Elite women’s rule change gets big thumbs up

[News bot]

The 2016 Absa Cape Epic was special for the elite women competitors thanks to the new start batch and the trail-laden route … and there was the introduction of a “podium guy”.

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[r0adrunner]

Picture of the podium guy please!

[milky4130]

My suggestion to tighten up the "ladies drafting men dilemma" even further is to add a race commisiare on a motorbike following the top 3 ladies to ensure they adhere to all the rules assuming they enforce a new rule stating UCI Ladies should not draft the men.

[Donovan Le Cok]

The UCI ladies bunch was a joke. Besides the first four teams, the entire group would be caught and passed by the A bunch within 10km every day.

[GLuvsMtb]

The UCI ladies bunch was a joke. Besides the first four teams, the entire group would be caught and passed by the A bunch within 10km every day.

The first 3 is what really matter, but try tell that to 4, 5 and 6. Perhaps start the funriders at least 30 minutes after the pro's? [emoji6]

[Gerry Hattrick]

Maybe the men who beat the leading women on the prologue should start in a batch before them, and so forth on the stages that follow?