Marcel Kittel



Andre Greipel*



Matthew Goss



Outsiders:

Arnaud Demare:



Tyler Farrar



Edvald Boasson Hagen



My Prediction:

I think that home favourite Matthew Goss will take
this stage and get the ball rolling
for the rest of the aussie riders to perform.

The Start of the season starts in Australia and it has begun people have
been waiting for it since the Tour of Beijing ended in October.



With the first intermediate sprint up for grabs a 3 man breakaway
got away and had just less than 4 minuets on the
peloton it meant that all of the points would go to the breakeaway
with Andrew Fenn from Omega Pharma taking the first two sprints



With the two of the three sprints done it looked like fenn was going
to win it and go in to the Leaders jersey if he stayed in the front group but Christopher Juul-Jensen from Saxo-Tinkoff Took It but the peloton was coming fast behind them with just over a minute with 17k to go



With 15k to go the breakaway of 3 were caught which meant it was up to the sprinters at 10k Lotto Bellisol got trapped by aussie Luke Durbridge who was working for rival Matt Goss but they came back up the peloton with just over a Kilometer to go Andre Greipel looked to have the best Position Thanks
to Jurgen Roelandts but Sky rider Edvald Boasson Hagen and Matt Goss Were right behind them



At the end of the race Edvald Boasson Hagen came first taking the leaders jersey in 2nd was giant Marcell Kittel who was the Favourite for the race and a suprise 3rd for Simon Gerrans Just infront of team mate matt goss who blew out of steam i bet your wondering were Andre Greipel he came 13th because he got boxed in by his own team mate roelandts and world champion Philippe Gilbert.

Philippe Gilbert



Simon Gerrans



Maxim Inglinsky



Outsiders:

Enrico Gasparotto



Edvald Boasson Hagen



Tom Jelte Slagter



Prediction

My Prediction is that Simon Gerrans will take this stage because he will be able to join the lead group up the final hill and is good at sprinting

Report



The second stage of the Santos tour down under is away and i have decided to in the breakaway with Oliver Kaisen.



The two sprints today were won by the breakaway rider Mickeal Delage
but it was all over with 10k to go with an attack from Andrey Amador up the final hill



an attack from Andrey Amador lasted the rest of the stage and took a minute and 36 seconds to a 54 man Peloton.



The Peloton came in a minute and 36 seconds with Yellow Jersey Leader Boasson Hagen coming infront of Ivan Santaromita this means Andrey amador will take the leaders jersey with a massive 1min and 36s.