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The Consequences of Extended Maximum Stage Time
The average back marker at the Absor Cape Epic is finishing every stage between seven and nine hours every day. The front markers are half that time, four hours plus their average in 25 k's an hour. Conditions for the people at the back compared to the conditions for those in the front are very different when it rains. But on a day like this when the conditions are vastly different then maybe there should be more time given but how much more time given? What is a reasonable cut off in that time? So it becomes a very interesting debate.
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