A.R.S.E.

Tour Dates Announced! Cut and pasted from Facebook:

TDU DATES ANNOUNCED: 14 - 22 January 2017 ‪#‎TDU‬
Australia’s premier cycling race, the Santos Tour Down Under will return in 2017 with brand new race routes and a nine day festival of cycling. Join us for the party!
• Team Presentation and Free Concert: 14 January 2017
• Santos Women's Tour: 14 - 17 January 2017
• People's Choice Classic: 15 January 2017
• Santos Tour Down Under UCI WorldTour race: 17 - 22 January 2017
Race routes will be revealed and all event experiences will go on sale from Monday 11 July 2016

Hopefully it will come in to Victor Harbor again. My daughters loved watching the riders blast by last time.

Montey wrote:Hopefully it will come in to Victor Harbor again. My daughters loved watching the riders blast by last time.

Seems to head down that way regularly. Helps to have awesome community support!

Race route announced! probably looks a little more like some of the earlier race routes, with a couple of climbs, but not overdoing it. Bupa challenge tour looks like a nice route, though is right on my doorstep, so undecided if i'll do it. As per Montey's request, Victor Harbor is a stage finish on the Wednesday.

http://tourdownunder.com.au/en/the-race ... ils/stages



Sunday 15th Jan 2017
People's Choice Classic
Start: 7:15 PM, Adelaide, East End
Finish: 8:15 PM ETA, Adelaide, East End
Distance: 50.6km

Tuesday 17th Jan 2017
Hostworks Stage 1
Start: 11:00 AM, Unley
Finish: 2:57 PM ETA ETA, Lyndoch
Distance: 145km

Wednesday 18th Jan 2017
Staging Connections Stage 2
Start: 11:00 AM, Stirling
Finish: 2:44 PM ETA ETA, Paracombe
Distance: 148.5km

Thursday 19th Jan 2017
Stage 3
Start: 11:00 AM, Glenelg
Finish: 2:51 PM ETA ETA, Victor Harbor
Distance: 144km

Friday 20th Jan 2017
Bupa Stage 4
Start: 11:30 AM, Norwood
Finish: 3:30 PM ETA ETA, Campbelltown
Distance: 149.5km

Saturday 21st Jan 2017
Bike Exchange Stage 5
Start: 11:10 AM, Main Road, McLaren Vale - near Tatachilla Road
Finish: 3:02 PM ETA ETA, Willunga Hill
Distance: 151.5km

Sunday 22nd Jan 2017
Be Safe Be Seen MAC Stage 6
Start: 1:30 PM, King William Street, Adelaide
Finish: 3:30 PM ETA ETA, King William Street, Adelaide
Distance: 90km

BUPA Challenge is a loop, so it might be a bit more friendly.

If I do come down, i think I will concentrate on riding and not faffing about with a media pass.

norbs wrote:BUPA Challenge is a loop, so it might be a bit more friendly.

If I do come down, i think I will concentrate on riding and not faffing about with a media pass.

pretty damn close to a loop as makes no difference!, and the start and finish are within reasonable riding distances. The problem is that they're pretty much all roads than I ride semi regularly anyway, with the exception of Checker Hill. Checker hill is a bitch. So we'll be having a think about what we're doing.

Our other option is heading out to each stage with our point and click cameras rather than racing around like crazy. In the past, the down side to doing the Challenge tour for us is that we tend not to ride much ourselves during the week so that we have enough in the tank for the big ride.

Am loving that new Day 4 route... it looks like they do about 4-5 laps in and out of Victor Harbor; so they go past our viewing spot 4 or 5 times.

Montey wrote:Am loving that new Day 4 route... it looks like they do about 4-5 laps in and out of Victor Harbor; so they go past our viewing spot 4 or 5 times.

I didn't even notice that detail until you pointed it out. Nice!

norbs wrote:BUPA Challenge is a loop, so it might be a bit more friendly.

If I do come down, i think I will concentrate on riding and not faffing about with a media pass.

I meant to mention earlier..
I had a chat to Miss V; given you said you were unsure about heading down this way due to budget constraints, if you need a place to stay then we can put you up at Chateau CLP again Money saved!

A few more points of interest about the route.

Stage 1 - from the stage start in Unley, Race neutral runs straight through the centre of the CBD. interesting choice. Might get a few people out to watch around lunchtime

Stage 2 - uses Norton Summit Road again, though this time they descend the hill. This happens fairly late in the stage, so they'll be entering the suburbs early/mid afternoon before heading back up Gorge Road towards the finish.

Stage 3 - heads up the Southern Expressway. 4km km hill at the start of that could be a good springboard for a break

I might have to pour over some of these maps to work out good vantage points for each stage

This is currently doing the rounds.. pretty big news
http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/ar ... down-under

Accommodation booked.




Ride like crazy on again Carlos? If so, Im probably in.

norbs wrote:Accommodation booked.




Ride like crazy on again Carlos? If so, Im probably in.

Woot! Back to the Princes Lodge?

RLC is definitely on again. Which reminds me that I have to register for it!
Suspect I won't be doing the Bupa Challenge tour however. V and I might take the time to ride out to stages and try to follow the race that way.

CLP wrote:

norbs wrote:Accommodation booked.




Ride like crazy on again Carlos? If so, Im probably in.

Woot! Back to the Princes Lodge?

RLC is definitely on again. Which reminds me that I have to register for it!
Suspect I won't be doing the Bupa Challenge tour however. V and I might take the time to ride out to stages and try to follow the race that way.

Country Comfort on South terrace.

Let me know the details and i will sign up too.

My plan is to do a lot more riding than usual. Maybe a 100km ride every 2nd day that I am there. No BUPA challenge though, it is too expensive.

Will do some planning Carl, and you might need to give me a hand.

norbs wrote:
Country Comfort on South terrace.

Let me know the details and i will sign up too.

My plan is to do a lot more riding than usual. Maybe a 100km ride every 2nd day that I am there. No BUPA challenge though, it is too expensive.

Will do some planning Carl, and you might need to give me a hand.

Here you go!
http://www.ridelikecrazy.com/

CLP wrote:

norbs wrote:
Country Comfort on South terrace.

Let me know the details and i will sign up too.

My plan is to do a lot more riding than usual. Maybe a 100km ride every 2nd day that I am there. No BUPA challenge though, it is too expensive.

Will do some planning Carl, and you might need to give me a hand.

Here you go!
http://www.ridelikecrazy.com/

107km and bus ride?

norbs wrote:

CLP wrote:

norbs wrote:
Country Comfort on South terrace.

Let me know the details and i will sign up too.

My plan is to do a lot more riding than usual. Maybe a 100km ride every 2nd day that I am there. No BUPA challenge though, it is too expensive.

Will do some planning Carl, and you might need to give me a hand.

Here you go!
http://www.ridelikecrazy.com/

107km and bus ride?

Nah! this one starts and finishes at Unley (try the Egg and Bacon Roll! )
Super easy ride out from South terrace to the start and just as easy to ride back from the finish at Unley Oval.

CLP wrote: Nah! this one starts and finishes at Unley (try the Egg and Bacon Roll! )
Super easy ride out from South terrace to the start and just as easy to ride back from the finish at Unley Oval.

LOL. See what you did there. Signing up now.

norbs wrote:

CLP wrote: Nah! this one starts and finishes at Unley (try the Egg and Bacon Roll! )
Super easy ride out from South terrace to the start and just as easy to ride back from the finish at Unley Oval.

LOL. See what you did there. Signing up now.

All signed up now too.

CLP wrote: All signed up now too.

That jersey but......

norbs wrote:

CLP wrote: All signed up now too.

That jersey but......

you love it!

Got pics?

KNAPPO wrote:Got pics?

http://www.ridelikecrazy.com/jersey.html

It's got Coopers on the back. What more could you want?

CLP wrote:What more could you want?

More pink?

Oh that's prrrrrudy...

Gizmo should come down just to wear that one.