June01

I'm not cynical, just experienced.

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I'm a huge fan of the GPs, and I'd love to see this come to fruition, but I've seen it all before, I'm afraid, and nothing's ever come of it. I picked on this part of your post to quote because wanting it to happen and making it do so are different entities. The riders (at least a few) have said they couldn't afford to travel so far - both financially and time-wise - and no matter how many of us want the series to expand, without the riders it means nothing. Indeed, Richardson wasn't bothered by not qualifying as he said it saved him money, and Holta nearly pulled out of the GPs this year because of finances, and that's without the extra venues to travel to. I'm pretty sure I read one of the riders say they were out of pocket by £1,000 a GP? At the moment the prestige of the title is enough to keep them interested, but I'm certain that if there were more GPs we'd see the field cut by at least a third. Unless a major sponsor comes onboard and pumps a lot of money into the series, giving them the incentive to ride (especially) if they're not up there winning prize money, I suspect it's nothing more than pipe dreams.

Huh? I know how it works. My question was: why the need to keep changing the system every year? Or have I been drink-posting again?

I meant regarding the relegation part, which is similar. Just seems to be change for the sake of it.

Oh yeah.

Why on earth did they change it? Last year's system was fine. Trying to follow in the footsteps of Poland maybe?

That's what I was after. Thank you.

Thank you. I was just wondering because Torun appeared to be using R/R for Jepsen Jensen on Sunday?

What is the Z/Z rule this year please?

Okay. Not sure how I was meant to know that, but I can accept the reasoning behind it. Thanks.

That's what I tried with.

Probably. Hopefully a kind mod'll move it for me. Thanks for the helpful reply.

Security on the Stoke forum seems tighter than that for the royal wedding. Has it become part of the official secrets act? I appreciate that accounts have to be approved, but what's the reasoning behind the no hotmail/yahoo addresses when registering? What about those of us who don't have an internet provider account?

Robbo http://stuartrobsonracing.webs.com/

Really? I don't think they're that bad, but then what do I know?

He was certainly instrumental in getting rid of them. Either they're too dangerous to ride on or they're not. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/03/17/po-okraglym-stole-w-polskiej-lidze-na-starych-tlumikach/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhdYUH4ABg2JqudRJoTs_Pjfc__LQ http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2011/03/17/krzysztof-cegielski-dla-sportowefaktypl-odrzucilismy-nowe-tl/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&usg=ALkJrhhPX_V_acxGFjQoh1nXvyJy2XpjoQ

Edited for you. You gotta let me have this one.

Yeah I know, but I try not to mention the "E" word.

Bieg dodatkowy: 21. O drugie miejsce powalczą Gollob i Pedersen Come on Nicki! Edit: bah.

Whilst I commend all of the above, and I guess it's because it's the first place I took a real interest in the sport, and the memories associated with it, I simply can't get on board with the idea of a "Hackney team" being anywhere other than Waterden Road.

Guess how I voted.

Well I love it.

And I'd guess we classify broken chains and punctures as "retirements". I use "Ret" for any failure to finish, and the Danish results site does the same. I'd say it's just down to personal preference.