ISDE 2023 Argentina

Bearuno wrote:

What puzzles me is that there were no OZ Club teams. It's always cost a shedload to go to the ISDE. Many did it on their...

What puzzles me is that there were no OZ Club teams.

It's always cost a shedload to go to the ISDE. Many did it on their own bat for many years.

I'm completely out of the loop with regards to the ISDE Teams and participation these days, but I find it strange that  there were no Aussies other than the Women's Team. Perhaps there were, and I've just not looked hard enough.

The Swedes, from what I've read (and what was written, could surely been wrong), could still have won the Junior, even with one of them not finishing the moto. Although, I think it would require the young fellow to get his bike across the finish line, for just the one lap, but I've also seen written that  the size of the jumps / ground, meant he couldn't do so himself. Such a bummer for them.

I've also read that some 'shenanigans' got one class leader the win. Being the ISDE, well, it wouldn't be the only shenanigan that happened. It's long been part of it all. 

 

LungButter wrote:

Who?  What class?

 

Just spill it, inquiring minds want to know!

Titan1 wrote:

I'm on Nate Ferderer's email list, and he explained the what the Swedes did wrong...and alluded to the shenanigans by the club team overall winner (Toth...

I'm on Nate Ferderer's email list, and he explained the what the Swedes did wrong...and alluded to the shenanigans by the club team overall winner (Toth, I believe)...he posts here, he can elaborate

 

From his email:

"I feel I rode to my limit, but it’s still difficult to accept my limit wasn’t as high as it normally is. I finished with a silver medal, missing out on gold medal by 30 seconds! Josh Toth set a really high pace to finish on gold (within 10% of his time), and my riding wasn’t my best. However, I can take a small moral victory knowing Josh skipped a section of transfer trail on day 1 while having heat stroke, relied on IVs to stay hydrated, and ran out of gas and had to swap bikes to stay in the race – enough to deserve a DNF. These are sneaky trophy team antics Josh learned over the years that he brought down to the club level – don’t get my wrong he rode great, but there is a reason trophy is trophy and club is club."

Nate_Ferderer wrote:

Josh didn't do anything wrong per the rules, and clearly was the fastest club rider all week, he won 27 of 31 tests. Just voicing my...

Josh didn't do anything wrong per the rules, and clearly was the fastest club rider all week, he won 27 of 31 tests. Just voicing my opinion and giving a little insight of the rumors around the pits for my newsletter followers (thanks for reading). Someone did protest for the fuel incident and nothing came of it. The one thing I do have a problem with is getting IVs, legal per the rules but my opinion it should be like motocross where you can't get IVs between motos. I assure you Josh wasn't the only one who received an IV after day 1, it was brutal!

LungButter wrote:

You can skip transfer sections and still be within the rules?

Nate_Ferderer wrote:

Josh didn't do anything wrong per the rules, and clearly was the fastest club rider all week, he won 27 of 31 tests. Just voicing my...

Josh didn't do anything wrong per the rules, and clearly was the fastest club rider all week, he won 27 of 31 tests. Just voicing my opinion and giving a little insight of the rumors around the pits for my newsletter followers (thanks for reading). Someone did protest for the fuel incident and nothing came of it. The one thing I do have a problem with is getting IVs, legal per the rules but my opinion it should be like motocross where you can't get IVs between motos. I assure you Josh wasn't the only one who received an IV after day 1, it was brutal!