Originally Posted by
Hermes
In 2010, the NCNCA had several "bad" Cat 4 crashes that were discussed extensively on the NCNCA forum. One of the culprits was racers sprinting for deep in the money spots i.e. 30th place.
Here is the crash sequence from the 2010 Bariani Road Race finish. A rider in the front goes down with the Cat 4 field together at the finish sprinting - mayhem followed.
http://hcphoto.smugmug.com/DBC-and-N...Qm9qVPx/Medium
Here's the thing though - guys will still sprint for 40th place if the scoring is accurate up to that point or not. (I assume) they figure well I got beat by those guys up the road, but at least maybe I can beat someone today.
I don't actually think this discussion is about sprinting when you're out of the money, I would imagine that's always been the case. And it's also totally different comparing p/1/2 fields to cat 4 fields - p1/2's definitely don't care about 20th place (unless it pays), even in these "non good-ole days".