{"id":171573,"date":"2018-11-30T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T12:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=171573"},"modified":"2018-11-30T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T12:19:08","slug":"romain-bardet-i-think-a-world-without-earpieces-would-be-a-very-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/11\/30\/romain-bardet-i-think-a-world-without-earpieces-would-be-a-very-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Romain Bardet: \u201cI Think a World Without Earpieces Would Be a Very Good Thing.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While on a team training camp, the AG2R La Mondiale pro <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/news\/bardet-calls-for-ban-on-race-radios\/\">talked at length to the reporters<\/a> about ways to make cycling more exciting. The key thing was his change of opinion on banning earpieces.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true concern, in the minds of certain people, is the predictability of the race. That&#8217;s the greatest thing at stake. That notion that Sky could almost win the Tour with any of their riders \u2013 that&#8217;s what race organisers want to tackle, to try to create more unpredictable scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Merci \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OisansT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OisansT<\/a> et \u00e0 Vaujany pour leur accueil ! L\u2019\u00e9quipe est pr\u00eate \u00e0 attaquer 2019 ! <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OisansT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OisansT<\/a> &amp; Vaujany for their warm welcome. <\/p>\n<p>The team is ready to tackle 2019 in style. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALLEZALM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ALLEZALM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HDWtsf26ZY\">pic.twitter.com\/HDWtsf26ZY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM (@decathlonAG2RLM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/decathlonAG2RLM\/status\/1068449449318514688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The race director Christian Prudhomme already succeeded in calling for a reduction in team sizes. Now he proposes to ban power-meters. As a matter of fact, the last Tour winner, Geraint Thomas, said that he was fine with that. So, earpieces are coming up next, but let\u2019s not pretend that it could potentially harm Team Sky\u2019s dominance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a world without earpieces would be a very good thing,\u201d Bardet said. \u201cIt would make the riders take a bit more responsibility. It would heighten their tactical sense and awareness. You\u2019d have to be more alert to the race. I think it would elevate the rider as an athlete, not having that information.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_171575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-171575\" style=\"width: 1250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/11\/profimedia-0398824498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-171575\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/11\/profimedia-0398824498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-171575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romain Bardet on his way to practice cross-country skiing in Vaujany in the French Alps on November 28, 2018, as part of the team&#8217;s preparation for the next cycling season.\u00a0\u00a9 Profimedia, AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor me personally, I find the earpieces make you that bit more passive, waiting for information before you make a move. Without them you\u2019re looking at who is where, you can\u2019t let dangerous riders out of your sight, and it makes the race a more intense experience, from within. It gives more uncertainty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bardet finished second in the 2016 Tour de France and third in 2017. This year, he finished sixth. While he brings up earpieces to spark an initial debate, his opinion on making the teams smaller seems to be already set in stone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Qui dit premier rassemblement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AG2RLMCyclisme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AG2RLMCyclisme<\/a> dit premi\u00e8res pouss\u00e9es vers 2019 \ud83d\ude43 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mountainsfirst?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mountainsfirst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UuymDTiA3w\">pic.twitter.com\/UuymDTiA3w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Romain Bardet (@romainbardet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/romainbardet\/status\/1067807993776037888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf you go from eight to six, the tempos are not the same over 180 km if there are six of you, compared to eight. Let\u2019s reduce it again. It would quickly put teams in trouble. Maybe it\u2019s a bit extreme for the Tour de France, a couple of crashes and you could be down to four, but that\u2019s sport, it can be cruel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Bardet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While on a team training camp, the AG2R La Mondiale pro talked at length to the reporters about ways to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":171576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[578,1080,473],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-171573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-christian-prudhomme","tag-geraint-thomas","tag-romain-bardet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Romain Bardet: \u201cI Think a World Without Earpieces Would Be a Very Good Thing.\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While on a team training camp, the AG2R La Mondiale pro talked at length to the reporters about ways to make cycling more exciting. 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