Apparently 6 day races are dying a slow death in Europe. (Maybe because Danny Clark retired..?) Though sprint king Erik Zabel continues spending his winters racing them and the Aussie/Belgium/Aussie pair Matthew Gilmore and Scott McGrory seem to be dominating.
Jobie Dajka won the biggest Kieren series in Japan this year. Kieren is motor paced till 1-1/2 laps to go when the motorcycle peels off and all hell breaks loose 🙂
Problem with TV, is there are too many other sports competing for air time. TV just take the easy route and support the biggest crowd pullers.
GK
Spider1977 said:
In the thread on Aussie 10 best cyclists we started talking about the achievements of Danny Clark, probably the greatest 6 day rider the world has ever seen.
These events used to be really popular, even getting TV coverage. Now we never hear about them in Australia. Are they still popular in Europe? I think it's kieren events in Japan that draw the crowds, although I'm not too sure what they involve (Danny was pretty good at them as well).😕
With the popularity of the TdeF and Olympic cycling, coupled with Aussie success, you'd think it's time we had some "made for TV" cycling events. Great exposure for the sport and great entertainment for the viewers - especially if a few "characters" are cultivated e.g. big, bad, ugly sprinters having a bit of biffo on the sprints.
In the thread on Aussie 10 best cyclists we started talking about the achievements of Danny Clark, probably the greatest 6 day rider the world has ever seen.
These events used to be really popular, even getting TV coverage. Now we never hear about them in Australia. Are they still popular in Europe? I think it's kieren events in Japan that draw the crowds, although I'm not too sure what they involve (Danny was pretty good at them as well).😕
With the popularity of the TdeF and Olympic cycling, coupled with Aussie success, you'd think it's time we had some "made for TV" cycling events. Great exposure for the sport and great entertainment for the viewers - especially if a few "characters" are cultivated e.g. big, bad, ugly sprinters having a bit of biffo on the sprints.
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Problem with TV, is there are too many other sports competing for air time. TV just take the easy route and support the biggest crowd
pullers.
No, just one [censored] one taking up all the airtime.. football!!! Arrrrr! If I see another football show I'll sell my tv, spend the proceeds on football merchandise and then burn it all in front of the MCG! I'm still curious about track racing.. 6 day racing sounds like my kinda pain :-)
No, just one [censored] one taking up all the airtime.. football!!! Arrrrr! >If I see another football show
I have to agree with you there. But then of course on the rare occasion when there's no football (heaven forbid) we are treated to the darts and tenpin bowling finals replays from 1980 or some such rubbish. That's Aussie sports media for you.
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I'll sell my tv, spend the proceeds on football merchandise and >then burn it all in front of the MCG! I'm still curious about track racing.. 6 day racing sounds like my kinda pain :-)
Better be careful what you go burning these days. I think some people want to bring in the death penalty for burning flags. And I think that dirty old football jerseys may be considered to be national icons on a par with the flag for some.
