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Tour Down Under
I'm trying to find the altimetry and race profiles, showing the elevations and categories of the climbs in the Tour Down Under stages. Has anyone found any that have nice big images or graphs? I saw the ones at Cyclingnews.com but they're pretty small. I went to the Tour down Under website and I can't find them. Let me know if you've seen any. Thanks!
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Game-on
see you on the other side.... 
Good luck to all - here we go!
I've got an all-nighter ahead of me, so you may have to excuse some sleep deprived giddiness later on.
I wish I didn't have to sleep.
Yes, the Corkscrew road is a killer! I grew up in Adelaide used to ride around those hills on my Raleigh Record (12kg...) in the 70s.
Seems Rohan Dennis will be out, for those interested
This article at Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-down-under-spot-confirms-kerbys-talent states that the Uni SA team is different to that in the game. Which is right, please?
Good job @TheJensie is involved then!!
robacairns - i know what you mean but all the riders will have just come off winter training in the likes of Mallorca and Tenerife etc so i think they will try and hold back the pace until they get their race legs back.
Mind you it would be good to see an early break cos sometimes the stages are just processions until the lead out trains kick in
Agreed - always hard to know what the peloton will do in races like this. Remember the Tour of California last year? Sagan may have won all those stages anyway, but the group went pretty easy over some tough terrain and allowed a big bunch to stay together (I remember because it particularly screwed up my fantasy team). It's true - the profile does not always make the race. I'm just saying that stage 2 presents a real opportunity - and it would throw a little more flavour into the race if the overall was shaken up early.
I don't know - stage 2 looks pretty serious to me. From all reports, Corkscrew Hill is a very tough climb. Even at 2.5k long, if someone with a bit of form really tries to go on it, they could well break up the field and stay away to the finish - Gilbert-ish? The run-in is all downhill, and not straight, and a chase may be tricky to organize.
However, early season, and the change in climate for most riders - hard to see who will be up for it. They could just decide to pedal over and wait till stage 5 to decide things - definitely an opportunity though.
Also - if the pace is high, I could see Kittel and Guardini having trouble with stage 3 (and maybe even stage 1 depending on their form?). Are they the weakest climbers in the peloton - anyone else spring to mind besides Bos who is not here?
5 flatish, but a few wont be at the finish in stage 2 i reckon
For the quality of the field i would say its 5 flat with the hill thrown in as an added excitement.
Ok, I'd like to know if people see this as 5 flat stages and the Old Willungs hill stage... I know a lot is at stake for the game if you see them that way!
Can't see many people not picking Gerrans at that value.
Gerrans or EBH for me
A lot of the Greenedge Guys were just added......I bet Durbridge is double that price by seasons end and he'd possibly be favourite for this if there was a time trial in there somewhere?
Yes he is on 3rd most expensive rider
Am I being blind or is Matt Goss not on the list?
Are there any points allowed for the GC ?
Yeh some of the names are funny, all the profiles shown on all the other websites are taken from the official site
You lot are keen, preview is on its way but a work in progress at the mo.
Stage maps and profiles are here:
http://road.cc/content/gallery/73049-santos-tour-down-under-2013
There's no Prologue.
There is a criterium (People's Choice Classic, formerly the Cancer Council Classic) on the Sunday but while it is part of the broader event, it isn't actually part of the Tour Down Under itself.
Ah, thanks : )
I think there has been a typo on Mediterranean (nitpicky I know, sorry)
It's not a typo, thats what the race is called
Try steephill.tv
Is there a prologue on the 20th as steephill.tv claims?
Cycling fever have an OK one
http://www.cyclingfever.com/stage.html?editie_idd=MjM2NjQ=&etappe_idd=Mj...
official profiles are here:
http://www.tourdownunder.com.au/down-under-classic-and-stages-1-6.htm
Not sure the mountains are categorized as such, but are just labeled as KOM points
Thanks TERatcliffe but I had to laugh at the titles of the different names of the races.