Re: Re:
Stuff like propper aggresive marketing could really solve many of the sports problems and I don't see how just having those crits will change anything if the racing isn't great, conservative racing and trains on the mountain stages are a big problem.
Having someone like Sagan could really be beneficial for our sport, I'm don't really care for his showmanship and his personality, but he's someone who appeals to a younger audience and is a great rider who often produces great racing, he could really get a lot of people into cycling.
When I was in Highschool at least 3-4 people (other than me) in my class were into cycling, I still remember that they were searching for a live ticker on the internet in our school's computer lab durning the L'Aquila stage, they were like "WTF, what the hell is going on, the favourites really screwed up".kingjr said:I second this. Even at the height of the Ullrich-boom in Germany there was only one, maybe two people at school that were (openly) interested (we were a lot younger than 18-24 though, more like 6-10). Some people seem to think being a cycling fan means you're gay. Sounds like a joke, but sometimes you can really get that impression.GenericBoonenFan said:so many of my fellow 18-24 yr-olds think that cycling is so boring. And If they don't appeal to that generation than cycling will be in some big trouble.
Stuff like propper aggresive marketing could really solve many of the sports problems and I don't see how just having those crits will change anything if the racing isn't great, conservative racing and trains on the mountain stages are a big problem.
Having someone like Sagan could really be beneficial for our sport, I'm don't really care for his showmanship and his personality, but he's someone who appeals to a younger audience and is a great rider who often produces great racing, he could really get a lot of people into cycling.