Longer, Harder Stages

[elf1978]

Does anyone else have an issue with riders complaining about the increasing difficulty of stage races?

 

[Anonymous]

no..

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[chrisa77]

not actually..
why?? do you have one??





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[hrotha]

I do, because I don't think races are harder than they were in the 90s, so when riders complain it comes across as whine whine whine. They don't seem to realize the sport is doomed if the spectacle isn't good, and if the average level has increased that means the same courses aren't as selective anymore and the spectacle suffers.

I can understand complaining about a sucession of 250-km stages in the high mountains being a bit too much, but that's not what we have. It's like they're complaining when a race is hard.

 

[Richeypen]

Nope, longer and harder doesn't always mean better (no innuendo intended).

 

[Nielsa]

I do, because I don't think races are harder than they were in the 90s, so when riders complain it comes across as whine whine whine.

+1, when Fuglsang complained about that hard Giro stage, it was just so obvious he wanted a parcours better suited to him. (Not bad TT, mediocre climbing.)
And Millar complained because he's usually the guy who has to pull Farrar up the worst mountains.

I forgot who said it, but a forummer here said this: "Shut up or go back to track cycling."

 

[Thomsena]

Less cheating = tired riders.

Let's stay with that.

Bye.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I do, because I don't think races are harder than they were in the 90s, so when riders complain it comes across as whine whine whine. They don't seem to realize the sport is doomed if the spectacle isn't good, and if the average level has increased that means the same courses aren't as selective anymore and the spectacle suffers.

I can understand complaining about a sucession of 250-km stages in the high mountains being a bit too much, but that's not what we have. It's like they're complaining when a race is hard.

Yeah the whining is annoying.

 

[42x16ss]

+1, when Fuglsang complained about that hard Giro stage, it was just so obvious he wanted a parcours better suited to him. (Not bad TT, mediocre climbing.)
And Millar complained because he's usually the guy who has to pull Farrar up the worst mountains.

I forgot who said it, but a forummer here said this: "Shut up or go back to track cycling."

To be fair to Fuglsang he was complaining about the timing of the stage during the race. The queen stage shouldn't be the second last stage.

However, if the riders want to complain whenever the parcours is hard there's always tiddleywinks....

 

[ElChingon]

The issues I know of can only be discussed in the Clinic.

 

[Parrulo]

imo organizers should add 50k more of hard racing to all monuments so they go back to be real hard man races again (this days people are too well prepared for 250k to become a gigantic challenge like they used to be)

if they don't like this they can always change sport and play:

curling . . .

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

yeah, world champs should also be 300-320 imo.

 

[jens_attacks]

i would like a 400 km classic.
and all the races should be longer,grand tours at least 4000 kms

 

[Cult Classics]

i would like a 400 km classic.
and all the races should be longer,grand tours at least 4000 kms

400km? it should be at least 650km. I want them up at 3am and racing til midnight. On cobbled mountains. And if any of them so much as thinks of taking any banned substances I will be absolutely fuming.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

400km? it should be at least 650km. I want them up at 3am and racing til midnight. On cobbled mountains. And if any of them so much as thinks of taking any banned substances I will be absolutely fuming.

+1

Nothing else to add.