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Kevin MacKinnon
“This innovative application of cutting-edge technology will significantly reduce this pain point for non-drafting triathlon competitors around the world,” World Triathlon said in a release today. “RaceRanger will eliminate much of the subjectivity around the drafting rules, enhancing race-day experiences for all athletes in those events.”
Ray Maker
“I’d say this is one of the coolest and most interesting sports tech things I’ve seen this year, if not in a few years.”
Chris Foster
“The new devices promise to not only weed out drafting cheaters, but also help triathletes prevent accidental infractions.”
John Levison
“It is an age-old problem in the world of non-drafting triathlon. Post-race videos, images and complaints about drafting. Accusations that athlete X should have got a drafting penalty. Complaints that officials don’t know what they are doing, and that a penalty issued was wrong.”
Triathlon Vibe
“Developed by former pro triathletes James Elvery and Dylan McNiece, RaceRanger uses wireless units to let athletes know when they’re entering the draft zone – and gives race referees the live information they need to penalise cheaters.”
Trimag France
“Depuis 2012, James Elvery, un ancien triathlète Courte distance néo-zélandais, ami de Laurent Vidal, et passé notamment par le Grand Prix français et les Coupe du monde ITU, et Dylan McNeice, compatriote lui aussi athlète de haut niveau sur Courte, puis Longue distance, cherchent à développer un système pouvant lutter efficacement contre le drafting.”
Pedro Pale
“Hace tan solo unas horas World Triathlon anunciaba su asociación con RaceRanger "para una nueva era en el desarrollo y avance del triatlón" gracias a una "nueva y revolucionaria tecnología específica de triatlón contra el drafting".
Romy Louise van Schooneveld
“World Triathlon liet zojuist weten een partnerschap aan te gaan met RaceRanger, een bedrijf dat een triathlon-specifiek anti-stayer systeem op de markt brengt. Het systeem is ontwikkeld door twee Nieuwe-Zeelandse voormalig pro triatleten – James Elvery en Dylan McNeice – en in samenwerking met het World Triathlon Sports team.”
Frank Wechsel
“10 Meter, 12 Meter, 20 Meter. Zu viele Athleten auf engstem Raum. Eine hohe Leistungsdichte. Und immer diese seltsam schreckhaften Verhaltensweisen von Sportlern, wenn wir als Fotografen mit einem Motorrad herandröhnen.”
Alexandre Saint-Jalm
“RaceRanger, enfin un outil pour arbitrer le drafting. Sans conteste, le drafting peut provoquer un dégout total pour le triathlon. Pour les athlètes compétitifs qui passent des heures à s’entrainer pour décrocher leur qualification, ils veulent obtenir un résultat sans…”
Olalla Cernuda
“World Triathlon is pleased to announce that it has teamed up with RaceRanger for a new era in the development and advancement of the sport of triathlon, through a ground-breaking new triathlon specific anti-drafting technology.”
Triatlon Channel España
“Hasta ahora, la determinación de las distancias reglamentarias entre triatletas venía de las apreciaciones delos oficiales técnicos que los vigilan se realiza actualmente con juicios subjetivos a simple vista.”
Romy Louise van Schooneveld
“World Triathlon just announced to partner up with RaceRanger, a company that developed a triathlon-specific anti-drafting system. The project was initiated by former pro athletes James Elvery and Dylan McNeice (NZL) and in cooperation with the World Triathlon Sports team.”
Endurance Biz
“The system makes highly accurate measurements of the distance between athletes while they ride. The rear unit features a light that directs a light signal backwards to a following competitor, providing information about their following distance.”
Andrew Cohen
“World Triathlon announced it is developing technology to prevent drafting among cyclists during races… the international governing body for sport, says about 85% of global triathlons do not allow drafting in their cycling portions of events.”
Stefan Abram
“Why hasn’t a drafting detection system been developed for Ironman races till now?”
Chris Foster
“James Elvery had a problem that had kept him up at night. The Kiwi and former pro triathlete was unhappy with the way that drafting in our sport was being policed and enforced--with old-school methods.”
Tri2b.com
“Gehört die leidige Windschattendiskussion im Triathlon irgendwann der Vergangenheit an? Eine technische Neuentwicklung aus Neuseeland soll hier bald eine Zeitenwende einläuten.”
Jeff Sankoff
Podcast: “In order to have a fairer race, you’re not going to see a lot of resistance.”
Mark Livesay
Podcast: “It’s about bloody time…This for me is a gamechanger for the sport.”
John Newsom & Bevan James Eyles
Podcast: “This week we have an interview with James Elvery from RaceRanger, a new technology that helps to manage draft cheating.”
Tim Brazier, Bevan McKinnon & Mikki Williden
Podcast: “Its time for change. We’ve been calling for change forever…It’s now time for athletes to turn around and drive this conversation and coaches to drive this conversation.”
Marco Sommer
Podcast: “Today I have a super interesting podcast episode for you with former professional triathlete and now co-founder and CEO of RaceRanger, James Elvery from New Zealand.”
Andrew Buckrell & Michael Liberzon
Podcast: “What I really like about this story is that this came out of frustration…out of being pissed off.”
Kyle Glass, Mark Matthews, Talbot Cox & Pat Lemiuex
Podcast “A theme that we’ve spoken about time and time again is drafting.”
Nicholas Chase
“In some cases we’re talking about multiple thousands of dollars, which can take you out of the race, based on someone’s opinion.”