Curious about DQ's

Music players/phones, fighting (was there a brawl or something!), crossing double yellow line on the road (DQ?)

If you take a look at the USAT rule book or the race athlete guide, they give you a pretty good idea of what the DQ offenses are.  A DQ can be a culmination of multiple rule violations such as drafting or littering or one major one such as not completing the whole course, crossing the center line of a road, or not buckling your helmet while on the bike.

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http://www.usatriathlon.org/about-multisport/rulebook.aspx

A racer can get DQ'd for riding without a helmet at any time while on the race site. That includes pre and post race. Next race take a look and you'll see at least one or two people riding from the parking lot to transition without their helmet  on. Grounds for a DQ!

Don't know about Augusta, but most common ones I've seen over the years are helmet/helmets straps and cutting the course (deliberately or inadvertently).

Also saw a classic one a few years ago when a competitor told some volunteers to F*** off when a USAT official was standing right behind him.  Got DQ'd on the sport for unsportsmanlike conduct.  

Most of the common violations (drafting, position fouls, etc) are variable time penalties rather than automatic DQ''s,  They're three strikes and you're out. so you have to work pretty hard (or be pretty dumb) to get DQ's for something like that.

Mark