Luciano bailey

Why question a violation would these same riders look at themselves in the
mirror knowing they attempted to gain an unfair advantage thus skewing the
true results. This is a sportsmanship issue, race hard, race fair and let
the outcome be the outcome. Similar complaints arise with riders who fail to
neutralize, the protests from riders never cease to amaze me given that
their only perspective is biased, the camera as with an official are
unbiased. This is a case of racers knowing they were in violation,
expecting not to be caught

>From: "T. Kenji Sugahara"
>To: Andy Stahl
>CC: obra@list.obra.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] centerline violation
>Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 11:17:55 -0700
>
>I think Andy has hit it on the head. Great analysis.
>
>
>On May 15, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Andy Stahl wrote:
>
> > Candi,
> >
> > It is my understanding that a disqualification or other penalty can
> > result from two different processes -- 1) as a result of a racer's
> > protest; or, 2) as a result of an official's decision based upon
> > evidence. The 15-minute rule applies only to the first process,
> > not to the second. Performance enhancing drug use would be an
> > example of the second process at work, as drug use could never be
> > effectively dissuaded through the protest process with its 15-
> > minute requirement.
> >
> > The TTT photographs are much like a drug test. They are evidence
> > of a rule violation that should be acted upon by race officials.
> > The fact that a protest was also filed is irrelevant. I would deny
> > the protest (citing the 15-minute rule), but penalize all the
> > center-line offending teams for which evidence exists using the
> > official's inherent power to do so.
> >
> > As for what constitutes a centerline violation, the arguments
> > regarding the marshaled corners are persuasive, as are the
> > arguments regarding the start line and emergency avoidance of
> > fallen cyclists. However, the corner cutting in the middle of the
> > straight sections is centerline violation in its purest form.
> >
> > Andy
> >
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