Santos Tour Down Under

[Sorry Dude]

With the Riders starting to arrive in Adelaide I thought I would start a thread about the STDU. Being Lance Armstrong's last ride outside of America it should bring quite a lot more tourists to SA this year.
Here are the teams that will take the start line from Jan 16:

OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (BEL)
1. GREIPEL Andre GER
2. VAN DE WALLE Jurgen BEL
3. HANSEN Adam AUS
4. KAISEN Olivier BEL
5. REYNES Vicente ESP
6. ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL
7. SEIBERG Marcel GER

Team Manager: FRISON Herman (BEL)

TEAM RADIOSHACK (USA)
11. ARMSTRONG Lance USA
12. McEWEN Robbie AUS
13. CARDOSO Manuel POR
14. HERMANS Ben BEL
15. IRIZAR Markel ESP
16. HUNTER Robbie RSA
17. RAST Gregory SUI

Team Manager: AZEVEDO Jose (POR)

HTC-HIGHROAD (USA)
21. CAVENDISH Mark GBR
22. EISEL Bernhard AUT
23. GOSS Matt AUS
24. GRABSCH Bert GER
25. PATE Danny USA
26. RENSHAW Mark AUS
27. ROULSTON Hayden NZL

Team Manager: PEIPER Allan (AUS)

TEAM SKY (GBR)
51. ROGERS Michael AUS
52. THOMAS Geraint GBR
53. GERRANS Simon AUS
54. HENDERSON Greg NZL
55. SUTTON Chris AUS
56. SWIFT Ben GBR
57. HAYMAN Mathew AUS

Team Manager: YATES Sean (GBR)

ASTANA (KAZ)
61. DAVIS Allan AUS
62. CLARKE Simon AUS
63. GOUROV Maxim KAZ
64. GRIVKO Andriy UKR
65. IGLINSKIY Valentin KAZ
66. KANGERT Tanel EST
67. NEPOMNYACHSHIY Yevgeniy KAZ

Team Manager: BONTEMPI Guido (ITA)

RABOBANK (NED)
71. BROWN Graeme AUS
72. LEEZER Tom NED
73. MATTHEWS Michael AUS
74. ten DAM Laurens NED
75. van EMDEN Jos NED
76. VERMELTFOORT Coen NED
77. WEENING Pieter NED

Team Manager: van HOUWELINGEN Adri (NED)

QUICK STEP (BEL)
81. CHICCHI Francesco ITA
82. BANDIERA Marco ITA
83. CIOLEK Gerald GER
84. ENGELS Addy NED
85. MALACARNE Davide ITA
86. REDA Francesco ITA
87. VERMOTE Julien BEL

Team Manager: van SLYCKE Rik (BEL)

Ag2r (FRA)
101. LOUBET Julien FRA
102. CHAMPION Dimitri FRA
103. PERGET Mathieu FRA
104. GODDAERT Kristof BEL
105. HOUANARD Steve FRA
106. KADRI Blel FRA
107. KRIVTSOV Yuriy FRA

Team Manager: BIONDI Laurent (FRA)

LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE (ITA)
121. CIMOLAI Davide ITA
122. KOREN Kristijan SLO
123. MARANGONI Alan ITA
124. SABATINI Fabio ITA
125. PONZI Simone ITA
126. VIVIANI Elia ITA
127. WURF Cameron AUS

Team Manager: MARIUZZO Dario (ITA)



BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
131. BALLAN Alessandro ITA
132. KRISTOFF Alexander NOR
133. MURPHY John USA
134. ZAHNER Simon SUI
135. ROE Timothy AUS
136. KOHLER Martin SUI
137. MOINARD Amael FRA

Team Manager: SAYERS Michael (USA)

SAXO BANK SUNGARD (DEN)
141. PORTE Richie AUS
142. HAEDO Juan Jose ARG
143. COOKE Baden AUS
144. SORENSEN Nicki DEN
145. TANNER David AUS
146. HAEDO Sebastian ARG
147. VANDBORG Brian DEN

