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http://www.slowtwitch.com/News/Bozzo...ubai_4910.html

At around 53km the 5 Pros we mentioned earlier accidentally exited a roundabout too early, cutting off a section of the course and, putting them back into the lead. Several pros riding behind them noticed the faux-pas, and who chose the correct route, filed protests. In defense of the five athletes who took the "shortcut," the route was not crystal clear. As a result Martin Jensen caught some riders of that group again and that made it clear to him that something was not right. The Dane was then seen gesturing to officials, but the race ran its course.

Hm, km 53 wäre die erste Ecke auf dem Rückweg vom End-Wendepunkt. Wenn sie da zu früh aus dem Kreisverkehr raus sind, wären sie völlig vom Kurs abgekommen.

In den Kommentaren unter dem Artikel mein Dan Empfield, dass es ähnliche Entscheidungen schon öfters gegeben habe:

Zitat von Dan Empfield

lots of cases of stuff like this, tho most often it's the inadvertent "long cutting" by organizers who steered some number of pros in the wrong direction. pigg leading molina during the bike leg of the the nice triathlon, same thing happened as here: lead motorcycle taking the lead cyclist off at the wrong roundabout exit. wildflower, no turnaround cone, some athletes kept running, some athletes turned around where the cone was supposed to be. couple of years ago at CapTex, gunslinging sheriff aboard a jet ski impeding the progress of lead pro swimmers. yes, time adjustments have often been historically made.

Wäre natürlich gut, wenn das irgendwie von den Regeln gedeckt wäre ...