João Almeida - Bota Lume

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The question is why did it explode? This could happen to Teddy for example and the Tour would be ruined for UAE. Amateur stuff!
It could happen to anyone. It's not the first time it's happened.

This happened to Pogacar last year at the Giro, on the Oropa stage.

If you look at the accident again, you can see the liquid escaping from the tire.
 
It could happen to anyone. It's not the first time it's happened.

This happened to Pogacar last year at the Giro, on the Oropa stage.

If you look at the accident again, you can see the liquid escaping from the tire.

If I remember well, this is indeed what happened to Tadej in the 2024 Giro: front tyre exploded with liquid coming out, he slowed but tried to take the right turn, went down and was almost run over by the UAE team car.
 
If I remember well, this is indeed what happened to Tadej in the 2024 Giro: front tyre exploded with liquid coming out, he slowed but tried to take the right turn, went down and was almost run over by the UAE team car.
Front tire did not explode. He had punctured and was riding at low speed waiting for the car when the tire rolled off the rim at a corner.
 
He needs to quit. In these sorts of situations I reckon there needs to be an independent medical team than makes a unilateral ruling to withdraw the rider - no matter what the rider or his team say.
I could see that for a head injury, where someone’s judgement could be temporarily impaired, but otherwise I feel strongly that we should err on the side of personal autonomy and self-determination.

Whose interests would be served by such an authoritarian approach? Why would we want to deny someone a chance to push through adversity and rise to a challenge?