Seeding does seem to be a problem, don't the organisers use the seeding index? But that is another topic all on it's own.
We started at 07h00, or nearly, in the Tandem group and a neutral zone was announced between the tape and the timing mats. Hah!! The front bunch was off like rabbits and caused a split immediately. Although we chased, and our average was 52Km/h to the turn, they were gone. Meanwhile we had picked up a very strange bunch of singles, CL, VIP and all other mottley riders who jumped onto our wheels. Worst of all were those using MP3 players. What the hell - I propose these devices be banned from racing events. Some of them were so loud that we could hear them almost 1m away. We shredded a front tyre 'cos the single rider (CL1445 with MP3) ahead of us decided to swap his water bottles in the middle of the pack - so just slowed down and we hit his cluster. Guys, the dynamics and manouvarabililty of a tandem are very different from a single. Give the tandems a reasonable gap or stay behind. To play amongst these bikes is very risky.
Well done to all who finished, good luck for 94.7.
