Yesterday’s stage was surprisingly good considering Decathlon tried hard to make it a dire affair by blocking the road at one point. I understand where that type of behaviour might be acceptable, such as when the roads are treacherous, but yesterday was just bad sportsmanship. The UCI needs to bring in swifter measures to shut that sort of thing down as soon as it happens. They must have access to the live video footage so they can contact the team director and give them 30 seconds to stop or ALL of the team receive time penalties, regardless of GC position.
Yesterday’s stage was surprisingly good considering Decathlon tried hard to make it a dire affair by blocking the road at one point. I understand where that type of behaviour might be acceptable, such as when the roads are treacherous, but yesterday was just bad sportsmanship. The UCI needs to bring in swifter measures to shut that sort of thing down as soon as it happens. They must have access to the live video footage so they can contact the team director and give them 30 seconds to stop or ALL of the team receive time penalties, regardless of GC position.