Points Race

[Steve McGinty]

The riders in last nights Points Race had attachments to the front drop-outs - presumably some sort
of chip to assist the lap count?

At the end Llaneras was totally pissed after Stocher sat on his wheel for last 20k or so.

Coby Pearce made a lot of strong efforts, but always seemed to be on his own so missed the big
lap gains..

Regards! Stephen

[Ewoud Dronkert]

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 10:05:31 +0100, Steve McGinty wrote:
>The riders in last nights Points Race had attachments to the front drop-outs - presumably some sort
>of chip to assist the lap count?

Dunno. It was very annoying however that they waited so long to show the updated point list after
a lap gain.

>Coby Pearce made a lot of strong efforts, but always seemed to be on his own so missed the big
>lap gains..

That Newton guy wasn't very tactical either.

[Steve McGinty]

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 16:22:00 +0200, Ewoud Dronkert <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 10:05:31 +0100, Steve McGinty wrote:
>>The riders in last nights Points Race had attachments to the front drop-outs - presumably some
>>sort of chip to assist the lap count?
>
>Dunno. It was very annoying however that they waited so long to show the updated point list after a
>lap gain.

I found it much harder to follow on the TV than live - (not helped by the hopeless UK
commentary, as usual)
>
>>Coby Pearce made a lot of strong efforts, but always seemed to be on his own so missed the big
>>lap gains..
>
>That Newton guy wasn't very tactical either.

Yeah, attacked too early and struggled while the real race was going on, then Pronk outsmarted him
for the bronze.

Regards! Stephen