I was lucky enough to attend the Tour Down Under's last leg on Sunday. It was pretty cool because you get to stand right on the barricade as they whiz right past your face. One thing you might not realize about the tour is how chatty these guys manage to be as they grunt along. They are probably the losers or team members who aren't contributing jack sh*t at this point, but the ability to dish the hot goss while biking by at an average of 42.6 km/hr is pretty impressive.
And a side note about the tour: its a major point of contention between Adelaide (who currently hosts the tour in its beautiful city and hillside) and Melbourne (who managed to take Adelaide's highly successful Grand Prix and totally muck it up). Melbourne wants the profitable Tour Down Under for its own, and it has become a pretty ugly battle. The Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has been laying down some pretty heavy verbal artillery on Adelaide, saying "You know, we're actually a destination." Doyle has long been a critic of Adelaide, having suggested in the past it has so little to redeem itself that it should be shut down. BURN. He is acting as if Adelaide is some shitty Australian version of Cleveland. Lord Mayor Bob is jealous!
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