Thursday, January 14, 2010

Whats up with Rock or can the UCI really stop Rocks momentum?

 A month or so ago I wrote about Team Rock Racing. I believed that every dog should have it's day and that's the only way to gauge success. My blog 12-2 "Who the heck is Rock Racing" can be found @  http://thepedalproject.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-heck-is-rock-racing.html .  So can their latest spoiler from the UCI @ Rock Racing Riders Confused By Lack Of Professional Continental Licence | Cyclingnews.com .
So all this BS begs the question, again, what is the UCI afraid of? Or is it that the other non avant-garde teams afraid of them? Or is it the image that these high powered, big buck teams ant to protect and afraid they will not get the coverage they want with this upstart powerhouse nipping at their heals and even winning a few?
You see I'm just a little cynical when I see Team Sky plow all this money into it's new unproven team. You know that back in late November Brad Wiggins was still apart of Team Garmin and insisted he was there to fulfill his last year on contract. And we all know how that turned out right? Here is my insight as gleaned from the Cycling mags from around the world, http://thepedalproject.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-is-sky-team-and-is-brad-wiggons.html .
So how would this MEGA BUCK team like Sky feel if Team Rock was to kick it's arshe in open competition? So how would the UCI justify it to other teams who compete in the Grand Tours if this team made them look bad?
You know this is all conjecture but as I live and breath I know 'politics is politics' when there is BILLIONS of Euros at stake. How embarrassing to find an under funded no-name team to come up huge in this big time year with Sky and Shack both debuting. Also if you look at it from and average guys perspective I would rather pull for the unorthodox under dog and buy his kit than the polished well appointed big brand teams...it's more to our human nature. You know it, I know it, the UCI knows it and most of all the big name brands know it especaily with all the $$$ at stake in advertisement, posters, press, equipment sales and the like being the deciding factor.



While you ponder this last statement I give you Tower of Power with their 70's hit "What is Hip" to boggle on with and it just might take the full 7 minutes to do so. Don't get me wrong I love this sport but a level playing field it's not. Yes I know the losers wine (pun intended) about it being fair while the winner goes home with the prom queen, yea I got that. Just once I would like to see the little guy get his due.
If I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying!

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