Lee Rodgers moves his sights from the Giro d’Italia to Bradley Wiggins’ World Hour Record and its legitimacy and the wider question of the ‘what use is the UCI?’ Have the rules been bent or just flexed ever so slightly. The World of cycling administration though the eye’s of Lee:Ive been petitioning for some time now from atop my little soapbox for the UCI to change its name to the UCWhy, if for no other reason than a) it makes me chuckle and b) just exactly what is the point of this organization? They cant seem to get some of their own rules sorted out so that even they can follow them and they also seem to have a heck or a problem with enforcing the ones they do seem to understand.Is that bike legal?Take Bradley Wiggins mammoth World Hour Record he set the other night. Or, did he? If you listen to Alex Dowsetts coach Steve Collins in todays Daily Mirror, then you might feel that El Wiggo pulled a fast one figuratively as well as literally. “One of the sad bits about it was that Bradley’s bike wasn’t in production,” Collins told BBC Radio Essex. “For attempts like that it should all be production available so you can buy it off the shelf. “You can’t get 3D-printed handlebars moulded to your own arms to make it easier for your own attempt. He also had the help of British Cycling which, well, is not allowed.Wiggins with GB coach, Heiko...
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