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2003 Notes

2003 is an important year in the history of PBP Randonneur results reporting. For the first time the official results were ordered alphabetically instead of by time or finishing time. On this site I offered both options for a the years following PBP 2003, and briefly later for the 2007 results. The alphabetical ordering was not popular - very little traffic - so I've now dropped it. You can get the alphabetical ordering by going to the PBP site results HERE . Why did ACP make the switch to alphabetical ordering? Most would have assumed that it was a change in policy sparked by a central controversy at PBP 2003: the poor behaviour, the rudeness of the lead riders "les primiers". This is what I thought. However in late in 2007 I was in contact with Jean-Gualbert Faburel who seemed to suggest that the change had more to do with pressures from FFCT.

My 2003 result(s) list are not taken from the current official PBP site. Following PBPs (before 2007) results files were circulated to participating organizations, and someone sent me the file after PBP 2003. This 2003 Excel file is a particularly helpful. It contains more information than we see on the alphabetical results lists on the PBP site - it contains start group info, number of PBPs and also birth dates. The ages generated for my main 2003 text file is imprecise I'm afraid - just the years were subtracted. A rider's age will be one year to much if their birthday is between the event and December 31.

The DNFs were not listed in the original excel file distributed after 2003. With the help of Mike Poplawski here in BC I was able to generate a 2003 DNF list using the on line track results for the event. As a bonus it contains the last successful control location of the abandoning rider, so we get a pretty good idea of where the rider abandoned.

And just for fun, I've included below, the registration list from before PBP 2003, and a few files of more local interest.

Eric Fergusson

The 2003 Registrants list.

Also, two more results files: 2003 BC Randonneurs & 2003 Canadians.

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