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Doubtful. The commissaires have no evidence of wrong doing so it's hard to see what they can base a DQ on.
The media coverage is making it more of an issue than it really is. Riders get help from team cars in every single race on the calendar. The commissaires know this and turn a blind eye unless it's blatant.
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But why if it's always like this just really few times other riders complain about?
Do you agree with the theory that all this mess is just because a frenchman won the classicissima?
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Don't they look at it differently depending on the importance of the moment the crash happens though? It can be argued that Demarre wouldn't have been able to go for the win without the help, or that he had more than others who made it back but where fucked out by it.
I can't remember the Italian rider that got a time penalty for getting a huge lift from a team car after a mechanical last year-probably Scarponi-but it was caught by the helicopter so made for an entertaining gif so maybe that's why they cracked down...
Breso
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This is looking serious. Will he be DQ'd?