Police made sure to keep the course "clean"
http://tv.sb.eurosport.com/biciklizam/tv-videos_vid197541.shtml
http://tv.sb.eurosport.com/biciklizam/tv-videos_vid197541.shtml
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Cimber said:Police made sure to keep the course "clean"
http://tv.sb.eurosport.com/biciklizam/tv-videos_vid197541.shtml
Midnightfright said:Congrats Tony Martin. He has shown he's now then man to beat when it comes to the TT. Wiggans will be pleased also I guess he must know he had no chance at gold today.
T-Nielsen said:Lets talk about the important stuff.
What about them blankets they had sitting on the hot seats.
El Pistolero said:They showed it live on tv, I'm surprised no one noticed lol.
HL2037 said:The national polyester fleece blanket of Kasakhstan was especially nice with it's large neoncoloured dots.
RedheadDane said:I don't think they were particularly Kazakhstanish. But yeah, totally nifty.
Not much hot seat about sitting there though...
simonk said:
To be a part of this.. Fantastic. Epic. Will never forget it!!
HL2037 said:You don't think it was part of the official kit? It matched so well with the jersey
Cimber said:Btw, about their jersey wasnt that just the Astana suit where the "Astana" tag was replaced with a "kazakhstan" tag ?
HL2037 said:It looked that way. Come to think of it: What does the Kazakh national champion wear?
HL2037 said:It looked that way. Come to think of it: What does the Kazakh national champion wear?
RedheadDane said:This:
And if those blankets were from the Kazakh team then they were being really nice; lending them out to everyone.
Fus087 said:This was an answer to "Mengis DSQ? Why?":
Apparently it wasn't slipstreaming, but the UCI being the UCI again:
http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_71924.htm
(article in German)
Basically, the commissaires objected to his handlebar, saying it didn't match the new rules about width and length ("3:1 rule"). He put on handlebar tape until the commissaires were satisfied, and went to the start (and nearly fell off the ramp - who can blame him). But during the hour or so Mengis was out there, the UCI nitwits changed their mind and disqualified him after he finished.
That's outrageous.
I'm OK with rules being implemented, and also with commissaires being strict on them - even with this particular rule that seems to be pretty arbitrary.
But when you give the rider the green light to start, he should be allowed to stay in the results.
We're not talking about one of the top contenders (or even contenders) here, but about a rider to whom just riding here is the highlight of his career. He was going to finish in the bottom-10 anyway. What good did disqualifying him do?
I saw an Eritrean rider (most probably Mengis, he was on a TT bike) training on the course in the morning with a 2010 Team Type 1 jacket (he must have gotten that as a gift or something from TT1 in last year's Tour of Rwanda). If they can't even afford team jackets, why should they buy a new handlebar if the old one isn't broken?
Mengis came to Copenhagen to ride a bike and do a good time (for him). And I think he did that. Why do some UCI commissaires have to mess it up and destroy this great experience for him?
Couldn't they check the bike earlier than they did, so there's time to make changes if necessary?
Or if they're so ambitious about globalising cycling, why not support these exotic nations with a few bikes?
Cimber said:Police made sure to keep the course "clean"
http://tv.sb.eurosport.com/biciklizam/tv-videos_vid197541.shtml
taiwan said:I'll be interested to see Martin's 2012. What can he do in stage races, given that he used his characteristics optimally this year: scoring big, and will likely develop further next year?
Tuarts said:Terrorist FAIL right there, didn't they know that Jack Bauer already went passed minutes beforehand?