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Re:Who won the Amstel Gold Race? Human error in photo-finishes by SiempreViernes on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:43AM (#26978758)
As long as the rider and their bike is much wider than the misalignment, the only effect is to shift which point in the picture corresponds to the moment they pass the finishing line.

As the OP demonstrates Wout was ahead even at landmarks over 20 cm from the front of the wheel the only way Tom could win was if his front wheel physically elongated over 20 cm in those last milliseconds.

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Re:Who won the Amstel Gold Race? Human error in photo-finishes by usrusr on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:03AM (#26978876)
If it was 20 cm off it might just as well have been a few degrees off from being perpendicular to the road/parallel to the line that marks the finish.

The rules are the outcome of reluctant evolution since back in the 19th century, it's hardly surprising that the camera isn't necessarily considered the ultimate source of truth.

(history of techno and a road cycling race on the first lines of hn, today it's really looking as if tailored to mock my interests)

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