RowToTri wrote:
Grantbot21 wrote:
TLT wrote:
edbikebabe wrote:
iron_mike wrote:
kajet wrote:
She got the penalty for passing on the wrong side, commentators say.yep, confirmed on twitter
But she's british. It's not her fault!
We overtake on the right ...
Think Perez swinging so far to the right through the corner gave Lucy little choice unless she sat up and waited for Perez to come back onto a half decent line. Shes basically been penalised for taking a better line through the corner.
Exactly what i said on the FB feed. It’s technically against the rules but its also a moronic rule when you have roads this wide.
On a such a short multi-lap courses where you will have people on 3 or even 4 different laps, all at the same place at the same time, having a pass on the right rule seems reasonable from a safety standpoint. If the rider you are approaching swings really wide on a turn like that, Lucy really should have let up and then passed on the right. I can't conceive of just ignoring that rule and guaranteeing yourself a penalty. Maybe she was just staring a few meters ahead of her front wheel and didn't realize Perez went wide?
If you were talking about an age group race I totally agree. But a pro race with 40 some people there shouldn’t be the rule. Pass where you can. It’s not that complicated to be able to bike around people.