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I clocked that as well, and I was surprised by the way he glossed over it as he has recently been outspoken on safety.
There was quite a bit of discussion about it last year when Tao was pulled out of Paris-Nice after a crash – pulled out by Ineos rather than the UCI AFAIK. I also remember chat when George Bennett crashed and he looked concussed on the side of the road, and, I think, he needed to change his helmet, but he was put back on by a mechanic and kept riding.
There is a UCI concussion protocol, but rarely do the medics get there first and the teams are incentivised to get the riders back on. I’m not sure how you would enforce it.
And I haven’t heard of any ex-riders suffering in the way that American football, rugby and other contact sports have, where it seems to be inherent rather than unfortunate.
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Have we done the Froome tour of the alps video already? Boring as hell but interesting that he admits banging his head in a crash, feeling groggy and sick but rode to the finish and carried on. People will say that’s cycling but secondary head knocks are bad, you wouldn’t want to crash again whilst feeling like that, and it seems cycling has a way to go to catch other sports. Not sure what the solution is though, the rugby style off for ten mins for a HIA doesn’t work.
Does pro cycling have a formal return to racing protocol after a head knock?