I get that you are all friends but you have to look at it from an "outsiders" perspective...Yeah, the piece he missed was small and they did win by a lot...But who knows...If he did that section maybe he would have gotten a flat or crashed or one of the many other things that can happen in a race...And I did listen to norms podcast this morning when he calls out the other team for cutting the course and they did get DQ'ed..Yeah they did cut more than him but hey in my book cutting the course is cutting the course no matter how long or short...Like I said the only resolution is DQ in my book!!! Dark Horse missed the boat on this one! LAME
i understand your point. i made the call.
the other teams came thru with 14 miles on the first lap. that just can't be undone.
norm's gps was pretty close even though he said he thought he missed a piece.
i let the race play out and made a worse case call with time and so forth.
it was my call.
doesn't matter that he is a friend. would have made the same call otherwise.
although i doubt if many people in that situation would have even questioned the length of their lap let alone brought it to the attention of the promoter.
i am sure that this doesn't make you feel any better. for that i apologize.
hopefully you enjoyed the race, the atmosphere, the bbq, and getting together with 400 like minded people for a day of riding bikes.
i know that for me personally that what really matters.