Only the race director us responsible. The biker made a mistake. The RD is responsible for everything and he had time to make a decision before the finish that would have made everyone happy and made nobody look bad. Mistakes happen but the RD made a conscious decision how to handle it. He should be apologizing to Pence and the guy who should have won. He should give the other guy another $1k also. But he can't erase history. He forever negatively impacted Pence.