[ray silvester]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-down-under-start-under-threat-from-bushfires

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[Nix]

Women’s race on same course
Women’s race on same course is going ahead today.

[JAndrewHill]

Sometimes, corsica was in
Sometimes, corsica was in italy.
This year, apparently, Belfast is in Italy? They must have opened a Bella Italia on the Falls road.

[ray silvester]

Al__S wrote:ray silvester

Al__S wrote:

ray silvester wrote:

Hopefully we wont have carnage brought upon us by the elements and other sinister forces this season…..remember the Arctic Milan San Remo/Giro plus Orica’s best efforts to wipe out stage 1 of the Giro with their bridge breaking bus….and i think it was bike thefts at the Tour Med.

Still….it made things weirdly fascinating!!

Your memory is misfiring- the Orica bus hitting the finish banner was at the Tour de France.

So it was….somehow I always think of Corsica as Italian #o

[Al__S]

ray silvester wrote:Hopefully

ray silvester wrote:

Hopefully we wont have carnage brought upon us by the elements and other sinister forces this season…..remember the Arctic Milan San Remo/Giro plus Orica’s best efforts to wipe out stage 1 of the Giro with their bridge breaking bus….and i think it was bike thefts at the Tour Med.

Still….it made things weirdly fascinating!!

Your memory is misfiring- the Orica bus hitting the finish banner was at the Tour de France.

[Nix]

I spoke to my accommodation
I spoke to my accommodation in Barossa Valley today, they were confident Stage 1 would go ahead – said fire was a fair way away although it is expected to keep burning for a while yet.

Women’s road race is scheduled for Monday arvo on same course. I spoke to organisers at TDU Prelude. They said they will decide 7am Monday morning whether to proceed with women’s race based on latest fire advice. There is a bit of politics here – local fire authority has declared it “watch and act” – so TDU can’t come out and say well we’re going ahead anyway.

[dave atkinson]

Quote:TDU race director Mike

TDU race director Mike Turtur said organizers would decide Monday evening at 5 p.m. local time after conferring with public safety officials.

so that’s monday morning in the UK

[dave atkinson]

stumps wrote:As for team

stumps wrote:

As for team selection, when will it be made official no stage 1 ?

don’t know, sounds like they’re going to make the call fairly late

[Stumps]

As for team selection, when
As for team selection, when will it be made official no stage 1 ?

[ray silvester]

Hopefully we wont have
Hopefully we wont have carnage brought upon us by the elements and other sinister forces this season…..remember the Arctic Milan San Remo/Giro plus Orica’s best efforts to wipe out stage 1 of the Giro with their bridge breaking bus….and i think it was bike thefts at the Tour Med.

Still….it made things weirdly fascinating!!

[dave atkinson]

yes, saw that. not great
yes, saw that. not great news, but it is what it is…

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