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Ruby United said:In the Giro Rosa/ Femal Giro D'Italia a woman got dq'ed for doing it
I'm gonna be biased as I'm from London, and say he should just be fined money.
So rules should be enforced based on whether someone is from the same country as you or not?
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Afrank said:
While I agree, whatever the penalty is, just use the rules.
To the bolded, it's a BIG DEAL. In this case, hunger knock with many Kilometres left on a massive climb like that would have meant losing minutes to his GC rivals. Yes, in the span of 3-5 Km, the GC would have been rearranged a bit.
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I miss the 'Froome should be forced to do six Alpe D'huez laps in the rain against Vinokourov without food and be penalised the time he lost to Vino in the GC' option.
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luckyboy said:
no, it didn't make any differenc,.e froome simply blew. he was already on the verge of blwoing before that when quintana countered purito.
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The answer I'd like to give is "10 minutes for both riders".
However, the fair answer is, "whatever the rules say". And, if the rules aren't specific, it should have been the time a bonking rider would have been expected to lose from that point to the finish.
20 seconds is a joke.
However, the fair answer is, "whatever the rules say". And, if the rules aren't specific, it should have been the time a bonking rider would have been expected to lose from that point to the finish.
20 seconds is a joke.
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batchuba said:
There is no Bastille to imprison him in.
How about: a lifetime supply of bilharzia?
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I think rules are rules. Penalties should apply but a DSQ ?? Are you serious ?? LOL
I voted for 'a couple of minutes' but that is only in context of the gap in this years tour.
I think the decision should be arbitrary although the flaw with that is that the French tend to be biased (harsh but fair).
If this was a Tour in which the top two were within 10 secs of each other - you have just ruined the Tour - if you gave a two minute fixed penalty.
In this case 20 secs is much too little, but generally speaking is probably appropriate as a standard penalty.
That's my thoughts for what it's worth.
I voted for 'a couple of minutes' but that is only in context of the gap in this years tour.
I think the decision should be arbitrary although the flaw with that is that the French tend to be biased (harsh but fair).
If this was a Tour in which the top two were within 10 secs of each other - you have just ruined the Tour - if you gave a two minute fixed penalty.
In this case 20 secs is much too little, but generally speaking is probably appropriate as a standard penalty.
That's my thoughts for what it's worth.
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Ryo Hazuki said:
^^ this pretty much before quintana went away he took longer too close with every up in tempo
Whatever the normal penalty is but, honestly, this brings disgrace to the Yellow jersey. He has a huge lead so he figured it's ok to cheat since even being docked a minute wouldn't really threaten his overall ambitions. Disgraceful and offensive. Play by the rules, this isn't some rider in 120th place off the back and off camera holding onto a car for a few seconds, it's the Yellow jersey!
- Jul 9, 2009
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He should be penalized 5 minutes resulting in this top 5 at the start of fridays stage.
I'd pay money to see that.
I'd pay money to see that.
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