Weber, Dave

Two things to consider about finishes:
1. Width of finishing road way and whether all road is available for sprint finish
2. Likelihood of a sprint finish.

BB has a narrow road - not real compatible with bunch sprints.

BB has a hilly profile so fields can break into smaller groups.

I was with the lead group accelerating to a sprint finish when centerline and shoulder width compressed a high speed group into a major crash a few years ago.

The organizer and officials needs for safety and results picking need to be big considerations.
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----- Original Message -----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org
To: RCJohnson1@attglobal.net
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Tue Mar 04 09:21:06 2008
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Banana Belt Updates

I'm not suggesting that all finishes be uphill. BB2 is traditionally an uphill finish. It would be nice if that would continue to be the case despite the course direction change.

Jeff, Can you clarify your intentions for the BB2 finish please?

-Rob Anderson

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Rick C Johnson wrote:

Exactly. We have a whole season of up hill finishes ahead or us.
Remember, sprinters are racers too and also deserve a good finish now
and again.

Rick

Joe Cipale wrote:

>Stmt #1 - Bicyle racing is dangerous.
>Stmt #2 - OBRA does the best job of any organization of putting the safety of the riders at the top of the list.
>Stmt #3 - Crashes happen, regardless of the type of finsh. Usually from rider inexperience and/or inattentiveness.
>
>Joe
>
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