As per UCI rules governing the EWP this is how it should have transpired. 1. On Saturday morning prior to racing having started, any official team representative should have requested an EWP meeting with race stakeholders. 2. The stakeholders would meet before the racing starts and establish contingencies. 3. Contingencies are established and each team's official representative is aware of the situation 4. During the race, the event occurs and the pre-agreed decision is invoked. Working example: 1. You wake up on Saturday morning at 6am and it is already 30+ degrees. Its gonna be a hot as balls day so as official team representative it is YOUR responsibility to request a stakeholder meeting in line with the UCIs EWP. 2. Before the racing starts, the meeting is held. 3. The general consensus is that it is gonna be a hot as balls day and the stakeholder meeting resolves that should the mercury breach 45 degrees Celsius, the stage will be shortened. Now everyone is aware of the proposed protocol. 4. Racing begins, true enough it was hotter than 45 Celsius on Saturday. The commissaires invoke the EWP procedure and all teams are aware that the race will be 6 laps rather than 10. As you can see, it is not simply a matter of invoking the protocol during the race. If no meeting was held before hand, there can be no consensus on how to handle the situation. If everyone knows the rules before the race, its fair for all. Now, there is some ambiguity in the EWP. 1. "The protocol involves notably the COMPULSORY convening of a meeting" 2. "The meeting CAN BE convened at the request at any one of the named representatives" How can this be compulsory AND at the request of a race stakeholder?
