Why not?Yeah, it's ridiculous, and there's nothing really to do, because you can't punish Welsford for it.
It's a team sport with an individual winner, sounds logical to me.
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Why not?Yeah, it's ridiculous, and there's nothing really to do, because you can't punish Welsford for it.
Why not?
It's a team sport with an individual winner, sounds logical to me.
Punishing riders for the actions for their teammates comes with a whole new set of problems, but it's clear that the current yellow card system is far too lenient to deter leadouts from this kind of move. Three offences in one month almost never happens and even if it does, a week's suspension is minimal. It's like saying you only get a suspension in football if you get multiple reds in the same month, that never happens either.
That might be a bit harsh, but a DQ from the rest of the stages would be a meaningful sanction with an effect on Welsford, within the context of the race, for this.There should be a rule that the entire team gets moved to last place in an incident like this.
Van Poppel looks over his shoulder and clearly does it on purpose. Just filthy from Bora.
It's not only 3 in a month (and that would be 14 days, not 7): 2 in a race (7 day ban) or 6 in 12 months (I think that is a rolling 12 months rather than a calendar year, and triggers 30 day suspension).Punishing riders for the actions for their teammates comes with a whole new set of problems, but it's clear that the current yellow card system is far too lenient to deter leadouts from this kind of move. Three offences in one month almost never happens and even if it does, a week's suspension is minimal. It's like saying you only get a suspension in football if you get multiple reds in the same month, that never happens either.
Well, in Football you still have yellows though. And they work on a similar basis.
Maybe cycling should implement yellow-red card system and everything that's deemed too dangerous should be punished with a straight red, meaning an instant DSQ.
And I don't think you can go with only a red card system either as anything on the first stage of a GT which is borderline red but still punished with a red, would have a long-term implications over the GT and not just a game or 2, like in football.
Yes he clearly looks back to search for the man on Welsford's wheel, finds him and blocks. If his action is deterring other's chances for the win, then his teammate should be relegated. But i guess this won't ever happen in western sports. Too soft.I don't think what Van Poppel did was too dangerous, it was just cheating basically.
There are DQs, sometimes applied before the end of the race/stage in question.Well, in Football you still have yellows though. And they work on a similar basis.
Maybe cycling should implement yellow-red card system and everything that's deemed too dangerous should be punished with a straight red, meaning an instant DSQ.
And I don't think you can go with only a red card system either as anything on the first stage of a GT which is borderline red but still punished with a red, would have a long-term implications over the GT and not just a game or 2, like in football.
Both of those will rarely, if at all, be activated either.It's not only 3 in a month (and that would be 14 days, not 7): 2 in a race (7 day ban) or 6 in 12 months (I think that is a rolling 12 months rather than a calendar year, and triggers 30 day suspension).
Probably unlikely that team management will push him out in front of a mic.Has anyone seen him held accountable in an interview? Would love to hear his own reasoning, as I don't consider him a dirty rider, but this clearly was dirty riding.
Liggett just about lulled me to sleep with his ASMR voice... I mean, there wasn't much going on till the final sprint after the break was caught but still, it was a battle to stay awake with the way he was commentating.did Phil Ligget die and really shitty AI is impersonating him?
He can't be well. He is soooo monotone
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Not this time around, but they'll be climbing Willunga Hill twice in stage 5. And today they're supposed to be trying out Knotts Hill for the very first time. Speaking of today...Do they not ride Corkscrew Hill anymore?
Not this time around, but they'll be climbing Willunga Hill twice in stage 5. And today they're supposed to be trying out Knotts Hill for the very first time. Speaking of today...
For fans of maps here's today's stage 3 map, as aforementioned, Knotts Hill is making its debut but for some reason it's not highlighted on the stage map or stage profile. lol! And it's supposed to be about 23C - 27C depending on which weather site you check.
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Not this time around, but they'll be climbing Willunga Hill twice in stage 5. And today they're supposed to be trying out Knotts Hill for the very first time. Speaking of today...
In Australia, where the race takes place, it´s already 23rd right now.. I think 1:30 a.m. in Adelaide?When you say "today", you mean the 23rd, right? How far ahead in time - compared to Europe - are you?
Are you a timetraveller?
It's about 7am in my area right now and coverage will start later at 4:30pm, so for me it's today, Jan. 22. For the Aussies it'll be Jan. 23.(Aussie time zones mess with my head, the usual European race CET times not so much.)When you say "today", you mean the 23rd, right? How far ahead in time - compared to Europe - are you?
Are you a timetraveller?
It's about 7am in my area right now and coverage will start later at 4:30pm, so for me it's today, Jan. 22. For the Aussies it'll be Jan. 23.(Aussie time zones mess with my head, the usual European race CET times not so much.)
Thank you for the clarification!Knotts Hill and Pound Reserve are different names for the same climb. I don't know why PCS/LFR aren't using the same name as the organiser.
Knotts Hill and Pound Reserve are different names for the same climb. I don't know why PCS/LFR aren't using the same name as the organiser.
I'm in the States, Pacific Standard Time. And yes, for me the race today is still on the 22nd while in Australia it's already the 23rd.I thought you were somewhere in South East Asia...
So, you'll be watching stage 3, which takes place on the 23rd in Australia, on the 22nd where you are?
I thought you were somewhere in South East Asia...
I suppose a Knot Pound would be a non-SI unit of momentum, equal to 0.84 kg m/sFor simplification, we should just refer to it as Pound Knotts Reserve Hill. Or Knotts Pound Hill Reserve.