Comeuppance

Remember at Leland Kermesse I mentioned how I had noticed a Cat 4 illegally drafting the Cat 3 chase group for half the race, even though he was told several times not to? He drafted his way to 5th place in a horrendously hard race while other folks busted their ass just to finish with pride and honesty.

Well, the same guy was up to more shenanigans last weekend at the ABD masters crit weekend. He sprinted his way to top 4 placings on Saturday and Sunday in the 40+4s, winning $20 on Sunday and with good chances of winning the weekend overall and the $100 that goes with it. One mistake though, he seemed to have forgotten that his age is revealed on his team website and on USACycling - he ain't 40. Big mistake.

He must have ticked off more than me because at the start of the 40+/4 race on Monday they made an announcement that a racer was DQ'd from all 3 weekend races and was being forced to hand back his prizemoney - someone else had cottoned on to his nonsense and informed the officials. Congrats to ABR for taking decisive action. If it's possible, I hope he gets his USAcycling license suspended as well. Just once, a cheat gets exposed. The irony is, the guy's a strong allaround rider with a good sprint, shouldn't need to cheat to do well.

The same weekend, that team's manager was warned 3 times, and fined, for misbehavior at the Duluth Stage Race.