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"Preliminary" Results for 300K Quakertown Brevet - June 4, 2005
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Special note:
11 Finishers RUSA Members |
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| The New Jersey Randonneurs put on a 300k brevet on June 4th in Pennsylvania. Randonneurs USA thanks the NJR volunteers for working hard to put on a good ride despite the unexpected absence of Diane Goodwin due to car trouble the morning of the ride. It turned out that this ride had an unexpected outcome after the finish. At one point there was a turn on the route sheet where several riders turned, became lost and went off-course. These riders retraced their path and got themselves back on track finishing the brevet successfully, in accordance with normal randonneuring rules. Two other riders, however, missed a different turn but didn't realize their mistake until much later and after missing the secret controle. At the next checkpoint they checked in with the worker there, who discovered their mistake. They then consulted the ride organizer, by phone about their gaffe. He instructed them to ride onward, and that there would be a time penalty added on after the ride. After the brevet was done, these two riders were subsequently given a DQ by the Regional Brevet Administrator, Diane Goodwin, for not completing the official route, which is indeed needed to earn a brevet. However, the Board of Directors of Randonneurs USA unanimously voted reinstated the two wayward riders' results. They should have ridden the entire route correctly to earn their brevet like the other participants, but they did follow the ride organizer's instructions in good faith and were not trying to shortcut the route since they checked in with the next control worker they encountered. Hopefully next time they will read the route sheet more carefully, or if they get lost they will know to back-track find the point needed to resume the event route. Bill Bryant, |
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