Tour de Georgia Starts Today

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 11:14 AM EDT

The Tour de Georgia, a seven stage race ably outlined by Clydesdale here, starts at 1pm EDT. No television coverage to speak of, but the Adobe Tour Tracker may be a decent substitute. Find it here. (I hope this site holds up better than the race site, which seems to be overwhelmed at the moment.)

Today's 97 mile stage starts in Peachtree City* (just south of Atlanta) and heads south to Macon. It's an overall downhill run, and if I'm remembering the route correctly, it should be very fast.

The press conference from Saturday was available on the TdG site, but, well, nothing's available at the moment. They do promise daily podcasts at this url. Might be worth checking out later on, after the tech mess is sorted.

*A planned community that spends most of its time worrying about the licensing of golf carts. It's a tough life, there.

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No video?

I thought I read that there will be video on the (albeit, clunky) tour tracker.

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 12:46 PM EDT 0 recs

I hope they deliver

If I recall, the start of the Tour of California was very shaky too.

http://www.cyclingfans.com/ has some other links

by Toyota on Apr 16, 2007 1:11 PM EDT 0 recs

interesting stats

the Adobe Tour Tracker says they've ridden 6.2 miles and there's already a 13 minute gap. hmmm

by shnabors on Apr 16, 2007 1:20 PM EDT 0 recs

Video in 30 minutes

according to the tour tracker. You can listen to some obnoxious noise on the race radio if you want though.

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 1:20 PM EDT 0 recs

Video

well, the tracker has been updated to at least provide a window/toggle for video, but no actual video. Or commentary.

And, if you follow the key of the icons, the peloton is already ahead of the breakaway. Yes, I typed that correctly.

Patience, yes?

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 1:21 PM EDT 0 recs

anyone else getting a video feed yet

it looks like its trying to load

by shnabors on Apr 16, 2007 1:21 PM EDT 0 recs

video of last year' highlights playing,

no audio yet other than music. video's not looking much better than California... lots of pixilated shaped people moving about

by shnabors on Apr 16, 2007 1:28 PM EDT 0 recs

Video!

from last year anyways...highlight show of some sort. No audio though.

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 1:29 PM EDT 0 recs

Anyone got anything?

Even the audio is not working for me.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 2:13 PM EDT 0 recs

tracker

the page loads here but trying to access the audio or video crashes IE. Might well be firewall issues here at work, though the ToC tracker worked fairly well for me...

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 2:30 PM EDT 0 recs

It worked for me as well

but I am getting nothing as far as audio or video.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 2:36 PM EDT 0 recs

little note from Pez

Peterson A Good Bet?
Team Slipstream starts the Tour of Georgia today with young Tom Peterson as Plan A for the win. Peterson rode a great Tour of California, and sounds like he's on blazing form at the moment.

Maybe it's because he won a race in Washington by 10 minutes...solo, or maybe it's because Jonathan Vaughters just reported that Peterson is rolling about 400 watts for 30 minutes. Some quick math shows that at 62.5 kg, Peterson is hitting 6.4 w/kg.

6.4 W/kg. Holy shit. Those are some Lance type numbers.

-K-

by KevinK on Apr 16, 2007 2:39 PM EDT 0 recs

Live, red hued video!

No audio yet. Now if I could just unclutter the screen with all that extraneous junk the Tour Tracker puts over the video...

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 2:52 PM EDT 0 recs

of all

unclutter the screen _of_ all the junk...

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 2:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

Five man breakaway at 56.2 miles

Rapinksi, Contrini, and Day. Can't ID the other two. Video intermittently working, no audio, so CyclingNews.com commentary (on the tracker) seems to be pretty much the only consistent source of information.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 3:00 PM EDT 0 recs

much less is more

is a lesson the tracker oughta learn.

full break, as according to CN, is:
Viktor Rapinski (Navigators Insurance), Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net), Ben Day (Navigators Insurance), Mike Sayers (BMC)

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 3:03 PM EDT 0 recs

I think they're trying to outdo cycling.tv

in the bad interface department

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 3:07 PM EDT 0 recs

8 minutes seems like a lot

to bring back with a strong tailwind.

