You can clearly see it in his POV that Red Bull Bike shared on their YouTube. He went around the timing gate with his front tire, and triggered it with his shin.
The winning margin was .201 of a second. I'm not saying that made the difference, but it helped a little.
Do other racers do this also?
by BreakfastShart
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Oof didn’t see that, that’s a second right there.
Disqualified.
Definitely doesn’t seem “in the spirit of racing”.
I always thought they used RFID chips for official timing, and the start wand was more of a backup system. So the actual time, if reported by RFID, would be accurate.