Originally Posted by aggs:
“It really is hard to explain just how much it has changed and got bigger over the last 30 odd years. Even just going back to the Indurain days, you could stumble across him in the street. The English speaking riders used to hear an English voice and come over for a chat. Many's the time I've given cricket scores to Aussie riders
. It's the lack of any barrier between them and us that makes cycling unique - but vunerable.
You can't barrier an entire stage - and to be honest there is no particular need to, but the summits definitely need looking at.”
“It really is hard to explain just how much it has changed and got bigger over the last 30 odd years. Even just going back to the Indurain days, you could stumble across him in the street. The English speaking riders used to hear an English voice and come over for a chat. Many's the time I've given cricket scores to Aussie riders
. It's the lack of any barrier between them and us that makes cycling unique - but vunerable.You can't barrier an entire stage - and to be honest there is no particular need to, but the summits definitely need looking at.”
The crowds in general seem great, and it is fantastic to see them all in their costumes, and the banter between each other seems great to see, and I would never want anything to change that.
What does however have to change, is the closeness on hills, and summits, where they are clogging the roads, and affecting the actual outcome of races.
That is just unacceptable.
The race should always be about racer v racer, not racer v racer v spectator.
It is great by the way to hear f r on someone who has been there send enjoyed such great times but the sound of it.



