SIGN THE PETITION HERE - SAVE KILO & 500MTT

[sprinterbabe]

To: UCI and IOC
"We" (the undersigned) would like to register our surprise that the UCI (International Cycling Union) has agreed to the decision of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to scrap the Track Men's Kilometre Time Trial and the Women's 500m Time Trial. This could severely damage the sport of track cycling, will curtail the careers of many dedicated track cyclists and could impact on public funding for track cycling in the form of either direct state funding or indirect state funding via sports governing bodies or Olympic programmes. We call on the UCI to rescind its decision and to inform the IOC that different cycling events will be put forward for deletion instead.


http://www.petitiononline.com/1000k/petition.html

[MightyMitre]

Already signed it! Can't understand what the UCI were thinking. The mens kilo was voted 2nd most exciting event of the games in Athens and loosing the 500 would leave only 1 sprint event for women.

Have the UCI lost their mind???

[spazzdog]

Does a bear poo in the woods?

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

All pro teams should be allowed entry into races, both multi and day races, win, lose or draw. You never know what talent might pop out of that. It's fine to set a field limit and all, but UCI decides who gets to play. Wouldn't it be interesting if the winner/team of the previous year is an automatic entry, then it's whoever gets their entry in fastest until the field is full.

spazz

[MightyMitre]

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????