The TT always has to be 50km or more for the same reason the road race always has to be about 250km. You can have some hills in the TT, you can have a very technical TT, but a 30km TT is just bloody ridiculous. It's like having a 150km RR.
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Eyeballs Out said:Is the TTT going to be on this course also ? If so, I might watch for the first time
WC (or any other race) would be boring as hell if the best cyclist of the year was always to win it. For me it's the whole point of watching the sport- you don't know who's gonna win and there is always someone who can upset the favourites.carolina said:I already have a problem with the WC in general, this makes it even worst.
The road race doesn't choose the best cyclist of the year, it just randomly atributes the WC to the cyclist that wins a 1 day race. While Sagan is a guy that really deserves the jersey, guys like Costa or Gilbert were not the best during the year they won.
Anderis said:WC (or any other race) would be boring as hell if the best cyclist of the year was always to win it. For me it's the whole point of watching the sport- you don't know who's gonna win and there is always someone who can upset the favourites.carolina said:I already have a problem with the WC in general, this makes it even worst.
The road race doesn't choose the best cyclist of the year, it just randomly atributes the WC to the cyclist that wins a 1 day race. While Sagan is a guy that really deserves the jersey, guys like Costa or Gilbert were not the best during the year they won.
Unless you mean that WC should not be a signle race but the title should be awarded based on results all throughout the season. Well, I haven't made my mind on that.
Maybe we should have something like the overall world cup in Alpine or Nordic Skiing, similar to the old UCI Road World Cup with a special jersey for the rider who's leading ATM, the problem would be that it would probably only include WT races and you'd need some time to create a decent points system that would actually work.Anderis said:WC (or any other race) would be boring as hell if the best cyclist of the year was always to win it. For me it's the whole point of watching the sport- you don't know who's gonna win and there is always someone who can upset the favourites.carolina said:I already have a problem with the WC in general, this makes it even worst.
The road race doesn't choose the best cyclist of the year, it just randomly atributes the WC to the cyclist that wins a 1 day race. While Sagan is a guy that really deserves the jersey, guys like Costa or Gilbert were not the best during the year they won.
Unless you mean that WC should not be a signle race but the title should be awarded based on results all throughout the season. Well, I haven't made my mind on that.