That truly was a disguisting video to watch........was that pack at the front - in other words were they on their way to a Kona spot?
Paulo wrote about this state of IM recently and had some really great points about competition in todays IM branded events...you can read it here in his two part sequence called "Beating the Cheaters"
http://thetriathlonbook.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html It really is too bad that people do not know the rules or have complete disregard for them......and then I'm wondering if they feel ok about their effort after the race or if they have this "emptyness" ............I'm guessing a little of both.