Originally Posted by
furiousferret
The bar in this sport has always been stupid. I can't tell you the amount of people that have shown up to a race or group ride only to get dropped and never show up again. There's no finisher ribbon, no sympathy, and no acknowledgement for those starting out....
I think you are 100% on point.
Older fellow in his 60s started racing at the same time I did (Cat 5 - Socal area). He did 3 crits, got dropped in all of them, got
pulled in all of them. His results online only show 1 race with a DNF.
He hasn't been back since.