(Update) Absa Cape Epic: Evans and Knox penalised for unfair advantage

[Cassie]

Can I say this.. but all this about 5m is bloody childish. . 5km./10km yes fine that's cheating.. but 5m ag no man.

 

Lance went off road during that one tdf and was commended for great handling skills.. (yes I know he isn't a good example)

 

Yesterday's highlights package showed several riders joining the route again from behind one of the water points...surely they "stole" at least 10 -20m ...are they also getting 1hr penalties??

[TALUS]

If it really is only a few metres, it is BS. There must be more to it than that.

[tunariaan]

Seems to be more than 5m

So someone tunes him when he takes a shortcut and then he swears at the oke..nice specially from a pro

The should give him more for being skelm

[Guest Karma]

Seems to be more than 5m

So someone tunes him when he takes a shortcut and then he swears at the oke..nice specially from a pro

The should give him more for being skelm

 

Bold Statement...especially without facts.

 

Wait for press release guys.

[Spoke101]

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.

Edited March 27, 2014 by Spoke101

[tunariaan]

Did the route lap today or how did the slow riders get to the front?

[Gen]

I think Fedgroup should tell them to go get stuffed.. and get dr evil to make next yrs addition reaaal special.

[Guest Smimby]

Now if only they could impose simular actions for littering.

 

Ie. Adrianne. On TV opening a bar and spitting out that little bit off the wrapper torn off with her teeth to open it.

[Gen]

So my kids overheard us discussing this whole gemors, and my eldest said.. aah so they've had all the previous stages to out ride Fedgroup and get the African jersey out on route but need to cry about a couple of meters of corner cutting to get it.. My son is 12, he also said it sounds like stuff the mommies of some of the kids in his school would do to get their kids ahead.

[rouxtjie]

So my kids overheard us discussing this whole gemors, and my eldest said.. aah so they've had all the previous stages to out ride Fedgroup and get the African jersey out on route but need to cry about a couple of meters of corner cutting to get it.. My son is 12, he also said it sounds like stuff the mommies of some of the kids in his school would do to get their kids ahead.

Rules are rules....and good call by epic. They just need to apply it consistently. Dumb move by Fedgroup and they got caught....end van prent

[Gen]

Rules are rules....and good call by epic. They just need to apply it consistently. Dumb move by Fedgroup and they got caught....end van prent

 

That's the big issue here.. They are not consistent with it AT all.. if they were then Songo should be 1hour behind too.

 

Any how.. it's Friday after all and I only have until 10 to play along with the Friday madness.

[rouxtjie]

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.

Easy...be in front of guy / team that are slow in tech section...the question should rather be, why is the slower guy in front of you at the section where they are holding you up.

 

In short - Racing

[rouxtjie]

That's the big issue here.. They are not consistent with it AT all.. if they were then Songo should be 1hour behind too.

 

Any how.. it's Friday after all and I only have until 10 to play along with the Friday madness.

Yip there they have dropped the ball a bit...be consistent. Fedgroup however can't use songo's transgression to motivate theirs...2 wrongs don't make a right

[rouxtjie]

Ping ping ping....oompie

 

Our bet still on?

 

:whistling: :whistling:

Edited March 28, 2014 by rouxtjie

['Dale]

 

Rules are rules....and good call by epic. They just need to apply it consistently. Dumb move by Fedgroup and they got caught....end van prent

 

I think the objections raised by fellow PROs led to the seriousness of the investigation and therefore the penalizing.

 

No other objections were made in any other scenarios.

 

Hmmm

[Stretch]

I want to know where people got the idea it was 5m or an uphill switchback... It was mentioned in this thread as speculation but nowhere have I read what the actual infringement was

 

Edited March 28, 2014 by Stretch