• panicked clipping-in efforts

    I've seen a few of these, which given the two races and socially distanced queueing means nearly half the people I've watched starting. Everybody was told a week before the event that they would be starting with one foot on the ground, so I'm mystified that those who didn't have confidence that they could get clipped in before applying the first support-foot power stroke didn't spend at least a few minutes practising.

  • Is one foot on the ground required?

    Yes, by regulation the only alternatives are "held by an official" and "with one foot on the ground"

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