Fränk Schleck facing UCI investigation in TT
"Frank Schleck's victory at the Criterium International is to be scrutinised by the UCI to see if he broke competition rules by wearing a Camelbak drinks pack on his stomach to help boost his aerodynamic profile in the decisive final time trial.
Schleck was allowed to start the time trial by UCI officials present at the race but he may have broken rule 1.3.033 which says “it is forbidden to wear non-essential items of clothing or items designed to influence the performances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider.”"
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fra...nvestigation-after-criterium-international-tt
Edit: Sorry - I just came accros the posts in the other thread.
I've always wondered why time trailers using the traditional bottles during TTs did not have a bottle holder on the chest area with a tube to drink from. Apparently Schleck must have had the same idea but used a Camelback.
And how come water is non-essential?
Good old UCI – lets ban the product of a rider's ingenuity.
For what it's worth I'm not a big Schleck fan.
"Frank Schleck's victory at the Criterium International is to be scrutinised by the UCI to see if he broke competition rules by wearing a Camelbak drinks pack on his stomach to help boost his aerodynamic profile in the decisive final time trial.
Schleck was allowed to start the time trial by UCI officials present at the race but he may have broken rule 1.3.033 which says “it is forbidden to wear non-essential items of clothing or items designed to influence the performances of a rider such as reducing air resistance or modifying the body of the rider.”"
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fra...nvestigation-after-criterium-international-tt
Edit: Sorry - I just came accros the posts in the other thread.
I've always wondered why time trailers using the traditional bottles during TTs did not have a bottle holder on the chest area with a tube to drink from. Apparently Schleck must have had the same idea but used a Camelback.
And how come water is non-essential?
Good old UCI – lets ban the product of a rider's ingenuity.
For what it's worth I'm not a big Schleck fan.