GBDURO won by Mark Beaumont

[steveindenmark]

Angus Young hammered GBDURO this year and left Mark Beaumont hours behind. Unfortunately, its not over until the fat lady sings. In the final stage the bearings on Angus bike disintegrated. At this stage Angus could have tried to find an LBS and get it fixed, rejoin the race and still win. But for whatever reason, he borrowed a Dot watchers bike and rode to the finish, coming inside the course record, as he did so. This meant a disqualification for outside assistance and second place Mark being declared the winner.

A superb ride by Angus, who was just unlucky. Reading his story will be interesting.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Rulz is rulz.

They'll be disqualifying folks who run down mountains with broken forks who then get the blacksmith's lad to operate the bellows while they weld the things together again. Shocking breaking of the rulz.

 

[steveindenmark]

Rulz is rulz.

They'll be disqualifying folks who run down mountains with broken forks who then get the blacksmith's lad to operate the bellows while they weld the things together again. Shocking breaking of the rulz.

No they are allowed to do that. 😁

 

[Beebo]

Angus Young hammered GBDURO this year and left Mark Beaumont hours behind. Unfortunately, its not over until the fat lady sings. In the final stage the bearings on Angus bike disintegrated. At this stage Angus could have tried to find an LBS and get it fixed, rejoin the race and still win. But for whatever reason, he borrowed a Dot watchers bike and rode to the finish, coming inside the course record, as he did so. This meant a disqualification for outside assistance and second place Mark being declared the winner.

A superb ride by Angus, who was just unlucky. Reading his story will be interesting.

I suspect Beaumont will accept the award with a little embarrassment, knowing he was beaten on the day by the better man.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

He would have been even quicker if hadn't insisted on taking his guitar and amp with him.

 

[Beebo]

He would have been even quicker if hadn't insisting on taking his guitar and amp with him.

On the highway to hell?

 

[Dogtrousers]

There's already a thread

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/gbduro.278525/

Although it is wandering a bit off topic, Interestingly one of the things that we've dug up is that it's not a race (officially). So MB didn't win (officially)

 

[Sharky]

Rulz is rulz.

They'll be disqualifying folks who run down mountains with broken forks who then get the blacksmith's lad to operate the bellows while they weld the things together again. Shocking breaking of the rulz.

Think you are referring to Eugene Christophe in the 1915 tdf. I think he just had a 10 minute penalty.

I wonder what he would make of clip less pedals

 

[steveindenmark]

I suspect Beaumont will accept the award with a little embarrassment, knowing he was beaten on the day by the better man.

I dont think he will be embarrassed. But its not the way he would have wanted to win it and he will certainly say that. Its just the way the game goes .

 

[oldwheels]

No they are allowed to do that. 😁

I seem to remember that in an early TDF one rider did just that and was disqualified. I have the reference somewhere but it would take some time to find it. Twentysix by twentyfive obviously got there before me.
Edit. It seems he only got a penalty and not disqualified.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

He didn’t win, just first to reach JOG in the reliability trial. Angus’ bike failed the reliability trial

 

[steveindenmark]

He didn’t win, just first to reach JOG in the reliability trial. Angus’ bike failed the reliability trial

Yes. Thats what you call winning. Angus helps to organise the race and so he knew full well he was disqualifying himself. It was unfortunate, no doubt.

 

[steveindenmark]

I seem to remember that in an early TDF one rider did just that and was disqualified. I have the reference somewhere but it would take some time to find it. Twentysix by twentyfive obviously got there before me.
Edit. It seems he only got a penalty and not disqualified.

Something very similar happened in an early Transcontinental Race. Someone found a guy with a Welder in the middle of nowhere and got their bike fixed.

 

[Scoosh]

MOD NOTE:

There's already a thread

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/gbduro.278525/

So we'll Lock this one and you can look over there for more info/discussion (which might be a good thing as this has already moved into TdF territory...)