Tag Archives: Tour Down Under

A chat with Graham Watson

March 11, 2009 – 9:54 am

My favourite stage race is obviously the Tour de France – it really pushes you to extremes to get the work done. And there was one particular Paris-Roubaix, probably the 2001 race, where it was extremely muddy, really treacherous…and there are pictures that you know you will live with forever.

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A wild day out at the Tour Down Under

January 31, 2009 – 9:00 am

Behind, beside and in front of us all is chaos. Hurtling at over 100 km/h down a steep, narrow and windy road through the Adelaide Hills. In front is a car with half-a-man’s body poking through the sun-roof – his arms are waving wildly and he is yelling into a hand-radio.

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