ASO to withdraw from World Tour?
I'm sure there's a better thread in existence already, but have a link to the Daily Fail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3365575/Cycling-Tour-France-organisers-ASO-withdraw-UCIs-calendar.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3365575/Cycling-Tour-France-organisers-ASO-withdraw-UCIs-calendar.html
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Reading between the lines last week when 'ASO said nothing at all during the meeting', I'm not surprised. I'm not a fan of ASO.
So what will the likely impact be on the Tour and the other stage races they host?
Basically ASO want to retain their power over the UCI/Velon et al so anything that threatens them will be stopped in its tracks.
Simple.
http://inrng.com/2015/12/aso-vs-uci/#more-27125
I'm surprised anyone thinks doing something that goes against the wishes of the organisation that have the most important event in the whole sport is a good idea.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/12/news/the-aso-uci-war-why-how-and-what-it-means_391448
The impact is that the ASO are "Organisers" and do a great job.
Is there an ASO event that you can label as a badly organised event. (yes I stick my neck out on that one, so go for it)
Will the UCI be able to Organise any cycle races ????
Will Velon be able to organise cycle races. ???
How many years have the ASO taken to develop all this experience with cycle races and they use Administrators plus EX Pro riders to get the balance about right.
The Fat Controller tried to arrange the callendar in such a way that they could finally get hold of the TV rights and so the ASO ran the TDF under French Federation Regulations.
He couldn't and Cookson wont be able to.
The TDF seems to be the pinnacle of cycle racing that every other organiser can only attempt to emulate.
Hidden somewhere is the French bureaucrats (whatever) who allow so many Police/Gendarmes to come great distances to get Road Closures at some costs from where.
Maybe that's were the TV money goes. ?????
What ASO actually want is power over the second tier WT teams (Lampre, Cannondale, Giant, Trek, MTN, IAM, Lotto x2, Orica). They want to bully them into turning up with their big stars to their lesser races (in the Middle East for example)..
And they want to be able to invite as many French teams as they like and/or teams that can buy their way in
The greatest trick that the ASO ever pulled was convincing people that the UCI were the bad guys.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/aso-vlees-danny-nelissen
Interesting. Shots fired, both directions.
@DrHeadgear
The Vikings are coming!
Unless these are brand new regulations for 2016 and beyond?
*Unless approved by the UCI (I think Paris-Tours is the one exception)
Or if a GT winner like Louison Bobet, Jan Janssen, Jacques Anquetil or Ferdinand Kübler is able to win a distance event.
So you would be happy with the Tour of Flanders also being only 200 Km's like so many other Classic Races the UCI have restricted to 200 km's. ???????
Your Happy or Not happy with the restrictions the UCI are putting in the calendar and you say they are not the bad guys.
"If" the ASO played along with the UCI then Paris-Roubaix at 200 Km's will just become another sprint race.
The wearing down process in the classics will be lost and just like Gent-Wevelgem and Flèche Wallonne will become semi classics.
When the UCI stop trying to piggy back the Eropean calendar to squeeze more events World Wide for a global empire.
Then I might consider them as neutral as they should be but until they stop fooking about with Europe they are the bad guys.
If you are all so blind to realise that the ASO want the European Calendar to remain strong and they will run as before within the French Regulations and their events will take place (you have to be in to win it) and TDF will never become a 2nd class event, even with only French riders.
Yes they will still make money but like now it is spread around a rather large Spectrum.
Do you think the UCI will organise the ASO events outside of France. (L-B-L for instance with only 200 km's)
i had to google that. Wish I hadn't bothered.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nuffle&defid=4753556
Oh jesus
DEEJAY!!!!
Richmond Racey
I was speechless. And thats a rare occurrence.
I'm not doing well at rescuing poor deejay's reputation here, am i? More port, anyone?
When did Deejay mention nuffle? It looks like you suggested it...