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Watching today's TdF I was struck by how dull it was until the final 20k. How would you give a 20-20 makeover to cycling?
I wouldn't I like it as it is .Look at all 3 weeks and how different riders excel at different things .Its great and don't forget its advertising which is why it existed in the first place long stages sponsors on camera going through lots of towns etc.
Watch track cycling.
How would you give a 20-20 makeover to cycling?
Wouldn't the road cycling equivalent be a criterium?
I find watching an event run around the same course or track dull as well. Maybe the answer is shorter stages but run a very more extreme terrain with more sprints and KOM points. Plus more off road or pavé sections.
Put it on a downward facing slope. Give the riders chunky tyres, disc brakes and suspension and time them down it. Or at four off at once with some big jumps and berms.
Road racing is my test cricket but with better scenery and long may it remain that way
You could say the same about any sport that involves a level of endurance, but you don't watch endurance events in the same way you watch 90 min of footy. You make a day of it. Eatloads drink load and socialise. Or you just watch the hilights.
[quote=ohnohesback ]Watching today's TdF I was struck by how dull it was until the final 20k. How would you give a 20-20 makeover to cycling?
Er, isn't it kind of obvious? Just watch the last 20km!
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[s]I find watching an event run around the same course or track dull as well. Maybe the answer is shorter stages but run a very more extreme terrain with more sprints and KOM points. Plus more off road or pavé sections.[/s] I don't get road cycling
FTFY
ohnohesback » Watching today's TdF I was struck by how dull it was until the final 20k. How would you give a 20-20 makeover to cycling?
Watch the stage over the cobbles, or The Jensie on a massive break away, or the top 3 dancing up the climbs all having a go at each other.
As said this is the same as Test Cricket/Series like the Ashes, so many small battles in the war, so many tiny things that pass you by when the happen but impact on the results. The fact that there are 3 races going on in the TdF with Green, KOM and yellow up for grabs. Throw in stage wins and the rest and it's a fascinating sport.
Crits are the 20/20 equivalent, fast, brutal, exciting but it still drags for an hour.
A bit like basketball. Utter shite unless it's the last few minutes of a close game.
95 percent of the game just isn't worth watching.
Make EPO legal with the proviso that they take an equal amount of LSD.
OP, You seem to missing the fact that the last 20kms can only be interesting because of the previous 200 or whatever. If it was only 20km, it would be totally different to what it is now.
Put it on a downward facing slope. Give the riders chunky tyres, disc brakes and suspension and time them down it. Or at four off at once with some big jumps and berms.
Is equally dull.
a tough crowd to please, Downhill in the last few years has really sorted itself out, great multi camera live coverage and some tight racing to go with it.
Watching the specific type of cycling that's designed to go on for a very long time, and complaining that it goes on for a very long time, seems a little silly. Perhaps I'm judgemental. I'm sure some people watch downhill and think it'd be better if it went on for weeks