Radio Boycott of Het Nieuwsblad

[sublimit]

your avatar.....

Yeah I know, Hopefully Patsy will get the message

 

[Roude Leiw]

This is pretty funny.

My personal opinion---I think no radios would be great...somehow in the 'old days' messages seemed to be conveyed to the riders, and I really think the riders had to be sharp and pay attention and think for themselves.

That is not so true, actually in the old days you saw a lot of back and forth between the riders and the cars of their DS, a significant part to discuss and not to get bottles, DS driving right up in the bunch to discuss etc.... This seems to me more dangerous than communicating on the radio. In my opinion radio or not does not change the world... Most vocal in favor of the ban seem to be the frenchies, no GC guys, no major sprinters, a lo of run and gun type of pros who prefer a not so well informed bunch to increase their chances to get through. But in the end, this rarely happens, if the bunch wants to catch them, it will get them (stage profile allowing of course).

So they want their radios, they should have them, technology moves on...

Pat

 

[76tradesman]

What the UCI should do is tell the teams that they can use radios if they want to, but no points will be awarded to a member of a team that uses radios. When a team's ProTour license comes up for renewal and they are not one of the top eighteen teams...well, there are lots of teams that want ProTour status.

Let's do the same for doping. You can dope, you just don't get points.

 

[bobbins]

I notice that no one in the Tour has been mauled by a Tiger. This must be due to the use of radios. The ban must be ignored before they are all eaten.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I notice that no one in the Tour has been mauled by a Tiger. This must be due to the use of radios. The ban must be ignored before they are all eaten.

Hahaha

Also heard it keeps out the Narwhals

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yes, because without the communications they would not have known Pedro fell so soon, and he would probably be dead right now

I find it hard to believe that Jos couldn't wave down a team car which would of taken maybe an extra minute to get an ambulance. It's unlikely that the radio made a difference.

I'm glad it is being sorted out now with race organisers.

 

[jaylew]

Riders back down to avoid cancellation of the race.

UCI - 1
AIGCP - 0
Fans - 100

I would hope this would at least encourage the UCI to have more talks with AIGCP and they can come up with a solution that works for both sides.

 

[jaylew]

Vaughters:

The majority of teams (18-2) and riders would like to continue using radios. However, we won't ruin monuments of sport to make our point.

I wonder who the 2 in the minority are?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Vaughters:

I wonder who the 2 in the minority are?

francaise des jeux 100%

 

[Mambo95]

francaise des jeux 100%

Yep. Madiot's publicly been pro-ban. I'd guess the other one is French too - Cofidis or Europcar.

 

[ksmith]

I hope we find out who the other team is.

 

[jens_attacks]

Vaughters:

I wonder who the 2 in the minority are?

some pompous french as always.