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Signalled by Marshall for Drafting?
i160978
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Hi all,
Completed SD today at Ldn tri. Went well and was putting in a good bike section. Was in a group of about 4 cyclists that were of similar ability but were well spread out. I started an overtaking manouvre but cyclist to my left sped up leaving me cycling along side when a motorcycle marshall pulls up next to me and points to his leg and wags his finger. I can only assume that I was being cautioned for drafting or being told to drop back on my overtaking manouvre. Because I was concentrating on him I immediately lost speed anyway so dropped back. I felt this was a little unnecessary and did spoil the rest of my bike leg as I was paranoid that if I got close to another bike that I might be DQ'd.
Has anyone else experienced this ..... I really didnt have a clue what I was supposed to have done, the last thing I would do is draft intentionally but its pretty hard to to be behind other cyclists at an event like London.
Completed SD today at Ldn tri. Went well and was putting in a good bike section. Was in a group of about 4 cyclists that were of similar ability but were well spread out. I started an overtaking manouvre but cyclist to my left sped up leaving me cycling along side when a motorcycle marshall pulls up next to me and points to his leg and wags his finger. I can only assume that I was being cautioned for drafting or being told to drop back on my overtaking manouvre. Because I was concentrating on him I immediately lost speed anyway so dropped back. I felt this was a little unnecessary and did spoil the rest of my bike leg as I was paranoid that if I got close to another bike that I might be DQ'd.
Has anyone else experienced this ..... I really didnt have a clue what I was supposed to have done, the last thing I would do is draft intentionally but its pretty hard to to be behind other cyclists at an event like London.
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Lets just put it this way......we're not cheating......we're just trying to go as fast as we can.
If the overtaker has got as far as "mid bike" AFAICS there's nothing to stop the overtaken rider from speeding up to prevent it. Which - as has been intimated - leaves the overtaker in no man's land with time running out to either geta wheel in front, or drop back out of the 7m box.
It must be bloody impossible for hawkeye's to really judge on this ... if there are any reading here maybe they could give a definition of what they look for, and whether there is any general advice for what to do in such circumstances.
didds
I agree that if drafting is banned then there has to be something in place to stop it but they really need to differentiate between those seeking to gain an advantage against practicle riding.
It's a shame it spoiled your ride.
At Strathclyde last week, where I acknowledge I wasn't having the best og bike legs, I had race num 307 sit behind me on a corner, he shouts something at. Makes little or no attempt to pass me. I still have the line into the corner. He then dives on the inside or me, I had to swerve to avoid him. I went through a puddle which was a pot hole in disguise and got a puncture.................................
All in front of a marshall. The tosser won the event.
I can appreciate that he was going for the win but surely as he was making no attempt to pass and I had the line into the corner then is this not illegeal?
Ruined my bike leg, not just for time but mentally as well.
he had an obligation to drop back, and somehow i don't think a marshall or draft buster would have bothered with any action. for my mind there is an over focus on the draft rule - there is an overtaking rule that needs to be spelled out clearly in briefings too.
s11 - the guy overtook you on the left which as i understand it is incorrect under tri bike rules. the marshall wasn't doing their job if they didn't give them a penalty for it because as you found out it was bloody dangerous.
A friend of mine got a DQ (not London) for crossing the white line on a corner as there were three bikes going round at the same time and he had been preoccupied and nearly missed the turn.
DQs for drafting are really unusual, especially in amateur events. Normally it seems to result in a time penalty. The only DQs I have seen this year have been for dangerous riding.
Apologies for hi-jackin the thread.
Found there was a lot of drafting going on throughout - right at the start there were so many people it was unavoidable but not later - and the results don't suggest anyone in my wave got a penalty. A few echelons through the tunnels and at one point a guy on an expensive bike with a pointy helmet was blatently drafting me for while into the breeze, until I got fed up and sat up to have a drink (and hence slow down). Didn't get the impression the marshals were bothered.
Clearly unnoticed by the marshals....
I agree that a clarification of the rule needs to be made to bust the guys who are purpossly drfting in order to gain an advantage and seperate us mere mortals who are trying our best to go as fast as possible as safely as possible