Tour Down Under 2009 Live Dashboard

Wednesday, January 21st

145 km

Hahndorf → Stirling

Thursday, January 22nd

136 km

Unley → Victor Harbor

Friday, January 23rd

143 km

Burnside Village → Angaston

Saturday, January 24th

148 km

Snapper Point → Willunga

Sunday, January 25th

90 km

Adelaide

20 Lap Circuit

2009 Tour Down Under Teams

Total Distance

853 km

Team Rosters and ~~Withdrawals~~

TEAM COLUMBIA (USA)

1. Andre GREIPEL   GER
2. George HINCAPIE   USA
3. Michael ROGERS   AUS
4. Bernhard EISEL   AUT
5. Mark RENSHAW   AUS
6. Greg HENDERSON   NZL
7. Adam HANSEN   AUS

Team Manager: Alan PEIPER AUS

ASTANA (LUX)

11. Lance ARMSTRONG   USA
12. Assan BAZAYEV   KAZ
13. Jesus HERNANDEZ   ESP
~~14. Michael SCHAR   SUI~~
15. Maxim IGLINSKIY   KAZ
16. Steve MORABITO   SUI
17. Jose Luis RUBIERA   ESP

Team Manager: Sean YATES GBR

AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)

21. Martin ELMIGER   SUI
22. Sebastien HINAULT   FRA
23. Vladimir EFIMKIN   RUS
24. Alexandr PLIUSCHIN   MDA
25. Nicholas ROCHE   IRL
26. Rene MANDRI   EST
27. Alexander EFIMKIN   RUS

Team Manager: Laurent BIONDI FRA

SILENCE - LOTTO (BEL)

31. Mario AERTS   BEL
32. Glenn D'HOLLANDER   BEL
33. Pieter JACOBS   BEL
34. Olivier KAISEN   BEL
35. Jonas LJUNGBLAD   SWE
36. Matthew LLOYD   AUS
37. Tom STUBBE   BEL

Team Manager: Hendrik REDANT BEL

TEAM KATUSHA (RUS)

41. Robbie McEWEN   AUS
42. Gert STEEGMANS   BEL
43. Kenny DE HAES   BEL
44. Juan HORRACH   ESP
45. Stijn VANDENBERGH   BEL
46. Sergey KLIMOV   RUS
47. Nikolay TRUSOV   RUS

Team Manager: Dmitri KONYSHEV RUS

TEAM SAXO BANK (DEN)

51. Stuart O'GRADY   AUS
52. Jens VOIGT   GER
53. Nicki SORENSEN   DEN
54. Kasper KLOSTERGAARD   DEN
55. Matthew GOSS AUS
56. Frank HOJ   DEN
57. Anders LUND   DEN

Team Manager: Kim ANDERSEN DEN

BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM (FRA)

61. Matthieu SPRICK   FRA
62. Mathieu CLAUDE   FRA
63. Vincent JEROME   FRA
64. Laurent LEFEVRE   FRA
65. Rony MARTIAS   FRA
66. Alexandre PICHOT   FRA
67. Perrig QUEMENEUR   FRA

Team Manager: Christian GUIBERTEAU FRA

COFIDIS (FRA)

71. David MONCOUTIE   FRA
72. Mickael BUFFAZ   FRA
73. Aliaksandr USAU   BLR
74. Guillaume BLOT   FRA
75. Florent BRARD   FRA
76. Julien EL FARES   FRA
77. Rein TAARAMAE   EST

Team Manager: Francis VAN LONDERSELE FRA

FRANCAISE DES JEUX (FRA)

81. Mikael CHEREL   FRA
~~82. Remy DI GREGORIO   FRA~~
~~83. Timothy GUDSELL   NZL~~
84. Jussi VEIKKANEN   FIN
85. Yoann OFFREDO   FRA
86. Jeremy ROY   FRA
87. Wesley SULZBERGER   AUS

Team Manager: Thierry BRICAUD FRA

CAISSE D'EPARGNE (ESP)

91. Oscar PEREIRO   ESP
92. Luis Leon SANCHEZ   ESP
93. Jose ROJAS   ESP
94. Pablo LASTRAS   ESP
95. Mathieu PERGET   FRA
96. Imanol ERVITI   ESP
97. Mathieu DRUJON   FRA

Team Manager: Neil STEPHENS AUS

QUICK STEP (BEL)

