Im starting this poll because I was perturbed that radios are now an official excuse for not winning a race.
This appeared on Cycling news.com website.
Johan Museeuw blamed the team's ear radios, that weren't working well. "We didn't know, for instance, how good Bettini felt and whether he was sure of winning the sprint. Therefore we had to gamble. Do we let Paolo, still an absolute top rider, commit himself? Or do we chase still? Finally we chose for the latter just a bit too late."
Full story on www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/mar04/mar01news2
If a well respected professional like Museeuw says that, isn't it time that cycling goes back to basics, and the riders have to use their brains to work out how a race is going and not rely on team managers and the men in the team cars telling them what to do.
This appeared on Cycling news.com website.
Johan Museeuw blamed the team's ear radios, that weren't working well. "We didn't know, for instance, how good Bettini felt and whether he was sure of winning the sprint. Therefore we had to gamble. Do we let Paolo, still an absolute top rider, commit himself? Or do we chase still? Finally we chose for the latter just a bit too late."
Full story on www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/mar04/mar01news2
If a well respected professional like Museeuw says that, isn't it time that cycling goes back to basics, and the riders have to use their brains to work out how a race is going and not rely on team managers and the men in the team cars telling them what to do.