Dominique Perras.
photo : Greg Descantes The Canadian Cyclist

Les journalistes avaient une bonne vue sur le fil d'arrivée.
photo : Mathieu Laberge Sportcom

Rob Jones de The Canadian Cyclist, indique :
The media services rated an A+; certainly the finest I have ever had at a world championships. Even the notoriously picky UCI Press Officer, Enrico Carpani, declared them to be the finest he has seen. The European journalists were in awe, and we had to quickly disabuse them of the notion that we always had facilities like this. In future years, we may fondly reminisce about the Hamilton press room...

Special thanks to the Press Officer Paul Gaines and his staff.

(...) The primary announcer was brought in for his expertise in cycling, however, he seemed confused at times, and his English was, frankly, not up to the required level. The Canadian announcer, Louis Bertrand, was much better, but didn't get much air time, unfortunately.

(...) The organization, the city and the people of Hamilton pulled it off. After a slow start, marked by squabbling among funding partners and, to be blunt, some alarming chaos at the organizational level, they managed to put on one of the best run World Championships I have attended (and my first Worlds was in 1974). They overcame the considerable disadvantage of not being in Europe (where governments roll out the red carpet for cycling), listened to experts, and, quite frankly, wowed many of my European colleagues.

Thank you. You did us proud.

À lire également, au sujet du travail des médias :
- The Show Must Go On! par Randall Butler de PezCyclingNews
- Pez Photographer in Finish Line Crash ! par Stephen Cheung de PezCyclingNews où vous apprendrez pourquoi les photographes se placent ainsi au fil d'arrivée

Les assidus des courses de vélo de Montréal auront reconnu
Martin Chamberland de La Presse à gauche du cadrage.
photo : Ken Cheung PezCyclingNews

Mathieu Laberge, à qui nous devons plusieurs des photos qui agrémentent nos pages
sur les Championnats, en compagnie du El Diablo du Tour de France (l'artiste allemand Didi Senft)

Brad Robinson, agent de police d'Hamilton, mesure la vitesse du peloton
à l'aide d'un radar au laser. On ne sait pas à combien s'est élevée la contravention...
photo : Ryan Remiorz, Presse Canadienne

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