I watched the world round on saturday at Nord Vue and witnessed many inconsistancies with observers marking, relating to non- stop rules.
I've watched all the world rounds this year on sky,with similar observations.
Observers are human ,yes they are,and consistancy is very very difficult to achieve.
My dislike of the so called non- stop rule is that observers have a much bigger influence on where riders finnish in the results,and even who wins the trial.
This cannot be good.
Mike B