101. Allan DAVIS   AUS
102. Matteo TOSATTO   ITA
103. Dries DEVENYNS   BEL
104. Davide MALACARNE   ITA
105. Francesco REDA   ITA
106. Hubert SCHWAB   SUI
107. Kurt HOVELIJNCK   BEL

Team Manager: Rik VAN SLYCKE BEL

EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (ESP)

111. Josu AGIRRE   ESP
112. Pablo URTASUN   ESP
113. Inaki ISASI   ESP
114. Andoni LAFUENTE   ESP
115. Markel IRIZAR   ESP
116. Sergio DE LIS   ESP
117. Aitor HERNANDEZ   ESP

Team Manager: Josu LARRAZABAL ESP

MILRAM (GER)

121. Christian KNEES   GER
122. Luca BARLA   ITA
123. Martin MULLER   GER
~~124. Markus EICHLER   GER~~
125. Willem STROETINGA   NED
126. Thomas ROHREGGER   AUT
127. Ronny SCHOLZ   GER

Team Manager: Vittorio ALGERI ITA

LAMPRE - N.G.C (ITA)

131. Matteo BONO   ITA
132. Emanuele BINDI   ITA
133. Andrea GRENDENE   ITA
134. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO   ITA
135. Vitaliy BUTS   UKR
136. Volodymyr ZAGORODNIY   UKR
137. David LOOSLI   SUI

Team Manager: Bruno VICINO ITA

RABOBANK (NED)

141. Graeme BROWN   AUS
142. Stef CLEMENT   NED
143. Mathew HAYMAN   AUS
144. Jos VAN EMDEN   NED
145. Rick FLENS   NED
146. Tom LEEZER   NED
~~147. Kai REUS   NED~~

Team Manager: Adri VAN HOUWELINGEN NED

LIQUIGAS (ITA)

151. Maciej BODNAR   POL
152. Cladio CORIONI   ITA
153. Gianni DA ROS   ITA
154. GJacopo UARNIERI   ITA
155. Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKI   BLR
156. Francesco CHICCHI   ITA
157. Frederick WILLEMS   BEL

Team Manager: Dario MARIUZZO ITA

GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM (USA)

161. Julian DEAN   NZL
162. Trent LOWE   AUS
163. Timmy DUGGAN   USA
164. Chris SUTTON   AUS
165. Cameron MEYER   AUS
166. Ryder HESJEDAL   CAN
167. Christian MEIER   CAN

Team Manager: Matthew WHITE AUS

FUJI - SERVETTO (ESP)

~~171. Daniele NARDELLO   ITA~~
~~172. Ermanno CAPELLI   ITA~~
173. Hilton CLARKE   AUS
174. Javier MEGIAS   ESP
175. Davide VIGANO   ITA
176. William WALKER   AUS
177. Ivan DOMINQUEZ   USA

Team Manager: Alvaro CRESPI ITA

UNISA - AUSTRALIA (AUS)

~~181. Baden COOKE   VIC~~
182. Aaron KEMPS   QLD
183. Scott DAVIS   QLD
184. Travis MEYER   WA
185. Jack BOBRIDGE   SA
186. Simon CLARKE   VIC
187. Matthew WILSON   VIC

Team Manager: David SANDERS AUS

News and Updates for Tour Down Under 2009

Stage 6 Results: Adelaide circuit race

Allan Davis was a very popular overall winner (photo courtesy: kdt)

High-Res: Allan Davis body-surfing across hundreds of fans — grahamwatson

Results/Report: Chicchi takes stage as Davis secures title — cyclingnews
Quick Step's Allan Davis wins Tour Down Under — news.au
Stage 6 Photos — graham watson
Allan Davis celebrates his win in the Tour Down Under by body-surfing across hundreds of fans — grahamwatson
Stage 6 Highlights (6:42) — sbs

Stage 6 Preview: Adelaide circuit race

January 24/25 update: It's a shame that the first live video coverage from this year's Tour Down Under is on the final day because the race is effectively over. Today's stage is a pancake flat, 4.5 km (ceremonial) circuit performed 20 times in downtown Adelaide making it easy for the broadcast crew to televise live. Filling the gap all week have been the people at cyclingnews, Adelaide Now and especially SBS. Links to all three sources fill much of the page below. With a 25 second lead, Allan Davis is very most likely the overall winner. It's been a good week of racing, thanks for tuning in — Steve

Decision day at Tour Down Under — sports.espn.go

The important times and live coverage

start time: Saturday 13:40 AEST ();

Live Text Coverage — cyclingnews

Live streaming video — versus (starting at 10PM ET)

