Originally Posted by
chadteck
I haven't visited Bike forums in a while, but good to see the ******baggery lives on here.
You did ask if you were missing something.
I'd seen
this article claiming it was a water bottle, so I guessed it was something of that nature. Either way, the size and placement seem to violate the spirit of some of the UCI rules, so it's strange that they would allow it. Doesn't make sense that a race radio is allowed to be used to improve aerodynamics, but a water bottle isn't.
How likely is it that both Remco and WVA would blatantly cheat in a way that is visible to everyone and hope to somehow get away with it for a gain of a few seconds? Whatever they did, the Belgium team certainly cleared it with the race officials beforehand.