Tour Down Under Stage 5: Snapper Point - Willunga 148km

[franciep10]

what are you guys watch it on, because abc radio is so boring.

edit: plus i just heard are you going to be involved in lance armstrong's tour of california

 

[Anonymous]

what are you guys watch it on, because abc radio is so boring.

trust me, its no more exciting on television..

current status, 1 rider off the front, main field trundling along not bothering to attack greipel, and any minute now there is another climb of what is very loosely called a "hill"

after listening to the radio for the last four nights, its actually better than the tv coverage...

The racing has been uninteresting but the radio guys did a great job of filling it in, chatting, Sherwen and Ligget know about cancer, and you can guess the rest..

You know when you sit up all night for a world title fight thats on at like 5am or something, and when the fight finally happens, your tired, hours of buildup, and it eventually lasts 2 rounds.. this is what watching this is like..

 

[Hugh Januss]

what are you guys watch it on, because abc radio is so boring.

edit: plus i just heard are you going to be involved in lance armstrong's tour of california

Yeah I heard that too FFS! Maybe after failing in his bid to buy the TDF lance settled for TOC?
Now he called a certain rider from Spain < Ale john drow Val ver dee

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah I heard that too FFS! Maybe after failing in his bid to buy the TDF lance settled for TOC?

Australia is obsessed.. you missed last nights ABC coverage looking at tourism revenue for the last three years and how paying lance £5m or whatever has increased tourism revenue by $30m... :/

 

[Anonymous]

Right.. come on.. second time over this slight slope..

Someone do something..

I think if its a mass sprint at the end Sky might nick this one though.. theyve done not one ounce of work all day..

 

[Ferminal]

Yeah I heard that too FFS! Maybe after failing in his bid to buy the TDF lance settled for TOC?
Now he called a certain rider from Spain < Ale john drow Val ver dee

I've heard Aleyhondro too.

What a snorefest.

 

[El Imbatido]

small break cadel, EE rider and two fdj riders

 

[Tyke1968]

Cadel leads up the hill...

 

[Hugh Januss]

I've heard Aleyhondro too.

What a snorefest.

At least they came close to the proper Spanish pronunciation of "j".

 

[franciep10]

Yeah I heard that too FFS! Maybe after failing in his bid to buy the TDF lance settled for TOC?
Now he called a certain rider from Spain < Ale john drow Val ver dee

I know when I heard it all i could do was shake my head. yeah I've been hearing that all week

 

[Anonymous]

I've heard Aleyhondro too.

What a snorefest.

Blimey.. theres a cadel evans impersonator on the front of the race..

Patriotism is taking over, i have a good feeling for sky.. done no work all day, and columbia are going to have to chase evans and valverde down, nobody else needs to.. plays into skys hands..

 

[El Imbatido]

Alejandreo in chase group.

Edit cadel attacks his breakaway partner

 

[Tyke1968]

World champ dances away..Valverde chasing

Shoot piti & LL Shanchez joins Cadel

 

[Highlander]

According to ABC radio, Cadel is dancing on the pedals. Has he been taking lessons from Armstrong while riding together in the peloton the past week?

 

[Ferminal]

Blimey.. theres a cadel evans impersonator on the front of the race..

Patriotism is taking over, i have a good feeling for sky.. done no work all day, and columbia are going to have to chase evans and valverde down, nobody else needs to.. plays into skys hands..

You kind of have to support Cuddles don't you, although hopefully Piti makes it up.

 

[Anonymous]

Nice move.. and if cadel keeps going like this all season he may actually win some fans and make up for a career of non attacking..

Gut says its doomed though, he cant outrun the columbia train after the hill..

 

[El Imbatido]

LL, AV in chase group

 

[Ferminal]

Peter Sagan there too?

Four together, hopefully they work.

 

[El Imbatido]

LL, AV catch Evans maybe they will work

 

[Hugh Januss]

Oh jeez I hope they catch him, aussiecyclefan will be insufferable.......

 

[Anonymous]

Now we gonna have to put up with assiecyclefan telling us what a great race the TdU is...

20km in six days to not a great race make..

 

[Highlander]

Evans has to be seething that Valverde caught him before the top of the hill. It's Dauphne all over again.

 

[El Imbatido]

Peter Sagan there too?

Four together, hopefully they work.

Yes he is working too

 

[El Imbatido]

Evans has to be seething that Valverde caught him before the top of the hill. It's Dauphne all over again.

Valverde lost 20sec yesterday, so cadel has buffer

 

[Ferminal]

This is going nowhere, bunch sprint, I hope Cardoso can win it.