My view on the situation: If you have? and you probably have, ever been stuck behind someone on a section of ST then you know the feeling. Now for the average "Joe" this is not to much of a problem, but for the Pro's it's different. This is there job, they not there because they enjoy it, want to ride Epic, or have fun. It's there bread and butter. The Pro riders in this country put on a brave face for the public but behind the scenes tend to hate each others guts for various reasons and can hold a proper grudge. One reason being that they all fighting for the same piece of pie. 1: a job, 2: the win, 3: sponsors, etc. and it doesn't help that they are all as competitive as HELL. So lets just say that rider 1 and rider 2 weren't riding right behind one another in a group of 10 riders on a section of ST and someone in the front attacked and the group started to split. Rider 1 & 2 have the strength to go with the attack but rider 2 is stuck behind other riders who don't. So here is where it gets ugly, what do you do? I have been in this situation, both the giving and receiving end, tempers fly out the window when you mix a bunch of every competitive people who are hot, tired, going 110% and would rather be somewhere else you get an ear full of some very colorful language. I deal with it in various ways eg. cut the corner of a switchback, or pull over and allow others to pass, but then I'm not racing for my job.
