Dicky DQ Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Only a team, if your partner is mire than 2 minutes away from you you get a time penalty and the next time DQ. If your partner bails you can continue with a blue number, but you may not cross the finish line. you get a DNF!
Gen Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Looks like they made it. Stage time 8:33 Fantastic news.
Danger Dassie Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Only a team, if your partner is mire than 2 minutes away from you you get a time penalty and the next time DQ. If your partner bails you can continue with a blue number, but you may not cross the finish line. you get a DNF! Partly incorrect, if your partner bails and you finish inside the time. You still get to continue with a normal number and you get to cross the finish line with an official time and finish.Although you have to start each stage at the back as an 'outcast' with the blue boards. Happened to me in 2012 :/
nonky Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 surely he knew this before coming into the epic? he definitely does NOW!
nonky Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 I just think they utilize the equipment with very little restraint like the avg amateur. No offence intended - it is about getting max performance out of it.It's all about chasing the clock. Never minds the speeds and work rate they achieve. Pretty sure they do consider reliability. It can cost you the podium. Ride it like you stole it? Pants Boy 1
kosmonooit Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Partly incorrect, if your partner bails and you finish inside the time. You still get to continue with a normal number and you get to cross the finish line with an official time and finish.Although you have to start each stage at the back as an 'outcast' with the blue boards. Happened to me in 2012 :/ Do you at least get a medal for your troubles?
Pure Savage Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Apparently the guys who were running ended up getting a lift on another guys handle bars. Don't know how the bike got to finish. Maybe new one for tomorrow;) Spoke101 and Ramrod 2
Matts 300 Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Jis the story of Hermida is bad: Hermida goes into anaphylactic shock due tocertain dried fruits allergy.Hermida has lived one of his worst days on thebike. He and his team mate van Houts wereleaders of the Cape Epic and have had breakfastlike a normal day. Still, some substance includedin his breakfast has led him to forget about racinginterests. José was aware of his intolerance tosome dried fruits 4 years ago and since then healways pays a lot of attention to what he eats."It has been a hard time. We were going in thelead group and I've begun to feel cold and Istarted sweating much more than normal. Then Isaw that my heart rate was much higher than itshould be and that something was wrong. Wehave stopped as I was feeling more sick asminutes went by. I ended up lying on the floorwith cramps in both legs. I did not know how tostop that and even a helicopter from theorganization has seen us and landed to see whatwas happening. I drank a lot and after 40 minuteswaiting on the side of the road my body startedgoing back to normal. After evaluating whatoptions we had, we have decided to ride back to amedical assitance point to visit the doctors", saysHermida from the motorhome .His discomfort and the wheals that have appearedon his skin have eased a clear medical report: foodpoisoning. Seeing that the worst was over, Joséhas asked the doctors not to supply any medicinenot permitted by the UCI and thereby to be forcedto leave the race. So tomorrow the team willcontinue competing.It is interesting to highlight the words he had forhis teammate: "Rudi has invited me to abandonthe race. We were leaders and, in a race of thislevel, it hurts not to defend your position. But hehas seen it clear that the situation was veryserious. What we lived today scared him. Once wehave started to ride again, he has set the paceand has been talking to me the whole time,making jokes to ease the tension after the badmoments we have lived. He is number 1". tunariaan, Storm 78, Spoke101 and 5 others 8
Danger Dassie Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Do you at least get a medal for your troubles? Yip, it keeps my coffee table nice and level ... Kidding, it's in a drawer. Jis the story of Hermida is bad: Snip Insane, what a close call!
BSG Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 I think all the Scott riders so Matthys and Gert as well.I sure hope Matthys does SA well
Gideondv Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 Cool Specialized stage 1 video Squier and CleatsnCleavage 2
Firemeister Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 According to the Epic website today has seen the lowest dropout rate of any Stage 1 ever. Dr. Evil not living up to his usual Stage 1 antics..
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