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Part of me expected him to crash again as he rode off.

It takes a certain lack of self awareness to describe yourself as ‘a right whopper’ to a foreign TV journalist.

Serves him right for wearing mitts.

Jacket isn't rubbish?

I don't give a shit what glasses he wears but he carried them up the mountain in his lid, instead of some heavier gloves that might've allowed his hands to actually grip the bars.

If you wanna play the #hardman game you still gotta actually be able to function.

Conduct of riders 2.2.025
Riders may not jettison food, bonk-bags, feeding bottles, clothes, etc. outside of the litter zones provided by the organiser.

https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/rules-and-regulations/part-ii-road/2-roa-regulations-e.pdf

I think he should be DQed.

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Ah, well if that's the rule then yes, I agree with you.

Unfortunately, this is a "UCI rule" which is basically as good as the toilet paper it's shitted on.

If the UCI actually applied their rules, none of the current Hour Record holder would hold the Hour Record.

What's the penalty though? Let me guess - up to the commis?

Also, it could be argued that a wayward rain jacket is a danger and therefore it was in the interests of rider safety that it was thrown away.

The problem with trying to apply the rules from the comfort of your own armchair is that you don't have access to race radio and don't know what the commissaires have communicated to the teams.

We’ve already seen a straight DQ for a rider who through a bottle to some kids who wanted a souvenir.

It’s either UCI being inconsistent or he threw it in the litter zone 10k from the finish, but I’m pretty sure it was closer to the finish than that. Might be wrong.

Ah. You got a hook-up for that?

No, the problem is UCI rules are applied in an inconsistent fashion.

They DQ'd that cockbroker the other week. You really think they'll DQ the winner of the stage here?

UCI being inconsistent

It's this. It's always this.

Good work from G's insta...

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You gotta be able to laugh at that shit or you'd go mental.

I think he's stupid for wearing only mitts but he admitted as much so fair play.

Let's see if he can pull some time back today...

As a former track pursuiter, Thomas should easily put 11 seconds into Woods.

Just looked on PCS and Woods’ best ever TT result is 14th at the Canadian nationals.

Yeah I didn't look at his results but my brain answered my missus yesterday with something like "I've never seen him in a TT so I don't think he's great and G is from Britain, which is basically the home of time trialing"

yes was thinking that. those clouds were absolutely going nowhere but on the ground

Woodsy did bin his jacket outside the litter/green zone.

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and I'm sure the UCI will DQ him immediately...

ROFL

Hoping they’re ‘on here’. Doesn’t seem like they have anything better to do.

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2019/stage-13

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2018/stage-20

He's not bad at these TT things...

Can't tell if serious.

5min down on G?

Not sure he’d win a dual carriageway club 10 to be honest.

It's almost as if all those much-hyped UK time triallists who've raced at World level haven't had their arses handed to them on a plate over the past fifty years.

You can count the number of British riders who've performed well in time trials in Europe on the fingers of one hand.