Gerrans wins Tour Down Under

As a huge cycling fan, I really enjoyed watch the final two stages of the Tour Down Under on TV over the weekend. I'm a absolutely over the moon that not only did Simon Gerrans win but that GreenEdge had a race win in their first outing as a Pro Tour team.

However this joy does leave me with a little bit of concern. Yet again an Aussie has won the tour. My fear is that with the race being won by Aussie's most years and Aussie's being the most notable protagonists in the race, could the race be in jeopardy in the future? TDU is so early in the international cycling season and right in the middle of the Aussie season that most of the Aussie's in the race are already race fit while, the internationals are just pulling the bikes out for the first time since the end of last season. The fact that Greipel won 3 stages is great, in that he isn't Australian but it also shows that most of the other top sprinters weren't really in form or not there.

Overall it probably isn't that bad a problem and it is definitely an amazing race to help develop Australian cycling. Australia has so many cyclists coming through that the future is very bright. Long live the Tour Down Under.