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Tour Video Travelogue and Recap:Stage 6: 'Gorilla' Greipel zips up the final Ochre Jersey in style by winning for the 4th time this week
January 27 update:
'Gorilla' Greipel gets the stage - and the overall (results) — Cyclingnews Greipel takes the Tour — AdelaideNowStage Preview (
2:41 min), Start and Intermediate Sprints ( 1:44 min) and Phil and Paul's Race Recap including the Sprint Finish ( 3:00 min)General Classification Podium 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 18.46.03 2 Allan Davis (Aus) UniSA - Australia .15 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne .48
Stage 6: Preview
January 26 update:Allan Davis can still do it, says Cadel Evans — AdelaideNowEvans close to signing; Davis prepares for one last crack at the overall; Hayman understanding as Rigotto weeps — Cyclingnews
Stage 5: Greipel does it again thwarting Allan Davis on Australia's National Day; Renshaw loses the Ochre Jersey to Griepel after losing touch of the lead group on Willunga Hill
January 26 update:Stage Preview (
3:00 min)Phil and Paul's Stage 5 Recap (
7:00 mins) Note: player window loads slowly
Stage 5 interviews at SBS
General classification after stage 5 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team High Road 16.55.18 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Unisa - Australia 0.07 3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.20 4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.24 5 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 0.26 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas 8 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne 0.28 9 Richie Porte (Aus) Unisa - Australia 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.29
Stage 4: Greipel wins again; Renshaw still in Ochre; Matt Hayman goes down in a dirty finish line crash
January 25 update:Stage Preview (
2:33 min),Start/Mid-Race Recap (
1:43 min)and
Phil and Paul's Crash and Sprint Finish Call/Recap (
3:00 min)More video... at SBS
Commissaire attacks 'vicious' headbutt — bikeradarRigotto's moment of madness — AdelaideNow
Stage 3: Allan Davis wins one for the home side (UniSA - Australia) after another field sprint; Mark Renshaw reclaims the Ochre Jersey
January 24 update:Stage Preview (
1:59 mins), Start and Mid-Race Recap ( 1:35 mins) and Phil and Paul's Sprint Finish Call/Recap ( 3:43 mins)Allan Davis interview prior to stage 2 (yesterday) (
3:18 mins) — he is the only rider to have competed in all ten Tour Down Under events.
Stage 2: Down Under Classic winner, Andre Greipel (Team High Road), outlasts the others to win the field sprint
January 23 update: See the stage summary table (right) for results, photos and recap video (1:19 min) Pre-race, race and post-race video at SBS (Thanks to Kevin Ford of Cousins Tours and Travel for emailing me the link)
Stage 1: CA's Mark Renshaw jumps early and easily wins his first ProTour race
January 22 update:
Stage Preview ( 1:51 min) and Sprint Finish Recap and Interviews ( 3:11 min)
Pre-race, race and post-race video at SBS (Thanks to Kevin Ford of Cousins Tours and Travel for emailing me the link)
Preview: 10th Annual Tour Down Under is now a ProTour Event
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Tour Down Under Race Preview — SBS
"I tell you what; nobody in a ProTour team is a mug of a bike rider"
— Robbie McEwen dismissed suggestions that not having some of the biggest ProTour names makes the Tour Down Under a less exciting race.
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