Cavendish won the World Championships wearing an illegal helmet!!

[Bavarianrider]

He has to be disqualified!!!!!!!



http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-with-illegal-helmet-in-world-championship-race

 

[boomcie]

King of the trolls.

 

[Bavarianrider]

King of the trolls.

If he was using illegal equipment, then there is no mother way then disqualification!!!
But as usually the Brits will get a special treatment by the UCI

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'm with Bavarianrider. That helmet gave him that half a wheel advantage over Goss which was the difference in the race. Take the title off him!

 

[Bavarianrider]

I'm with Bavarianrider. That helmet gave him that half a wheel advantage over Goss which was the difference in the race. Take the title off him!

Illegal is illegal. And at those speeds, such an helmet can easily have a benifit of 1 or 2 km/H

 

[LaFlorecita]

Although I think it's a bit harsh to disqualify Cav, I do think UCI should've stopped him from wearing it.

 

[boomcie]

I also read somewhere that Tony Martin won the TT at the worlds using an illegal amount of aerodynamic saliva. He's been using that stuff for quite some time now.

 

[Magnus]

Sky has been using helmets with vent covers before. As has Katusha.

Edit: link

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Bavarianrider has a point, but I'm with ACF and LaFloricita on this. And I'm sure the 2nd place finisher at the Worlds would not want the title to fall to him just because of this helmet rule.

About the only thing I expect to see come out of this is at the NEXT Worlds they will be paying a little more attention to equipment in general, and maybe a scolding is issued. I'd be surprised at anything more.

 

[Anonymous]

He has to be disqualified!!!!!!!



http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cavendish-with-illegal-helmet-in-world-championship-race

I think Lotto were probably just stopped from wearing them by over excited aussie officials who worried it might give them an edge against their greenedge team.

 

[just some guy]

I think Lotto were probably just stopped from wearing them by over excited aussie officials who worried it might give them an edge against their greenedge team.

way to flip it around

beautiful

 

[Jamsque]

Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

that is all

 

[Hugo Koblet]

He deserves a two year suspension in my opinion. He's killing the sport with that kind of behavior.

 

[Kvinto]

Tbh it sounds ridiculous if they only now have realized that Cav wore an illegal helmet. They created dozens of useless rules, so its their responsibility to either clarify what does a certain rule mean or control the rules being carried out before the start.

“The start in Copenhagen was pretty chaotic, so we could not control everything” lol

 

[will10]

He deserves a two year suspension in my opinion. He's killing the sport with that kind of behavior.

Lifetime ban is the only way to cut out such disgraceful actions.

 

[Andy99]

Sky has been using helmets with vent covers before. As has Katusha.

Edit: link

Exactly, its nothing new. sky amongst others have certainly been using them on and off for a year or more.

 

[Andy99]

STOP PRESS.

Ban Michael Barry for 2 years too.

 

[Andy99]

and every flandrian for that matter.

 

[wirral]

10 chars

 

[Magnus]

It doesn't say anything about it in the article but I think it's something about whether an item is non-essential or not. If they wear the cover to protect them self against wind/rain it's allowed but if they wear them to gain an aerodynamic advantage it is forbidden. The same rule applies to shoe-covers.

 

[Magnus]

Here it is:

1.3.033 It is forbidden to wear non-essential items of clothing or items designed to influence the perfor-
mances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider (compression,
stretching, support).
Items of clothing or equipment may be considered essential where weather conditions make them
appropriate for the safety or the health of the rider. In this case, the nature and texture of the cloth-
ing or equipment must be clearly and solely justified by the need to protect the rider from bad
weather conditions. Discretion in this respect is left to the race commissaires.
Equipment (helmets, shoes, jerseys, shorts, etc.) worn by the rider may not be adapted to serve any
other purpose apart from that of clothing or safety by the addition or incorporation of mechanical or
electronic systems which are not approved as technical innovations under article 1.3.004.

Another gem about rain capes that imply that for instance Astana's riders never fulfills(they have yellow capes):

1.3.030 Rain capes must be transparent or made to look like the jersey.

Edit:
So since the commissaires allowed Cav to race the worlds with the cover they didn't deem the cover non-essential and thus it wasn't illegal.

 

[Dancing On The Pedals]

He was also wearing a skinsuit (as was Greipel at the TDU) so are they going to outlaw that as well, as that clearly falls into the 'designed to influence the performances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider' category?!?! The phrase 'storm in a teacup' springs to mind...

 

[Magnus]

He was also wearing a skinsuit (as was Greipel at the TDU) so are they going to outlaw that as well, as that clearly falls into the 'designed to influence the performances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider' category?!?! The phrase 'storm in a teacup' springs to mind...

1.3.026 When competing, all riders shall wear a jersey with sleeves and a pair of shorts, possibly in the form
of a one-piece skinsuit. By shorts it is understood that these are shorts that come above the knee.
Sleeveless jerseys shall be forbidden.
However, for downhill and 4-cross mountain bike events, BMX, trials and indoor cycling, specific pro-
visions are laid down in the part of the regulations concerning the discipline in question

So skinsuits are allowed. However it seems that Cippo's Giro-prologue skinsuit was illegal as it extended below the knee...

 

[Andy99]

Here it is:


Another gem about rain capes that imply that for instance Astana's riders never fulfills(they have yellow capes):



Edit:
So since the commissaires allowed Cav to race the worlds with the cover they didn't deem the cover non-essential and thus it wasn't illegal.

Good work Magnus. Cheers for that.

 

[El Pistolero]

Give him a fine and that's that. No way should you take someone's word title away for something that silly.