Rather surprisingly, the American was backed up by two former UCI presidents, with which he hasn’t always seen eye to eye.
Meanwhile, McQuaid’s successor Brian Cookson concurred, posting: “Full house. I agree with Pat! Inexplicable and unacceptable.” Pogačar himself has sought to downplay the effect of his brief spell behind the race director’s car, though the 24-year-old did acknowledge that the vehicle “was too close” for a moment.after the race. “But this happens all the time when they are in the head of the race. They pass, they sink back again.
“And I know the course, it only gets narrower. Then we drove past him, but then you still have to be careful because the road was not that wide there. If someone takes a picture at that moment and says: here is the car driving in front of him. What should I do with it? We’re better looking at what a nice race we got.”
Real life mirroring Zwift, drafting RDs car is the power up you get for the break away