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 3:10 PM EDT 0 recs

100km in 2hrs!!!

Wow...thats fast. And the break is at just under 7min.

by Hons on Apr 16, 2007 3:15 PM EDT 0 recs

jani is there

i didn't realize Brajkovic was doing this race? thought he was sick at the moment. must have been a schedule change.

by Lili on Apr 16, 2007 3:18 PM EDT 0 recs

Sounds like they have a strong tailwind

keeping the hopes of the break alive.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 3:20 PM EDT 0 recs

tailwind is

17 mph from the NW...

sounds nice :)

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 3:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Getting to be a little tight for

the peloton now with only 30km to go and over 6 minute lead.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 3:37 PM EDT 0 recs

it really is a nice long straight shot

In Georgia, roundabouts are how you tell time. It's roundabout 3:30, right now.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 3:38 PM EDT 0 recs

Macon circuit

The day finishes with a circuit through Macon that isn't at all flat. This doesn't show the elevation changes, but might be useful - http://www.macon.com/375/story/17833.html

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 3:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

4'50"

between the break and the peloton, with just under 16 miles to go. Breakaway riders remain the same as before.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 3:57 PM EDT 0 recs

Yikes!

The audio just came on...sounds like a couple of used car salesmen.

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 4:00 PM EDT 0 recs

23k / 3.55 gap

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 4:03 PM EDT 0 recs

Gap down to 3:55 with 20 K

according to the shouting heads

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 4:04 PM EDT 0 recs

17k / 3.05

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 4:08 PM EDT 0 recs

Rapinski dropped.

and a crash in the peloton. Then again, I'm just repeating rumour, for all I know.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 4:10 PM EDT 0 recs

Gap closing. Not convinced they'll be caught, tho

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 4:16 PM EDT 0 recs

Is this a VDS event?

"It never gets easier, you just goat faster." -- Greg LeMond

by ELVISGOAT on Apr 16, 2007 4:17 PM EDT 0 recs

Yes

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

Tinkoff rider attacked break

I think. Video is choppy at best

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 4:21 PM EDT 0 recs

Contrini off the front

and peloton catches Rapinski

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 4:22 PM EDT 0 recs

Video now kicks in

maybe I can see the finish

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:23 PM EDT 0 recs

Toyota-United pushing Dominguez up

for a shot. I don't think he'll make it, though. And, for the first time - yes, a couple of mins to finish - I'm actually getting decent audio.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 4:23 PM EDT 0 recs

My audio

seems to be tuned into the Shouting Heads Commercial Channel

by ghisallo on Apr 16, 2007 4:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

1 Lap to go.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:25 PM EDT 0 recs

Contrini

about to give Tinkoff their first win in their first race on american soil.

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:27 PM EDT 0 recs

1,2,3

Contrini
Ollerenshaw
Day

by JohnSFO on Apr 16, 2007 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs

The finish

Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) taking the stage Ben Day (Navigators) +? Doug Ollerenshaw (Health Net) +? Decent gap to the field.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs

gah

Sorry about the formatting.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 4:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

Top three

Contrini
Ollerenshaw
day

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Top Ten

1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
2 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Health Net presented by Maxxis
3 Ben Day (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
4 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Health Net presented by Maxxis
5 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team
6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net presented by Maxxis
7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
8 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
10 Alessandro Proni (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 4:59 PM EDT 0 recs

So here we are, at 6pm

No official results to be found anywhere. The TdG site has been reduced to two text sentences. And it seems that CN and VN have packed it in for the day, coverage wise.

Ah well.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 5:58 PM EDT 0 recs

Here you go.

Stage 1 results: Here

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by Clydesdale on Apr 16, 2007 6:43 PM EDT 0 recs

Wow, what a disappointment for

Rapinski. All that work sticking with and working for the breakaway, and not only does he get dropped on the last couple/few(?) laps, he doesn't even get to finish with the peloton (a full minute behind them). Ouch.

by Sui Juris on Apr 16, 2007 9:09 PM EDT up 0 recs