But not the kind with men in berets claiming to represent the people. The kind with bikes :(


Bradley Wiggins was "the star" this time and all the kids were cheering for him after all that pre-Tour de France hype. He's nice, but he's no Franco Marvulli.


In actual fact, even though there were eight world champions, we didn't know who a lot of the riders were. It seemed very future-stars oriented, which isn't really our thing.


The racing wasn't bad though. The team pursuit made our accomplice quite happy. We almost felt guilty for dragging him away before he got to see the team sprint that it probably ended with.


The new track was quite clean too. They've got no excuse for letting it get dirty now.


The Germanese were there too. "Christina Vogel" is a sexy name, apparently.


Whatever happened to our lovely Yvonne Hijgenaar? :(((



But we at least managed the holy grail of cycling photography: A man taking a photograph of a man taking a photograph of some cyclists. We promise we didn't set this up, mainly because we'd hate to be associated with anyone who wears a red t-shirt or a press bib.

Official rating
A solid 6/10. Not a terrible night, but sub-par even for a pre-Christmas event.