GLuvsMtb Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Sounds like a harsh penalty to try and blow life into the ladies race. [emoji107]
Gen Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Robyn de Groot in yellow tomorrow.Well technically in orange. . But yip.. the pace will be nuts.. hope they can hang on to RECM for a bit. Would be rather nice to see a race between the girls, but I reckon RECM will make up that time chop chop.
scotty Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Well technically in orange. . But yip.. the pace will be nuts.. hope they can hang on to RECM for a bit. Would be rather nice to see a race between the girls, but I reckon RECM will make up that time chop chop.Oops yes orange RECM will give it a blast, agree barring any further incidents they will make it up.
Gen Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Sounds like a harsh penalty to try and blow life into the ladies race. [emoji107]I would expect them to stick to the rules when applying the penalties. As I don't know what the rules are I can't say. But rules are rules and unfortunately it has to be applied for all.. they must just go makeup the time again.. and they can.
GLuvsMtb Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I would expect them to stick to the rules when applying the penalties. As I don't know what the rules are I can't say. But rules are rules and unfortunately it has to be applied for all.. they must just go makeup the time again.. and they can.Hogwash. They did not penalise the Bulls team in 12 when they accidentally got onto the next days route and went off course. They are merely selling TV time.
Gen Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Hogwash. They did not penalise the Bulls team in 12 when they accidentally got onto the next days route and went off course. They are merely selling TV time.I don't know about that incident, did they gain or lose time
GLuvsMtb Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 I don't know about that incident, did they gain or lose timeThey lost time, but got the difference back if I recall correctly. They still did not enter the course where they left it. Today Ariane and Annika did not gain nearly the time that they were penalized with.
_David_ Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Exclusive interview with Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad: https://twitter.com/AbsaCapeEpic/status/577885128246079488 https://soundcloud.com/jeff-ayliffe/recm-specialized-on-penalty
Gen Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 They lost time, but got the difference back if I recall correctly. They still did not enter the course where they left it. Today Ariane and Annika did not gain nearly the time that they were penalized with.Was it not when they and merida followed the lead bike and the lead bike got lost, and they had to turn back? I think the standard time penalty for leaving the route is 1hr.. Anyhow they will make it back by Thursday they will be back in orange and if by some unlikely chance they don't it will just be a very very expensive lesson.
GLuvsMtb Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Was it not when they and merida followed the lead bike and the lead bike got lost, and they had to turn back? I think the standard time penalty for leaving the route is 1hr.. Anyhow they will make it back by Thursday they will be back in orange and if by some unlikely chance they don't it will just be a very very expensive lesson.They first claimed that a route marker was misplaced, but the teams behind them did not make the same mistake.nThe day before songo lost time due to going off course and did not get time back.
Guest notmyname Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 https://twitter.com/AbsaCapeEpic/status/577885128246079488 https://soundcloud.com/jeff-ayliffe/recm-specialized-on-penaltyThanks for that David. The ladies race sure is exciting. Awesome!
scotty Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Looks like if the section of route RECM took was a bit longer they would not have been penalized There was drama in the Mixed category when overnight leaders Rene Haselbacher and Sabine Sommer, both of Austria and riding for team ENS RH77, got lost towards the end of the stage and finished fourth in the category on the day – more than 12 minutes back.“We took a wrong turn close to the finish at added some three kilometres to our stage,” said Haselbacher, a former Tour de France rider.
Uni Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Is there somewhere non DSTV subscribers can catch the days highlights?
Monark Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 sheesh an hour penalty... rough... rules are rules though.
Gen Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 Is there somewhere non DSTV subscribers can catch the days highlights?I think they post the videos on youtube the next day
Wyatt Earp Posted March 17, 2015 Posted March 17, 2015 sheesh an hour penalty... rough... rules are rules though.Agreed, but a kack rule IMHO.If they din't benefit then why still penalise them.The penalty should only apply if you took a shortcut and gained time.But that's just me.
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