During his delayed victory speech at IM 70.3 Boulder yesterday, Callum Milward mentioned the peleton following them on the run, how it seemed they all wanted the Americans to win, and called out Joe Gambles specifically for supporting Ben Hoffman openly and that he's never supporting Joe again (was hard to tell if that was a joke or not...)

There was definitely a group of friends and supporters of the front pack of pros following them on bikes during the entire course. A friend of mine who was photographing the race says he heard Gambles telling Ben, "Let them surge, Ben, just sit back and..." while Callum was surging.

Here are some photos (photos by Kenny Withrow):


https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...e0d3&oe=5C11D791



https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...62d3&oe=5BC5586F


How is this not a pacing violation? Not just on Joe's part but on the part of all the people riding with the racers, other than the lead biker and officials?

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Ed O'Malley
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