Johan Bruyneel's Twitter... he says no twitter updates for the crit

Live Streaming Audio or Real Audio Alternative — abc.net.au
(audio isn't dedicated to the TDU; no live video until stage 6)
Here are the worldwide tv live/highlights video options. VERSUS will have live TV coverage Saturday night in the U.S. while SBS will broadcast live in Australia Sunday afternoon. On the internet, versus will be streaming video in the U.S. while cycling.tv will broadcast the last hour live as part of one of their subscription plans. There may be other live video streaming options come event time. Check back for an update or let me know if you see something first. — Steve
approximate finish: 15:25 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Stage 5 Results: Allan Davis does it again with a sprint finish win in Willunga; virtually seals up the Ochre Jersey while Brown falls off the podium

Stage 5 Results:
1 Allan Davis (Quick Step) 
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
3 Martin Elmiger (Ag2R)
4 Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) 

General Classification after Stage 5
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                   17.44.59
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                0.25
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      0.30

Live Text Report — cyclingnews

Full Results/Report — cyclingnews

Photos — yahoo

Allan Davis wraps up Tour Down Under crown in stage five (video of the start) — news.au

Pre-Stage interview with Lance Armstrong — sbs

Pre-Stage interview with George Hincapie — sbs

Pre-Stage interview with JensVoigt — sbs

Winner's interview with Allan Davis — sbs

Extended Race Highlights Part 1 (10:14) and

Part 2 (6:20) and

Part 3 Finish (8:27) — sbs

Stage 5 wrap-up (2:13) — sbs

Davis scores a hat-trick — velonews

Stage 5 Photos — graham watson

BREAKING NEWS: From ABC radio in Australia, "The Tour Down Under is about to announce a MAJOR [title] sponsor... and it is not a fly-by-nighter"

Stage 5 Preview: Snapper Point → Willunga

January 23/24 update: Today is the Queen Stage (relatively speaking) with two passes over 400m Willunga Hill near the finish. Will the sprinter teams hold the race together long enough or will some well known names escape and spoil Allan Davis' chance for Ochre glory. The course profile:

Willunga Hill Preview (2:48) — velonews (3 km, 7.6% avg grade, 227m gain)

Again, here are the parts of this page you should read carefully:
Race Preview, Live and Highlights Coverage and the stage details table (right) for the course map and profile, host cities and more time info then I've supplied below. More to come... — Steve
ABC Stage 5 Preview Podcast — blogs.abc.net.au
Race Director Mike Turtur: post stage 4 with his stage 5 analysis — blogs.abc.net.au
News cycle slows down for the Tour Down Under: the fans arent' the only ones missing live video — latimes
Lance Armstrong tipped to return to TDU in 2010 — news.au

The important times

start time: Saturday 11:00 AEST ();

Live Text Coverage — cyclingnews

Johan Bruyneel's Twitter

Live Streaming Audio or Real Audio Alternative — abc.net.au
(audio isn't dedicated to the TDU; no live video until stage 6)
approximate finish: 14:42 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Stage 4 Results: Allan Davis extends his overall lead with another uphill, power sprint finish over Graeme Brown

Stage 4 Results:
1 Allan Davis (Quick Step) 
2 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) 

General Classification after Stage 4
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step       14.16.36
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank            0.04
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank    0.15

Live Text Report — cyclingnews

Full Results/Report — cyclingnews

Photos — yahoo

Davis does it again (video of the start) — news.au

Pre-Stage interview with Allan Davis — sbs

Pre-Stage interview with Graeme Brown — sbs

Extended Race Highlights Part 1 (11:00) and

Part 2 (4:58) and

Part 3 Finish (9:02) — sbs

Stage 4 wrap-up (2:25) — sbs

Davis surprised by hot Tour form — blogs.abc.net.au

Armstrong declares TDU isn't easy — blogs.abc.net.au

Davis doubles up Down Under — velonews

Stage 4 Photos — graham watson

Davis Wins Again In Tour Down Under — cyclingweekly.co.uk

Stage 4 Preview: Burnside Village → Angaston

January 22/23 update: We are at the half way point in the race and evidently this year's event is tougher than expected. With stronger competition and a deceptively hilly, windy and fast course, sprinters like Robbie McEwen and last year's overall winner, Andre Greipel were voicing their displeasure prior to stage 3. Stuart O'Grady rightly rejects the criticism (

). Yesterday was the toughest stage yet with strong winds blowing those with deep dish rims all over the road causing numerous crashes. Among the eight riders forced to abandon due to injury (

) was Andre Greipel so we'll have a new overall winner this year. The (huge) home crowd couldn't be more pleased with the current leaderboard with "a triple to Australia" at the top. Allan Davis and Graeme Brown are tied on time with Stuart O'Grady just 5 seconds back after scooping up bonus seconds at all three sprint points including the finsh. (note: Davis is the only rider to compete in all eleven TDUs but has never won the overall title.)

