Yes - but only that the riders can talk back to the DS but they can't talk back. I would only do so that a rider is not disadvantaged if he loses time to a flat or a crash (I don't care whether or not it is Alberto Contador or Tom Stubbe) or if they are going back for water.
I type this thread in regards that the French National Championships will be done with out radios. From the front page:
I type this thread in regards that the French National Championships will be done with out radios. From the front page:
cyclingnews said:While different commissions at the UCI are in talks about the use and abuse of radio communication via ear pieces between directeurs sportifs and riders, the French have decided to ban them at the national championship in Saint-Brieuc on June 28.
"It's an experiment and we hope it will show better cycling," said Marc Madiot who took this decision as the president of the French pro cycling league (LCPF) that oversees teams, riders and organisers. Under French law, the LCPF runs professional cycling on a national level separately from the French cycling federation (FFC), but it appeared that the new president of the FFC, David Lappartient, is also a strong opponent of radios. He's the leader of the anti-radio movement on the board of the UCI.
"We want to restore the initiative of the riders," Madiot said. "They have to study the courses of the races like we used to do when we competed before the inception of the radios. By doing so, we also intend to restore the essence of the job of the directeur sportif. Without radios, the morning's briefing has to be perfect because there's no possibility to correct the instructions during the race."
The organisers of the Tour de France are also considering a ban on radios.