I read it with disbelief. I do not know who is the one that proposed it but for all you BMX riders out there, here is what you are going to face.
Three Men and a Woman = One Team
The Youth Olympic Games format for Cycling is a mixed team competition for the Junior riders category 17-18 years old (i.e. born between 01/01/1992 and 31/12/1995).
Each of the three junior men must compete in one of the three disciplines: MTB Cross Country, Road Individual Time Trial or BMX (one rider from each team in each discipline). Each junior woman must compete in all three disciplines. Finally all three junior men in each team must compete in the Road Race.
This is absolutely stupid. I wonder who came up with this hare-brained idea. I have too much respect for the UCI to even think that they would put forth an idea like this. A BMX rider having to ride a road bike? What the hell are they thinking? Rode bikes and BMX bikes use different skill-sets, different muscles and different bikes! 20" wheels to 29" wheels! This is what some riders have said upon learning about it:
its just such a stupid lame brain idea..... might as well tell the Tour de France guys that they have to take part and get rankings in BMX before we allow them to do the tour. This will make people laugh at BMX when it's hard enough getting people who don't race BMX to understand what a tough sport it is. Hey, lets tell the IAA to make Usain Bolt do a marathon relay... 3 men and a gal.. in the spirit of the games... I'm definitely gonna give the YOG a miss if this team crap is true.
The other comment I got:
Very confusing in all of it - but then both the 2008 Olympic Games BMX and the now 2010 YOG BMX was never to well thought out from the start...
Back in 2007 when the IOC welcomed the idea of the YOG things should have been laid out to the Tee for what is what and what is not, that is where it is messed up at.
There should have been a base date line via the IOC and the UCI to have all of this laid out way before now. BMX qualification for the YOG, It will be the lack of time in knowing is what we all will see... That is being seen now.
So SACA, WhyOhGee, Singapore IOC, can someone please tell me that this is not a joke? Because if it is, you guys will be the laughing stock of the BMX world!
Three Men and a Woman = One Team
The Youth Olympic Games format for Cycling is a mixed team competition for the Junior riders category 17-18 years old (i.e. born between 01/01/1992 and 31/12/1995).
Each of the three junior men must compete in one of the three disciplines: MTB Cross Country, Road Individual Time Trial or BMX (one rider from each team in each discipline). Each junior woman must compete in all three disciplines. Finally all three junior men in each team must compete in the Road Race.
This is absolutely stupid. I wonder who came up with this hare-brained idea. I have too much respect for the UCI to even think that they would put forth an idea like this. A BMX rider having to ride a road bike? What the hell are they thinking? Rode bikes and BMX bikes use different skill-sets, different muscles and different bikes! 20" wheels to 29" wheels! This is what some riders have said upon learning about it:
its just such a stupid lame brain idea..... might as well tell the Tour de France guys that they have to take part and get rankings in BMX before we allow them to do the tour. This will make people laugh at BMX when it's hard enough getting people who don't race BMX to understand what a tough sport it is. Hey, lets tell the IAA to make Usain Bolt do a marathon relay... 3 men and a gal.. in the spirit of the games... I'm definitely gonna give the YOG a miss if this team crap is true.
The other comment I got:
Very confusing in all of it - but then both the 2008 Olympic Games BMX and the now 2010 YOG BMX was never to well thought out from the start...
Back in 2007 when the IOC welcomed the idea of the YOG things should have been laid out to the Tee for what is what and what is not, that is where it is messed up at.
There should have been a base date line via the IOC and the UCI to have all of this laid out way before now. BMX qualification for the YOG, It will be the lack of time in knowing is what we all will see... That is being seen now.
So SACA, WhyOhGee, Singapore IOC, can someone please tell me that this is not a joke? Because if it is, you guys will be the laughing stock of the BMX world!
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