Oh, wow, we have a packed TWEETS this week! We’re starting a #LetAquaBlueRide campaign. We’ve got a Pope, Nutella chaos, a Vegemite challenge and the world’s most expensive cup of instant (blech!) coffee. We have some race winners, hospital reports, some serious words about what sport can be and finish it off with a true hero. It’s a mixed bag of awesomeness! Let’s go! Continue reading
Tour Down Under now done and dusted – it was a hot race (temperature wise) with the usual Willunga Hill win by Richie Porte and the predictions that due to Caleb Ewan‘s performance, this will be his season. What was a surprise was a soap star winning the whole thing! It’s another irreverent Tweets of the Week with creepy tattoos, disguised DSs on bikes, echelon laments and waffles. Continue reading
So often the key to winning this race is staying in contention until Friday and Saturday’s race defining stages. Daryl Impey did just that. The 33-year-old South African finished second on the penultimate and queen stage of the Santos Tour Down Under to take the overall lead on countback with one day remaining. His Mitchelton-SCOTT teammates kept him safe on Sunday’s 90km criterium around Adelaide to preserve the biggest victory of his career and become the first South African rider to win the event. Continue reading