Biniam Girmay’s team using helmet glue to beat UCI rule
Cycling’s latest tech innovation? Super glue, apaprently: Biniam Girmay’s Intermarché-Wanty team using glue to get around UCI rule on helmet covers at Tour de France
The new Uvex helmets, the model name of which is yet to be revealed, feature a ‘two-in-one aero and ventilation solution’ – in other words, they come with a detachable plastic cover, which can be fitted when aero gains outweigh the need to stay cool.While the normal helmet includes plenty of open channels, when the cover is fitted only three small vents at the front are visible, along with four across the back.
While Girmay was wearing the super glued aero version during his stage-winning sprint in Turin, and during today’s flat ride to Saint-Vulbas, the Eritrean opted for the airier model during Saturday’s scorchingly hot opening stage between Florence and Rimini, while his Intermarché-Wanty teammates could be seen wearing a combination of the two before yesterday’s mountainous trek to Valloire.
at the stage start in Piacenza on Monday, and unsurprisingly jokes, memes, ridicule, and silliness ensued online as fans tried to get their heads around the latest, “ridiculous” frontier in questionable aero tech. If you don’t want to subscribe, please turn your ad blocker off. The revenue from adverts helps to fund our site.
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