Nothing Is For Free Olympics Cycling Road Races

I am an avid competitive cyclist and I am happy they are going to charge fans to watch road races; why shouldn´t they? Cyclists and everybody working with them and for them work very very hard and people HAVE to start learning that they have to pay for what they get. 

Having initially promised that the road races at the London 2012 Olympics would be one of the few events that the general public would be able to watch free of charge and without tickets, the organisers have announced plans to charge fans who want to watch on the key vantage point of Box Hill, provoking widespread criticism.

Anyone now wanting to watch on Box Hill, which the riders will race past numerous times, will need a ticket. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have stated that the decision has been made in order to protect the stretch of land, which is a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, from overcrowding. But Baroness Doocey, who is the Chair of the Olympic Committee at the London Assembly, told British radio station LBC 97.3 that she would be questioning LOCOG and the government about it.


“I’m very unhappy about it,” she said. “We were promised cycling was going to be free – and I think for them to go back on that promise now is totally wrong. I’m going to ask them to seriously reconsider that decision. I think it’s completely and utterly wrong.


“They are saying they need to restrict access, but there are many ways to do that. They don’t need to charge people for it. I can’t think of any reason that would justify charging for something that was promised to the public as: ‘Don’t worry, if you haven’t got a ticket there are lots of events you can see free like the marathon and cycling’. You can’t then go back and say ‘well actually, some of it is free and some you’ll have to pay for’.”

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Fitch Cuts Greek Cake Today

Fitch ratings agency on Wednesday slashed its rating for Greek sovereign debt to “C” from “CCC,” indicating that default is “highly likely in the near term.”

The downgrade comes just after the country secured a second bailout from its creditors and the subsequent announcement by the Greek government that private investors holding Greek debt would be forced to accept a debt swap, in which they exchange their bonds for lower-value debt.

“In Fitch’s opinion, the exchange, if completed, would constitute a ‘distressed debt exchange’ (DDE) in line with its criteria and consequently yesterday’s announcements set in motion the agency’s process for reviewing Greece’s issuer and debt securities ratings,” Fitch said in a statement.

Fitch said it would review its stance on Greece again once the debt swap had been completed.

“Shortly after completion of the exchange with the issue of new securities, Greece’s sovereign rating will be moved … and re-rated at a level consistent with the agency’s assessment of its post-default structure and credit profile,” the statement said.

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Just Married Lady Prefers Gambling

…to husband!