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| kathy |
Where will the next Vuelta start?Money talking again!http://www.as.com/ciclismo/articu...cion-salga/dasclm/20090910dasdasc The Vuelta people are studying proposals from Luxembourg, Belgium and Turkey to start the Vuelta there next year. Appartently they made more than two million euros from the stages in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany this year, so have decided to repeat the experiment. |
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| Enchantress |
Heh, why am I not surprised to see "Italy" excluded from the list?
Belgium sounds like an interesting start locale, maybe using parts of some of the classics routes. |
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| The Lemondheads |
Fine as long as you keep the spirit of the race. The Netherlands start this time just didn't make any sense - it was a completely different race. You wouldn't hold the Tour of Flanders in the Alps, so why the Vuelta on northern Classics circuits? I'm not bothered about geography, but different races have different characters and that should be retained. Turkey makes the most sense in keeping the spirit, but the transfer would be insane for the race caravan. How about some stages in north Africa, that could be cool? | ||||
| Bartali |
.... not at this time of year! 
Seriouisly .... I think you make a good point. It pisses me off that these GTs are chasing the $$ and destroying the character of the races. I think only 2/3 of the 2010 Giro is actually in Italy! If they want a Euro Tour, then design one .... |
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| cardinal guzman |
homogenisation - from milk to La Vuelta, it's insidious and inexorable. | ||||
| Superbagneres |
In Seville! The gimmicks are provided by having a night-time prologue and a red leader's jersey;
Night-time prologue, red to replace gold leader's jersey The Southern Spanish city of Seville will host the start of the Vuelta a España in 2010, it was announced on Thursday by race organisers. Vuelta director, Javier Guillén also revealed a decision to change the colour of the race leader's jersey from gold to red. Speaking at the finish of stage 15 of the current Vuelta in Córdoba, Guillén and the Andalucían Minister for Commerce, Tourism and Sport, Luciano Alonso said the 65th edition of the Spanish Grand Tour will begin with an eight kilometre night-time prologue along the banks of the River Guadalquivir. "Seville is a place consistent with the history and tradition of the best race in Spain and one of the best in the world; a cherry on a magnificent cake," said Guillén, according to Spanish press agency EFE. "The community is linked to cycling through a team [Andalucía Cajasur – Ed.] and this year the region has hosted five stages of the race." The start in the Andalucían capital of Seville will be the fifth to take place in the region this decade. Seville was host to the start of stage 12 in the first edition of the Vuelta a España in 1935 and in recent year's Andalucía has played host to four Vuelta starts (2000, 2005, 2006 and 2008). Guillén also announced that the race leader's jersey will be changed from its current gold colour to red for next year. He explained the decision by saying: "The Vuelta has commitment to innovation and hence the creation of the red jersey." It will be the fourth evolution for the Vuelta's overall leader jersey, which began as an orange colour. It was changed into a yellow jersey, before changing again to a gold iteration in the 1990s. Currently, a red jersey is worn by the leader of the Vuelta's mountains classification. |
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| bianchigirl |
Hmm, changing the leader's jersey colour is 'innovation'? A few years ago they were proposing starting the race with 2 pelotons and then culling half the riders after the first week according to their GC standings and irrespective of teams - now that would be innovative | ||||
| Superbagneres |
I think the snag with that idea is that most of the riders would try and be in the 50% that gets sent home. |
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| cardinal guzman |
The evidence would suggest that this rule has already been implemented, and the riders are doing what you say! |
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| Beasley |
Red will make it more distinct, I suppose. Ultimately, it's not a big deal so why not? They have nothing to lose.
The night-time TT is a really great idea! Get it on primetime TV, under lights. Should provide a fantastic atmosphere. |
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| Mrs John Murphy |
If its a shit race with everyone withdrawing after 5 stages then no matter how many gimmicks you introduce the fans won't bother to watch.
All style and no substance. |
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| mr shifter |
Well if they can arrange a Crash in Formula 1 then a Cycle Race Accident would be easy to arrange, to get the 50%. |
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| Mrs John Murphy |
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