Great post.
I will admit when I saw the Rockstar tweet (not having seen any postings on RB), my immediate gut reaction was this represented what I had felt and been niggling at me all the weekend.
I feel it is the symptom of the Scott being trend setter, a function of its age and stages of...
We all have a opinion, based on race experience, whose ridden what track, and for some reason how it effects the outcome - rules apply equally to all competitors ?
The video quote of the Commissaire, who has all the facts unlike any of us makes the most telling comment,
"we want to send a...
As a UCI ranked/sanctioned event and this is a official protest, the protest and details should be publicly available.
Having a look at MTBA site and cannot see anything, may require a request to be lodged.
Yes shocking, and it ruins all the effort/enjoyment built over the course of the series and the year.....what a waste.
It's strange because it seems like a inconsistent behaviour by CF, after such a well run series.
Maybe they were blindsided on the day by their own in attention to detail...
Helmet Cam Start Lap
Here's some raw footage of the start lap on a helmet cam we were given to test.
Only low res, but we get to see the Yeti CX dismount and the dozen riders go orienteering on that wrong turn :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enR7bC_-q1k
Here is the famous Yeti on the start lap, going for the full dismount as those pesky mountains bikes clogged the climb.
Captured by a Belgium Phototag (helmet cam on team mate).
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