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According to the piece on Pendelton and Varnish being disqualified from the Team Sprint in London the judges are Soviet Commisars not cycling officials which are Commissaires. A surprising lapse of knowledge for a Cycling-specific website. Mind you it might explain the hard-line attitude...

Editorial control. Cycling news the Fox news for cycling? ;)

Is it me? Cyclingnews.com seems to be making some pretty silly mistakes. Needs a little more editorial control, for instance: "Defending champion Chris Horner (RadioShack) rides alongside GC contender Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek)." the photo caption for the article...

We euros... ...also forget how big the Eurasian peninsula is and that it's cycling races mainly take place in a small corner with relatively small mountains.

Has he been misquoted or is it a Jalabert "Colemanballs" moment... Firstly he says "Last year Contador went with 300 metres to go but that's a long way out on the Mur". Then he contradicts himself "The Mur is 1300 metres long, so you can't go too early." :confused:

Not bad Better than the last revamp and thank you VERY much for getting rid of the flash content, that was so annoying. This is not a criticism just an observation, I realise they cater for different followers but when will you amalgamate bike radar & cycling news? I actually have to read...

? What is X factor?

Arbitrary... Unless you apply some baseline standards and rules (arbitrary though they may be) you change the nature of an event completely. Imagine kick-assist soccer boots or powered telescopic pole-vault poles? Even if they worked they would not be allowed because it would change...

Shane who I'm British and until a few minutes ago I had no idea who Shane Ward was. Oddly enough I knew of clenbuterol since years as I know a couple of Asthma sufferers.

Better than previous efforts. TJ still comes across as not being the brightest sprocket on the cassette but this is a better effort than previous blogs. :rolleyes: However - considering the rash of entertaining, interesting and downright unpredictable results we've seen in just the last...

The riders should be looking after their designated leader anyway, if they can't find him they can assume they should start looking for him and/or perhaps stop soon. If a DS wants to talk to a rider he asks the commissaires for permission then when/if he gets it he moves up to the back of the...

different heads The problem with your proposed solution is that the same sort of thing would happen but a different person would be in control. Good captains would just replace good DSs and level the playing field as Francois the Postman points out. Riders should think for themselves, not...

Total agreement. With you all the way. :D

Rules If the UCI really want this to happen it will, it's just another rule like the ones on aero positions, feed-stations and age categories. Unless the riders and managers can show there is a clear safety concern they don't really have much leverage to stop it happening. The teams/riders...

Opinion Opinion is one thing... His idea that the folk that write the rules don't know what it is like to hear a crash behind them or get back to the race after a puncture is just plain daft. Just look at the racing background of some of the people on the board of the UCI. That's not opinion...