Team Manager: McGEE Bradley (AUS)


MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
161. ROJAS Jose Joaquin ESP
162. GUTIERREZ Jose Ivan ESP
163. LOPEZ David ESP
164. MADRAZO Angel ESP
165. PASAMONTES Luis ESP
166. GARCIA Jose Vicente ESP
167. VENTOSO Francisco ESP

Team Manager: ARRIETA Jose Luis (ESP)

KATUSHA (RUS)
91. GALIMZYANOV Denis RUS
92. HORRACH Juan ESP
93. IVANOV Sergei RUS
94. KUCHYNSKI Aliaksandr BLR
95. TRUSOV Nikolay RUS
96. VANDENBERGH Stijn BEL
97. VORGANOV Eduard RUS

Team Manager: KONYCHEV Dmitriy (RUS)


LAMPRE-ISD (ITA)
111. BALLONI Alfredo ITA
112. PEREZ ARRIETA Aitor ESP
113. BONO Matteo ITA
114. BUTS Vitaliy UKR
115. MORI Manuele ITA
116. SPEZIALETTI Alessandro ITA
117. RIGHI Daniele ITA

Team Manager: VICINO Bruno (ITA)

EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI (ESP)
151. ISASI Iaki ESP
152. IZAGIRRE Gorka ESP
153. MINGUEZ Miguel ESP
154. IZAGIRRE Ion ESP
155. PEREZ Ruben ESP
156. SESMA Daniel ESP
157. VELASCO Ivn ESP

Team Manager: LARRAZABAL Josu (ESP)


VACANSOLEIL DCM (NED)
171. DE GENDT Thomas BEL
172. RUIJGH Rob NED
173. FEILLU Romain FRA
174. LAGUTIN Sergey UZB
175. ONGARATO Alberto ITA
176. SELVAGGI Mirko ITA
177. VAN LEIJEN Joost NED

Team Manager: CORNELISSE Michel (NED)

UNI SA - AUSTRALIA (AUS)
181. Luke Roberts SA
182. Wesley Sulzberger TAS
183. Jonathan Cantwell QLD
184. Luke Durbridge WA
185. Michael Hepburn QLD
186. Mitchell Docker VIC
187. *Final starter TBA - Will be announced after the Geelong Cup (The overall winner will gain a place on the team)

EDIT
Stuart O'Grady's team has just been announced for next weeks STDU, it is as follows:
Team Leopard-Trek
Stuart O'Grady SA
Martin Pedersen DEN
Bruno Manuel Silva Pires PRT
Martin Kirsten Mortensen DEN
William Clarke AUS
David Vigano ITA
Stefan Denifl AUT


Team Manager: SANDERS Dave (AUS)
Here are the Stages for this year:
Cancer Council Classic - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/ca ... cilclassic
Stage 1 - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/IG-markets-stage-1
Stage 2 - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/IG-markets-stage-2
Stage 3 - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/co ... up-stage-3
Stage 4 - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/mu ... ty-stage-4 (This stage is also the Tour Challenge. This is where everyday riders can ride the same stage as the STDU riders do. Entry closes 5pm today to sign up - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/getinvo ... lengetour2 )
Stage 5 - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/jayco-stage-5 (My favourite stage)
Stage 6 (and final stage) - http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/race/stage-6

Also you can get the view of previous Tour Down Under winner Patrick Jonker on what to expect each stage here - http://www.unisa.edu.au/tdu/videos/default.asp

My tip for the win will be Alan Davis - ASTANA (KAZ) (for back to back) or Andre Griepel - OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO (BEL). Overall team winner will be Radioshack with Lance and Robbie McEwen in the side.

[A Mum]

Great effort SD getting all that info together

Hopefully I will get some 'decent' photos to post up when they come through here

[Sorry Dude]

Great effort SD getting all that info together

Hopefully I will get some 'decent' photos to post up when they come through here

I love the STDU. It makes it a bit easier working for the Uni also lol. I will be stealing my father in law's camera this year also. I am setting up the inflatable arches this year so I may see you at Stage 5 if you come near them