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I agree that it should have been penalised in 2016 as well. As far as I can see it was illegal then.
Crossing an illegal border is far worse than riding down a quiet bit of motorway that is widely used by locals. I think it should be disqualification. Mike / others seem to have a bit of a blind spot about this.
I was hoping they would make a statement on it being banned before the event, as I wasn't that keen on losing half a day to people using it, but a hefty penalty just about redresses it.
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I argued with Mike about this at the finish of TCR4. The rules state not to break local laws, right? Well that border crossing is illegal for non-locals so it should've been banned in TCR4 but Mike just kinda said something like "you roll the dice on that one" because some people had tried to use it and were turned away, facing a large detour. I still think he was wrong on that and anyone that used that crossing should receive enough of a time penalty to put them behind whatever time I got...