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Piz Buin said:I'm surprised by how many people voted for #2
You can not change the result NOW. It's too late. They did nothing during the race.
jaylew said:Why are you surprised when that's the solution the teams came up with?
Fearless Greg Lemond said:DSQ:
Movistar
Europcar
Sky
the Columbians
Ag2R
Yellow Fluids
Kick m all out of this Giro!
Fearless Greg Lemond said:DSQ:
Movistar
Europcar
Sky
the Columbians
Ag2R
Yellow Fluids
Kick m all out of this Giro!
Fearless Greg Lemond said:DSQ:
Movistar
Europcar
Sky
the Columbians
Ag2R
Yellow Fluids
Kick m all out of this Giro!
hfer07 said:I voted to keep the results.
It has been discussed it to the last bit on the stage 16 thread, and yet people are willing to drag this issue purposelessly.
bottom line: RCS did not do anything about it when the incident was happening, nor they took proper action afterwards when the stage was over, neither within the next 24 hours, & having already had the next stage completed- is simply nothing they could or would do to reverse it.
RCS fvcked up -then deal with it-but please don't intend to re write history.
Guybrush said:they should move 2015 Giro to June
christopherrowe said:Well, the rules do allow for "after the fact" corrections and punishments to be handed down (even to the point of stripping Grand Tour "winners" of their placings for rules violations that came to light post-race), so the timeline isn't really all that germane. I'm still researching this, but of the options in this poll (setting aside the last two, of course), the only things allowed to the organizers or the commissaires at this point would seem to be to either declare the entire stage null and void or let the results stand. And to my understanding they could take the former action at any point if new information came forward, even after the Tour is completed.
On the day, the actions of the race organizers were inadequate to say the least. They seem to have ignored even the insufficiently robust and specific rules they had to rely on, to the detriment of their own race.
But again, I believe the interests of the sport, the race, and even the negatively impacted riders are all best served by letting the results stand and by following the rules as they are written.
hfer07 said:I voted to keep the results.
It has been discussed it to the last bit on the stage 16 thread, and yet people are willing to drag this issue purposelessly.
bottom line: RCS did not do anything about it when the incident was happening, nor they took proper action afterwards when the stage was over, neither within the next 24 hours, & having already had the next stage completed- is simply nothing they could or would do to reverse it.
RCS fvcked up -then deal with it-but please don't intend to re write history.
Off course, only Team Columbia should be DSQ'ed. Outragious behaviour by those teams mentioned! When going down a mountain one must brake.Escarabajo said:LOL. So the Colombians can stay in the race?
hfer07 said:Pardon me, but I seem to understand that in your view a "doping" offense and a On-road/in situ incident caused by the Organizers are equally liable to be "overturn"?
hope you're kidding