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Nothing more a question about what people call cheating these days, gamming the rules etc.
Nothing more a question about what people call cheating these days, gamming the rules etc.
I’m not sure what you a getting at either. Hanging onto cars isn’t allowed, never has been. It’s not really comparable to gaming TUEs.
Well in that case I'd assume you would go for severe penalties fro those offences, we now have a situation where using the full width of the rules is called cheating and hanging off a car or drafting a van on a TT is a slap on the wrists.
To complain about the TUE use etc. is one thing, BUT like every other sport people will go right up to the line without crossing it.
Well, this may shed some light... something about cats and pigeons...
People have always hung on to cars and used "sticky bottles". It's quite often overlooked by the commissaire when it is used to get back to the bunch after a puncture or a mechanical, or where it is briefly done by a rider who is not contesting the overall GC or a stage result. In other words it can be a way of cutting someone a bit of slack where the overall results are not influenced, and everyone understands that.
However, if it is blatantly used to gain an unfair advantage that affects the race result, you will get more than a slap on the wrist. In fact, some chap called Froome was DQed from the 2010 Giro for hanging on to a motorbike!
If he wishes to avoid professional misconduct as well as criminal charges, he is going to have to tread a very fine line there.
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