Track Worlds SBS 7pm Tonight

My gosh, i was watching sbs last night and all i can say is, i don
think i ever appreciated just how fit these guys are. (cardiovascular a
well as physically... ooh la la) . I moan and whine when i start puffin
into a headwind along beach road

It gave me inspiration and as such i have just secured the last ticke
for sunday according to Ticketek. It could be the best or the worst. Al
i know is its row AAA. I am working on the theory that once i am i
there i can work my womanly ways to try and change seats as i hav
friends going there

Does anyone know if row AAA is as bad as i think it is going to be?
am guessing that its not like an aeroplane where ticket 1A is the crea
of the crop


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coowoowoo wrote:
Does anyone know if row AAA is as bad as i think it is going to be? I
am guessing that its not like an aeroplane where ticket 1A is the cream
of the crop.


We were in row BB this morn, up high, but view pretty good


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coowoowoo wrote:
Did you notice if there a row on the ground level that has railing in
front of it? If so, are we talking a dirty great bih wall that you
cant see over?


Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you shoul
be able to see the action, even if perched up high


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cfsmtb wrote:
We were in row BB this morn, up high, but view pretty good.


Did you notice if there a row on the ground level that has railing i
front of it? If so, are we talking a dirty great bih wall that yo
cant see over


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cfsmtb wrote:
Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you should
be able to see the action, even if perched up high.


Cheers for that.


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"flyingdutch" wrote in message
news
watched last night fleetingly.

what kind of gearing would those lads be on? Looked like 50-sommut ring
and a 12-13 cog at the back

think Mr 'man-mountain' Eadie will start a trend with that
pint-of-guinness-hanging-off-the-
chin look???

I dunno.... I thought his start was a bit slow. I only watched a few races
because I got home late but I expected him to do well. I was disappointed to
see his start was slow compared to the other guy and the margin the team
lost by was quite small. You've really got to do well before people start
copying your fashion style. I reckon he should get rid of the beard and get
a Ronaldo style haircut. http://www.soccermemo.com/brasil/Ronaldo02Open.jpg


AMazing to think that the Brit Quealy is saying he probably cant even
qualify to defend his kilo gold medal!




Marty

Originally posted by Marty Wallace I dunno.... I thought his start wa
a bit slow. I onl

He's been recovering from injury (knee?) for 12 months, as well a
a recent cold and he could be riding at a specific level wit
Athens in mind

I reckon he should get rid of the beard and get a Ronaldo styl
haircut

Egads! No way! Eadie is famous for his beards and that dude's haircut..
aye aye aye!! ;-

hipp


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"cfsmtb" wrote

Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you should
be able to see the action, even if perched up high.

I had a good view on my 104 cm LCD screen.

Yeah, I know, not the same as live, but I'm in Perth.

Theo

No Aussie gold yet......... 1 silver in pursuit tonight with Kati
Mactier beaten by Sarah Ulmer. Oh man the mens scratch race would hav
been great to see live

What a great moment watching on TV when Mike Tomarlaris called Kati
Mactier, Sarah and took ages to correct himself. Katie didn't seem t
pleased......... hahahahahahah


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Sprinter_989 wrote in message ...
What a great moment watching on TV when Mike Tomarlaris called Katie
Mactier, Sarah and took ages to correct himself. Katie didn't seem to
pleased......... hahahahahahaha

Oh good; someone else has brought this up. I don't know about you
guys, but I know a bit about pro cycling... as much as any fairly up
to date fan who has been following through cyclingnews, magazines
and... cough... SBS's world sport for about five to ten odd years.
I have noticed that Mike Tomalaris does not know Jack **** about pro
cycling. He is dumb as a spud when it comes to all things two wheeled.
Really, it is cringe time when he is given the opportunity to
interview people like Lance Armstrong etc (he actually asked a few
years ago if Lance was worried about Stuie O'Grady RE GC contention
when Stu was in yellow). I could go on for a while (he suggested Stuie
was getting old, to his face, last year... tactful...) but I won't
(maybe I have) because it's obvious to me that SBS's self professed
'cycling expert' Mike Tomalaris knows nothing about this sport.
I know, I know, they're the only network who will touch the sport
(please, channel ten, surely the TDU and Bay Classic aren't enough),
but if you look at their coverage of world football (live matches from
Europe a couple of times a week and six odd hours every Sunday) we get
pretty screwed over with coverage of World Cup races a month after the
fact (vaguely interested fans find out results much earlier; what's
the point?) and a twenty three or four minute update a day of TDF -
with that smug, useless, tactless, knowledgeless PRAT Mike Tomalaris
using up about five of those minutes proving just how little he has to
contribute to the sport... Live stages are cool, but compared to live
soccer, we get stuff all.
This is aimless, sure, but I have a bit of dissatisfaction with the
way SBS cover their cycling... sorry. The Track Worlds have been great
to see, but have you noticed how dodge the coverage has been? We
regularly miss parts of races through ads (on SBS!) and crappy
Tomalaris "interviews", and even Les seems lost.
I'm sure I have a point, maybe - just cranky for a few years and it's
all come out. I'll ride tomorrow.. maybe it'll be better then... No,
I'll just watch the coverage from the Worlds and get crankier...