Tour Down Under (2012) Photos; Stage 2: Lobethal → Stirling, 148 km
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ASO/Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme visiting his first Tour Down Under seen here chatting to former Australian cyclist Phil Anderson. ASO has initiated an agreement to sell the Tour Down Under TV rights.		share this photo
Team Katusha is dearly missing their luxury motorhome which is back in Europe; Oscar Freire (Katusha) among a van full of teammates prior to the stage 2 start in Lobethal		share this photo
Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD) and his new friend Joey		share this photo
The ever photogenic Bjarne Riis and the new look of his Saxo Bank team		share this photo
Spaniards Oscar Friere (Katusha) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) heading to the start line in good spirits. Valverde would later finish fourth and claims he's one of the top candidates for the overall win.		share this photo
Will Clarke (UniSA) and Martin Kohler (BMC) formed the main break of the day just 1 km after the start in Lobethal		share this photo
The stage started in Lobethal and wove it's way through the Adelaide Hills to Stirling		share this photo
Apparently, there was a Tour Down Under record crowd of 110,000 people along the route		share this photo
Will Clarke (UniSA) ends a heroic ride on the 21 km x 3 circuits in Stirling		share this photo
Will Clarke (UniSA) broke clear with BMC's Martin Kohler one km into the 148 km stage and soloed the final 90 km for a one minute win over the pack		share this photo
"This is unbelievable really," said Clarke. "This is the biggest win of my career. It's my first win in the WorldTour. I knew my form was good."		share this photo
Michael Matthews (Rabobank) had to settle for second this year, one minute back, after winning in Stirling last year		share this photo
Eddy Merckx and Christian Prudhomme during the podium ceremony		share this photo
A rare solo win at the Tour Down Under by Will Clarke (UniSA): "[Team Manager] Dave [Sanders] was telling me to go for GC [drop back] but, it's amazing that a breakaway rider can stay away for so long [90 km]. It's sort of my speciality to keep going."		share this photo
Martin Kohler's (BMC Racing) pre-stage plan succeeded: get in the break, scoop up the bonus seconds and then drop into the pack and claim the Ochre leader's jersey		share this photo
Tour Down Under (2012) Photos; Stage 2: Lobethal → Stirling, 148 km
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