Idiots Guide to Pro Cycling?

[aces_up1504]

Has anybody wrote an idiots guide to pro cycling on here or have a link to a good information website.

Obviously everyone knows about the Tour de France, but outside of the "winner", what does it all mean yellow jersey, green jersey etc. All the different terminologies: The Classics, Domestique etc

To a newbie who its interested it a bit like trying to explain Cricket to an American.

 

[kedab]

Global Cycling Network on Youtube is doing a fairly decent job of trying to provide that sort of thing. check it oot.

 

[raindog]

would these help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing
http://suite101.com/article/understanding-the-jargon-of-a-bike-race-a96448
and join in with us on here - you'll soon get the hang of it

 

[Buddfox]

would these help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_bicycle_racing
http://suite101.com/article/understanding-the-jargon-of-a-bike-race-a96448
and join in with us on here - you'll soon get the hang of it

Well so long as you don't disagree with Rich P, Noodley or Flying Monkey, in which case you'll be hounded from this part of the forum for lack of knowledge....

 

[Risex4]

Series-link anything and everything UCI on Eurosport. To be fair, as a recentish convert to pro-cycling fan myself, I found that the commentators on there are aware that the audience may have a fair few non-initiated and are good at explaining things out.

 

[Buddfox]

Series-link anything and everything UCI on Eurosport. To be fair, as a recentish convert to pro-cycling fan myself, I found that the commentators on there are aware that the audience may have a fair few non-initiated and are good at explaining things out.

This is good advice - though is it fair to say that the ITV4 coverage is even better suited to a newbie since they plan on a more unitiated audience? Particularly the Tour coverage where Boardman and Boulting do regular features on the different aspects of what is going on. I haven't looked, but some of those features may be on Youtube? Things like the role the domestique plays in a Grand Tour, benefits of riding in the peloton etc.

 

[rich p]

Well so long as you don't disagree with Rich P, Noodley or Flying Monkey, in which case you'll be hounded from this part of the forum for lack of knowledge....

 

[thom]

and join in with us on here - you'll soon get the hang of it

We do need to add the definitive definition of "Nobber" to both those articles though.

 

[Risex4]

This is good advice - though is it fair to say that the ITV4 coverage is even better suited to a newbie since they plan on a more unitiated audience? Particularly the Tour coverage where Boardman and Boulting do regular features on the different aspects of what is going on. I haven't looked, but some of those features may be on Youtube? Things like the role the domestique plays in a Grand Tour, benefits of riding in the peloton etc.

Oh definitely. After an on-off passing interest for a few years, it was Cav going for the green and then a typical Champs Elysees in 2011 which really got me onbaord thinking feck me this is fantastic and as you say ITV are really newbie friendly. However, as they are only available 3 weeks a year, Eurosport is a more than adequate substitute, especially through sheer volume of coverage. It also helps that they carry the home broadcasters graphics as it allows you to pick up quite quickly foreign terms that are quite deeply embedded in pro-cycling culture.

 

[Buddfox]

Well, mainly if it's in relation to a certain Mr Armstrong...

 

[Buddfox]

And have a look for the thread about recording stuff from Eurosport - it can be a bit of a lottery with live sports, so sometimes you should plan to record the programme afterwards as well because it can over-run.

 

[Crackle]

Well so long as you don't disagree with Rich P, Noodley or Flying Monkey, in which case you'll be hounded from this part of the forum for lack of knowledge....

yeah but they are good at idiots guides .....

 

[rich p]

Well, mainly if it's in relation to a certain Mr Armstrong...

It's true and I still harbour feelings of guilt for calling him a doper all those years ago.

 

[Risex4]

It's true and I still harbour feelings of guilt for calling him a doper all those years ago.

And so you should. Lance feels sorry for you because you can't believe in miracles.

 

[Noodley]

Well so long as you don't disagree with Rich P, Noodley or Flying Monkey, in which case you'll be hounded from this part of the forum for lack of knowledge....

Well that can't be true, you're still posting here