Quote Originally Posted by spazzdog

UCI or rather the fearless leader of UCI has just a tad too much power. The cyclists need to take the power in this so-called "International Cyclists Union". Is it a French thing spazz
No - it's a Swiss thing and the big cheese running the show at the moment is a Dutchman. A few people thing he's lost the plot a bit - he was the one pushing for the pro-tour despite the fact that much of it seems unnecessary and isn't going to help cycling to grow. His term of office is due to end soon and some people think the power's gone to his head and he wants to ensure he leaves his mark.

As for the dropping the Kilo - it makes no sense. One of the reasons for having to drop some events was to save money for the organisers, but how will this work? I've got nothing against BMX but the host nation is now going to have to build a velodrome, as well as having to build a BMX circuit. At Athens all the velodrome events were totally packed out and the kilo drew massive audiences - I don't suppose the host city will be too please that they're going to have to splash out on a velodrome knowing the most popular event will no longer be taking place.

Am I passionate about this because it's the one event the Brits have being doing well in, and getting medals in ...? Possibly - but it's an all round edge-of -your-seat event. How can they drop it????