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Benji Naesen

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Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Well, we don't know for sure, because SDWorks releases a statement saying that the bike was weighed twice, and says it was 20 grams under weight limit.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And they also said the other weighing was 50 grams off.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Off the other weighing.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

So my immediate thoughts are, first of all, what is the margin of error of the device that the UCI uses in this sense?

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

If it's more than 50 grams, more than 100 grams, whatever,

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

How accurate can a rule application here be based on a device that's not as accurate as the amount that it could be under hypothetically?

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

My second thought was 50 grams different compared to the 20 grams under.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Does that mean the 50 grams different was above the weight limit?

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Or was it 50 grams lower?

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

My first assumption was also, there's no way SDWorks would have specifically said it like this if the second weighing was higher than 6.8.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Because then they would have said, the other weighing was above.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

The statement?

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

The statement also declared that she had this setup in other races so far this season.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

I think Kent Waverham might have been brought up by the media afterwards.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

I don't know if the actual SDWorks statement said that.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And they also said they tested the bike themselves in their environment at 6.83 kilos after the race.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

That doesn't sound great.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Exactly.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Now, I think my overall take comes down to

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Just before I give my overall take, actually, I think later it came out that the second weighing was 70 grams under.