'An exceptionally severe sanction' – Lorena Wiebes's team 'astonished' after sprinter kicked off Giro d'Italia Women for underweight bike

SD Worx-Protime have said they are “astonished” that their sprinter, Lorena Wiebes, was found to have been riding an underweight bike on stage one of the Giro d’Italia Women, and disqualified from the race.

'An exceptionally severe sanction' – Lorena Wiebes's team 'astonished' after sprinter kicked off Giro d'Italia Women for underweight bike. SD Worx-Protime have said they are “astonished” that their sprinter, Lorena Wiebes, was found to have been riding an underweight bike on stage one of the Giro d’Italia Women, and disqualified from the race. The race jury ruled that Wiebes competed on a bike “non-conforming to minimum weight requirements” on Saturday's stage. According to SD Worx-Protime, her bike was said to have weighed 6.78kg – 0.02kg under the UCI’s minimum weight requirement of 6.8kg. The Dutchwoman initially won the bunch sprint into Ravenna, but was expelled from the race hours later, with the jury giving the victory, and the first pink jersey, to Lidl-Trek’s Elisa Balsamo, who crossed the line second. Later on Saturday evening,...