Tour Down Under

[Booney]

Do you reckon these blokes are fit?

150km in 40 degree heat and a headwind. Wowee.

I was being sarcastic. They are freaks.

Hey BC, you know after that 149km ride into the wind/heat out to Clare, they rode back to town as their warm down? No shit.

[OnSong]

Surely they would be allowed a break for that.

[Booney]

Surely they would be allowed a break for that.

Yep, at Clare. I kid you not.

[am Bays]

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Are these bonuses used for the TDF?

Yep, in Le Tour there are time bonuses for finishing in the top 5-10 places.

[mickey]

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Are these bonuses used for the TDF?

Yep, in Le Tour there are time bonuses for finishing in the top 5-10 places.

Time bonuses were scrapped for the 2011 tdf

[BoundaryRider84]

I was devastated to hear Phil Liggett mistake the main street of Freeling to that of Kapunda, and supposedly Watervale has a rail crossing in the middle of town................hmmm.
Should have done some reserach Mr Liggett?????

[am Bays]

Wow what a day, the Willunga Hill stage lives up to it's reputation as THE stage of teh TDU.

O'Grady part of breakaway for 100 km (the 3 laps of Aldinga), breakaway group caught, then on the final climb Valverde* and Gerrens overhaul another breakawy group and finish on the same time for the GC. Gerrens in ochre so basically has to make sure he finishes in front of Valverde in the sprint bonus and final sprint tomorrow to claim the TDU.

[LaughingKookaburra]

If the mining boom takes off and the SA government can throw some serious funds in I can see this event becoming one of if not the biggest sporting event in this country. The rate its grown in 10 years is phenomenal. You would think it would be very cost effective too......

[heater31]

If the mining boom takes off and the SA government can throw some serious funds in I can see this event becoming one of if not the biggest sporting event in this country. The rate its grown in 10 years is phenomenal. You would think it would be very cost effective too......

I thought the Crowd at this year's final stage was well down on previous years. No Lance drawcard.......