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Grand Tour Australia
Postby RICHARDH » Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:25 am
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby timbo » Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:44 pm
The Audax Alpine Classic could be another stage.
The Sea to Summit could be another one.
The possibilities are there.
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby vander » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:16 pm
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby AUbicycles » Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:04 pm
I think it would concentrate on a few states each year - in European Grand Tours, travel time between stages is criticised and the distances there are comparatively short.
Perhaps something like a Melbourne to Sydney would make for an attractive international event - like 6 stage race.
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby briztoon » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:23 am
Links didn't work, dammit.
But I think Byron Bay through Numinbah and up to Binna Burra would make a half decent stage.
Next day could see a Time Trial around the Gold Coast, followed by a stage from Tweed Heads to QEII Stadium via Tamborine and Beaudesert.
Next Stage. Nathan to Ipswich, out to Esk, back to Gatton and up to Toowoomba.
Next day, Toowoomba to Indooroopilly via Esk, around Lake Wivenhoe, up Mt. Glorious and Mt. Nebo then down through The Gap to Indooroopilly.
Penultimate day. Indooroopilly up to Noosa via, Clontarf to Caboolture, out through the Glass House Mountains then up to Noosa.
Final day, 3 laps of the Sunshine Coast.
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby MichaelB » Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:11 am
Not sure if it is what you are after - it seems more like a mega Audax thing
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby timbo » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:19 am
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
Postby Ozkaban » Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:29 am
Come now. Do you really want to kill all of the competitors? Who'd race next yeartimbo wrote:The final stage could be a mad dash in Sydney peak hour. Whoever emerges alive win the race.
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Re: Grand Tour Australia
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