Tour Down Under

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Re: Tour Down Under

#136 Post by Maximus » Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:47 pm

A couple of news pieces...

Santos has extended its sponsorship of the TDU for another three years:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/santos- ... ore-years/

And Mike Turtur will step down as race director after next year's event:

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/turtur-conf ... x#cxrecs_s

Will be interesting to see who his successor is and what, if any, major changes they make to the race.
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Re: Tour Down Under

#137 Post by Ho Really » Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:23 pm

Looks like the TDU has been canned for 2021 due to international border/quarantine issues. Sucks.

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Re: Tour Down Under

#138 Post by SBD » Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:36 pm

Ho Really wrote:
Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:23 pm
Looks like the TDU has been canned for 2021 due to quarantine issues. Sucks.

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Yes, but it would be politically impossible to fill the immigration quota for a few weeks with cyclists and their entourage while people are complaining about not being able to get their friends and family home/to visit. Especially if there were special conditions that allowed them to train while in quarantine (essentially in "moving bubbles") as you can't expect people to perform at that level immediately after spending a fortnight in one room.

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Re: Tour Down Under

#139 Post by I Follow PAFC » Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:34 pm

2022 Tour Down Under scrapped amid Covid quarantine and border chaos.
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