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Good racing by Pritzen to defend the KOM jersey all the way to the finish. Kent Main consistent throughout bags 5th on GC. 💥

Now just don't go and mis the break at Cycle Tour!

That's got to be the fastest seeding release I've ever seen! I finished 8s behind the race winner today and got a 4.6 index, which I think is decent, but just confirms what we've been saying about the supposed sub-2 index needed to qualify for $ at CTCT - it's not achievable. I'll give the organisers credit though, they've been going case by case and have allocated spots for myself and @Jbrand some other riders that have proven themselves to be on a $ level. It's fixing a problem that shouldn't have existed, but at least it's being addressed.

You guys are seeing what I'm seeing, right? Vets 30-39 starting with the Elite group. 💥 Not on the list, but sorting out my entry soon. Can't mis out.

Kent Main with a 3rd place today.

Tou rdu Rwanda. Pritzen defended the KOM jersey today in an epic battle with Jean Bosco Nsengimana. He lost the battle 23 - 26, but holds onto a lead of 36-32... Still 5 climbing packed stages to go!

Different team, different thread 😉: https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/193368-saffas-at-ef-nippo But yes. Defended the jersey well today.

Sure it wasn't a C1?

Rad racing on some new-to-me roads and against some very competitive vets. Well organised event too.

For the love of your GI don't take anything with protein in it. The best endurance products are the simplest. Look at the ingredients of Maurten gel and drink mix, there are a few affordable local guys that do very similar mixes. A lot of brands add things you don't need to try and justify a higher price. Ingredients By proportion Maltodextrin Fructose Pectin Sodium alginate Sodium chloride

It baffles me too. Why on earth would you not delay your celebration for one more second?

Ah.

It was done with Strava permission, and possibly even with money changing hands. When you entered you had to authorise Racetec to access your Strava data and you had to be Strava premium.

This is allowed, maybe just not in the way you intended to do it with their API. Racetec had a Strava challenge during gogga times with local climbs. It was very poorly supported.

Make e-bike an option for users to set as their default activity type. Make e-bike a reason for flagging. Warn users after an e-bike flag that another flag will have them automatically set to e-bike as default upload setting. Make segments flaggable with reasons other than danger (e.g. duplicate segment, poor choice of start or end. Auto detect unrealistic efforts and prompt users to crop activities or change type.

Has there been a race in the past 6 months where the winner received an index under 5?

Historically single digit index is $, but you might not make the cut with a 9 every year. I know of guys with index below 6 that's also seeded in &. By definition the system is predicting a 2h48 race time for them and barely a sub-3 for you. You are not the slowest seeded rider in & either...

4:55 last year in the rain. 😉

What is your index? How low is low enough?

Add to that Juniors and Vets 30-39 since that is the definition of the $ bunch at CTCT.

I too support this, but only if finishing with the front group of $ at CTCT + 6 penalty is still good enough for getting into $ the next year. I do all the smaller races and finish with the front group (or sometimes ahead of them in the breakaway) and never get anything better than a 6 out of it. If they tell my 6.1 is not good enough then how am I suppose to get a seeding that is good enough? Here's to hoping it's all a license lookup error and they'll fix it with the next seeding run...

Problem is that with 99er the elites were racing each other (and a lot of folks were absent due to nationals) so there were a lot of looking around and soft pedalling, I'm suggesting we race the clock at TdPPA. But it will most likely not be a viable strategy to improve my 6.1 index since they'll adjust seeding so no-one gets a good seeding from it. Problem is getting them to acknowledge that I belong in $, which involves first figuring out why I was seeded in & with the 50+ racers and that is not a process that I want to go and do at the expo and spend the next few weeks not knowing what the outcome will be... 😫

No harm in asking, but appears the Herald is no longer timed by Racetec and there is no cross sharing of data between the different timing companies...

Team time trial pulling all the elites and we finish at the back of the pack sub 2h30? But Racetec will use an adjusted winning time of 2h05 and a beta of 0.9 to still screw us...

They said no email or telephone queries will be taken, so obviously everyone has respected this request and have not bothered them at all...