Shimano 24 hour road Race
Anyone entered this ? www.shimano24.com ?
Seems like a bit of fun - I have no chance of being in any prizes, but it will be a laugh ?
Seems like a bit of fun - I have no chance of being in any prizes, but it will be a laugh ?
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24 hour racing? Yes, I'm sure it'll be hilarious. I'm washing my hair that weekend though.
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24 hours going round the same circuit? That's not why I do sportives.================================
Cake is just weakness entering the body0 -
Teams of five - so you dont do the full 24 hours - and the circuit is 9 miles long anyway.0
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Are there no racers lurking under race then ? :?:0
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Thankfully I will be in France.Paul0
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Maybe just none who fancy a 5 hour road race?cougie wrote:Are there no racers lurking under race then ? :?:
Will be very interesting to see how it turns out though. Can't see a "bunch" staying together for more than a couple of hours..........then it'll probably turn into small groups riding together. Not sure I fancy racing through the night in a pack either, but if the groups are small enough it may not be too dangerous I suppose.0 -
Yeah I cant see the bunch staying together for very long. I reckon some elites will probably blast it and the rest of them will be in small bunches or alone.
Tactics will be interesting too.0 -
skavanagh.bikeradar wrote:24 hour racing? Yes, I'm sure it'll be hilarious. I'm washing my hair that weekend though.
Seems you're not alone in "washing your hair"..........it's kaput!
http://www.shimano24.com/0 -
Oh well. At least they tried.0
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Not sure ! Shimano had backed it, but I doubt my team would have been in the prizes anyway.0
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Nothing like enough obviouslyvermooten wrote:what was the prize?
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http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:Vu9P ... =firefox-a
Prizes will be broken down as follows:
Group 1 - £3,000 cash prize fund
1st - £1500 split between each rider in the team (£300 per rider)
2nd - £1,000 split between each rider in the team (£200 per rider)
3rd - £500 split between each rider in the team (£100 per rider)
Group 2
1st - Shimano Dura Ace STi levers (double) and a Dura Ace rear mech set per team rider (worth £320 each)
2nd - Shimano Ultegra SL chainset and cassette per team rider (worth £195 each)
3rd - Giro Atmos helmet per team rider (worth £100 each)
Group 3
1st - Giro Ionos helmet and a pair of Giro Semi glasses per rider (worth £200 each)
2nd - Giro Ionos helmet per rider (worth £130 each)
3rd - Blackburn Delphi Cycle Computer per rider (worth £70 each)
Group 4
1st - Giro Ionos helmet and a pair of Giro Semi glasses per rider (worth £200 each)
2nd - Giro Havik glasses per rider (worth £125 each)
3rd - Blackburn Delphi Cycle Computer per rider (worth £70 each)0 -
OK, so the prize money is actually pretty decent.
This was being discussed on Veloriders and the main reasons people weren't keen on the idea was:
- safety concerns about riding in a group in the dark with tired riders
- difficulty getting teams of 5 willing to do it
- the event being mid season will probably impact riders ability to ride other more important events in the week or so to follow
- the circuit looked pretty tough for racing for 5 hours each
- roadies don't really like new ideas!
I think they'd have had more sucess if they'd offered a 12-hour format as a starting point and tried to build on it next year0
