Eyes on Jack Bobridge as TDU passes Blacksmith Inn at One Tree Hill and sister Lily has top viewing spot

LILY Bobridge will have front row seats of the Tour Down Under as riders power past the Blacksmith Inn at One Tree Hill about 11.45am today.

Blacksmith Inn manager Gordon Munn says his pub will benefit from the extra exposure the Tour Down Under brings to town today...

LILY Bobridge will have front row seats of the Tour Down Under peloton as it powers past the Blacksmith Inn at One Tree Hill about 11.45am today.

Lily, 14, is the younger sister of Evanston Gardens cycling star Jack Bobridge, who will be hoping to power his Belkin-Pro Cycling teammates to a win on the roads he knows like the back of his hand.

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Olympic silver medallist Bobridge, 24, was known to pedal up Black Top Rd past the pub as part of his training rides.

And Lily, who will be working at the Blacksmith Inn when the riders breeze past, hopes to see him at the front of the pack.

"I'll make sure I'm out in the beer garden when they ride past and hopefully I'll get a wave from him," says Lily. "I will hopefully be wearing one of his jerseys while waitressing and I reckon he'll do all right. "

After leaving Prospect at 11am, the TDU riders will head up Main North Rd and pass the pub at about 11.45am before the start of the first sprint just outside of One Tree Hill. They will finish in Stirling about 3pm after riding 150km.

Blacksmith Inn co-owner Gordon Munn said the race would be a boost.

He said in past years the town had "missed out" because the riders had already been and gone before 10am.

"Over those years we didn't get the visitors we would have liked but this year we are excited," Mr Munn said.

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