(30-12-2014, 09:45 PM)Steady the Edward Wrote: well for me the main fact is that  in a time trial for every one to set off on a level playing field with equal opportunities , you would set them off in their most recently achieved order of ability , as they do in any other race in the world , simple fact , as I see it and I assume the ACU /DED sees it  , and for me the only thing I disagree with the ACU/ DED on is I would include the top 20 in that procedure ,

1 it is a time trial. Other than having to overtake other riders, it does not matter what position you start at to affect your measured time over the distance travelled. 
2 in almost all other time trials they go off in numerical order.
3 there is no other race/ time trial in the world that is nearly 40 miles long or has the same track layout and conditions as the TT 


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