Armstrong no Adelaide favourite: O'Grady

Tour de France great Lance Armstrong won't start among the favourites to win the
Tour Down Under in January, fellow professional Stuart O'Grady says.
But the American will draw plenty of attention in his first serious race after
announcing his return to professional cycling.
O'Grady will lead the Saxo Bank team in the first ProTour event of the new season.
The team includes German strongman Jens Voigt, rising star Nicki Sorensen and fellow
Australian Matthew Goss.
However, there will be no appearance from current Tour de France champion Carlos
Sastre after his decision to leave the Saxo Bank squad.
O'Grady rates himself 75 per cent fit as he searches for a third Tour Down Under
victory.
He said on Monday that while Armstrong would receive plenty of public attention, the
Saxo Bank team would not focus on the seven times Tour de France winner.
"He's definitely someone special and when you're riding around with someone like
that it's hard not to get taken in," the South Australian said.
"But I won't be concentrating on him. He's not going to be the big hot favourite for
the race.
"There's going to be a lot of other guys out there who are possible winners before
Lance.
"He's not going to be anywhere near the peak form he would be for the Tour de France.
"But I can't see him being dropped on any of the climbs in Adelaide either."
Those climbs failed to trouble most riders in 2008, prompting race director Mike
Turtur to make the 2009 event significantly tougher.
That includes two climbs of Willunga Hill, south of Adelaide, on stage five, the
penultimate day.
O'Grady sees that double as possibly the race decider.
"It's going to be difficult up to then and while a lot of guys will be able to get
over that climb the first time, I think the second time it's really going to blow
the field to pieces."
The Tour Down Under runs from January 20-25.