(06-09-2009, 07:44 PM)beepee Wrote: Fair comment about the replicas but if the third place man is over 10 minutes behind the winner,and on a similar bike,does he really warrant a rep.?

IMHO yes. In most of the races the reps go down between 1/4 and 1/2 of the way down the field, and I don't believe it was ever envisaged that a winner would be so far in front of the 3rd place man that he would be outside the 110%. But 3rd in my view it would have been wrong to deny a rep when he had gained a podium.

Whether it is right to permit the entry of a bike/rider combination that is so far ahead of the rest of the field is another matter, of course.