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Check the UCI's Latest B/S!!!

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  1. Sorry guys this is a paste from cycling news,Ive never heard anything so Idiotic!!!
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/apr06/apr01newsspecial
    New direction for UCI track racing
    By Mark Zalewski

    The UCI track cycling commission announced on April 1 a new format for UCI track races for next year. All races sanctioned by the UCI taking place in the northern hemisphere will now be run in a clockwise direction, to negate the Coriolis effect on the riders.

    The UCI commissioned a study in 2005 to quantify any positive or negative effect this phenomenon has on track riders, and found a significant advantage for track racing in the southern hemisphere, where the rotation effect is in alignment with the track racing direction.

    "We found that this explains why the Aussies are so good at track racing," said an unnamed UCI official. "That is really the reason why this study was commissioned -- to figure out how we can slow them down. They train in that condition and their times are subsequently faster."

    While it will take some time for rider to adjust to turning right instead of left, the UCI feels that a more level playing field will help track cycling as a whole.

  2. I hope this was an April Fool's joke.

  3. I think it must have been...

  4. Lasalles said:

    I think it must have been...

    aaaa....yup

  5. Billsworld said:

    aaaa....yup


    yes this was an april fools joke
    its totally impossible for this to be implemented anyway

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