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hippy
A guy on IndyPac asked me for a cable tie. And I saw with my own eyes a TCR rider give another rider a battery. Luckily I finished above both of them.
What irritates me is that the penalties have not tended to reflect the advantages gained. In 2016 I was level with another rider at Skopje. I rode down that gravel hell in Macedonia. I got a pinch flat on it which I would not have got on the road. He rode down the motorway. He got a 2-hour penalty but finished half a day ahead of me, because my extra time riding not only took more than 2 hours longer, it pushed me into needing an extra day. The penalties don't factor that in.