rzombie1988 said:Trying to figure this out while watching the replay:
- If Phil is right and you can't go on without your bike, then Froome must be punished.
Carols said:Maybe all riders will learn not to leave their bikes, if in future they decide to enforce the rule (if it is a rule)
Remember I'm just quoting Liggett and taking his word for it that it is a DQ offense, but he has served on race juries so certainly knows more about it than I do!
Not for the first time, Phil appears to be wrong about something. The UCI rulebook only says:
1.2.108 Unless otherwise stated, each rider shall, in order to be classified, complete the race
entirely through his own effort, without the assistance of any other person.
1.2.109 The rider may cross the finish line on foot, provided that has his bicycle with him.
(text modified on 1.01.05).