Picture of the Day: Andre Greipel

Image of the Day from the Santos Tour Down Under

Image tweeted by @AndreGreipel

"Found some nice boots in my size to keep my legs warm...the best way to recover"

Andre Greipel won the Down Under Classic (the closed circuit race, stand alone event) which took place in conjunction with the Tour Down Under last Sunday. The official website of the Tour reports, "The Classic is the curtain raiser for the Santos Tour Down Under, which Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) has won twice, in 2008 and 2010. Tonight he crossed the line ahead of Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) with Australian Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Barracuda) third." Video highlights (5:41) of final km and interviews.

@HansenAdam tweeted the Lotto Belisol train that made it all possible

The start of Stage 1 of the Santos Tour Down Under begins in about 20 minutes ... who will win the first stage of the UCI WorldTour 2012 season ....... In the United States you can follow the action via text updates on Twitter @SantosTDU_Live, in other countries view the possibilities on the list at this post: Santos Tour Down Under - just what you need to know.

I just discovered that Tobes' Blog is back on the scene for the Tour Down Under - check it out

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