What should have been a beautiful memorial tribute turned into a mess and an absurd reason why Tadej Pogacarthe leader of Turn aroundmay be disqualified from the Italian round of International Cycling Union (UCI)according to the ‘cyclingnews’ portal.
Faced with the chaos that arose, Paolo BellinoCEO of RCS Sportthe Giro’s organizing company, explained why they gave Pogacar a maroon pair of shorts on Monday to complement the race leader’s pink jersey: a tribute to the color of the Giro jersey. ‘Great Torino’ to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the air tragedy Superwhich took place in 1949, where all the players of that legendary team lost their lives.
“I don’t know how much I can say, but yeah, I actually liked the kit. The organizers gave us the full jerseys, so I wore them, but then we got a call from the UCI saying it’s not allowed,” he explained. in the microphones of Eurosport Pogacar, who joked about the topic on Tuesday before the start of the 4th period.
“Now I have the equipment, but not the complete suit, so maybe now I can’t attack because I’m not fast. I won’t attack because there’s no complete suit, no aerodynamic advantages,” said the Slovenian, laughing.
Pogacar wore those maroon shorts on Monday in the 3rd stage, but this Tuesday he showed up in black shorts to avoid getting into a weird mess after the UCI, the body where the race jury depends, disallowed him to use them. because it violated the regulations of the Giro: that the maroon was not the color corresponding to the leader of the race and, instead, it was the same color of the ‘maglia ciclamino’ reserved for the first in the classification of points.
“Tadej Pogacar swapped his maroon shorts for the team’s black shorts for Stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia after UCI stewards threatened to disqualify him from the race due to conflicting interpretations of their own rules about to the leader and his ‘cyclingnews’.” wrote.
“Pogacar’s pink and maroon combined kit sparked debate on social media on Monday and ‘cyclingnews’ understands it has also angered UCI officials. They called the UAE team on Monday night and warned the team they would be disqualified Pogacar if he runs there. pink and purple uniform on Tuesday,” added ‘cyclingnews’.
“There is no problem with this story. No rules were broken. There was never any discussion of disqualifying Pogacar and the president of the UCI jury never threatened Pogacar,” the UCI said in a statement from L’Equipe to say that the information about the possible disqualification of Tadej if he also came out to compete on Tuesday in maroon shorts is baseless.
Source: La Verdad
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