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“her bike was said to have weighed 6.78kg – 0.02kg under the #UCI’s minimum weight requirement of 6.8kg”

An exceptionally severe sanction' – #LorenaWiebes's team 'astonished' after sprinter kicked off #GirodItalia #Women for underweight bike
#SDWorxProtime rider initially declared stage winner, only to be expelled from the race https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/an-exceptionally-severe-sanction-lorena-wiebess-team-astonished-after-sprinter-kicked-off-giro-d-italia-women-for-underweight-bike

'An exceptionally severe sanction' – Lorena Wiebes's team 'astonished' after sprinter kicked off Giro d'Italia Women for underweight bike

SD Worx-Protime rider initially declared stage winner, only to be expelled from the race

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“Can you imagine if this was Mark Cavendish, Remco Evenepoel, Peter Sagan, or any of the other men stars? There’s no frigging way that they would’ve been thrown out of the complete race”

The row over #LorenaWiebes’ controversial expulsion from this week’s #GirodItalia continues to rumble on, with the Dutch champion’s #SDWorxProtime team now claiming they are being ignored and “brushed off” by the #UCI as they prepare to take legal action https://road.cc/news/uci-wont-answer-the-phone-over-lorena-wiebes-underweight-bike-disqualification

“The bike was blowing in the wind”: UCI won’t answer the phone over Lorena Wiebes bike weight saga, team claims – as Specialized founder asks: “Can you imagine if this was Mark Cavendish?”

The row over Lorena Wiebes’ controversial expulsion from this week’s Giro d’Italia continues to rumble on, with the Dutch champion’s SD Worx-Protime team now claiming they are being ignored and “brushed off” by the UCI as they prepare to take legal action following the decision to disqualify Wiebes for riding an underweight bike.The Giro d’Italia ... Read more

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