Johannes Kulset (Uno-X) was disqualified from the Tour of Slovenia on Friday for repeatedly adopting the now-banned ‘tremendous tuck’ descending place on his bike throughout stage 3 from Ljubljana to Nova Gorica.
Kulset might be seen utilizing the using place together with his chest low on the bars and ahead of the saddle in a video of one of many incidents.
The Norwegian was a part of a 13-rider main group within the remaining 10 kilometres of the 160.5km stage. Giovanni Aleotti (Bora-Hansgrohe) attacked from the identical group to win the stage, whereas Kulset completed within the 12-man group, 11 seconds behind.
Kulset was tailed off simply earlier than a downhill part of the stair-step class 3 climb to Ravnica and once more over the summit, each instances utilizing the banned place to rejoin the group and, after rejoining, whereas using on the entrance in pursuit of Aleotti.
It ought to be famous that Aleotti additionally tried to undertake a extra aerodynamic place on the descent however averted disqualification by remaining on the saddle, a authorized workaround of the UCI rule.
By making his manner again to the group, Kulset moved into the highest 10 of the final classification.
However, the race jury disqualified Kulset for the descending model which was banned as of April 1, 2021 as a part of the UCI’s sweeping laws to enhance security in street races.
