It's great that all the Breton riders will get to start the race at home, but the biggest story is of course that the race will have 9 stages.
Maybe they'll add one new stage each year. Then by... 2037 they'll be equal with the men.
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It's great that all the Breton riders will get to start the race at home, but the biggest story is of course that the race will have 9 stages.
Maybe they'll add one new stage each year. Then by... 2037 they'll be equal with the men.
Well this year they kind of took away a stage.
Wikipedia says 8 stages, like last year.
What do you think "kind of" means?
How...? There are 8 planned stages, so... they'll ride 8 stages.
In reality, they made the race one day shorter and effed up day 2.
I suspect they are working to get it up to 12 stages.
If you are to do the custom WC bike it needs to be tasteful and strictly in band-formation only.
Yeah, you'd hope the UCI doesn't allow it.Entirely unacceptable paintjob, which should see MVDP stripped of his World Championship title by the UCI!!
From a distance it will look like a toddler has broken into the garage and oh no what have you done with your fathers nice white bike!!!From a distance, you won't be able to see the individual splotches, so it will look like a regular band-formation.
Not sure why you're using a bike that has nothing on the frame as an example how you think it should be done.
From a distance it will look like a toddler has broken into the garage and oh no what have you done with your fathers nice white bike!!!
Do they go into detail on the yellow card system at all? Bringing refereeing into cycling seems dangerous.
Yellow card system could be a career ender for the likes of Philipsen and Groenewegen.
I hope reckless inattention gets punished.Do they go into detail on the yellow card system at all? Bringing refereeing into cycling seems dangerous.
Other than sprints, what actions in the last year or so would’ve warranted a yellow card? Taking a corner too fast or attacking on Poggio descent? Or just aggressive behavior between riders?
"These yellow cards will represent a sanction but will not physically exist", is what it says in the press release. So there won't be a real referee with cards, I'm afraid, following the race on an e-bike .Bringing refereeing into cycling seems dangerous.
Other than sprints, what actions in the last year or so would’ve warranted a yellow card? Taking a corner too fast or attacking on Poggio descent? Or just aggressive behavior between riders?
Page 103, though I imagine the offences pertain to safety aspects rather than "Use of a non-compliant clothing"Do they go into detail on the yellow card system at all? Bringing refereeing into cycling seems dangerous.
Other than sprints, what actions in the last year or so would’ve warranted a yellow card? Taking a corner too fast or attacking on Poggio descent? Or just aggressive behavior between riders?
Isn't the whole point that this should discourage riders from riding dangerously? Thus, if they have a yellow card, they might be more inclined to behave.In practice, the yellow card system as proposed is going to change (next to) nothing under the current interpretation of the rules. How many riders have received relevant punishments twice in the same race, three times in a month or six times in a year?
The problem is that it isn’t much of a discouragement when you need to accumulate rules violations at virtually, if not entirely, unprecedented rates to even be at risk of being affected by the yellow card system. Either they needed to set the limits lower (something along the lines of 2 within 30 days, 3 within 3 months or 5 within a year) or they needed to tie it in with a tightening of the way in which the rules are applied. Because now it sadly seems to me like it isn’t going to help much, if at all.Isn't the whole point that this should discourage riders from riding dangerously? Thus, if they have a yellow card, they might be more inclined to behave.
Either it’s going to be largely irrelevant due to never being used, or they’ll be tightening up enforcement a great deal. I really don’t think either of those 2 options is a good thing.In practice, the yellow card system as proposed is going to change (next to) nothing under the current interpretation of the rules. How many riders have received relevant punishments twice in the same race, three times in a month or six times in a year?