Yesterday I just wanted to get some easy miles and except for a couple short efforts to beat yellow lights it was a comfortable pace. Small chainring the whole way. About an hour and a half. Since I am seriously considering converting the Raleigh into a fixed gear I spend alot of time in gears like the 39x15, 16 and 17 so I could get some idea even though the fixed gear would have a 42 up front.
News Item of the Day There has been a dramatic development in the UCI's proposed superleague - the Pro Tour - which is due to come into being next season. The organisers of the three grand Tours: the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta España, apparently want no part of it, which would seriously jeopardize its status.
Cyclingnews' Martin Hardie spoke to a number of the Spanish team directors at the start of the Vuelta's 20th stage this morning in La Vega de Alcobendas, who all independently confirmed that the organisers of the three tours and several one day classics (A.S.O., RCS Sport and Unipublic) sent a letter to the UCI last week stating that they not want their races to be on the Pro Tour calendar. Unipublic has also confirmed it on its website.
Given that the three major tours net most of cycling's media coverage, this would effectively end the Pro Tour unless the organisers can come to a last minute agreement with the UCI when they meet next week in Verona.
The Pro Tour's aim is to take professional cycling to another level, with a select number of teams (18 next year) with big budgets and big rosters being made to ride all of cycling's major events. This would provide guarantees to the team sponsors, who would know in advance what kind of return they can get for their money. The idea has been criticised from the start, but it seemed that the UCI was pressing ahead regardless. However, with much of cycling's power in the hands of three major organisers, it's clear that they had to give their stamp of approval as well for the Pro Tour to fly.
News Item of the Day There has been a dramatic development in the UCI's proposed superleague - the Pro Tour - which is due to come into being next season. The organisers of the three grand Tours: the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta España, apparently want no part of it, which would seriously jeopardize its status.
Cyclingnews' Martin Hardie spoke to a number of the Spanish team directors at the start of the Vuelta's 20th stage this morning in La Vega de Alcobendas, who all independently confirmed that the organisers of the three tours and several one day classics (A.S.O., RCS Sport and Unipublic) sent a letter to the UCI last week stating that they not want their races to be on the Pro Tour calendar. Unipublic has also confirmed it on its website.
Given that the three major tours net most of cycling's media coverage, this would effectively end the Pro Tour unless the organisers can come to a last minute agreement with the UCI when they meet next week in Verona.
The Pro Tour's aim is to take professional cycling to another level, with a select number of teams (18 next year) with big budgets and big rosters being made to ride all of cycling's major events. This would provide guarantees to the team sponsors, who would know in advance what kind of return they can get for their money. The idea has been criticised from the start, but it seemed that the UCI was pressing ahead regardless. However, with much of cycling's power in the hands of three major organisers, it's clear that they had to give their stamp of approval as well for the Pro Tour to fly.
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