OK. announcement time! for the duration of the giro DONT name the @#!%ING WINNER in the thread name!!! Use the word 'Spoiler' (no, not the adventurous one
) instead, thanks!
And what a cool prologue. never heard of one run basically like a kilo!
never thawt I'd see petacchi or McEwen in the top several of a prologue
AND just how many Ozzies are there in this race? 12. wooot.
1 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.20.958 (51.75 km/h)
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux
17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux
86 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone
116 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
138 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
178 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux
179 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
195 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
197 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.17
pardon my ignorance, but never heard of Russel Van Hout before?
well, his name means 'from the wood/s' so he must be ridin a mtb