To watch the first day of the tour we were at the Templars turnoff yesterday. We arrived an hour early and the hot north wind and 50 degree temps (on the bitumen) meant the peloton was running 30 minutes behind schedule. Fortunately we found a shady willow, folded out our comfy seats, opened the pesto and downed cold drinks while we waited and the crowd grew.
Channel nine has taken over the broadcast of the tour and are not a patch on SBS. There were plenty of mean looking cameras and pleasant police at the road junction.
This is my best shot of the four man breakaway that was 10 minutes ahead of the peloton for most of the day. They were caught by the peloton just a few kilometres from the finish.
The peloton rounds the corner. These guys had a very hard day in the saddle with the bitumen being hot enough to feel through leather soles. It’s a corner in the middle of nowhere (population of Templars is about 10), but over a hundred people were there to cheer.
thank you Justin.
this is yesterdays TDU and there are more photos if you click this one and scroll.
the weather is superb and there are big mobs of people along the route.
yesterdays race had a shock finish with a breakaway of 44 riders picking up 7 minutes time advantage in the twenty kilometres between manglers hill and the finish line..
justin said:
this is yesterdays TDU and there are more photos if you click this one and scroll.
the weather is superb and there are big mobs of people along the route.
yesterdays race had a shock finish with a breakaway of 44 riders picking up 7 minutes time advantage in the twenty kilometres between manglers hill and the finish line..
you can only just see the third guy there!
painmaster said:
justin said:
this is yesterdays TDU and there are more photos if you click this one and scroll.
the weather is superb and there are big mobs of people along the route.
yesterdays race had a shock finish with a breakaway of 44 riders picking up 7 minutes time advantage in the twenty kilometres between manglers hill and the finish line..
you can only just see the third guy there!
That’s not right PM. One of those guys has three legs.
pomolo said:
painmaster said:
justin said:
this is yesterdays TDU and there are more photos if you click this one and scroll.
the weather is superb and there are big mobs of people along the route.
yesterdays race had a shock finish with a breakaway of 44 riders picking up 7 minutes time advantage in the twenty kilometres between manglers hill and the finish line..
you can only just see the third guy there!
That’s not right PM. One of those guys has three legs.
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:you can only just see the third guy there!
That’s not right PM. One of those guys has three legs.
that’s all that in-breeding in the Basque region of Spain I would hazard a guess.
the third man, i was thinkin’ oh yeah :), but now you mention third leg, now i see it :) all sounds very cricketish for cycling :)
trichome said:
painmaster said:
pomolo said:That’s not right PM. One of those guys has three legs.
that’s all that in-breeding in the Basque region of Spain I would hazard a guess.
the third man, i was thinkin’ oh yeah :), but now you mention third leg, now i see it :) all sounds very cricketish for cycling :)
Are there 3 legged men that play cricket too?
painmaster said:
pomolo said:
painmaster said:you can only just see the third guy there!
That’s not right PM. One of those guys has three legs.
that’s all that in-breeding in the Basque region of Spain I would hazard a guess.
and I just thought it was the after image of him going so fast
if it was anyone else i would think they were being facetious but the master can probably name all three faces and teams – so here’s another shot – i took 52 shots that day – at KOM hill/nosworthy roads, lyndoch and at 1 km from the finish in tanunda.
pomolo said:
trichome said:
painmaster said:that’s all that in-breeding in the Basque region of Spain I would hazard a guess.
the third man, i was thinkin’ oh yeah :), but now you mention third leg, now i see it :) all sounds very cricketish for cycling :)
Are there 3 legged men that play cricket too?
there is position third man, there is a third leg slip :)
justin said:
if it was anyone else i would think they were being facetious but the master can probably name all three faces and teams – so here’s another shot – i took 52 shots that day – at KOM hill/nosworthy roads, lyndoch and at 1 km from the finish in tanunda.
I can name the teams, but there are not too many individuals in a sport where they all wear the same clothes and head covering gear and big glasses. I know of a few faces but not many.
painmaster said:
justin said:
if it was anyone else i would think they were being facetious but the master can probably name all three faces and teams – so here’s another shot – i took 52 shots that day – at KOM hill/nosworthy roads, lyndoch and at 1 km from the finish in tanunda.
I can name the teams, but there are not too many individuals in a sport where they all wear the same clothes and head covering gear and big glasses. I know of a few faces but not many.
Half hidden in the white is B. Kadri of Ag2r la mondial (french)
In the orange is Ruben Perez of Euskattel Euskadi (Sp.)
…and the UniSA rider in red is J. McCarthy
justin said:
painmaster said:
justin said:
if it was anyone else i would think they were being facetious but the master can probably name all three faces and teams – so here’s another shot – i took 52 shots that day – at KOM hill/nosworthy roads, lyndoch and at 1 km from the finish in tanunda.
I can name the teams, but there are not too many individuals in a sport where they all wear the same clothes and head covering gear and big glasses. I know of a few faces but not many.
Half hidden in the white is B. Kadri of Ag2r la mondial (french)
In the orange is Ruben Perez of Euskattel Euskadi (Sp.)
…and the UniSA rider in red is J. McCarthy
they are the three riders but – not sure of the jerseys – the white might be mccarthy??
trichome said:
pomolo said:
trichome said:the third man, i was thinkin’ oh yeah :), but now you mention third leg, now i see it :) all sounds very cricketish for cycling :)
Are there 3 legged men that play cricket too?
there is position third man, there is a third leg slip :)
How can you slip if you have a third leg? Only joshing you TC.
pomolo said:
trichome said:
pomolo said:Are there 3 legged men that play cricket too?
there is position third man, there is a third leg slip :)
How can you slip if you have a third leg? Only joshing you TC.
ah yes the intricasies of the sport, definately a wrongon :)
justin said:
justin said:
painmaster said:I can name the teams, but there are not too many individuals in a sport where they all wear the same clothes and head covering gear and big glasses. I know of a few faces but not many.
Half hidden in the white is B. Kadri of Ag2r la mondial (french)
In the orange is Ruben Perez of Euskattel Euskadi (Sp.)
…and the UniSA rider in red is J. McCarthy
they are the three riders but – not sure of the jerseys – the white might be mccarthy??
you got two out of three.
I cannot see Kadri. Perez is in the Orange Jersey of Euskatel and McCarthy is hiding with the white sleeves but there is a guy in the red jersey of Katusha by the name of Gatis Smukulis
painmaster said:
justin said:
this is yesterdays TDU and there are more photos if you click this one and scroll.
the weather is superb and there are big mobs of people along the route.
yesterdays race had a shock finish with a breakaway of 44 riders picking up 7 minutes time advantage in the twenty kilometres between manglers hill and the finish line..
you can only just see the third guy there!