For an event that nobody can apparently see the appeal of, it managed to attract something like 70% of the attendance Super League gets in a full season over just three days.

Hardly surprising the local media gave it a higher profile than some two bob rugby matches.

But you must admit it presents a good opportunity (not that any is needed) for sad people to harrumph their faux professional outrage

Sadly, professional harrumphers (of which this forum has many) rarely need an opportunity to perform like circus sealions.

Coming on here, talking sense, not moaning about some perceived injustice.....just what is this forum coming to?

I regularly have a problem with how RL is reported by the major media, it often doesn't get the coverage its attendances deserve.

For instance, Leeds games are often the biggest sporting event in the country on a Friday night, yet are rarely reported well enough.

However, when there are other bigger events or games on, we can't complain. As I said, if we want more coverage than the cycling then we need to get more people at the games than at the cycling.

Both my clubs and my bike haven't been out of my garage in 12 months.......m

Could that be because you've spent all your waking hours annoying London Broncos fans, Gutterfax?

Cycling is hardly anything like golf.
However only one is totally inclusive no matter what sex or age you are, only one of the two has deep reaching positive effects on our social environment, enables disabled people to get from a-b unaided, net benefit in population health and health costs, reduces polution levels etc etc.. and cycling doesn't have to cost the earth, doesn't require you to dress in any special way, no special equipment needed, no silly hats or trousers.
For the cost of a single golf club you can have endless hours of freedom and free exersize, and if you want to spend more so what, isn't that what people do when they can afford to in any aspect of life?

I'd start a facebook page if I were you

Nobody??? You mean a couple of people on a rugby forum find it boring nice exaggeration there.

I just don't get the whole cycling thing. Last year when it all kicked off in Yorkshire, loads of my mates from work were getting giddy over sittout out and watching it. Not 1 of them could tell me who won it and I expect that was the case for the tour de Yorks, no real knowledge or emotion or passion of anyone who is in it but Cheer randomly for Bradley Wiggins right? Its a tame spectator sport in my opinion but this country is sublime for jumping on a bandwagon.

I just don't get people who don't get it!

Some people get excited about a woman they have never met having a baby.

I have a passing interest in it, I always keep an eye on the grand tours and enjoy watching the mountain stages in the TdF. But then I will watch literally anything and cycling is not a good spectator sport. You can go for hours with nothing happening barring maybe a crash. So it does kind of baffle me why so many people seem to be interested in it now.