Lack of sponsorship?

Jiyang Chen

Every year during the Tour de France, the smaller French teams send
riders out on hopeless breaks in order to give their sponsors some air
time. They bring the attention of the public on the sponsor's names. I
believe that since they don't have a major team contender, they should
make use of the Team Time Trial into a spectacular event for the
sponsors. Since you can only lose 2:30 on overal GC, and the pros can
easily make it inside the time limit, I propose that the team time trial
should be a display of acrobatic and spectacular synchronized riding, as
each riders weave scissors dangerously close to each other, all
throughout the road, and they can also, in the most spectacular manner,
ride in different formations, sort of like that of the Navy's blue
angels. They can also perform synchronized wheelies. Since they have 0
chance of winning the TDF, or even the TTT, they have nothing to lose,
and they give a lot of attention to the sponsor's names.

And for the grand finale, as they come within the finishing line, the
rider in the very front can also, without the others knowing, crash
spectacularly in front, making all 8 others fall, inches away from the
finish line. That will surely guarantee a front page picture on next
day's newspaper, thus, giving a lot of attention to the sponsors.


Jiyang Chen

psycholist

"Jiyang Chen" <no@no.no> wrote in message
news:c5sic6$1qf@dispatch.concentric.net...
> Every year during the Tour de France, the smaller French teams send
> riders out on hopeless breaks in order to give their sponsors some air
> time. They bring the attention of the public on the sponsor's names. I
> believe that since they don't have a major team contender, they should
> make use of the Team Time Trial into a spectacular event for the
> sponsors. Since you can only lose 2:30 on overal GC, and the pros can
> easily make it inside the time limit, I propose that the team time trial
> should be a display of acrobatic and spectacular synchronized riding, as
> each riders weave scissors dangerously close to each other, all
> throughout the road, and they can also, in the most spectacular manner,
> ride in different formations, sort of like that of the Navy's blue
> angels. They can also perform synchronized wheelies. Since they have 0
> chance of winning the TDF, or even the TTT, they have nothing to lose,
> and they give a lot of attention to the sponsor's names.
>
> And for the grand finale, as they come within the finishing line, the
> rider in the very front can also, without the others knowing, crash
> spectacularly in front, making all 8 others fall, inches away from the
> finish line. That will surely guarantee a front page picture on next
> day's newspaper, thus, giving a lot of attention to the sponsors.
>
>
> Jiyang Chen

POTM! I love it! It's twisted, but hey ... what's to lose?

Bob C.

Sonarrat

In article <c5sprc$5iav$1@news3.infoave.net>,
"psycholist" <psycholist@wctel.net> wrote:

> "Jiyang Chen" <no@no.no> wrote in message
> news:c5sic6$1qf@dispatch.concentric.net...
> > Every year during the Tour de France, the smaller French teams send
> > riders out on hopeless breaks in order to give their sponsors some air
> > time. They bring the attention of the public on the sponsor's names. I
> > believe that since they don't have a major team contender, they should
> > make use of the Team Time Trial into a spectacular event for the
> > sponsors. Since you can only lose 2:30 on overal GC, and the pros can
> > easily make it inside the time limit, I propose that the team time trial
> > should be a display of acrobatic and spectacular synchronized riding, as
> > each riders weave scissors dangerously close to each other, all
> > throughout the road, and they can also, in the most spectacular manner,
> > ride in different formations, sort of like that of the Navy's blue
> > angels. They can also perform synchronized wheelies. Since they have 0
> > chance of winning the TDF, or even the TTT, they have nothing to lose,
> > and they give a lot of attention to the sponsor's names.
> >
> > And for the grand finale, as they come within the finishing line, the
> > rider in the very front can also, without the others knowing, crash
> > spectacularly in front, making all 8 others fall, inches away from the
> > finish line. That will surely guarantee a front page picture on next
> > day's newspaper, thus, giving a lot of attention to the sponsors.
> >
> >
> > Jiyang Chen
>
> POTM! I love it! It's twisted, but hey ... what's to lose?

Seconded, clearly POTM. My dad has a double-hinged clown bike he can
contribute, already in the Brioches La Boulangère team colors

-Sonarrat.