Loana Lecomte, Jordan Sarrou & Lars Forster Fined for Rule Breaches at the Nove Mesto XC World Cup
The UCI has shared a list of fines given out following rule breaches at the Nove Mesto XC World Cup that includes Loana Lecomte, Jordan Sarrou and Lars Forster.
The first fine for infringements was handed out to Loana Lecomte and the Canyon CLLCTV team after they used a 'Team Plate' to get training time outside of the designated Women's training slot. Team Plates are provided to teams at World Cups to allow team or National Federation coaches to access the course and help riders before racing begins. Before Albstadt the UCI had issued a warning to teams and riders after it found a number of riders using team plates to access the course in Brazil. This warning before the race in Germany said that if any riders were caught using a team plate instead of their number board then there would be a fine and the team plate privilege would be removed for that team. Training outside of the designated times currently has a CHF 50 fine for the first offence with the rules saying a second offence at the same event can lead to a start refusal.
Next Jordan Sarrou and the Specialized team were caught modifying a bike plate and failing to respect the instructions of the commissaries. Lars Forster was also fined over the weekend for modifying his bike plate. We are not sure what number plate modifications have been made and whether it was intentional or an odd placement has led to the infringement. The rules around number plate modification are in place so that riders and teams can't adjust the positioning or shape of the board to potentially gain an aerodynamic advantage over other riders. Also, it is to make sure that the rider's number is always visible while racing. Breaking this rule carries a fine of CHF 50 at a World Cup event.
We have reached out to the Specialized, Scott and Canyon CLLCTV teams about the fines and we will update the story if we receive a response.
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I really hate unsportsmanlike behaviour like soccer and would hate for it to come to mountainbiking. Why not have harder punishments? In the last EWS 2021 the disqualified two riders for going inside a gate where a 30 or 60second penalty would be hard enough so maybe not that hard but come on!
I would hope that a commissar would pick up an infringement before the race started. I'd hate to see someone lose points out of ignorance.
Geez I'm pretty sure I cost myself 5 positions every time I ever"pre-rode" an XC course in my twenties.
As for the number plates, I'm so excited to see the shlt show of photos of these evil modifications that you folks think should lead to points being docked. Silly haters.
The plate appears 'bent'' because of where her cables and zip ties are. There's nothing illegal going on here and absolutely no discernable aero advantage.
My great uncle made a fantastic living as a NASCAR official.
I can't imagine a greater job than monitoring the pits for rules violations.
Back in the day of those giant cell phones, one was sitting on the driver's seat of a car during weigh in.
NASCAR Official reached in to take it out since it weight a pound or two on the scales to cheat.
Nope. It was custom shaved block of lead with a cell phone case glued around it. Weighed 20+ pounds.
"IF YOU AIN'T CHEATIN'....YOU AIN'T RACIN!"
NASCAR history is full of cheating stories, like making a 7/8 scale car for aerodynamics, filling internal containers up with steel balls that are then released once it gets on the track, and fuel lines that snake all around the car to increase the amount of fuel carried.
My great uncle has told me a ton of them over the years, but I can never remember any of them.
Unlike all the other racing disciplines out there that try to find advantages & officials lurk around every corner hoping to punish and ridicule & ostricize....in NASCAR, the officials love their job. The pit crews and techs love to try to find an edge & if you're caught, sure you face consequences, but it's not a matter of persecution.
It's a matter of pride. The sport sprouted from moonshiners and that heritage adds a little "Big Phish" element to everything.
WIth that being said, I've only went to one. I'll not go back unless I stumble onto someone with an RV on the infield .
!6:30 is some of the stuff
enduroworldseries.com/news/1524-the-all-new-racelabs-race-plate
daaaaaaaa... DA DA DAAAH... da da daaahhh DA DATTA DAT DAHhhhhh
ahhh the 80's... next we need Knight Rider style number plates with "futuristic" red led effects hahaha
And how is this a rule infraction while Pidcock cutting off a bunch of riders isn't?
Looks like Blevins did the same though
www.pinkbike.com/photo/22587478