GP de Québec organiser creates innovative sprint competition

[cleverhans]

GP de Québec organiser creates innovative sprint competition

This looks like a great alternative to day after day of long, boring, flat GT stages that end in a sprint!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gp-de-quebec-organiser-creates-innovative-sprint-competition

 

[will10]

Absolutely pointless, none of the big stars will ride unless they see criterium-like appearance bonuses.

 

[Parrulo]

i have to agree with both freire and farrar on this one

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Freire has a point - it's basically a track competition on roads, the format is built much more for Hoy than Petacchi.

Hold it as a 200m ITT if you really want to know who the fastest sprinter is.

On the other hand, that would save a bunch of time and effort in stage races.

 

[theyoungest]

Finally, a WT race that Theo Bos can win.

 

[William H]

As described, it sounds like they should be inviting the track sprinters.

If I was doing it I'd lengthen out the course to 2-4km and have 5 teams of two men each contesting each round.

 

[Kwibus]

This looks like a great alternative to day after day of long, boring, flat GT stages that end in a sprint!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gp-de-quebec-organiser-creates-innovative-sprint-competition

Meh.. If I want to see this then I'd watch track races. This has nothing to do with road cycling.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

This would just lead to epic victories by Theo Bos

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This would just lead to epic victories by Theo Bos

epic implies some kind of long time frame.

On the other hand, Theo is probably the only rider in the world absolutely licking his lips at this prospect, unless the money involved makes it attractive enough for teams to have the best track guys signed up just in case.

 

[roundabout]

Best 1st of April news ever.

Oh.

 

[kanari]

"Skiing was going to die but was rejuvenated with skicross.”

Right. This guy clearly doesn't know what he is talking about.

 

[Bag_O_Wallet]

Perhaps he should do a bike version of Crashed Ice instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvFNJVWUFas