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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.