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A great deal of response from you lot this morning, all targeted round that ‘has the Tour of Britain been boring?’ dialogue…
Sadly, while I agree with the tour of Britain organisers, it has been a really boring race. Councils don’t desire/ cannot afford cycle races. It is a disgrace however hardly shocking given the present state of this nation….
— Thor Sokkolfrson (@Captain_Havok) September 6, 2023
60kg lean eager … : “In north-east Wales we now have the Horseshoe Go (not the one massive hill in native space), however the Wrexham stage went east not west? I imagine it was as a result of Denbighshire wouldn’t play ball, so it was a flatish quick stage, it might have been a epic (good climate and so on.) however I and so many others turned out and made the day one. Let’s hope the tour comes again to Wrexham and we will go west for a day within the hills.”
Boring, England -centric, snooze fest.
— Graham McKechnie (@albabairn) September 6, 2023
One other one right here… “As a rider and racing fan, I am discovering this 12 months’s Tour of Britain actually boring. I recognize what the organisers have stated about selecting venues and routes, however one thing must be completed.
“The native authorities who sponsor and fund the occasion are in search of begin and end venues in high-profile cities and cities as a type of advertising. Maybe they’ll look past this, to create a extra partaking and memorable race, the place breakaways and mountain levels will entice larger TV viewing figures and, because of this, extra rider curiosity.”
I’ve received to confess I do have a good bit of sympathy for the organisers. Highway surfaces, disinterested councils, street closures, rider security and so on. there are greater than sufficient points for individuals to moan at you about and challenges to beat.
If the plan’s to maintain the GC even for this weekend’s Gloucestershire/Wales hilly finale, I am okay with that, I might say it is much less boring now than if Wout van Aert was already main and in management due to an early hilly stage and bonus seconds (in the event that they’d been included). However that is simply me… would it not be good if the sprints had been extra aggressive? 100%. Is it the organisers’ fault when you give groups probably six dash levels and nonetheless no person sends anyone in a position to beat Jumbo-Visma? The sprinters should all be at La Vuelta… oh, wait…
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