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| roturn |
Posted on 07-01-2015 09:45
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It`s not the official National Road Championship, but as the road criterium belongs to the Australian Nationals, it should be posted here I guess.
Steele Von Hoff won the direct sprint duel against Caleb Ewan to take the Criterium. Both probably should be considered good bets for the real Road Race even though the course and competition will be more difficult.
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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 07-01-2015 09:47
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Caleb... Caleb...
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Posted on 07-01-2015 15:58
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All the early signs are showing us that Caleb is going to have a Great season  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-01-2015 18:16
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So far it wasn`t against biggest competition though. He used to win those Crits in previous years as well. Unfortunately he is probably not in the squad for the Tour Down Under. So might still take a bit longer to see him in a sprinter field against some of the best.
This btw. is an awesome bike frame ridden by Jessie MacLean in the Women Crit Race. Definitely won`t have an engine in it. 
Love this shot of the Crit Race. Would love to see those slowmotion shots in lots more races.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 07-01-2015 18:30
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roturn wrote:
So far it wasn`t against biggest competition though. He used to win those Crits in previous years as well. Unfortunately he is probably not in the squad for the Tour Down Under. So might still take a bit longer to see him in a sprinter field against some of the best.
No surprise Von Hoff won the crit, he has been working hard over the last month for the Nationals aiming to get a berth on the Uni-SA squad for the TDU. I think you will see Caleb Ewan riding for OGE at the TDU providing he comes through the RR on Sunday without any issues, OGE don't really have another sprinter ready to go outside of Howard so I expect Ewan to get a ride.
One thing on the rest of the National to take note, tomorrow for the TT's we have Heavy storms and high humidity predicted and for the rest of the champs including the Mens RR on Sunday we have significant rain predicted. Might make things interesting
Edited by Strydz on 07-01-2015 18:32
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| roturn |
Posted on 07-01-2015 18:38
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GreenEDGE boss Shayne Bannan is clearly excited by his potential but careful not to put him under too much pressure too soon.
"He is competitive enough, so we want to take pressure away, not add to it," Bannan said.
He will miss the Tour Down Under but ride Cadel Evans' farewell race and the Herald Sun Tour next month before embarking on a carefully planned international campaign that will include a number of stage races, starting with the Tour of Catalunya in Spain in March.
These are good races in which he can be competitive while still learning what it takes to challenge the best riders and teams. "His first year will be all about learning," Bannan said.
Sounds more like he won`t. Except for a spontaneous change after his performances so far. But they still have Docker, Howard. |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 07-01-2015 18:47
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Ah I missed that! Fair enough then that does make sense, think I got my wires crossed as I think he is riding the Sun Tour. Cheers for that
Edited by Strydz on 07-01-2015 18:51
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 18:53
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Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or Avanti rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
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| Strydz |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:03
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jandal7 wrote:
Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or continental rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
There is some quality in there just not WT level, one of the Avanti boys will win the ITT in Joe Cooper, Taylor Gunman (last years winner) or Sam Horgan. Avanti ex Genesys are now a NZ registered Pro-Continental squad so will be aiming for both this and the RR.
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Posted on 07-01-2015 19:06
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Yeah I know I have been watching Avanti for a while, just meant on WT level. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:07
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I'm really looking forward to seeing Van Hoff wearing the Aus Champs Jersey in the UK Crit races this season 
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| Strydz |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:12
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jandal7 wrote:
Yeah I know I have been watching Avanti for a while, just meant on WT level.
Well with the track record of that squad producing WT riders one of them might indeed be WT level 
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Posted on 07-01-2015 19:13
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I hope so!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:16
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Strydz wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or continental rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
There is some quality in there just not WT level, one of the Avanti boys will win the ITT in Joe Cooper, Taylor Gunman (last years winner) or Sam Horgan. Avanti ex Genesys are now a NZ registered Pro-Continental squad so will be aiming for both this and the RR.
Looking forward to what Bevin will do. He once beat Cooper in a TT last year, so maybe this time again
Also impressed by Scott Sunderland in the Crit Race. Budget will be an interesting team, if Sunderland and Luke Davison manage to deliver on the road..
