> The black line is a visual approximation of the placement of the finish, but the image from the photo finish camera is the true arbiter of the result – not the other way around. It’s technical and it’s a bit confusing, but it’s clear-cut and the riders and officials are playing the same game with the same known set of rules.
> According to UCI regulations, the photo finish verdict is final, because the finish line is what the photo finish says it is.
Which makes most of the detective work here sadly pointless.
If there are supposed to be two photo finish cameras, how can the photo finish be the true arbiter? The two cameras cannot possibly be perfectly aligned.
I'm not an expert but the UCI document labels it as "1 main camera, 1 opposite". So I would guess the "main" camera is the source of truth and the other is a backup?
Either way, presumably both cameras ideally need to be aligned to the line as stated. That should be possible and perfect alignment between the two cameras isn't required. I can't see anywhere that it states the two cameras actually need to agree, isn't it fine providing one of them is used consistently.
> The black line is a visual approximation of the placement of the finish, but the image from the photo finish camera is the true arbiter of the result – not the other way around. It’s technical and it’s a bit confusing, but it’s clear-cut and the riders and officials are playing the same game with the same known set of rules.
> According to UCI regulations, the photo finish verdict is final, because the finish line is what the photo finish says it is.
Which makes most of the detective work here sadly pointless.
Pidcock probably didn't need to tweet his take, in the same way he didn't need to post that ridiculous bogus 5k time! https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/the-column-...