The sprinter teams have had to work hard to keep this a sprinters race and because there is no time trial stage, it could be tight right to the end. But, a break could have succeeded yesterday and when the Queen Stage (respectively speaking) literally rolls around on Saturday, it will be interesting to see who isn't cut out for a very fast week of racing at this time of the year. Lance Armstrong twittered after the race: "George just send me a msg and said, 'thought this race was supposed to be easy'. I agree. Damn hard."

It should be more of the same today with the 143k stage from Burnside Village north to Angaston and an uphill finish. Graeme Brown is hoping for a similar result as yesterday so that he can win in front of his family who will be in attendance for stage 4. Michael Rogers said after stage 3 that he doesn't think either stage 4 or 5 will end in sprint finishes.

Often after a few stages of a big event, I give my 2 cents on the media coverage. Other than the lack of live video, there is much positive to report. The Adelaide Now site and SBS (numerous video links on this page) have been been outstanding with pre-race info, timely race reports and great video highlights. One excellent feature on the Adelaide Now site which they had last year, are the animated stage maps narrated by Race Director Mike Turtur. Every race should do these and I should have pointed them out at the outset, but we still have half the race to go. Also again, here are other parts of this page you should read carefully:
Race Preview, Live and Highlights Coverage and the stage details table (right) for the course map and profile, host cities and animated stage analysis... — Steve
ABC Stage 4 Preview Podcast — blogs.abc.net.au
Rogers, O'Grady eye Tour Down Under overall — velonews
Hincapie, Lance riding on new ground — sports.espn.go
Armstrong happy at midpoint of Tour Down Under — ap/google

Important times and live coverage

start time: Friday 11:00 AEST ();
live text coverage and possibly live audio coverage (no live video)
approximate finish: 15:00 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Stage 3 Results: Aussie Graeme Brown easily wins the sprint finish in Victor Harbor; earlier crash claims last year's winner, Andre Greipel

Stage 3 Results:
1 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
2 Allan Davis (Quick Step) 
3 Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank) 
4 Luis L. Sanchez (Caisse d'Epargne) 
5 George Hincapie (Team Columbia) 

General Classification after Stage 3
1 Allan Davis (Quick Step)    10.47.11
2 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)                             
3 Stuart O'Grady (Team Saxo Bank) 0.05

Live Text Report — cyclingnews

Full Results/Report — cyclingnews

Brown wins, Greipel out (video of the start) — news.au

Photos — yahoo

Pre-Stage 3 interviews: Lance Armstrong, Michael Rogers, Cameron Meyer — sbs

Race Highlights Part 1 (10:59) and

Part 2 (7:00) and

Part 3 Finish (7:37) — sbs

Winner Graeme Brown: credits his teammates for chasing down breaks — blogs.abc.net.au

Finish line call: "A triple to Australia" — blogs.abc.net.au

Accident, high winds test Armstrong in Australia — sports.espn.go

Brown Leads Aussie Charge In TDU Stage 3 — cyclingweekly.co.uk

Lance Armstrong post-race: TDU no training run; helicopter hovered too close — blogs.abc.net.au

Stuart O'Grady post-race: Rejects McEwen's criticism the TDU has become too hard... "not every stage can end in a sprint finish" — blogs.abc.net.au

Brown gets wild and windy win at Tour Down Under — velonews

Michael Rogers interview: doesn't think either stage 4 or 5 will be sprint finishes — velonews

Race Highlights (3:10) — velonews

Stage 3 wrap-up (2:25) — sbs

Stage 3 Photos — graham watson

Stage 3 Preview: Unley → Victor Harbor

January 21/22 update: Today's stage is 136k, has fewer hills than yesterday with a flat finish coming in Victor Harbor. Again, here are the parts of this page you should read carefully:
Race Preview, Live and Highlights Coverage and the stage details table (right) for the course map and profile, host cities and more time info then I've supplied below. More to come... — Steve

ABC Stage 3 Preview Podcast — blogs.abc.net.au

Off Road: Elizabeth Kreutz — blogs.abc.net.au

Confused about the important times?

