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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-08-2011 20:24
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ANFreeman wrote:
Wait, you mean the organisers haven't made the course pan-flat for a Cavendish finish? 
In seriousness though, it's a shame I won't be able to get to this (largely 'cos I have no one to go with), but also because it will just be so difficult to get there and watch from a decent spot, especially with the Box Hill ticket thing.
Thats not stopping me! 
I guess if youre in Aberystwyth, lots of places are hard to get to, but if you can stay somewhere fairly close the night before, it will be easy enough to reach the circuit section by train
And the UCI didnt allow a panflat course, there was an all-London circuit initially planned!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 03-08-2011 20:25
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ANFreeman wrote:
Wait, you mean the organisers haven't made the course pan-flat for a Cavendish finish?
In seriousness though, it's a shame I won't be able to get to this (largely 'cos I have no one to go with), but also because it will just be so difficult to get there and watch from a decent spot, especially with the Box Hill ticket thing.
Go to the TT instead, should be an excellent event
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| kumazan |
Posted on 03-08-2011 20:40
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SportingNonsense wrote:
And the UCI didnt allow a panflat course, there was an all-London circuit initially planned!
It's good to see that the UCI does things right every now and then. It shows that the radio ban wasn't a one-off.
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| ANFreeman |
Posted on 03-08-2011 20:42
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Thats not stopping me!
I guess if youre in Aberystwyth, lots of places are hard to get to, but if you can stay somewhere fairly close the night before, it will be easy enough to reach the circuit section by train
Yeah, that's the disadvantage of living in the butt end of nowhere I may see if I can scrape together a plan though, since it's likely to be my only ever opportunity for such a race.
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Go to the TT instead, should be an excellent event
That's not a half bad idea, actually.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 03-08-2011 20:45
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Yeh, the TT is the better spectator option. Not only do they go by one by one, but if you get it right, you might be able to see a rider at the start and end of their course - and theres absolutely no ticketed or restricted areas!
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 07-08-2011 18:07
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More info about the Box hill loop, looks like spectators will be severely limited:
https://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/download...ng_Map.pdf
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-08-2011 18:28
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Wow. Definately getting there early in 2012 then
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Posted on 07-08-2011 18:32
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Gah - maybe no road race at all. Why couldn't they just choose a hill that's not environmentally protected? There's quite a few near there.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-08-2011 19:04
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
Gah - maybe no road race at all. Why couldn't they just choose a hill that's not environmentally protected? There's quite a few near there.
I guess they picked the toughest hill, without thinking about consequences. Quite a level of incompetence though, seems like whoever picked the route didnt realise that the hill would be the most sought after spot
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 11-08-2011 09:58
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The time trial course:
https://www.london...-route.pdf
Flat as a pancake
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Posted on 11-08-2011 12:50
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In more exciting news, for me anyway, I managed to get free tickets for the finish of the test event through my local authority.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-08-2011 13:46
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TT isnt a completely flat pancake, but theres nothing at all challenging, yes - they couldnt send that out on a detour to some random hill and still start and finish where they are now.
And I guess you live in the London area then?
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 11-08-2011 13:55
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Yeah, Kingston, flatness in a TT doesn't bother me really, Cance will probably win no matter where they race.
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| RobbieMcEwen_Jaune |
Posted on 17-08-2011 11:15
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I just uploaded my pics from the Sydney 2000 Olympics Mens Road Race. I hope they'll be approved soon and made viewable shortly.
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Posted on 25-01-2012 12:18
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Box Hill capacity increased from around 3,000 to 15,000. Thats good news, now to wait to see how those tickets will be handed out.
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Posted on 25-01-2012 14:53
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wait you have to pay to watch a free spectator sport, but its free for the TT, I am planning on possibly heading down London ( only 2 hours on a train from Runcorn station) to watch either the Road race or TT. Need to know how much train tickets will cost though.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 25-01-2012 15:13
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Ste117 wrote:
wait you have to pay to watch a free spectator sport, but its free for the TT, I am planning on possibly heading down London ( only 2 hours on a train from Runcorn station) to watch either the Road race or TT. Need to know how much train tickets will cost though.
Box Hill tickets will most likely be free - like they were for the Test Event. Its just their way of limiting the amount of people.
For travel costs, probably best to also bear in mind the cost it will be to get to Hampton Court Palace for the TT, or Box Hill if you plan on going there for the RR. Tickets to London from Runcorn should be fairly cheap if bought well enough in advance. Way too expensive if you buy it too close to the date.
Ill be in London the whole fortnight, so Im definately going to be at the road events.
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 25-01-2012 18:37
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Great news - do post here if you find out how to apply
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Posted on 25-01-2012 19:48
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Last time it was though the local councils for those living on the route or British Cycling.
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Posted on 25-01-2012 19:56
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mb2612 wrote:
Last time it was though the local councils for those living on the route or British Cycling.
Cycling Media aswell. Cycling Weekly turned down their allocation due to the stupid limit that was in place then. Now that 5 times as many people will be allowed, I suspect they will accept any allocation offered to them, to then offer up to their readers in some way
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