Talk:Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross

Can someone add some details on how the race started. I always imagine it as some bar room bet.

Can someone who knows please add more details of the changes that the course has seen over the years.

Can someone please confirm the list of team winners - there is conflicting information on the official website results page for years 1992 through 1995.

Nick Wallis -- 12:15, Monday 06 March 2006 UTC

=Editing Arguments=

Please can those people having tit-for tats editing the page have their discussions on this page instead of in their edit summaries thank you.

As for the lack of references I think we're hitting on a weak spot of Wikipedia here where articles that exist in older newspapers don't exist on the web. Blasted inconvenient for those who insist on verifying even the most obvious facts. Some things just are. Verifiability taking precedence over fact leads to reality becoming a commodity.

As it is the History page of the Three Peaks web site quite clearly makes reference to National Newspapers which refer to the inaugural running in 1961. Unfortunately for Wikipedia it does not reveal their names otherwise I would cite them. I presume references to other reputable websites such as www.cycling.com would probably satisfy some folk who don't see the irony that they too are reporting on fact that must be taken as read. That is to say, the reference they provide doesn't cite it's sources either, but you believe it because of their reputation. Which brings us back to reality as a commodity.

Nick Wallis

=UCI Status=

The race runs under UCI rules and uses a British Cycling commissaire but it is not a UCI sanctioned event. This is not stated in the article because the article is not about what the Three Peaks is not. Remember that other large, popular races are not UCI sanctioned either (e.g. the Singlespeed World Championships).

Nick Wallis