Date: September 2, 2012
Place: Chinchón (Madrid)
Time: 8:45
Distance: 76 kms
Number
of bikers: 600
In the last two days before the MTB Marathon Spanish Open, the distance was reduced from 102 kms to
76 kms. It was not good for GARVÍA BIKE – CENTRO TIR because we have been training
hard every day during six months for long distance races.
Several failures in the signposting avoid 30 bikers to
skip one control point and save 5 kilometers.
The race directors apply a “Stop & Go” penalty on us and after more than 15 minutes, they
allow us to continue riding hard.
Finally, despite of my good final classification, the
race directors decided to disqualify us due.
It is unfair how the bikers were paying the failures of a
very bad race management.
Anyways, GARVÍA BIKE – CENTRO TIR keeps riding hard to be in the
top in the incoming races.
