A (Belgian, Euro-loving, doper-loving fucking racist) UCI commissaire answered the Contador helmet question; "he just took it off to adjust his sweatband and then put it back on. We would have penalized him if he would have taken it off and left it off for minutes."
And that's the crux of the issue isn't it; the inconsistency between sensible interpretation of the rules (Contador's helmet), and rigid unthinking application (Porte's wheel). One or the other please UCI.
A (Belgian, Euro-loving, doper-loving fucking racist) UCI commissaire answered the Contador helmet question; "he just took it off to adjust his sweatband and then put it back on. We would have penalized him if he would have taken it off and left it off for minutes."