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Olympic road race

Postby Will » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:42 pm

Quite an interesting idea!

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/si ... tation.asp

Nice use of Clackett Lane services :shock:
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Marky Mark » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:47 pm

Well you wouldn't want to eat there! :mrgreen:
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:00 pm

Pardon my french but racing 100 plus miles on a motorway, how f-ing boring is that. I think they should let us do the SCCU 100 on it instead - I mean TTs are supposed to be on dual carriageaways so why not double up for a four laner :shock:
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Postby MJ_1993 » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:08 pm

That is well boring. I mean what about a few hills, and descents, that is stupid. I think, they think that because the prologue was flattish and that was good, people are going to enjoy a flat race which is 20 times longer :? :?

the stage 1 was good, what about using cheddar gorge, or some other hill?
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby huw williams » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:35 pm

They'd be much better off using the wednesday night hilly loop around Woldingham and Titsey
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Ivor » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:38 pm

Heh heh, classic.
Womens race through the shopping centre too. :) Nice touch.
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Sarah_M » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:43 pm

LOL There have been some good ones today :D
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Grahame » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:00 pm

[quote="orv"]Heh heh, classic.
Womens race through the shopping centre too. :) Nice touch.

In the spirit of equality - I think they should put the mens race on winding country roads, with unmarshalled junctions. Just to see if they stop to ask for directions.
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby adrian » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:10 pm

[quote]Just to see if they stop to ask for directions.

The Guild of Village Idiots could be specially mobilised to assist with this side of things.
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:14 pm

[quote="adrian"][quote]Just to see if they stop to ask for directions.

The Guild of Village Idiots could be specially mobilised to assist with this side of things.


When they're not too busy sorting out your long distance "convenience" shopping :lol:
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Elliot M » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:46 pm

Snoop and Mo :roll:
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby adrian » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:54 pm

[quote="Snoop Doug"][quote="adrian"][quote]Just to see if they stop to ask for directions.

The Guild of Village Idiots could be specially mobilised to assist with this side of things.


When they're not too busy sorting out your long distance "convenience" shopping :lol:

All I meant was that whenever one stops to ask for directions, one always seems to come across the person least equipped to give them.

The 'shopping' was a cot and a baby-changing cabinet. Its owner happened to be at home when we were coming back from house-hunting in the West Country - we only have a small flat at the moment and are going to have to move in six months' time. So it seemed wise and appropriate to combine the two errands.

As I said before, I would have been willing and more than happy to help out at the race this weekend. I appreciate that everyone makes sacrfices in order to give their time to help, but on this occasion I'm afraid I just couldn't.
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Tony » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:46 pm

I maybe reading things in to this that aren't there - but I noticed that Facility Appraisal Consultant for the Olympic Facility Research Agency as an acronym (FACOFRA) is phonetically quite close to F*** Off.....

Intentional or innocent co-incidence???? Who knows.....
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby -Adam- » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:50 pm

[quote="Mo Jaffer"]That is well boring. I mean what about a few hills, and descents, that is stupid. I think, they think that because the prologue was flattish and that was good, people are going to enjoy a flat race which is 20 times longer :? :?

the stage 1 was good, what about using cheddar gorge, or some other hill?


Bless.

The M25 is far from flat however. And Cheddar gorge is not exactly London now is it!?

I thought the route for the 2012 games was already sorted anyway, goes out north doesn't it? I thought the last stage of the Tour of Britain going out that way in 2006 was designed to test some of the route...
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Re: Olympic road race

Postby Snoop Doug » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:54 pm

[quote]All I meant was that whenever one stops to ask for directions, one always seems to come across the person least equipped to give them.

The 'shopping' was a cot and a baby-changing cabinet. Its owner happened to be at home when we were coming back from house-hunting in the West Country - we only have a small flat at the moment and are going to have to move in six months' time. So it seemed wise and appropriate to combine the two errands.

As I said before, I would have been willing and more than happy to help out at the race this weekend. I appreciate that everyone makes sacrfices in order to give their time to help, but on this occasion I'm afraid I just couldn't.


I suspect you may have read too much into my poor attempt at humour, which as a result has (albeit inadvertently) caused offence - none intended I assure you.
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