Look! The Footon Servetto kit is back!
Yes, it's Lampre in the lead as he takes the awkward right-hander onto the Champs Elysees, followed by Footon Servetto, with Footon Servetto close behind, and there's a Footon Servetto rider trying to take him on the outside...
Huh, makes our current problems in differentiating between the black-and-white kits seem quite trivial, doesn't it?
Could this possibly be "Bear-Back Riding?"
I don't think the ears are sufficiently close together to allow for a truly aerodynamic position, what do you think?
Oh dear, the road appears to be a bit damp up ahead.
And finally... yes, we've all seen it before, but just for Eli:
So, Paris-Nice is over and done with, not quite the finish that Frankie was hoping for, but it was an interesting race to watch - and personally, I'm still watching it!
Good old Eurosport have done their best by bringing us both Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, and the HDD recorder managed to get most of it. Trouble is, we didn't get enough time over the weekend to watch it all, so I'm only half-way through the TT! Knowing the final result beforehand does slightly take the edge off the viewing experience, but it's still very interesting to see how they got there.
And Tirreno ends tomorrow - go boys! Go!
Cece made a good point in her comment - the one that got caught by the spam filters, I have no idea why and I have reported it to Google as "not spam!" so sorry, Cece, nothing personal! - with regard to race radios, and that is the question of what happens if a rider is seriously injured in a situation where race radios would have prevented it? Will there be lawsuits?
Jensi ("go Jensi!") has made his viewpoint very clearly known, in his open letter to the UCI. In case you haven't read it, he says - amongst other things -
If I had a fatal crash, who of you, who think the radio ban is a great idea, will go to Berlin and explain to my six children that it was the right decision and daddy was just an unlucky victim in the so important battle for more drama in cycling?
Oooer!
I've been trying to find out what was said when radios were first introduced, back in the mid-90s: were there complaints from the riders then? Did they complain that it was taking away their individuality? Did they object to having the DS take control of the race? It would be very interesting to see what the riders thought, at that time, so if anyone can find any archive comments, I'd very much like to hear about them.
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