Sure they’re elite sportsmen & all, but is it really that hard to toss their empties back to the team cars/support motorcycles/into the feed stops? I suppose a reclaimed T-Mobile biddon or a discarded Powerbar wrapper from Jaan Kirsipuu might get a few pesos on eBay but watching the live stages it seems that whatever is not required by the riders is just piffed wherever.
Even witnessed a empty biddon jettisoned into the landscape as a rider rolled opposite an open support car window as he was handed a new one.
Sure they’re elite sportsmen & all, but is it really that hard to toss their empties back to the team cars/support motorcycles/into the feed stops? I suppose a reclaimed T-Mobile biddon or a discarded Powerbar wrapper from Jaan Kirsipuu might get a few pesos on eBay but watching the live stages it seems that whatever is not required by the riders is just piffed wherever.
Even witnessed a empty biddon jettisoned into the landscape as a rider rolled opposite an open support car window as he was handed a new one.
Who should I write a letter to?
Hissy rant > fin. :p
Don't worry, there's probably a subset of manic tifosi who glean the road verges of discarded treasures.
Sure they're elite sportsmen & all, but is it really that hard to toss their empties back to the team cars/support motorcycles/into the feed stops? I suppose a reclaimed T-Mobile biddon or a discarded Powerbar wrapper from Jaan Kirsipuu might get a few pesos on eBay but watching the live stages it seems that whatever is not required by the riders is just piffed wherever.
Even witnessed a empty biddon jettisoned into the landscape as a rider rolled opposite an open support car window as he was handed a new one.
-Who should I write a letter to? -
-Hissy rant > fin-. :p
I organised a World Environment Day bike ride in Brisbane in the early 90s. We had about 600 riders register. It was meant to be a very social ride to promote the environmental aspects of cycling.
When the lycra set reached the first food drink stop all the plastic cups were tossed along the roadside for the next kilometre or so.
Sure they’re elite sportsmen & all, but is it really that hard to toss their empties back to the team cars/support motorcycles/into the feed stops? I suppose a reclaimed T-Mobile biddon or a discarded Powerbar wrapper from Jaan Kirsipuu might get a few pesos on eBay but watching the live stages it seems that whatever is not required by the riders is just piffed wherever.
Even witnessed a empty biddon jettisoned into the landscape as a rider rolled opposite an open support car window as he was handed a new one.
-Who should I write a letter to? -
-Hissy rant > fin-. :p
Don't worry, there's probably a subset of manic tifosi who glean the road verges of discarded treasures.
Given the amount of organisation required to promote the tour, safety check, paint the road with sprint and hillclimb markings, erect crowd barriers before the peloton travel the route, ref 'Hell on Wheels'. I think it would be a fair assumption that between the 'manic tifosi' and EU environmental policies, that any hisy fit would be redundant.
The last thing you would be interested in after climbing the Col d'Galibier would be to look for a recycling bin, that a manic tifosi is going to glean anyway.
When the lycra set reached the first food drink stop all the plastic cups were tossed along the roadside for the next kilometre or so.
Agggghhhh!!!!
-- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
Sure it doesn't look great, but as someone else has stated, most of the stuff is snaffled up by people on the road site. A few years back I was horrified went I did my 1 and only MTB race from Mitta Mitta to Mt. Beauty and the course was littered with hundreds of gel satchels!
When the lycra set reached the first food drink stop all the plastic cups were tossed along the roadside for the next kilometre or so.
Agggghhhh!!!!
-- Peter McCallum Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA
Sure it doesn't look great, but as someone else has stated, most of the stuff is snaffled up by people on the road site. A few years back I was horrified went I did my 1 and only MTB race from Mitta Mitta to Mt. Beauty and the course was littered with hundreds of gel satchels!
If I MTB race, I use my oldest jersey, because it ends up filled with goopy empties, half eaten jelly snakes, dirt, dropped food bars, etc.
When the lycra set reached the first food drink stop all the plastic cups were tossed along the roadside for the next kilometre or so.
Agggghhhh!!!!
On my first triathlon I thought I'd do the right thing and chuck the cup from the first drink station half full of water into the bin. Then realised that the bin was full of water and was where the drinks were coming from. Doh!!
When the lycra set reached the first food drink stop all the plastic cups were tossed along the roadside for the next kilometre or so.
Agggghhhh!!!!
On my first triathlon I thought I'd do the right thing and chuck the cup from the first drink station half full of water into the bin. Then realised that the bin was full of water and was where the drinks were coming from. Doh!!
DaveB "head down, keep running"
Reminds me of a friend nearing the end of a marathon run and grabbed a bidon from the crowd, poured it over his head to cool himself only to discover it was coca-cola!
