Noel Jones Memorial Road Race 2016

bendertherobot
bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
edited May 2016 in Amateur race
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/event ... -Race-2016

Right, what's the story then? White lines? :shock:
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    Much debate on FB about this. By the sound of it, it was a bit more than the usual 1 or 2 over the white line...
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    Imposter wrote:
    Much debate on FB about this. By the sound of it, it was a bit more than the usual 1 or 2 over the white line...

    There's a video on youtube which suggests many were. But I wonder how they managed to confirm 1 and 2 did not but, say, 33, did and didn't get 3rd.....
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    2 man breakaway?
  • bendertherobot
    bendertherobot Posts: 11,684
    coriordan wrote:
    2 man breakaway?

    That's logical. Unclear from the video. The fb discussion is good fun. Claims that it wasn't necessarily "white lines" but pretty much every single person "racing dangerously"
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    As above - first two were away, which is why they didn't get DQ'd. The comms deemed the rest as being 'collectively guilty' or something...
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    Some of the racing on the roads has been absolutely appalling in terms of riders taking risks this year. Punishments seem to vary depending on the region but I've been in 4 races that have been stopped (for good reason) half way through and that's in E/1/2!
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    on the 2 road races I hosted there were no racers doing the wrong thing. this sounds like a worst case scenario.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,479
    I'd missed this but glad to see this done at last. I've given up on racing (riding and organising) as there are too many idiots who think 10 points and £30 is worth risking your own, and others, safety / life for. Who was the commisaire?

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