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50 Frenchmen sat on Bjorn's wheel for 550km in 2015!
And? That's draft legal event.
If by some miracle I sat on skinny's wheel for the first two days, do you think that's fair for anyone behind me?
I don't get your point? You're saying that people could hold a wheel. I know, I'm saying that by doing so, even if they're not victorious because the stronger rider could drop them, they've saved a tonne of energy and got further up the road than if they were under their own power.
This is turning into a PC vs. Mac argument.
Shit, lets start a helmet debate while we're at it.
Don't draft if the rules say no drafting.
Don't draft if the rules say no drafting.
Don't draft if the rules say no drafting.
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Don't draft if the rules say no drafting.
I don't think anyone disputes that
The argument was about the hypothetical reasons for allowing / banning drafting.
In my opinion if you managed to hang onto Skinny's wheel for 2 days (and it was legal to do so) then yes you gained an advantage over others but you were able to hold the wheel while they weren't so that advantage is your reward.
Why can't I resist replying? Gah!! I will endeavour not to anymore so this thread can return to useful matters...
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My point is that the tcr, or events like it, could not exist with drafting. It would not be safe, it wouldn't be fair and I don't even think it would be more exciting.
I think everyone has accepted the 'rules' point. I was addressing the other question raised which was are the rules arbitrary in not allowing drafting and could they ever be changed to allow it. I think the answer is no.
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50 Frenchmen sat on Bjorn's wheel for 550km in 2015!
If all they are trying to do is sit on someone's wheel and not thinking about the full distance, it's surely not out of the question. @skinny said he was doing 200W on the first stage last year: a lot of people could sit on his wheel at that power level - some for an hour, some a day, a couple maybe for a week - then try to get him in the sprint!
I think it probably would keep the race result open longer, but it is not going to happen in the TCR (#belessMike).
And I don't think it would be more exciting. James hunting down Bjorn across the middle of Europe in 2017 was far more exciting than any group ride + bunch sprint!