Originally Posted by
southernfox
Question for officials.
I pulled a pedal immediately in my 500m TT start today (but because I was so heavily strapped in, my foot was still 'on' the pedal but sacrificed 200w and had a garbage time.
Could I have just stopped/slow-rolled and got a restart?
My guess would be no since you didn't have an observable issue (e.g. foot out of pedal, flat tire, broken chain, tire rubbing chainstay, fell over...).
Philip Hindes (GBR) famously flopped when he flubbed a start in the gold medal round for TS at the London Olympics. I wouldn't suggest that, though. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that they had rehearsed how to flop if needed.