Evans to ride Tour Down Under
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Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby Zynster » Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:46 pm
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby Chuck » Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:12 pm
Great news, hope it's true.
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby lukas » Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:22 pm
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby sogood » Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:41 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby MichaelB » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:19 pm
If you read the Adelaide Now article, it isn't real set in stone as per the snippet belowlukas wrote:Hope this isn't like last year's 'he will ride the Giro' announcement.
"...Turtur said Evans' coach, Aldo Sassi, agreed to the Victorian champion starting his next ProTour season in South Australia in 2010.
"I spoke with Aldo Sassi and he was very positive about the possibility," Turtur said from Switzerland last night.
"We'll just let him (Evans) settle down a bit after winning and I'll follow him up in the next few days."
Cadel's Doc said he could, and then goes on to say they'll chat to him a few days after the WC's, so it could still be a "Giro moment"...
I'm hoping he comes, but we'll see....
Now, as to his team mates, do you think JvdB will be one of them .....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby Chuck » Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:57 pm
No, he'll be riding mountains somewhere in preparation for his role as team leader for Le TourMichaelB wrote: Now, as to his team mates, do you think JvdB will be one of them .....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby Zabriskie19 » Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:31 pm
he Never loses time in bunch sprints always up there in the first 30 or so the first four stages he'll only be behind the likes of davis and other top sprinter by maybe 40 secs only because of time bonuses. Also have you guys seen the stage Five profile two nice 350m climbs in the final 35km so about 10km of climbing and 10km of desending in the final 35km could and should suit a rider like Cadel or some rider from a spanish team. I can see them putting minutes into they likes of Davis, Brown and other sprinters only problem is they'll probably be 15 of them trying to go for glory which could work for a strong breakaway i guess. anyway just my thoughts on what is usually a boring week for the sprinters. good to see the race organisers have put a decent climb in close to the finish .
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby RICHARDH » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:10 am
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby MichaelB » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:34 am
Then they made it hardre when it got the ProTour status, and all stages still ened ina bunch sprint, and people complained it was too hard.
They can't win !!
One thing that is missing is a ITT. Maybe 2011 version....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby RICHARDH » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:15 pm
I heard one of the italian DS's thought a ITT up Norton Summit would be a good stage and i reckon his right would certainly give the non sprinters another stage to get some time on. The problem with a ITT is that Australia is a long way to bring a whole heap of TT bikes for one stage, would be great to have one in one edition it the future thoughMichaelB wrote:
One thing that is missing is a ITT. Maybe 2011 version....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby 1st XV » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:22 pm
Or they could do it on normal bikes, ala Tour of Qatar TTT.RICHARDH wrote:I heard one of the italian DS's thought a ITT up Norton Summit would be a good stage and i reckon his right would certainly give the non sprinters another stage to get some time on. The problem with a ITT is that Australia is a long way to bring a whole heap of TT bikes for one stage, would be great to have one in one edition it the future thoughMichaelB wrote:
One thing that is missing is a ITT. Maybe 2011 version....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby MichaelB » Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:36 pm
many used normal (or modded road bikes) for one of the Giro's ITT stages ...1st XV wrote:Or they could do it on normal bikes, ala Tour of Qatar TTT.RICHARDH wrote:I heard one of the italian DS's thought a ITT up Norton Summit would be a good stage and i reckon his right would certainly give the non sprinters another stage to get some time on. The problem with a ITT is that Australia is a long way to bring a whole heap of TT bikes for one stage, would be great to have one in one edition it the future thoughMichaelB wrote:
One thing that is missing is a ITT. Maybe 2011 version....
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby redcorpsjames » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:24 pm
so this means cadel is staying with SL. So no tour win for evans this year.Zynster wrote:http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1100 ... n-Under%27
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby lukas » Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:32 pm
Regardless of the team behind him, I don't think Cadel can really match it with the likes of Contador, the Schlecks etc.redcorpsjames wrote: so this means cadel is staying with SL. So no tour win for evans this year.
Seems like he's staying put. There was a bit of agitated talk post tour, but it's settled since.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out at Silence next year. Jurgen VDB was seemingly becoming the next big grand tour thing for them, but in 2010 they'll surely milk the rainbow jersey for all it's worth you'd think.
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby MichaelB » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:48 pm
It seems that the team is invited, so will Evan's race ???????
It seems he is. Whoohoo for Adelaide
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
Postby m@ » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:51 pm
From the article linked in this thread - sounds like it!MichaelB wrote:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/evans-b ... r-wildcard
It seems that the team is invited, so will Evan's race ???????
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Re: Evans to ride Tour Down Under
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