The latest update to join riders (initial pedal assist) makes influencing races too easy; potential race exploit: join rider in a race and lead them out to the end, or perform general assistance during their race (ie. help them pull in a chase group). A rider can now call for backup at any time and a rider with fresh legs is right there to work for them.
Joining riders is great, but I don’t think the option should be available for riders currently participating in a race.
Thanks for the feedback - I’ve passed it on to the team, and we’ll keep an eye on it.
Honestly you shouldn’t be able to draft off non event participants and collision should be turned off. As a tall rider my avatar frequently hooks onto others and makes them faster than they would be otherwise.