Originally Posted by
MinnMan
It wasn't a straight sprint. Merlier and his iead out, Phiipsen, were going into the corner of the right hand turn. Totally legit. As pointed out by Horner nobody in the front of a sprint would have approached that corner with any other line.
Aye. Hence the subjunctive.
I'm juggling the USAC and UCI rules and the proposals (CPA, et al?) and my gaps of understanding of theory and practice. Bottom line: that's bike racing.
P.S. the UCI "hold your line" rule isn't for a straight sprint. It's for a sprint.