Eddie and Stark win the Romaniacs Prologue - chaos!

[Johnny Depp]

 

[OpaTsupa]

Wicked course.
Here's the view from the sideline:

I can't wait to see how they fair in the race.

Imagine if Stark could get on the RedBull ticket now that KTM is all but dead ...
It wouldn't be the healthiest or organic growth, but it would launch them to prime time.

 

[OpaTsupa]

For clarity, Eddi Kralson is competing in the "Silver" class: 7 minutes plus 1 lap

Here's the "Gold" class: 10 minutes plus 1 lap [Factory teams, top riders etc.]

 

[OpaTsupa]

Eddie Kralson's result for Day 1:




Must be a story behind it because he lost and gained time throughout the stage.
No info about recharging for now.


One other Stark Varg in the Bronze class copped a big penalty.
The Electric category looks a bit of a mess to be honest. A few Vargs, but majority of some exotic bikes I can't trace.

OVERALL by CP - race progress

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[OpaTsupa]

Day 1 Gold and Silver class:

 

[Erwin P]

Does anyone know why he is in Silver? Sure has the Skills for Gold.

 

[Johnny Depp]

Eddie finished 11th in the Silver class today, with a total of 5 hours and 23 minutes on the bike. I'm assuming a battery swap?

 

[Erwin P]

137km with Eddie riding. I guess 3 swaps.

 

[OpaTsupa]

Does anyone know why he is in Silver? Sure has the Skills for Gold.

I was a bit disappointed do see them in "Silver".
I tried searching for explanation in the rules (i.e. distance, route etc.) but there's nothing obvious there.
Gold class even has shorter stages by distance, although longer stage times due to difficulty.
However, range is probably the reason.

It's a shame for Eddi K. He's a top rider by any measure.

 

[Erwin P]

I have a thought that maybe you need to have done Romaniacs before to do gold class.
I know a 16 year old girl who is an excellent rider, easily better than a lott of Bronze riders, and is doing Romaniacs Iron Class because under 18 and first timer means Iron Class.

I hope it's something like that that does involve general rules or their own decision because of range.

 

[Erwin P]

Starks reply:

 

[OpaTsupa]

I'm all for humility, but I question the reasoning here.
They have capable bike and rider, and in racing you have to use 100% of what you have.

Dowatek team has a Varg in the race, and some tips on cooling the bike. [in German]

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[Erwin P]

I think it's room for error on the battery part.

 

[OpaTsupa]

Day 2 stage profile:

Gold:


Silver:



Like Day 1, Gold class distance is 10% shorter.

Should be said that (carbed) ICE bikes are probably spilling a significant amount of petrol through their overflow on those climbs and while laying down.
Stark doesn't have that issue and has re-gen.

 

[Erwin P]

This will be hard on the battery, 45km of racing is hard on the battery.

 

[OpaTsupa]

Eddie K. wins stage 2.

If I'm reading this right, he did three stints of 54' minutes.
His timestamps are almost the same as the closest rider. No apparent evidence of time lost in pit stops.



Gold class was painful to watch.
Manhandling bikes all day long, and these are the best riders.

 

[Johnny Depp]

I'm all for humility, but I question the reasoning here.
They have capable bike and rider, and in racing you have to use 100% of what you have.

Dowatek team has a Varg in the race, and some tips on cooling the bike. [in German]

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Didn't see anything about cooling? He did have a bad accident trying to overtake someone who didn't know he was there.

 

[Beagle]

I was wondering the same about silver vs gold class.
I'm guessing it might not be about CP distance but about difficulty and it's impact on range, like climbing at once in silver or 5 tries to climb in gold would be much more taxing?

 

[Beagle]

Starks reply:
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Here's another answer by Stark under the same vid