Olympic RR Test Event this weekend ...

[Zinoviev Letter]

There are intelligent people who believe in God, Homeopathy and a Tory government.

Now I'm trying to imagine someone who fits all four of those criteria and having some significant difficulty. I can find it in me to believe in stupid, religious, Tory homeopaths easily enough though.

 

[SirLes]

The Times is read by the people that run the country
The Financial Times is read by people who own the country
The Mail is read by the wives of the people that run the country
The Telegraph is read by people who think they run the country
The Guardian is read by people who think they should run the country
The Star is read by people who think another country should run the country

And the Sun is read by people who don't care who runs the country as long as they've got big t*ts


I'm quoting from memory but I think that's correct. From the greatest documentary series ever made!!!! (Although some people think it was just a comedy)

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Well, the Sun, the Mail & the Telegraph have a combined readership around 8 times the size of the Mirror, the Independant & the Guardian.

I would contend that is because they cater to the majority political instinct of the nation, aimed at various quality points, whereas the second list caters to an extremely vocal minority.

It is very easy to use accusations of racism to prevent debates which would lead to a more open society, and release frustrations which do exist, and left ignored will be vented in unpleasant voting patterns.

But non of this has anything to do with cycling.

The last sentence at least is true. You often have halfway sensible things to say about cycling, but once in a while you seem to let zombie Enoch Powell take over your account.

 

[Bielers]

The Times is read by the people that run the country
The Financial Times is read by people who own the country
The Mail is read by the wives of the people that run the country
The Telegraph is read by people who think they run the country
The Guardian is read by people who think they should run the country
The Star is read by people who think another country should run the country

And the Sun is read by people who don't care who runs the country as long as they've got big t*ts


I'm quoting from memory but I think that's correct. From the greatest documentary series ever made!!!! (Although some people think it was just a comedy)

Yes Minister?

 

[Mambo95]

The Star is read by people who think another country should run the country

The Morning Star, surely? The Star is read by people who can't read.

 

[SirLes]

Yes Minister?

Of course!

 

[SirLes]

I wasn't far off. It was morning star not star.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=/&gl=DE#/watch?v=DGscoaUWW2M

 

[Anonymous]

And amongst other things their later disproven allegations that liverpool fans were stealing from the bodies of the dead fans on the pitch, and caused the distaster. Their circulation in liverpool is about 2 copies.

Justice for the 96!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ADuaiFE0Q

 

[The Hitch]

Wow what a great discussion i have missed.

Ive learned a lot. For one that people actually read the Sun.

Apparently.

To conclude the media does its job of informing the people of the news that matters, perfectly. I can go to sleep safe in the knowledge that if any celebrity dies, or moves house or decides to adopt a child or I will be informed about it through every means imaginable.

And not only do they inform us of these world changing events, they also make sure that non important distractions like war in Mexico, enforced famine in North Korea etc will never make it into the papers.

Titles for journalism are handed out to people who watch football matches for free then lump together all the post match comments into an "article".


What more could you ask for.

 

[Anonymous]

Justice for the 96!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ADuaiFE0Q

And what I love about that song, is who knows the words and who doesnt. Grobbelar for instance, didnt look at the words once. Reminds me a little of Pepe Reina who in his first season at liverpool could allready sing YNWA all the way through, despite his english being pretty poor at the time.

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

For anyone still interested in the actual race Ive uploaded to Flickr the photos I took from ~500m to go
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumofmarc/sets/72157627443259786

As well as the moment Cavendish and co passed, and the podium, Im pretty pleased with some of the solo rider shots. From an exhausted Russell Downing, to a crash weary Yukihiro Doi, and a glum looking Tyler Farrar.

 

[The Hitch]

Mixing the media and the actual race discussions, the Evening Standards article on this demonstrates an incredible lack of knowledge about this thing of ours.

The Standard, which in May was one of the very few around the world which didnt see Walters death as worthy of space in their paper, decided to find out what the sport was about.

The author talks about the wierd experience of seeing cars come past then bycicles. He talks very little about the sport, instead boasting about a tweet he posted to a friend and joking that people from Surrey should be on holiday.

