingsve said:The diffrence is that Goss will have support from HTC so there will probably not be one on one sprints between them.
theyoungest said:This is about the stage win. I don't expect an entire HTC train to make it over Willunga Hill.
I am not, he is a good tip but I think Greipel is climbing very well and he was very strong on Checkers Hill yesterday. He easily accelerated away from Goss.Dekker_Tifosi said:Why is everyone forgetting Matthews in a stage like this? A thougher stage where the field is a bit decimated/tired.
I expect Rabobank will try something with Ten Dam on Willunga hill, which will ofcourse not make it (if Evans and Valverde can't, how the hell should Ten Dam be able to?), but it will tire/decimate the field, so Matthews can try and win the sprint again.
And no I don't think this will happen or work everytime. I'm just wondering why nobody suggested Matthews before.
Again, if Evans, Valverde, Luis Leon Sanchez and sagan can't stay away then they won't. Every one of the big teams would have to have riders in the break for it to stay away. Even then some of those big teams would lose out because their riders would have to attack the breakaway group to be able to win overall.maltiv said:I can't see him beating Matthew Goss unless Goss punctures again, but surely, Matthews is a possibility for the win.
A group containing someone like Simon Gerrans, Michael Rogers, Ballan, Porte etc, could be able to stay away, but not very likely.
Bailey said:.
That's why SA's government funds it's own race and none of the others want to. As a tax payer in SA, I help fund the event. ACF, as a Victorian, does not. Therefore the race stays here.
SA is south and is the bottom, central section of this continent. Adelaide, being on it's southern central coast, has a point when it says it's Down and Underneath the vast majority of the rest of the continent. We're Down and Underneath most of it. We hold a bike race in our Federated, but separate, state. We call it the Tour Down Under, not the Tour of Australia.
We are sorry if you feel short changed or angry about this. We are sorry we bothered setting up a race down here. If you dislike it, you're welcome to continue pretending we don't exist. We are sorry we are not European and we are sorry we don't share your timezones and seasons. We are sorry we have set up a competent-enough event to attract UCI support. ***** more if this annoys you. It's of little consequence. We're here to stay. We're sorry. Deal with it by ignoring us and denigrating us if this makes you feel better about yourself and your snowed-in, overpopulated location. We'll continue holding an event and we'll keep doing the best we can. You're welcome to hate less, reduce your cynicism, and join us in enjoying it if you like.
Otherwise consider dealing with your displeasure in whichever way you see fit. Just troll a bit less. You don't own the sport and your trolling demonstrates that you sure as hell aren't better than anyone else. you're quite a bit worse in fact.
Thanks and hope this helps!
The Hitch said:What is the estimated finishing time of the race. If someones feeling like a real hero, convert it to gmt
Also whats the temperature there down under?
auscyclefan94 said:It is going to be high 20's, should finish around 3:50am GMT
Waterloo Sunrise said:Can we just call it the orange jersey so I don't have to listen to *** commentators saying ochre like it's a vegetable.
simonk said:Hmm, cyclingfans says that the SBS-live-thing is Geo-restricted. Omg, if i have stayed up for this, just to see that i cant watch the race, then im gonna tilt.. Damnit you, Tour Down Under and SBS.
auscyclefan94 said:Doesn't change the fact that Australia is Down under...So are you going to have the tour down under in one state of Australia/Down Under every single year? I don't see how that is fair. Yes taxpayers payed for the tdu but you also payed for the Grand Prix and the Victorian Government took that from you. Now Victorians are paying for it! (mad) It is very much possible that the Victorian or any other government could do that. Only problem with Melbourne/Victoria is that the city is far densely populated than Adelaide.
TeamSkyFans said:Youre not missing much. I really dont know if i can cope with three hours of these two ****ers
Team Lay-o-Pard.. wtf
ingsve said:Is that the SBS stream or have you found one that isn't geoed?
Spare Tyre said:The SBS Livestream has started: http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/livestream/
I don't know if it's geo-restricted.
Spare Tyre said:The SBS Livestream has started: http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/livestream/
I don't know if it's geo-restricted.