Skirminkel Posted November 25, 2013 Share Allegedly there is also photographic evidence of one of the top 3 mixed teams drafting their team car. Now that is blatant cheating, not this white line irrelevant waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TALUS Posted November 25, 2013 Share This is only the beginning. Wait for the drugtests for numbers 127 to 138. I am sure somebody took coughsyrup, or something.... Don't these guys have more pressing matters to deal with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted November 25, 2013 Share The team with the best trackstand up Tradouw will take it! Team-trackstand Great team name too! Edited November 25, 2013 by DJR Lucky Luke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted November 25, 2013 Share When I did the DC a few years back, "we" were one of the slower teams (9h14min finishing time) and even we had to resort to going over the white line to pass some of the teams we managed to catch and pass. Edited November 25, 2013 by Wannabe Roer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratus5 Posted November 25, 2013 Share I am in no way blaming PPA. This is not their initiative. They only respond to complaints, and by their rules I guess they have to follow through on a complaint. But to the team or individual that did complain? You are going to be one of those people that wont give the ball back when the kid next door loses it over the wall. slowpoke, Meezo, dirtrider and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted November 25, 2013 Share Sounds like the Lance Armstrong story. Investigate him and nail him for doping, but ignore the hundreds of others who also doped. Strip his titles, but forget about the rest who did what he did. Roer and Daideron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolf Posted November 25, 2013 Share Force them all to buy and register e-tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luke. Posted November 25, 2013 Share Sounds like the Lance Armstrong story. Investigate him and nail him for doping, but ignore the hundreds of others who also doped. Strip his titles, but forget about the rest who did what he did. LA mythology enters the thread. **** just got real yo Pure Savage, Denny Menchov, jatho and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornman Posted November 25, 2013 Share there is surely a difference between passing (2nd photo) and an echelon( 1st photo)??????? Ja we echelon past the slower riders. Best way to solve it, let the fast teams start firts. If we didnt cross the white line to past slower riders we would have lost a hour between Montagu and Asthon Lucky Luke. and Roer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted November 25, 2013 Share I see the usual DC flurry of objections / handbag-slinging borefest has begun. The solution - as suggested - is surely to fix the start times. Send the fast guys first, or just much earlier. Around km 140, our DC turned into something similar to the Argus minus the road closure. A bazillion teams all bunched together, with traffic, including 18 wheelers, trying to get through in both directions, and support vehicles without a qualified stuntman at the wheel were lost miles down the road never to be seen again.We rode the race without backup. Slower teams and backup vehicles would not let our vehicle pass. We had to stop at the last water point and fill bottles. If the race had been any closer, this is something that we wouldn't have been too happy with. Thank goodness we didn't puncture or have any mechanicals. I spoke to the commissar later that evening, and they are aware of the problem. Some of the ideas they are toying with is to only receive backup at the Ashton spot, and then maybe before the last 3 rollers - removing backup vehicles from the route almost completely. Another option is to make it like Trans Baviaans - boxes that get taken to checkpoints and no vehicles on the route. As a fast team, it was near impossible to pass the slower teams, especially when they are riding 4 abreast, hugging the centre line. The rules also stated that slower teams should stay as far left as possible, and I'd be surprised if there any single team did that consistently. And don't even get us started on the crazy antics some of the backup drivers get up to. I haven't seen that much aggression directed to cyclists from motorists since the last time I commuted to work. I'd have thought that the people at a bike race would be a bit more considerate towards cyclists. Mackem, FanieFiets, Lucky Luke. and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Lizard Posted November 25, 2013 Share This sounds like a doping topic...everyone does it, so its "ok" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Lizard Posted November 25, 2013 Share Een van my maatjies is in die span wat 2de gekom het...lyk my hul gaan wen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no calves Posted November 25, 2013 Share Ja we echelon past the slower riders. Best way to solve it, let the fast teams start firts. If we didnt cross the white line to past slower riders we would have lost a hour between Montagu and Asthon So instead of going single file over the white line you echelon and take up the WHOLE road instead of making your footpring as small as possible? You son need a darwin award for that! Edited November 25, 2013 by no calves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted November 25, 2013 Share I found guys on mtb rode 3 abreast and refused to move over and then got all agro when every team that approaches them to keep left. Take a hint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted November 25, 2013 Share Does the rule differentiate between a solid and broken white line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornman Posted November 25, 2013 Share So instead of going single file over the white line you echelon and take up the WHOLE road instead of making your footpring as small as possible? You son need a darwin award for that! . Edited November 25, 2013 by Thornman Marius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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