{"id":515792,"date":"2026-03-03T10:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515792\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:37:09","slug":"uci-rules-strip-italian-cyclist-of-victory-due-to-irregular-handlebar-measurements-after-60-km-solo-ride-and-a-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/515792\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI rules strip Italian cyclist of victory due to irregular handlebar measurements after 60 km solo ride and a fall"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFilippo D\u2019Aiuto had won the race solo after a 60-kilometre breakaway on his own, but during the race he suffered a setback, as explained in a statement published by the Italian team on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFilippo D\u2019Aiuto started the race with a bicycle set up correctly in all its components. The crash he suffered on the gravel section resulted in a change to the position of the levers which, because of the impact, ended up closer together than permitted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team takes note and respects the jury\u2019s decision despite strongly criticising it, given D\u2019Aiuto\u2019s excellent performance, as he crossed the finish line alone after a 60 km solo effort,\u201d they underlined.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that from 2026 the new rules state there must be a minimum total handlebar width of 400mm and a minimum distance of 280mm between the inner points of the brake levers, or hoods.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Aiuto returned to the team this year after a spell with Petrolike in 2025 and showed his dissatisfaction in an interview with Ciclismoweb after the race<\/a>. \u201cI won, there\u2019s not much more to say. I crashed and, as a consequence, my brake levers were bent inward. They took away my victory because the levers did not comply with the rules.\u201d\"Team<\/p>\n

Team General Store Essegibi Flli.Curia<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous and the commissaires will look ridiculous,\u201d continued D\u2019Aiuto, who explained that after the crash the officials approached him and pointed at the bike. \u201cThe race commissaire told me I should have stopped and changed bikes, but I only had a one-minute advantage. So what could I have done? It would have been impossible,\u201d reflected the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n

The Italian team, founded in 2010, thanked supporters for their messages of solidarity and condemnation of the commissaires\u2019 decision, and also acknowledged the teams of the two riders who stepped onto the podium. \u201cWe thank Team Hoppl\u00e0 and SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank for their gesture of solidarity during the podium ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Official winner don\u00b4t celebrate the victory<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Magli of Team Hoppl\u00e0 was declared the official winner of the day but refused to stand on the top step of the podium during the ceremony. \u201cI finished second and I feel that I finished second, that Filippo D\u2019Aiuto was the real winner,\u201d said Magli. \u201cHe crashed, rode 60 km alone, waited 90 minutes for the final decisions and then they took the victory away from him. It\u2019s the least I could do.\u201d<\/p>\n

A precedent has now been set. The incident occurred in a smaller race, a domestic event in Italy. But what if the same happens in a Grand Tour? What decisions will the commissaires take if a Yellow Jersey is at stake? The UCI has dictated the rules, we will see where they lead the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Filippo D\u2019Aiuto had won the race solo after a 60-kilometre breakaway on his own, but during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85,39556],"class_list":["post-515792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}