thebrewster

Agree, know and respect the rules but there's nothing with questioning them. *5th post but been visiting the site since Matt started it.

Thanks rpedro. source?

I can assure you I take this quite seriously and I'm glad the Cape Argus Cycle Trust take it the same way considering they've promised to bring it up for a second time at their next meeting. This rule affects a large number of cyclists, not only my father.

That's exactly what I said and that's exactly what he's going to do come 16 Nov. What a champ! "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." - Douglas Bader

If you had to ask my dad what motivates him to finish 109km it's: 1. the beer tent 2. his final race time Sadly, beer tent ran out of beer (castle light doesn't count) and his racetec profile doesn't display an entry for this years race at all. My expectation would be a DNF and a time at the very least.

My father has completed a total of 12 Cape Argus Cycle tours. This year however, he sadly did not make the 7 hour cut-off time. Not unsurprising considering he'd just his second knee replacement a few months prior to the race and decided to take it "slow", despite the titanium improvements. The problem is that the Cape Argus have still not released his results??? Upon querying this with the event organisers, their response was: "The rules for this event clearly state that each participant has 7 hours to complete the event in order to receive an official result" Which seems rather ludicrous considering they also call it "The World's Largest Timed Cycle Race". Understandably rules are rules but to not even acknowledge his race time seems a little unfair? It's now the 22nd of May and the last we've heard from the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust is the following: "They are having an on-going discussion and I will inform you of their decision" and so I thought I should post this here before it gets lost in the obscure bureaucratic process which this lovely cycle race seems to have become.