Originally Posted by DrIsotope

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They should bring back the Six-Day race format. Road races are terrible for TV. You know why NASCAR is so popular? The cars are loud, they crash all the time, and you can see the whole track from the cheap seats. I'd prefer to watch bike zoom by 30 times an hour on a wicked steep banked wood velodrome than to see a peleton zip by at some spot on a 100 mile stage.

Thirty minute mass start, 30-40 bikes on the track, most laps in 30 minutes wins. I'd be all over watching that.