Rather than talk about the race he instead describes the hours he spent waiting, then the long 1 hour train journey his poor self had to take to catch a second glimpse of the race elsewhere along the road. He talks about how little one gets from the experience, how long one has to wait, then sarcastically adds that it was all worth it.

The author is totaly ignorant of the fact that road cycling events occur throughout Europe and throughout Britain all year round, acting as if this is the only the second time the sport has come to the British Isles, and arguing that the French manage to close their roads three weeks a year, we can manage it once.

He also does not realize the roll hills and mountains play in the sport as he clearly believes catching a "30 second glimpse" of riders fly by is all that one can get as a spectator from the sport.

 

[MartinGT]

And what I love about that song, is who knows the words and who doesnt. Grobbelar for instance, didnt look at the words once. Reminds me a little of Pepe Reina who in his first season at liverpool could allready sing YNWA all the way through, despite his english being pretty poor at the time.

Lets be honest, its not a difficult song to remember is it? The Liverpool fans NEVER sing the full song anyways either.

Hitch to say we do have a great passion for cycling and some of the great cyclist in the Pro Peloton, the peoples ignorance in the UK is sickening.

 

[Anonymous]

Hitch to say we do have a great passion for cycling and some of the great cyclist in the Pro Peloton, the peoples ignorance in the UK is sickening.

Something Neil commented on in his TSF blog. Apparently half the press werent even watching the race, and he had to tell them who the riders on the podium were. sad really.

 

[ParfaitAmour]

Always amazed that anyone buys the Sun, even without JFT96

So apart from Box Hill, is there anywhere else worth targeting for watching this event next year ?

 

[Tuarts]

Always amazed that anyone buys the Sun, even without JFT96

So apart from Box Hill, is there anywhere else worth targeting for watching this event next year ?

Your living room.

 

[ParfaitAmour]

Your living room.

Heh ! Well that is tempting

 

[Izzy eviel]

What dates are the olympic road cycling events happening? I wanna see both the mens and women races.

 

[simo1733]

Bicycles surely.

 

[Mambo95]

What dates are the olympic road cycling events happening? I wanna see both the mens and women races.

28th July (Men) & 29th July (Women)

Both TTs on 1st August (women in the morning, men in the afternoon)

 

[MartinGT]

Something Neil commented on in his TSF blog. Apparently half the press werent even watching the race, and he had to tell them who the riders on the podium were. sad really.

That is poor

 

[sublimit]

Mixing the media and the actual race discussions, the Evening Standards article on this demonstrates an incredible lack of knowledge about this thing of ours.

The Standard, which in May was one of the very few around the world which didnt see Walters death as worthy of space in their paper, decided to find out what the sport was about.

The author talks about the wierd experience of seeing cars come past then bycicles. He talks very little about the sport, instead boasting about a tweet he posted to a friend and joking that people from Surrey should be on holiday.

Rather than talk about the race he instead describes the hours he spent waiting, then the long 1 hour train journey his poor self had to take to catch a second glimpse of the race elsewhere along the road. He talks about how little one gets from the experience, how long one has to wait, then sarcastically adds that it was all worth it.

Sounds like pure ignorance by that journo so probably not worthy of comment. The Surrey residents weren't in their second home in the West Country by the sounds of it either by the reports which was a shame - lots of complaining and writing to their local MP, newspaper,vicar and god knows what coming up lol.

I dont know if its me but if your disrupted on the roads by a running race or triathlon its OK with everybody, but if its a cycle race its like as bad and and on the same scale as a full blown riot taking place with all the disruption.. But maybe I'm paranoid i dont know.

 

[MartinGT]

The BBC annoy the hell out of me to a point I hate them.

Hitch mentions the death of Wouter. The BBC wrote on their website something along the lines of "Leopard Team Quits". I thought this was very heartless and ignorance of the team and the death of a team mate.

I emailed the BBC complaining asking them to change the headline to something more accurate and with a bit more thought, did I hear anything back? Did I chuff.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Always amazed that anyone buys the Sun, even without JFT96

So apart from Box Hill, is there anywhere else worth targeting for watching this event next year ?

28th July. That's a Saturday. Jaizkibel?

 

[The Hitch]

28th July. That's a Saturday. Jaizkibel?

What are you talking about?