I seem to remember Mike saying in the race briefing in 2016 that it had been said the previous year that they would not be that strict during the first night of the race, about riding with others, as you're so close and might want to have a conversation. But that a few had understood this as it being okay to actually ride as a group for the night. So from that year on, 2016, it would not be tolerated. And something like that if you see a fucker trying to draft you, take a picture and he/she is dq'd.
I seem to remember Mike saying in the race briefing in 2016 that it had been said the previous year that they would not be that strict during the first night of the race, about riding with others, as you're so close and might want to have a conversation. But that a few had understood this as it being okay to actually ride as a group for the night. So from that year on, 2016, it would not be tolerated. And something like that if you see a fucker trying to draft you, take a picture and he/she is dq'd.