‘Mad scramble’ for cyclists
NZPA Los Angeles The eastern European boycott of the Olympic Games will turn the cycling road race into a mad scramble, a New Zealand rider, Roger Sumich, said yesterday. Soviet and East German cyclists generally tend to be a calming influence in the road race, Sumich said. “Without them, everyone will go crazy. Guys will start attacking right from the start.” The strength of the eastern European teams puts
them in a dominant position in a road race and other national teams tend to watch them and react to their moves. “It means the race is fairly orderly,” Sumich said. “Without them, there’ll be more than 100 riders all going like hell from the start and it will be extremely difficult trying to watch every break. If any of the New Zealanders get away with what turns out to be a winning break, it could be just luck rather than judgment.”
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