Australia: 6, Canada: ZERO

Fausto Coppied

Yo,

Have you heard of this guy:
Dear Ed,

Now and then I get emails from you about the CCA. I like what you write.

Sincerely,

Jocelyn Lovell


I'll send along many more...

Fausto Coppied

Yo,


I guessed you missed these. Read them until I get more at my office today:

Yojimbo_

Ed

Finally a post I can agree with. Cycling does seem to be in a sorry state in Canada - even I (a purely recreational cyclist) notice that we don't seem to have anything going on here. I don't hear about big Canadian names, or big Canadian races, or big Canadian cycling victories. I also noticed no Canadians in the TdF this year.

It has to be the fault of the people running the show, but on the other hand, it also depends on how the organization sees itself. If it sees its role as supporting cycling for the masses, then maybe they are doing a good job. If it is to support and develop Canadian athletes, they seem to be failing.

Who does oversight of the cycling organization to make sure the government is getting proper use of our tax dollars? And if there is indeed a problem, why aren't they taking action to fix it?

Fausto Coppied

Now you are beginning to ask the right questions.


Why doesn't Sport Canada step in when so many obvious and serious mistakes are being made?

There have been no Canadian men in the Tour de France for years.

And please do not give me this bull about all the problems in the sport. Those problems are for journalist to create headlines. Have you seen the huge crowds in England and in France for the Tour this year and there is not even a French rider anywhere near the top.

In the US, which used to lag behind Canada in terms of event and media coverage now has us beat hands down. There are very big races in the US, lots of TV coverage and lots of strong riders.

The problems stems from a lack of leadership at the top.

How can Lorraine Lafreniere lead the sport when she knows nothing about it?
How can Bill Kinash, who held back the sport for 20 years in Saskatchewan be expected to do anything different on the national scene?

You have killed the sport, Bill. Mission Accomplished. Walk away.

Lorraine, you are an embarrassment to and a slap in the face of every person with experience and knowledge of the sport.

Leave and let cyclists take back their sport.

janiejones

There is always somewhere warm to ride.
We are very sport obsessed over here - I don't know what it is like in Canada, but over here it is SPORT SPORT SPORT.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but sometimes it seems a little unbalanced, my local town for example has a tiny library and public schools screaming out for money, but plenty of well kept sporting fields, indoor and outdoor and massive amounts of sport on television.

Also, if an Australian ever does anything wrong, doping etc, not mentioning names - coughcoughIanThorpecoughsplutter, it's always, "no it wasn't his fault", not our sporting heros and it's forgotten about, even by the Prime Minister.

Oh yeah, if we lose at something it's always the other team's cheating tactics - particularly in the rugby union, swimming and cricket. We blame the Chinese for taking steroids and stealing our swimming medals, the English and South Africans for being too rough and unfair (in Rugby this is!!!) and in cricket, it used to be the New Zealanders but now in the new age of post 9-11 racism, it's Inida and Pakistan

Plus it's always sunny and you want to go for a ride instead of school or work.

mikesbytes

You Canadian's bag your association a lot. Seen this in several threads.

Immigrate to Australia, you can ride all year around

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Fausto Coppied

Don't forget Australia has some of our best Canadian coaches, like Martin Barras.

jock.c

I'm an Aussie and follow the adventure's of Fausto vs Cycling Canada with keen interest. As for Aussies 6: Canada 0 well there's only one thing to say really:

BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGg gggggggghhhh (roflmao)

I hate it when I run out of breath mid laughter.



Now all you kiddies that like to attack Fausto coz you've got nothing better to do with your meaningless lives please let him be. He's the only one on the Interwebby thing that's providing any insight on how to create a national failure and maintain it despite alternate mediocrity being available.



BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGg gggggggghhhh (wheeeeeeze) ahahahaaaaa....

holli

I think one of the main issues in Canada is that most or at least many riders quit at the age of 20-25 and just disappear from the sport. Issues lie in the provinces rather than in CCA and as provincial associations form the CCA these issues spread upwards.

I know Ed disagrees with me but IMO change should be started from provincial cycling associations to make permanent change for better.

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