Evan Plews
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Evan Plews
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:49:46 -0700
From: chris_deardorff@yahoo.com
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Bad racer behavior
First off, I appreciate all the judges have to go through and it's a shame Mike has to write an email like this from time to time. That being said, I love #2 "You weren't going fast enough, just deal with it." That's awesome! It put a smile on my face when I read it (and yes, I was in the "not going fast enough" crowd)
From: Mike Murray
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:49 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Bad racer behavior
I saw several case of bad racer behavior at the criterium today. Most of
them were exacerbated by haranguing the officials at the judging table. The
job of the officials at the judging table is to tabulate the results of the
current race. The are not there for you to yell at because you thought
something went wrong. They are busy judging the race and can't be expected
to drop everything to address your issues. Specific issues today were:
1) Free laps - Criteriums may have a free lap. The rules concerning crit
free laps are under 15.4.6 in the OBRA rules
(http://www.obra.org/pdfs/2011rules.pdf). The free lap rules use the term
"mishap" which is defined under 2.11. Mishaps are falls or when something
breaks. Loose stuff doesn't count. If you didn't fall and nothing broke
don't yell at the pit officials, yell at
the judges, etc. Next time make
sure all the bits on your bike are adequately tightened.
2) Lapped or out of contention riders - Rules 15.4.3 and 15.4.4. If you are
pulled from the race you have to leave the race course. Don't yell at the
judges, go to the registration table, demand your money back, etc. You
weren't going fast enough, just deal with it.
3) Place protest - Rule 12.1 If you think your place is wrong notify the
Chief Judge, give the reason why you think the results are incorrect and
then walk away. This is best done in writing. Do not expect that the Chief
Judge will drop everything to resolve the question of your results
immediately. They are going to be busy judging the currently running race.
Judges make mistakes but keep in mind that for a crit the judges count each
field as it goes by each lap. If the photo finish camera is being used
then
there is a picture of every rider as they cross the finish line every lap.
You may have counted x numbers of riders ahead of you but your accuracy is
suspect compared to judges and photo finish camera. Out of breath bike
racers are notoriously inaccurate at counting the riders around them. More
importantly if you are certain that you finished in x place but they have
you down for x + 2 or 3 it is probably not very significant.
4) Yelling "crash" at the judges table as you race by - Riders fall at
nearly every bike race. Thankfully most of the time riders fall they get
back up again. Maybe if you see someone still on the ground when you come
around a second time and no one is attending them you might consider
stopping to notify people at the finish line but yelling as you go by does
no good. No one knows where the crash is, no one knows how serious the
crash is, most often the
riders will be up and gone when someone from the
finish gets there, etc. At most crits there are course volunteers all
around the course who will see the crash, have more information, be able to
contact the first aid provider, etc.
Mike Murray
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