Are the pro bike courses too easy?
PC_67
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Just watched yesterday's coverage of the men's world series race in Budapest on BBC. Another tight duel between Beownlee & Gomez. Whilst these duels are amazingly competitive and a feature of the season, I can't help feeling that once these two are in the field in a flat city circuit then the first 2 places are a virtual foregone conclusion. But in Kitzbuehel, with its hilly bike course, we had a genuine surprise result with Stuart Hayes winning.
Would the results be less predictable with more difficult bike routes?
Would less predictabilty be good for the sport's media appeal, or is it better to have a handful of stars dominating?
Would the results be less predictable with more difficult bike routes?
Would less predictabilty be good for the sport's media appeal, or is it better to have a handful of stars dominating?
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All it boils down to is who can swim and run the fastest.....
Thats probably why I beat Will Clarke in a 10 mile TT on the bike last year....
Shame I cant swim or run as fast as him
Don't get me wrong they will all wipe most of us out but being 45 seconds slower on the swim is nothing as long they can make it into the peleton and then get their running legs on.
I mean awesome is a strong word..... Very good maybe.... CW is awesome, macca is awesome, brownlee is awesome, Vanessa raw is awesome but the whole entity..... Not for me. I like the idea of more challenging courses.... It's just a bit contrived.
Still - the swim and run are impressive
I think that it is all very much a tv spectacle...just designed to make the sport interesting to watch. Which i think a peloton does to some degree - as do the looped circuits, 4 or 6 laps give more change to see than one or two laps. I think that there is the problem of it remving a large chunk of the sport as we AG'ers practise it. Which i think makes it a very distance relation to 'our' sport. I think its good for the tv for people who want to see the sport, and it is ok on that front. But it isn't quite right i don't think.
It throws in a few tactical options for competitors....hang back and slow the pace but risk the other riders catching the group, force the pace and make a break with a few others...etc.
Look at how Helen Jenkins broke away at the London Tri but once she saw the pack behind she slowed to ride with them......then won it! In the mens race Stuart Hayes hammered the bike leg and it caused a few to fade!