Finish Line Timing Mats?

[TrickyD]

Did the West Coast Express PPA fun ride this morning. Lekker fast race in near perfect weather conditions. Our group ended in a bunch sprint for the line and guess what !!! single file finish line over timing mats. It was a case of stop, wait in line and push bike over timing mats. For me it doesn't matter whether I came 20th or 30th in the my fun ride group, but how do the Elite and league riders cope with this? I am fairly new to cycle racing, is this single file finsh line the norm? Seems very strange to me .....

[Guest colonel]

For league there are cameras and officials that take the places for league riders.colonel2008-10-26 06:32:49

[TrickyD]

For league there are cameras and officials that take the places for league riders.

Thanks colonel ... I kind of thought there must be a logical answer. For the rest of us we are left with fisherman stories of how we actually finished far sooner than our posted times