If you were in charge...

Paul 8v

No tA Doctor wrote:

How about a WT level Hill climb?

That'd be ace.

Pikes Peak

disgruntledgoat

ugo.santalucia wrote:

FJS wrote:

The Classique des Alpes failed. Something like that, a proper mountain route, tends to produce boring racing in a one dayer with a very small field of contenders, and 75% of the field abandoned halfway

That's exactly my point

I thought it failed because it rarely attracted the top names due to falling between the Giro and the Tour and usually being run in atrocious weather.

jimmythecuckoo

Thinking solely about the UK domestic scene I would put this right...

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/eliteroadseries

...by adding some more events and try and get some depth beneath Sky by supporting teams.

Its sad organisations like UK Youth have been allowed to fold.

Richmond Racer

^I think its sad that the only GB guys to make the step up to either ProTour or ProConti this season have been the Yates twins

*hurriedly checking to make sure I've got that right*

lyn1

Richmond Racer wrote:

^I think its sad that the only GB guys to make the step up to either ProTour or ProConti this season have been the Yates twins

*hurriedly checking to make sure I've got that right*

....difficult year to step up though.

Also wonder whether the very strong nationalistic bias in the vast majority of WT teams works against Brits. Sky are very much in the minority in terms of national bias.

FDJ 90% French
Europcar 81% French
(Euskaltel 70% Spanish)
Belkin 66% Dutch
Lotto 63% Belgian
Movistar 63% Spanish
AG2R 63% French
Lampre 58% Italian
Katusha 57% Russian
Orica 54% Aus
Cannondale 54% Italian
(Vaconsoleil 52% Dutch)
OPQ 40% Belgian
Astana 34% Kaz.
Sky 29% British
Garmin 28% US
Tinkoff 26% Danish
Trek & BMC less than 25%