Originally Posted by TysonCook

Is this common? If I had known this, I would've gone harder. I assumed that they would allow us to pass (safely) when we started downhill.

Originally Posted by dz_nuzz

Sometimes officials make bad calls. Story of the year goes to a friend / competitor who was a really strong dude. Flatted right out of neutral, gets a wheel from neutral support, asks if he can get drafted back to the pack. Neutral says no prob and then an official pulls up and tells him he can't, he then had to ride the 70+ mile circuit alone and finish 45 minutes OTB and this was at the Green Mountain Stage Race and he was a serious GC contender.

Official made a bad call, they are human to. (Doesn't mean it doesnt stink.)