RTL Crit times are now posted on the RTL site

[siafirede]

Originally Posted by semach.the.monkey

Are these the official times and rankins?

Or are the ones in Uni magazine official?

There seem to be some discrepancies between the two

STM - hoping Uni is right

What are the discrepancies?

[semach.the.monkey]

Originally Posted by siafirede

What are the discrepancies?

I've not looked at every single time, rider or position, but take my result for example;

Day 3 - Time trial. Website I'm 54th. Magazine I'm 53rd.
Day 3 - Criterium. Website I'm 51st. Magazine I'm 50th.

I think I know which is right, and why. (And I know which I prefer.) But they can't both be right, and only one can be official.

STM

[mikepenton]

Originally Posted by semach.the.monkey

I've not looked at every single time, rider or position, but take my result for example;

Day 3 - Time trial. Website I'm 54th. Magazine I'm 53rd.
Day 3 - Criterium. Website I'm 51st. Magazine I'm 50th.

I think I know which is right, and why. (And I know which I prefer.) But they can't both be right, and only one can be official.

STM

On the website in 42nd place there is the rider "yellow yellow" from Team Yellow Line Fever. To avoid that team profiting or being penalized from having one rider less, it was decided by the officials to have this 'rider' given the same time as their slowest rider (Nathan Hoover). We kept this out of our tables to avoid confusion and to give a true ranking - so anyone below 42nd on the RTL website actually did one place better.
The same applies for place 33 and below on the time trial.

[semach.the.monkey]

Originally Posted by mikepenton

On the website in 42nd place there is the rider "yellow yellow" from Team Yellow Line Fever. To avoid that team profiting or being penalized from having one rider less, it was decided by the officials to have this 'rider' given the same time as their slowest rider (Nathan Hoover). We kept this out of our tables to avoid confusion and to give a true ranking - so anyone below 42nd on the RTL website actually did one place better.
The same applies for place 33 and below on the time trial.

Thanks Mike. I can see where the positions changed, and it makes sense, being fair to everyone.

If I'm reading it right, though, you're saying that the results in Uni are the official ones? Maybe this is a question for the RTL officials, but shouldn't the RTL website have the true rankins? Anyone that didn't buy Uni wouldn't know any different.

Oh, and well done on representing the main results on the center page of the magazine. I think the coloured lines really help to add some clarity about who was beating who at what point.

STM

[steveyo]

Originally Posted by semach.the.monkey

Thanks Mike. ...well done on representing the main results on the center page of the magazine. I think the coloured lines really help to add some clarity about who was beating who at what point.

Additionally, I love the little unicycle icons indicating each team's equipment choices.

[semach.the.monkey]

Originally Posted by steveyo

Additionally, I love the little unicycle icons indicating each team's equipment choices.

Yes, me too actually.

Until I saw that, I didn't realise that Team Goonies were the only team not to use a 36" at any point. I guess that makes us #1 team - on 29" only!

STM

[siafirede]

Originally Posted by semach.the.monkey

Yes, me too actually.

Until I saw that, I didn't realise that Team Goonies were the only team not to use a 36" at any point. I guess that makes us #1 team - on 29" only!

STM

I used a 36" for 8-10k on the ridge of that last mountain on the first day when my knee went out because I thought the 36 would be easier on it, but that was not the case. So...we aren't the #1 team on 29" only, but we will always be the #1 team at RTL 2008.

[semach.the.monkey]

Originally Posted by siafirede

I used a 36" for 8-10k on the ridge of that last mountain on the first day when my knee went out because I thought the 36 would be easier on it, but that was not the case. So...we aren't the #1 team on 29" only, but we will always be the #1 team at RTL 2008.

Really? I remember the 36" being in the way in the van all the time, and lugging it in and out to move things, and faffing with cranks on the 2nd day, but I didn't remember you riding it. Ah, well. I'll draw a little symbol next to the results in my copy of Uni to indicate that

STM