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Great Broadcast again. Great camera shots. They covered the back of the bike a lot better too.
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Massive draft packs constantly yo-yoing? Maybe give them a stern talking to? You kidding me? You see the red light flashing, you make a pass. You don’t pass, you get nailed. We can’t blame turns and hills for all of this. There was plenty of opportunity to make the pass and the athletes just chose to sit in and back out.
The racing is great, but like last year the PTO has shown it’s poor officiating is actually getting in the way of the race.
Yuri raced amazing, but he was part of that draft pack in the first lap (or two?) as well. If penalties were handed out properly and drafting less of a factor, those pack riders are stopping part way through the bike and Sam is now getting off the bike in the same group.
I ask again, what’s the point of the 20m draft zone with the race ranger if we just allow racers to yoyo in and out of 12 meters anyway and use the light to more carefully calibrate their drafting?
Couldn’t agree more. Exactly the same thoughts as I had during following the race.