EigerSA Posted February 11, 2011 Share I went to the website for the first time and realised that the entire middle part of the country apparently is not considered to be South Africa? How does that work, only Joberg and the Cape, how come KZN didn't get a stage at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted February 11, 2011 Share the route will change every year so next year kzn should get a stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EigerSA Posted February 11, 2011 Share it's the very first tour, they could have raced from joberg to cape town... it sux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lock Posted February 11, 2011 Share Could they do anything right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lock Posted February 11, 2011 Share Can they do anything right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin H Posted February 12, 2011 Share At least we have a Tour. But engage brain before typing a bit. How do you fit the whole of the country into 7 days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EigerSA Posted February 12, 2011 Share 2 stages in joberg, 5 stages in the cape... why not 2 in joberg, 2 in kzn, 2 in cape town and 1 elsewhere? The tour de france manages to spread itself around, as does the tour of qatar, the giro as well as the tour downunder. I'm pretty sure if the tour was announced to only visit kzn and the cape, you joberg guys would complain, same with the cape guys if the cape wasn't included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrooge Posted February 12, 2011 Share Maybe its because I am generally opposed to gambling, but to see the Tour grovelling around Montecasino is not right. It merely adds legitimacy to the casino. There are other spots around Jhb that could have served as an anchor to the Jhb section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted February 12, 2011 Share 2 stages in joberg, 5 stages in the cape... why not 2 in joberg, 2 in kzn, 2 in cape town and 1 elsewhere? The tour de france manages to spread itself around, as does the tour of qatar, the giro as well as the tour downunder. I'm pretty sure if the tour was announced to only visit kzn and the cape, you joberg guys would complain, same with the cape guys if the cape wasn't included. i'm pretty sure it has something to do with cost. right now they fly from joberg to george or somewhere like that. if they were visiting everywhere there would be a lot of discontinuity with flights every second day as well as the expense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EigerSA Posted February 12, 2011 Share I hear what you saying, but if the tour actually rode their way down to the Cape, then the teams would follow the whole way, so it wouldn't make a difference from that point of view I don't think. And even if there was some flying, overseas teams in SA would be laughing when it came to costs since it would be so cheap for them to compete compared to other tours around the world. The other tours do it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted February 12, 2011 Share I hear what you saying, but if the tour actually rode their way down to the Cape, then the teams would follow the whole way, so it wouldn't make a difference from that point of view I don't think. And even if there was some flying, overseas teams in SA would be laughing when it came to costs since it would be so cheap for them to compete compared to other tours around the world. The other tours do it that way. i'm not sure if it's practicle to use roads from joberg to cape town or joberg - durbs -cape town or if those are the sorts of roads they want. think they specific about the ratio of mountains (composition of stage) and level of traffic they want. and i think the tour itself would battle to pay for all the flights not to mention the extra time it would add to the tour because of lost days through traveling. I'm not a roadie, so i don't know all the details, this is just what i heard from someone who is managing a team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 12, 2011 Share i'm not sure if it's practicle to use roads from joberg to cape town or joberg - durbs -cape town or if those are the sorts of roads they want. think they specific about the ratio of mountains (composition of stage) and level of traffic they want. and i think the tour itself would battle to pay for all the flights not to mention the extra time it would add to the tour because of lost days through traveling. I'm not a roadie, so i don't know all the details, this is just what i heard from someone who is managing a team The old Rapport Toer used to traverse the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted February 12, 2011 Share well as i said i'm not 100% sure of all the ins and outs, but these decisions aren't just random - they are usually dictated by finances or sponsors or some other reason that will be in the best interest of the tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted February 12, 2011 Share well as i said i'm not 100% sure of all the ins and outs, but these decisions aren't just random - they are usually dictated by finances or sponsors or some other reason that will be in the best interest of the tour Probably finances, and also, there is no place on the calendar of international cycling for a three week tour, which is what it would take to cover the entire country. The overseas pros wont come for three weeks of hard racing at this time of the season, and later in the season, there is no room. They can start small as they have,and grow the tosa to 10 or 12 stages over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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