no more sprinttrains!

[ultimobici]

geox, andalucia, chipottle, are all here and didn't win yesterday. so the level is pretty high there and not as broad as pt peloton, but still good.

it has nothing to do with that though, with 6 guy teams in finally it means more attacks and teams and riders looking to each oither or showing initiative. of course it would change the race completely and I hate sprinttrains because it auto means not the fastest guys win, guys like chicchi or haedo are as fast as cavendish in my book but can't place themselves in tehse huge trains and don't have trains for themselves. remember back in the 90s without sprinttrains you would get fastest guys in front and most daredevil guys like adbuzhaparov, jalabert. now there are so many trainriders that are in the way.

Pull the other one, it's got bells on!

The train may give him a launch-pad but he is the one who has to have the gas to get to the line ahead of his rivals. Despite losing Renshaw he still pasted the opposition twice in the 2010 Tour. If the train was so over-ridingly important he'd have packed up and gone home.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

and again, it is just obvious (even in your video) the amateurism in that race compared to the european races.

it becomes clear that you dont understand nothing of this sport.

Just because a race is more professional looking doesn't make it better.

And watching the same guy romp to victory off the back of a big train every stage after nothing happened all day is really, really boring. You can't blame Ryo for wanting to see a bit more excitement in flat stages.

I don't dislike bunch sprints and sprint trains because I don't understand how they work. I dislike them because I find the stages they are part of lacking in variety and that they prevent interest or unpredictability.

 

[brianf7]

In his days Robbie McEwan didnt have a big train he just grabed any wheel he could and still won .

The only way they could beat him was the lead out train but that is team tactics and will remain so . They do whatever they can within the rules to get over the line first

But Robbie is getting old now we will soon have him riding Vets God help us.

 

[Escarabajo]

I mainly wanna see 8 riders at the GTs, so less control can occur, and more team (+better quality) can ride.

+1.

I don't have problems with Sprint Trains. They are part of the spectacle. You can show a non cycling viewer to watch the last 5 kms and enjoy the final train organization and sprint.

Ryo, this race can not be very competitive if it is raced in America and doesn't have a single Colombian in it.