Number of races for classics
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:12 pm
First, which races are restricted, which not:
Cat 6, the monuments D1-4, clear.
Cat 5 is a bit unclear, last year many were restricted to D1-4 as well, Amstel, Flèche etc, this year doesn't seem to be the case, Gent open for everybody.
Which will it be? Cat 5 restricted too? Or not? Both ok. But even if it changes it will have to change from Amstel onwards, can't change Gent now, too late. But would be nice to have a standard, yes I like standards...
Cat 4 open for everybody so far.
I would at least close Cat 4+5 for D6. Let people earn the right to participate even to "lesser" classics, like E3, Emilia etc. Cat 5 we could make it like Cat 6, only 1-4, we could leave it open for 1-5, both ok, I prefer 1-4, but not really important.
But anyway, for the moment I'll focus on the D1-4 races, Cat 6 (+maybe Cat 5 from April on)
And only for weekends, if Cat 5 is included, for a race like the Flèche Wallonne in the middle of the week, 5 races is ok, less flexibility than on the weekend.
So, D1-4 races on the weekend.
4 or 5 times? I'm clearly for 4. Why? Already said it 50 times.... 2 things come into play when deciding how many editions of a race we have: 1: As many managers as possible can play. 2: Quality of the different groups. For weekends the clear majority should be more flexible. With 4 times most should be able to play. So focus on increasing the quality... 4 times!
Milano Sanremo we had 5 races. 10-14-17-20-23
10: 15 teams
14: 23 teams
17: 13 teams
20: 15 teams
23: 20 teams
So of 180 teams who could have started, only 81 started, finally we had 5 ok times, one very unlucky split though. No parallel races for D1-4.
Flanders: Settimana Lombarda at the same time, a few D1-4 managers will start there. Looking MSR, we probably can expect even less teams participating (if that's even possible...) so 5 would be too many.
PR: Nothing parallel. So if Leso really wants 5 times, maybe ok, I would prefer 4 though.
Amstel (if Cat 5 is restricted too) Castilla y Leon parallel: See flanders, 4 times enough, 5 too many.
LBL: nothing parallel, so if Leso really wants, 5 times ok... still prefer 4...
Cat 6, the monuments D1-4, clear.
Cat 5 is a bit unclear, last year many were restricted to D1-4 as well, Amstel, Flèche etc, this year doesn't seem to be the case, Gent open for everybody.
Which will it be? Cat 5 restricted too? Or not? Both ok. But even if it changes it will have to change from Amstel onwards, can't change Gent now, too late. But would be nice to have a standard, yes I like standards...
Cat 4 open for everybody so far.
I would at least close Cat 4+5 for D6. Let people earn the right to participate even to "lesser" classics, like E3, Emilia etc. Cat 5 we could make it like Cat 6, only 1-4, we could leave it open for 1-5, both ok, I prefer 1-4, but not really important.
But anyway, for the moment I'll focus on the D1-4 races, Cat 6 (+maybe Cat 5 from April on)
And only for weekends, if Cat 5 is included, for a race like the Flèche Wallonne in the middle of the week, 5 races is ok, less flexibility than on the weekend.
So, D1-4 races on the weekend.
4 or 5 times? I'm clearly for 4. Why? Already said it 50 times.... 2 things come into play when deciding how many editions of a race we have: 1: As many managers as possible can play. 2: Quality of the different groups. For weekends the clear majority should be more flexible. With 4 times most should be able to play. So focus on increasing the quality... 4 times!
Milano Sanremo we had 5 races. 10-14-17-20-23
10: 15 teams
14: 23 teams
17: 13 teams
20: 15 teams
23: 20 teams
So of 180 teams who could have started, only 81 started, finally we had 5 ok times, one very unlucky split though. No parallel races for D1-4.
Flanders: Settimana Lombarda at the same time, a few D1-4 managers will start there. Looking MSR, we probably can expect even less teams participating (if that's even possible...) so 5 would be too many.
PR: Nothing parallel. So if Leso really wants 5 times, maybe ok, I would prefer 4 though.
Amstel (if Cat 5 is restricted too) Castilla y Leon parallel: See flanders, 4 times enough, 5 too many.
LBL: nothing parallel, so if Leso really wants, 5 times ok... still prefer 4...