http://www.vitalmtb.com/videos/member/Rob-Warner-Grills-the-Riders-at-Fort-William-Qualifying,26038/sspomer,2what happened to announcer-dude's face?
They went back to the way the rule used to be written "have to re-enter where you left" because it's more of a black and white rule. The "as long as you don't gain an advantage" rule was too ambiguious and race officials were worried there would come a time when someone would potentially re-enter the course and make it onto the podium. Then there would be protests and drama from other riders/managers, so they decided to go back to the old rule before something like that happened.so, this whole thing with Greg being DQ'd at Cairns... I'm confused, caus' I thought the rules had changed so that you didn't have to go back where you went out if it didn't gain you any time. that whole rule thing came into play for Rachel in Windham where she got all squirelly off a jump, went off track, but held it together to get back on track. She wasn't dq'd for that, and it may have cost Ragot the overall... I don't quite remember. did they change the rules back? Did they change their interpretation? what's up with all that?
I think it was before PMB this year, the riders/teams had all been told about how the rule would be interpreted that's why Minnaar didn't really put up a fight when he was DQ'd in Cairns.makes sense... when did they go back to the old rule?