Oh, man. The Vitus clan had to drive over to CdA yesterday to watch the race. That means that instead of cheering people on as they cycled up our hill, we got to watch them ride on some level ground.
Here's what we learned: A lot of the fast guys are freaking cheaters. A LOT. They were shameless. Don't even start ini with "it's unavoidable with that many people on the course," because it wasn't. Just about all of the cheaters I saw had plenty of room to spread out, they just didn't want to, they'd rather sit on someone's wheel. Period.
Interestingly, I saw much less drafting by the MOP, even though their conditions actually WERE pretty crowded at times. A couple of times I'd see what looked like a pace line of 12 or 15 riders coming, but as they got closer, I could see that they were actually all spread out far enough from each other to be legal. Maybe the fast guys could learn something.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
Here's what we learned: A lot of the fast guys are freaking cheaters. A LOT. They were shameless. Don't even start ini with "it's unavoidable with that many people on the course," because it wasn't. Just about all of the cheaters I saw had plenty of room to spread out, they just didn't want to, they'd rather sit on someone's wheel. Period.
Interestingly, I saw much less drafting by the MOP, even though their conditions actually WERE pretty crowded at times. A couple of times I'd see what looked like a pace line of 12 or 15 riders coming, but as they got closer, I could see that they were actually all spread out far enough from each other to be legal. Maybe the fast guys could learn something.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."