start time: Thursday 11:00 AEST ();
live text coverage and possibly live audio coverage (no live video)
approximate finish: 14:46 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Stage 2 Results: The rider who has competed in all 11 TDUs, Allan Davis (Quick Step), wins the strung out, power sprint finish in Stirling

Stage 2 Results:
1 Allan Davis (Quick Step)   
2 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)
3 Martin Elmiger (Ag2R) 
3 Stuart O'Grady (Saxo Bank)   
5 George Hincapie (Team Columbia)

SBS Extended Race Highlights:
  Part 1 inc. interviews (10:01),
  Part 2 (5:29),
  Part 3 including finish (9:35)

Live Text Report — cyclingnews

Full Results/Report — cyclingnews

Aussie Davis seizes the day in Stage Two of the TDU — news.au

Photos — yahoo

Pre-race activity and interviews — adelaide now

Pre-Race Interviews with Lance Armstrong, Jack Bobridge, Robbie McEwen, Michael Rogers, Johan Bruyneel— sbs

Race Highlights Part 1 (10:01) and

Part 2 (5:29) and

Part 3 Finish (9:35) — sbs

Winner's Interview: Allan Davis dedicates win to his new team — blogs.abc.net.au

Lance Armstrong post race interview — blogs.abc.net.au

Stage 2 Photos — graham watson

Bonnie Ford's post stage 2 report: talks about Davis' rough ride the past few years — espn

Lance feeds off young energy in peloton — espn/bonnieford

Aussie battler Davis takes control; a glimpse of the old Armstrong — velonews

Race Highlights (3:08) — velonews/phil leggitt

Winner's interview with Allan Davis (2:48) — velonews

Tour Down Under is too hard, claim top guns — news.au

Stage 2 wrap-up — sbs

Stage 2 Preview: Hahndorf → Stirling

January 20 update: Today's stage is 145k of rolling terrain with four 20k finishing circuits in Sterling. Here are the parts of this page you should read carefully:
Race Preview, Live and Highlights Coverage and the stage details table (right) for the course map and profile, host cities and more time info then I've supplied below. More to come... — Steve

ABC Stage 2 Preview Podcast — blogs.abc.net.au

Confused about the important times?

start time: Wednesday 11:00 AEST ();
live text coverage and possibly live audio coverage (no live video)
approximate finish: 14:38 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Stage 1 Results: Last year's overall winner, Andre Greipel, wins the opening stage

Race Highlights (7:08): narrated by Phil 'n Paul — sbs

Stage 1 Results:
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank

Live Text Report — cyclingnews

Full Results/Report — cyclingnews

Pre-Race Photos — yahoo

Photos — news.au

Pre-race highlights — adelaide now

Race Highlights: by Phil 'n Paul — sbs

Andre Greipel powers to win — news.au

Pre-Race interviews with Michael Rogers, Johan Bruyneel and Lance Armstrong — sbs

Greipel rediscovers himself, Lance feels the heat — velonews

Winner's interview with Andre Greipel — velonews

Post Race Podcast — ABC Grandstand

Stage 1 Photos — graham watson

Stage highlights in 30 seconds — msn

Remember, there will be 30 minutes of video highlights carried on many TV networks around the world:
Tour Down Under Worldwide TV Schedule

Andre Greipel's physique seems to give him a leg up in the hot sprint finishes at the Tour Down Under
Photo 2008 with permission by Peter Eich

Andre Greipel's favorite (flat) training route back in Germany

Bike route 14512 - powered by Bikemap

Stage 1 Preview: Norwood → Mawson Lakes

January 19 update: With the pre Tour Down Under 'Classic complete, we can turn our attention to the real start on Tuesday (Australia time) or Monday evening on the U.S. east coast. Here are the parts of this page you should read carefully:
Race Preview, Live and Highlights Coverage and the stage details table (right) for the course map and profile, host cities and more time info then I've supplied below. More to come... — Steve

Confused about the important times?

start time: Tuesday 11:00 AEST ();
live text coverage and possibly live audio coverage (no live video)
approximate finish: 14:50 AEST ()
Current Time and Weather in Adelaide

Robbie McEwen wins the Classic for the 4th time

1 Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
2 Willem Stroetinga (Milram)
3 Graeme Brown (Rabobank)

January 18 update: Sprint finish of course:

McEwen rockets to Adelaide win — velonews

McEwen pounces to win Classic — news.au

Results — cyclingnews