Tour Down Under | Stage 1 – What A Scorcher!
The riders averaged only 32.7km/hr for 149kms into a headwind from Adelaide to the wine region of the Clare Valley. Some guys went through as many as 16 waterbottles throughout the race. Team SKY made up 80 bottles for the team and they ran out. There were a few fines handed out for the “non-regulation supply of refreshments #24″. 50CHF to Matty Lloyd, Greg Henderson and Francesco Masciarelli and 200CHF to their teams. However, this had to do more with the commissaires clamping down on sticky bottles rather than allowing them to get refreshments from their cars within the regulations (sorry InnerRing – you’ve got me hooked on reading the rulebook):
Tomorrow is supposed to be a bit cooler and it’s a fantastic stage to watch out in Stirling. If you brought your bike to Adelaide, there are some wonderful rides out to Stirling and if you stick around for a few minutes after the stage you’ll get to ride home with the pros. Always a unique experience to the Tour Down Under.
Gallery
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- A beautiful ride this morning through the Adelaide hills.
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- 1. Andre Greipel 2. Alessandro Petacchi 3. Yauheni Hutarovich (the Lanterne Rouge in the 2009 TdF)
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- Takashi Miyazawa (JPN), must have went down hard and took half the road with him. I was speaking with the team manager of Vaconsoleil and they broke 3 Bianchi frames in today’s stage (Romain Feillu’s, Wouter Mol’s and Kenny Van Hummel’s). It’s reported that an elderly spectator brought down Van Hummel which resulted in 20-30 riders going down at 800m remaining. All 133 riders finished the stage but a three were taken to hospital. FDJ-BigMat rider Frederic Guesdon was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital with a fractured pelvis. Greipel’s team mate Jurgen Roelandts was also taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital for x-rays on his neck with the results expected overnight.
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- Check out this classic Jens interview by SBS:
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- Robbie went down in the crash but no major harm done
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- Rohan Dennis – nearly made it to the finish alone after a long hard breakaway. Jens Voigt was the one who convinced Rohan to initiate break away early in the stage where his group got 11 mins on the bunch. | Ever wonder what reporters wear underneath the shot?
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- The SBS crew and others watching the final sprint. Wasn’t it nice having 5:30 pm highlights on SBS so we all knew what happened in the race before the next day? In the Tour Village there are supposed to be 6:30-7:30 highlights of the stage, but they didn’t happen today because of technical difficulties.
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- Join us tomorrow at Red Berry Espresso for a ride out to Stirling to watch the stage and ride home with the pros.
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- One of the coolest bikeshops in Adelaide – Treadly. Not a hardcore road bike shop, but filled with passion. Sam, Emily and the trusty shop dog Rusty.
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- Is 11am too early for a cool one?
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- Anyone crack 12mins up Norton’s Summit yet? I’ve got Ride International (www.rideinternationl.com) who have offered to kick in 100 Euros as well.
Stage 1 Results
1. Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 4:33:40
2. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
3. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ – BigMat
4. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas – Cannondale
5. Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
6. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
7. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
8. Xavier Florencio Cabrè (Spa) Katusha
9 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank
10. Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
General classification:
1. Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 4:33:30
2. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-ISD 0:04
3. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC
4. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-BigMat 0:06
5. Rohan Dennis (Aus) Uni SA 0:07
6. Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha 0:08
7. Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM 0:09
8. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:10
9. Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
10. Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky
full results
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