| Comment | Knowing the UCI, I'd put the blame far more squarely on their shoulders - it's really their event and GCC are basically handing over the city to them for the duration, and working around them in terms of minimising disruption. The UCI coming in and dictatorially making logistical decisions with no warning would be entirely on brand.
I agree on general marketing though - I think GCC/sport scotland have soundly failed to get across just how big these championships are, and what a major win it's been for Glasgow to host it - this isn't some niche sport, this is one of the biggest televised international sporting events outside of things like the Olympics, with viewer counts in the 100s of millions.
I stood on Great George St today and witnessed the exact moment Van Der Poel caught Bettiol and attacked Van Aert/Pedersen/Pogacar to lead out a 20km win and take the world title - as a cycling fan, witnessing the greatest names in the sport today fighting it out in the dying stages of an epic criterium course literally inches from your nose is like having a seat behind the goals for a last-minute equaliser in the Champions League Final. Or something like that, I don't know much about football. |
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