TomLPC said:
Simurgh said:
https://twitter.com/Bahrain_Merida/status/1151844844911964160
"Our priority is the welfare of all our riders so will launch an immediate investigation but will not be commenting further until we have established what has happened to @RohanDennis.
Meantime we continue to support our riders who are mid-race."
It sounds like something really, really bad has happened :sad: Assuming that this is not how teams usually writes about an abandon
A confusing statement. Awful, awful public relations
Wvv said:
Nervous breakdown? Depression?
Hope not but my first thought was kimmage in rough ride. A “**** it I’ve had enough” deal.
Yeah, the wording is strange and alarmist, like they don't know what happened at all despite being on the radio. They didn't have to phrase the announcement that way. Maybe Dennis just feeling ill, and preferring to abandon outright than to suffer, and then get criticized in the time-trial where his performance would be center-of-attention