Race Radios (NOT) Banned in 2015

http://inrng.com/2014/12/race-radios-banned-2015/
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I would like to see radio kept in televised races, and for all communications to be non-private.
does this mean that all radios are banned? i always thought the common sense approach would be to let them have radios but only have official race radio broadcasting.
Power meters I suspect
- @ddraver
I cannot see any difference in the outcomes. You will still get breakaways. You will still get chases timed to perfection. IMO the only thing you won't get is rapid warnings to the riders about immediate dangers on the road ahead etc.
Out of interest, is it only radio's they are banning or all devices which communicate with the team cars?
If the later, then what about heart rate and other sensor data which Cookson, iirc, actually called to be open for tv audiences? And what about the bike computers themselves? I cant see it being too difficult for info from the team car to be displayed on the riders GPS/computer device.
The difference is the time it takes to make a decision - in races often decisions have to be made in seconds not minutes.
Someone made an analogy with football - in football the manager can dictate strategy but he isn't telling the players where to pass, when to shoot etc - a DS in the car can still send his team out with a strategy and can make changes to that strategy during the race they just wont be able to micromanage. Not that cycling should necessarily copy football but if anything these changes would make the position of the DS during a race more akin to that of the football manager during a match.
Good analogy! Never thought of it that way.
I still can't see it making much of a difference but guess time will tell.
Riders are quite capable of thinking for themselves if given sufficient information. In fact they're probably better placed than the DS.
It won't happen anyway.
Likewise every no name attack that succeeds will be hailed as total success...
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Probably..
So where does this takes us...
I think it might still come even if not next year. As I said in my first post I do agree that the majority of the time it'll make naff all difference but I do think there are times when we'll see a different outcome and when that does happen it'll tend to a more exciting one. There are times when a DS micromanages from the car - if only because they often have better information than the rider - they have the route map in front of them and often know where their other riders are.
*Cancellara attacking in Paris-Roubaix when his DS noticed that Boonen wasn't paying attention.
That's two - it's fairly obvious that the DSs do make decisions at times why wouldn't they.
In 1985 Greg LeMond attacked Hinault alongside with Stephen Roche. Had there been radios his DS would have called him back and Hinault, not LeMond, would have won that year. Oh, no hang on. LeMond didn't win. The DS just drove up to him and shouted at him to stop riding.
Most tactical decisions are either preplaned, pretty obvious, or not particularly urgent. For those that are not, the rider is a far better placed to make the decisions, because he knows how he is feeling and isn't subject to a ten second TV delay.
And as you say, the team sizes will make far more difference.
I was trying to be a tad sarky - Ok not EVERY race. or FROOOOOOOOOMY aka sean yates.