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 Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: UCI prohibe gafas??? En que planeta viven? |
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UCI releases new eyewear regs, impacting Lance Armstrong sponsorship
By Lennard Zinn
Posted Apr. 1, 2009
Millions could be on the line for riders like Lance Armstrong
Photo: Casey B. Gibson
In a surprise move, a UCI committee has voted to ban all non-prescription glasses from its races, a move that could have a multi-million dollar effect on endorsement contracts for pros like Lance Armstrong.
Citing the need to clean up the sport�s image and to attract new viewers, the official statement from the UCI said that it did not intend to allow the sport�s stars �to hide behind dark glasses anymore.� The ban is effective immediately as of April 1, 2009.
Cycling photojournalists universally rejoiced at the announcement. �I don�t think I�ll ever forgive Greg LeMond for bringing these abominations into the peloton,� says famed cycling photographer Graham Watson. �All the drama and emotion in a photo is lost if you can�t see the rider�s eyes.�
UCI president Pat McQuaid said that the decision was a unanimous one by the UCI rules committee and that he for one is happy to have something to work on besides doping, now that the feud with ASO over control of the sport is behind him. �Hein Verbruggen (former UCI president) showed who was boss by banning all manner of equipment,� says the feisty Irish official. �I intend to do the same.�
The UCI directive was met with outrage from the sports sunglasses industry. An unnamed source within helmet maker Giro said, �Our entire marketing campaign for our sunglass line is aimed toward cycling; we are not in the golf, tennis, or baseball sectors, so this really hurts us. I suppose we should have expected this from the UCI given what they did to the (Cinelli) Spinaci handlebar, but we feel blindsided.�
Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) president Christian Prudhomme said that his organization will continue to allow sunglasses in its races, which includes the Tour de France and single-day classics like the upcoming Paris-Roubaix, whose famous mud gets in the eyes of those not wearing glasses. �We will never stoop to the kind of petty rulings for which the UCI is famous,� he said at a hastily-organized press conference.
When contacted by phone and asked if his race would be going along with the UCI ban, Giro d�Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan said, �Are you crazy? You can�t take sunglasses away from an Italian! That would be like taking his clothes or his shoes or his car! We would cancel the race before we would subject our riders to this indignity.�
Es totalmente estupido de parte de UCI el prohibir el uso de gafas por que "no se le ve la expresion de los ojos" a los corredores; que pasa con su seguridad? el sol que cada dia es mas fuerte? una piedra? un accidente? etc. |
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exacto, el viento, el polvo, las ramas, etc...los que usan lentes de contacto TIENEN que usar gafas  !!!! Pues la opcion seria usar gafas con lentes amarillos o transparentes
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Es que a los fotografos nos gusta ver esas esprexiones faciales y miradas y las gafas obstruyen nuestro trabajo, jeje!!!
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Babosos que son todos los fotografos!!!
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| Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject: Yesssssss |
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POnte un babero  |
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ponerse una pecera de beta en la chola de cajco entonces.
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| Ricky Arduengo wrote: | | Babosos que son todos los fotografos!!! |
jajaja!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bueno si esto es en serio,.....Me imagino que aqu� pronto har�n el "Monkey see, Monkey do" y lo implementaran tambi�n, no importa lo descabellado de la regla!
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| pochygorgotron wrote: | | ponerse una pecera de beta en la chola de cajco entonces. |
ja,ja,ja estilo buzo de los 60!!!
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