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:23
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tsmoha wrote:
Strydz wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or continental rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
There is some quality in there just not WT level, one of the Avanti boys will win the ITT in Joe Cooper, Taylor Gunman (last years winner) or Sam Horgan. Avanti ex Genesys are now a NZ registered Pro-Continental squad so will be aiming for both this and the RR.
Looking forward to what Bevin will do. He once beat Cooper in a TT last year, so maybe this time again
Also impressed by Scott Sunderland in the Crit Race. Budget will be an interesting team, if Sunderland and Luke Davison manage to deliver on the road..
I made a pcm career recently made of the best young kiwi continental riders. Got them to WT, I still only have the best kiwis and Aussies, have both the U-23 World champs, the World ITT champ and we are the World TTT champ, our best hill is 81 and best MO is 78, and only 23
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| Strydz |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:26
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tsmoha wrote:
Strydz wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or continental rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
There is some quality in there just not WT level, one of the Avanti boys will win the ITT in Joe Cooper, Taylor Gunman (last years winner) or Sam Horgan. Avanti ex Genesys are now a NZ registered Pro-Continental squad so will be aiming for both this and the RR.
Looking forward to what Bevin will do. He once beat Cooper in a TT last year, so maybe this time again
Also impressed by Scott Sunderland in the Crit Race. Budget will be an interesting team, if Sunderland and Luke Davison manage to deliver on the road..
Should be a close battle between Cooper and Bevin but I have my PCM's on Cooper bagging it, I think Bevin could be a good chance of taking the RR.
Sunderland and Davison will be interesting to watch in the upcoming NRS season, I know track commitments will come 1st but Davison has proven he can mix both quite well.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 07-01-2015 19:43
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Strydz wrote:
tsmoha wrote:
Strydz wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
Love the look of the NZ RR, everyone except Jack Bauer is here, but nobody decent is at the ITT? Some free agent or continental rider will show it off, instead of Sergent, Bauer or Bewley?
There is some quality in there just not WT level, one of the Avanti boys will win the ITT in Joe Cooper, Taylor Gunman (last years winner) or Sam Horgan. Avanti ex Genesys are now a NZ registered Pro-Continental squad so will be aiming for both this and the RR.
Looking forward to what Bevin will do. He once beat Cooper in a TT last year, so maybe this time again
Also impressed by Scott Sunderland in the Crit Race. Budget will be an interesting team, if Sunderland and Luke Davison manage to deliver on the road..
Should be a close battle between Cooper and Bevin but I have my PCM's on Cooper bagging it, I think Bevin could be a good chance of taking the RR.
Sunderland and Davison will be interesting to watch in the upcoming NRS season, I know track commitments will come 1st but Davison has proven he can mix both quite well.
Put my PCM$ on gunmann, I just have a funny feeling He'll outdo both...
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 08-01-2015 00:53
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@ New Zealand TT conversation I can't be bothered quoting
You said that Sergent Bauer and Bewley not being there was interesting, was there some reason that Henderson was skipped?
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I was going to go to the race, because I live kind of near (with 100km) but the weather is against me. 
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 08-01-2015 01:05
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Henderson is a sprinter not a TT rider.
And Roulston is out of the NZ RR Championships after winning the past 2 years despite the fact that it is in his hometown for the last time. He is instead preparing for the Tour Down Under.
And Jack Bauer, it seems, has also pulled out of the RR. No real reason it seems. Just says, elected not to enter.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 08-01-2015 06:29
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What a race that was, Dennis lead at first point but Porte really dig deep on the climbing part of the course and is the new Aussie TT champion, ahead of Dennis and Bobridge, 8 seconds separating Porte and Dennis at the end.
The climbing nature of course didn't really suit Oricas but still that was rather poor effort. 4th for Luke, 5th for Howson and 7th for Hepburn.
Bobridge delivered as to reports he was going strong. Only 20seconds behind Dennis and we could assume Dennis is a stronger climber so course suited quite more, these two will be insanely close to each other in the Hour Record.
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