Uit het UCI regelement:
Finish
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In the case of a duly noted incident in the last three kilometres of a road race stage, the rider or riders affected shall be credited with the time of the rider or riders in whose company they were riding at the moment of the incident. His or their placing shall be determined by the order in which he or they actually cross the finishing line.
Is considered as an incident, any event independent from the physical capacity of the rider (fall, mechanical problem, puncture) and his will of remaining with the riders in whose company he was riding at the moment of the incident.
Riders affected by an incident are asked to make themselves known to a commissaire by rising their hand and report to a commissaire after the finish of the stage.
If, as the result of a duly noted fall in the last three kilometres, a rider cannot cross the finishing line, he shall be placed last in the stage and credited with the time of the rider or riders in whose company he was riding at the time of the fall.
This article shall not apply where the finish is at the top of a hill-climb.
Decisions related to this article are taken independently by the commissaires’ panel.
Stel dat de nummers 1, 2 en 3 van het algemeen klassement zitten op 2500 meter van de streep alle 3 in de eerste groep.
De stand in het klassement is als volgt:
1: renner A
2: renner B op 15 seconden
3: renner C op 25 seconden
Renner B krijgt pech op 2500 meter van de streep, en bovenstaande UCI regel is van kracht op de etappe.
Rond het 2000 meter punt demarreert renner C uit de groep, waarna renner A achter hem aan gaat.
Op de finish is de uitslag:
1: renner C
2: renner A op 17 seconden
3: de groep op 20 seconden
Als we niet precies weten waar renner B in de groep zat ten tijde van zijn pech, welke tijd zou jij op basis van de UCI regels aan renner B geven? Plaats je hem in 'groep' C, 'groep' A of in de grote groep? En waarom?
