[paynep]

Just checked the calendar - the timing is spot on: 2 weeks after the last round and the winter pantomine starts!
Characters: (in no particular order)

Keen rider type with new idea
Machiavellian behind the scenes string-pulling villain
Disgruntled has-been with chip on shoulder
Open-minded voice of reason slowly being ground down to cynical indifference
"Q"-type techie who is always trying new gadgets
Some ugly sisters**

We just need a couple of superstar champions who we can yell "they're all behind you" at and we're there.

The End

** None of the characters depicted represent any individual person, living dead or on the race committee***




*** Honest