Select field entered for ꦗcriterium-heavy Scody Cup rounℱd
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Anthony Giacoppo (Genesys) wins Stage 7 of the Tour of the Great South Coas🌳t ahead of Samuel Witmitz (Team Budget For♉klifts)(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Brenton Jones (Gene𒅌sys) edges out teammate Anthony Giacoppo for the victory in Heywood(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Race leader Anthony Gi🐓acoppo (Genesys) leads into a corner on the precarious ro🃏ads(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Gordon McCauley (Drapac) salutes as 🐎he takes the win on Stage 5 of the Tour of the Great South Coast(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Jordan Kerby (Jayco / Apollo / VIS) and Gor🦋don McCauley (Drapac) had a maximum advantage of 16 ♉seconds on the peloton(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Luke Davison (Budget Forklifts) takes th💜e Stage🌌 8 win(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Luke Davison (Budget Forkllifts) wins Stage 9 of the Tour of Gippsland with Ryan M🦂acAnally (right) in💝 second place(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
The 17th edition of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of the Murray River will kick off this Sunday with a morning criterium and an afternoon road stage around the Moira Shire of Victoria. The town of Yarrawonga will play host to the opening events in the eight-day, 14-stage tour. Murray is the next stop on the Scody Cup calendar and will test the legs of the select 80-rider field over a 782.8k💧m route.
Teams will seek to have their sprinters in top condition for the rac🃏e which features 10 criterium-style circuits throughout the tour. While the stage distances are shorter than previous Scody Cup tours, it’s the double-stages on seven of the eight days that will test the resolve of every rider.
Genesys Wealth Advisers will arrive in Murray as the only team to include a maximum of eight riders, with recent 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of the Great South Coast winner and reigning national criterium champion, Anthony Giacoppo as one of the big favourites for the overall title. Giacoppo will be joined by former winners Joel Pearson (2010) and Pat Shaw (2011) along with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:recent signing and Tour of the Great South Coast double 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stage winner Brenton Jones.
"Ther𒀰e’s always going to be inter-tꦡeam rivalry and you always want to beat the other guys," Giacoppo said.
"The overall series [win], 🅺that’s what you🍬’re looking for at the end of the day."
Budget Forklifts and Drapac Professional Cycling will be two of the other teams to watch over the eight-day race. Budget brings plenty of capable riders for both criteriums and the longer road stages with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Gippsland and Great South Coast double stage winnꦬer Luke Davison looking to add a couple 🔴of Murray stages to his palmares.
"We’re taking a team of sprinters, being so man💯y crits in this race," said Drapac director sportif Agostino Giram🦹ondo.
"Wℱe’re just hoping they can be ultra-competitive, string a couple of stage wins together and see how we go from therꦜe."
The Tour’s hea🌠vy criterium-focus means teams and riders will have to remain alert, picking up intermediate sprint bonus wherever possible. With 135 sprints on offer throughout the 14 stages, bon🐲us seconds will prove crucial for those eyeing the overall.
Day three will provide the biggest opportunity for riders not suited to the short and explosive criteriums, to show themselves. The 155.1km stage from Echuca to Rochester is essentially flat however a few short climbs in the final hour of racing may be a perfe🌱ct place for an attack to go away.
Swan Hill will hold the fin🌞al 60km circuit race the following Sunday and with 16 sprints on offer, the day’s result could also determine the overall winner.
Stage maps and profiles for Tour of the Murray River can be viewed on .
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