PitRacer
PR Founding Father
No matter what position he placed...definately a "c" class move. he might have ridden like a "b" rider the entire week....but at that moment...a bit of "c" class ridin impaired his judgement.
I disagree. If you read what Robin posted, #75 was going across trying to avoid a muddy patch. In riding practice on Monday I saw that many times -- there were several areas that beat down into two defined dry spots people would aim for.
I'm sorry, but I put that blame squarely on Mr. 1-1-DNF. On the parade lap he should have seen that it was muddy in the middle, and at that moment in the race he should have been expecting the rider that is slightly ahead of him to try and cross away from the mud. I would have completely expected that guy to cross in front of me to avoid the muddy middle and I would have never gotten into that crash. No racer on here is going to tell me they would ride straight through mud just out of courtesy to the rider behind him. Every one of us would have done the same thing.
A huge part of racing in these B/C events is calculating what the riders in front of you are going to do, especially on the opening lap. Mr. 1-1-DNF just expected to blow right by, never even considering that the rider in front of him would try to cross over away from the mud. He should have used a little patience there and let things sort out on the first lap.