2012 London Olympics road cycling event may experience changes
After the road cycling race test event that was held on Sunday, August 14, the Olympic organizers have recently announced that they will probably make changes to their plans for next year at the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
The test event featured a 87 mile long race in which numerous cyclists took part. In order to carry out the event in peace and not to hamper the cyclists, many roads in the capital of England were closed for a long period of time.
Despite the fact that the athletes travelled their course without any disturbances, the day to day life of London was greatly upset. Many parts of the city experienced grid lock that caused quite a few drivers to leave their cars unattended on the roads
and take the long walk home.
A total of 1400 roads were made inaccessible to the public in anticipation of the test event. In most places, such as central London, the blockade remained in place for more than 12 hours.
David Luckes, the head of sport competition on London 2012 Olympics, made the following statements about the matter: 'We recognised that putting on a 140km race starting and finishing in central London would obviously create a few challenges. That's something
we will sit down and review with all the stakeholders as we move forward. We have had a chat with the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), which has been very positive and now we need to sit down with the other parties and talk to them.'
The city of London is going to be welcoming the grand international sporting event for the third time on its soil. This would be the first time that any city in the world staged the Olympic Games for three times in its history. The first time that the Olympic
Games came to London was in 1908 while the honour was bestowed for the second time in 1948.
In all, the Olympic organizers have been able to conduct 15 test events with success and are hoping to meet the challenges that come with each test event appropriately.
Tags: