[henrymiller]

Two top Colorado mountain-bike racers face felony criminal-impersonation charges after allegedly cheating in last year's Leadville Trail 100.

Veteran endurance athlete Wendy Lyall, 36, used Katie Brazelton's entry number in the 2009 race, finishing second in the women's age 40-49 class.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15043329

 

[X3pilot]

So, basically, the only one really butt hurt over this is the race organizer, the women who got their places on the podium "stolen" are shrugging it off and the perpetrators are willing to publicly apologize, they gave back the prizes and will "do what it takes to make this right" and yet Colorado is going to spend tax payer money prosecuting this State level Class 6 "felony"??

Colorado is weird.


Damn hippies. It's a fvcking bicycle race.

 

[JohnE]

"Miller said Brazelton could not race because of an injury and didn't want to waste the $250 fee."

Simple fix. Make the entry transferrable. Dont waste a pfennig of taxpayer dinero on prosecution...

 

[sanjuro]

They did get the balloon boy's dad, didn't they?

 

[JohnE]

Wasn't balloon boy Arizona? They have enough weird press these days...CO is just trying to keep up.

 

[scrider]

Wasn't balloon boy Arizona? They have enough weird press these days...CO is just trying to keep up.

No Balloon boy was also in CO.

 

[Transcend]

What a waste of money. Idiot promoter.

 

[kidwoo]

What a waste of money. Idiot promoter.

Well it IS a road race disguised as some sort of mountain bike endeavor.

 

[eric strt6]

When I was a USAT official we had to deal with "Race Bandits" all the time. The biggest issue is is liability insurance, the insurance companies will not cover non registered participants. If the promoter doesn't go after the bandits the insurance coverage will get dropped and no one races. it's a big mess

 

[chillindrdude]

Well it IS a road race disguised as some sort of mountain bike endeavor.

no truer words spoken

 

[splat]

When I was a USAT official we had to deal with "Race Bandits" all the time. The biggest issue is is liability insurance, the insurance companies will not cover non registered participants. If the promoter doesn't go after the bandits the insurance coverage will get dropped and no one races. it's a big mess

Bingo !! we have a winner !

 

[$tinkle]

Well it IS a road race disguised as some sort of mountain bike endeavor.

that's why i pulled out @ mile 81. i realized just how ghey it was.


plus, my pussy hurt real, real, bad

 

[Heidi]

Well it IS a road race disguised as some sort of mountain bike endeavor.

Seriously, it's a road race with some dirt thrown around a bit.

 

[jonKranked]

well its not like someone getting a sex change and competing in the women's category...