Team manager Lorena Wiebes after disqualification: ‘She feels robbed; she was given a knockout

Lorena Wiebes lost the victory in the first stage of the Giro d’Italia Women and the pink leader’s jersey on Saturday after a disqualification. According to the UCI, her bicycle was 20 grams lighter than permitted. “But that only became apparent after the second measurement,” team manager Erwin Janssen of SD Worx – Protime responded from the Netherlands on Sunday afternoon. He was briefed in detail on Saturday evening and Sunday morning by his team leader Danny Stam and by Wiebes himself.

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