Tour dates announced so lets keep the iron hot by filling in the routes and distances for France and Britannia….
A few will notice that Tours are now starting on a Friday and all with a an iTT – theory behind this is to regrade everyone after their first Stage and reduce the chance of ‘upgrade’ as we will look to hold a riders classification for the week – with only ‘bad data’ really being an upgrading factor and by October riders should be getting their classifications settle back again anyway.
We’ll also be using just 2 gender based pens each stage, to keep things simple then there is less issue of who should be where, less unnecessary questions and just more riding…. Yes we will have the same request of showing your FRHC in race but in the main the racing peloton embraced this as we progressed.
I’ll set out all the changes in one place in early September so there is a simple point of reference.
Finally, logins and resets and member area is being reviewed as it’s just not working as I had hoped (was supposed to save us all time not increase things…) so sit tight… if it works for you great if not no issues for now as everything is open for you to see and there is no registration required …. yet!