Race Radios

There is a rumour in the peloton that certain teams are finding ways to circumvent the forthcoming ban on race radios:

Do you think anyone would notice?
























I'm currently catching up on the Paris-Nice footage, and David Harmon, commentating, keeps relaying messages they've received saying how much more interesting the race is, without radios. And he keeps saying "and the funny thing is, that they are indeed wearing radios!"

This makes me think that a lot of people don't actually know what they are talking about.

My opinion? I've only really followed pro-cycling since post-radio days, I'm perfectly happy with the level of excitement and spontaneity that I see, so I'd like to see them continue.

However, the UCI are in charge (no matter what we may think about them) and if they want to take radios away, then we have to do what they say. I can see that point that without radios it's harder for one team to control the peloton, and that without them there would be a lot more to-ing and fro-ing, which might be seen as more exciting.

But I really don't like the idea of the team cars having to butt their way into the peloton to give orders to riders. That seems ludicrous!

So, a middle course? How about allowing the Road Captains to have the radio, but not the rest of the team. I think that this way, the Road Captain would be informed of problems and guided in tactics by the DS - who has a much better overview of the race - but it would be up to him to choose how and when to relay information  to the rest of the team.

While we think about that, a little light relief: what do we think this little peasant lady is thinking as she admires Andy Schleck's bottom?