Yeah, it's pretty lame that a major race supported and paid a world champion with a personality to pursue an exceptional record and that he delivered. Especially disappointing that Roth puts on event that attracts tens of thousands of supporters. If we want the sport to thrive we should want everybody to train and perform in anonymity and never show personality nor pursue records. If they do win they should only come from a difficult background and used the sport to overcome and only train and never interact with fans, especially not on social media in an attempt to build a brand.

Yes, it ia this race, Frodeno, and rhe pursuit of a record that is wrong with this sport.

Observations and reply to the thread in general:

- Frodeno 2-10 feet behind a lead kayak the entire time
- Bike ... there is a reason at the TDF that moto's in Time Trial are only allowed to follow. (not be alongside or ever in front, even if to the side) At Roth moto's were often next to or slightly front in Frodeno hard to believe they were alwasy 3 meters away
- 3 meters to the side? I know we have ridden in a bike lane a with a car or moto 3 meters away? Pretty quick
- Motos and cars at 25 meters in front? Same as above
- Pros had a draft zone was 20 meters but it sounds as if they were allowed to "slingshot" up to 5 meters then pass
- It appeared that even the 20 meter rule was not being enforced

Terrific performance for sure, weather was great and he had to run on his own power ... but I think it is fair to be honest about what is happening at Roth (edit: and for me that is there is an environment created for EVERYONE to go fast)

Kudos to Jan for being as fast as he at swim/bike/run but damn... it's like watching a ballgame go 35-0.

Still better than watching a soccer/football game at 0-0.

To the poster that was pumped to see a Sanders-Frodeno showdown at 70.3, I think there are three or four other names that could make that race interesting like Kienle, a healthy Starky, and maybe an Aussie or two.

Here's what Herbert's front page article says:

Prior to race the Challenge Roth organizing team set up a media and moto meeting and put very strict rules on media and other motorbikes so that athletes at the front of the race would not have an unfair drafting advantage. All vehicles were told to have a minimum 25 meter gap when riding in front and 3 meters to the side, and the Roth team added security bikes to makes sure everything was kosher and there would not be any grey area in case of a record.

In first sentence, they say "strict rules on media and other motorbikes"; in second sentence they just say "all vehicles" but since motorbikes ARE vehicles it sounds to me like all the media coverage was via motorbike at 25 m in front of the lead biker. Perhaps someone who was actually present on the bike course during the race can fully clarify.

Basically there was no car anywhere near him or Ryf. Cars were super limited. Vehicles (pretty much all motos) could not get closer than 3m (side) or 25m (front) and were told to spend no more than 30 seconds there. They had two "race security" motos behind to make sure not too many bikes would A be there, and B not hang out too long.