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National Championship 2017

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  • #392
    fondriest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    1bryan wrote: »
    great post. 2 things I'd take from it. First, if there was some way of assigning the race to a 'region' rather than a club, then you would take huge pressure of that single club for providing marshalls/other volunteers. Second, I don't think the men would mind too much having to race on the saturday. I know it would probably suit some of the elite riders who might have the good fortune to be starting the Tour de France the following week by giving an extra day's rest. Perhaps it would encourage our other top pros to ride the race that they seem happy to have ignored for the past several years.

    I would think the only issue with the men riding on Saturday is that the entries for the TT would suffer and it needs numbers to make the event financially work , other than that I think either day should really suit anyone .


  • #393
    leisurely cyclist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭leisurely cyclist


    The whole event needs to be re-thought. From format, sponsorship, TV coverage, financial-everything. I worked on this also. Should be the marquee event for Cycling Ireland so they need to step up now and drive changes and improvements. The whole event was organised in accordance with the parameters and guidelines laid down by them. We worked within these guidelines. I hope they are serious about a format change because it's not really fair on anyone involved to be subject to the level of criticism that has been thrown about this week - constructive or otherwise.


  • #394
    Lusk_Doyle
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    fondriest wrote: »
    I would think the only issue with the men riding on Saturday is that the entries for the TT would suffer and it needs numbers to make the event financially work , other than that I think either day should really suit anyone .

    If you can't do a 30 - 40k tt on a thursday and race two days later then you should not be competing at that level. Some of these guys race multi day stage races including grand tours. I for one would not be put off by an hours effort onna thursday and then a race on the saturday.


  • #395
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    If you can't do a 30 - 40k tt on a thursday and race two days later then you should not be competing at that level. Some of these guys race multi day stage races including grand tours. I for one would not be put off by an hours effort onna thursday and then a race on the saturday.
    A lot of the good riders I know do a hard club race on a Thursday and then place in A2, A3 and A4 every weekend. As you said, if your not fit to do both, you probably shouldn't be doing either.


  • #396
    longshank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭longshank


    fondriest wrote: »
    I would think the only issue with the men riding on Saturday is that the entries for the TT would suffer and it needs numbers to make the event financially work , other than that I think either day should really suit anyone .

    Did I hear right in Derek Webb interview on A1 coaching show (audio very poor) that the womens race is on the same time as mens snr race at the request of the womens comission to give it equal status??


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  • #397
    Homer1798
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭Homer1798


    longshank wrote: »
    Did I hear right in Derek Webb interview on A1 coaching show (audio very poor) that the womens race is on the same time as mens snr race at the request of the womens comission to give it equal status??

    Yes Longshanks, that is my understanding of why the Women's race was moved from the Saturday to the Sunday, so the Women could showcase their race in front of a bigger audience.........


  • #398
    longshank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭longshank


    Homer1798 wrote: »
    Yes Longshanks, that is my understanding of why the Women's race was moved from the Saturday to the Sunday, so the Women could showcase their race in front of a bigger audience.........

    If that is true some people look very foolish and is precisely why I thought it was foolish to rush to public criticism.


  • #399
    fondriest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭fondriest


    CramCycle wrote: »
    A lot of the good riders I know do a hard club race on a Thursday and then place in A2, A3 and A4 every weekend. As you said, if your not fit to do both, you probably shouldn't be doing either.

    Conor Dunne pulled out of the TT to concentrate on the road race . I don't think it's always as simple as a fitness thing .


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