He was but, being the legend he is, he was just about to catch Valverde for a minute, saw him crash and gave up his own chances to stop and help the medical team diagnose and then treat Valverde's injuries. His fluent Spanish and German made him invaluable in a critical situation.
His team made an appeal to the UCI judges to allow him to start tomorrow, but the bastards rejected it. Unbelievable.
He was but, being the legend he is, he was just about to catch Valverde for a minute, saw him crash and gave up his own chances to stop and help the medical team diagnose and then treat Valverde's injuries. His fluent Spanish and German made him invaluable in a critical situation.
His team made an appeal to the UCI judges to allow him to start tomorrow, but the bastards rejected it. Unbelievable.