DQ for riders at Ronda hanging unto team vehicles?

Wheels of Happiness

This post saw several vids of several Ronda riders who clung to team or other vehicles while traversing mounting passes.  Some reacted for other netizens posting such video saying he experienced this and that and that the netizen had no right in posting the video.

Well he can say that again. I  saw a post and reposted  and asked several questions:

1.  Is it fake news.

2.  What are the Ronda rules?  Is this allowed?

3.   If it is not allowed and common sense dictates that this is illegal unsportsmanlike, and bad examples

      THEN THEY SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED.  

The riders are not juvenile nor are they short of IQ not to understand honesty, and sportsmanship.  We all ride and watch who is gong to be the best and strongest, not cheaters.  We hate cheaters  in govt, we also hate them at sporting events. 

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Mortal sin in cycling races

Cheats had a heyday hanging on to a car and a van in Thursday’s eighth stage from Tarlac City to this tourist destination but their shenanigan method was caught on video and now, Excellent Noodles’ Mervin Corpuz, Team Quezon rider Jigo Mendoza and coach Melvin Aricayos and Eagle Cement cyclist Ed Robert Manucot won’t be racing anymore.

In foreign races, sticky fingers when handing out water bottles and even drafting are frowned upon and penalized by race officials.   And this.....

Painful accident for Xian de la Cruz of Nueva Ecija at stage 2 of Ronda in Bicol

Wheels of Happiness

It is not happiness but pain, thus experienced Xian de la Cruz of the Nueva Ecija team in the 2nd stage, team trial of Ronda 2022.   It may mark the  end of the cycling career of said rider who quit school just to train for the Ronda.  So far, the hospital bill is at P300K so far and the  Ronda organizer will  put up 50% or P150K, with the other half being charged to the jeepney driver whose jeep collided with the rider (the rider flew high up  in the air as seen in the video.

The question now is who is at fault:?  The local news said the cyclists were travelling fast (it is a time trial and maybe the locals do not understand the event, and that it si the riders who counterflowed (correct)

While the project manager of the  event, a lady has all ready made statements that this is an accident that is common on all sports, the organizer has spared no effort to make this safe.

Clearly there was no marshall;  the ronda probably lacked marshall  and should have made the public road safe for the time trial  It was not safe.

This echoes the observation of the father of Xian.   It can be avoided and painful accidents like this can be avoided if not prevented.