Ciccone and Buitrago argue over Tour de France sticky bottle
"With the bottle like this, it's not correct": Giulio Ciccone hits out at Santiago Buitrago for 'sticky bottle' at Tour de France
It also meant that Santiago Buitrago, who previously occupied the last spot in the top 10 moved down to 11th, but his strong display towards the end of the queen stage yesterday saw him finish 34 seconds ahead of Ciccone, bringing down the gap between them to just 10 seconds, with another mountain stage set for today before the final individual time trial in Nice.
Sticky bottles are fairly common in most races, as riders latch on to the bottle and let the team car propel them for a few extra precious seconds — but most of the times it's executed to help riders catch back on to a group or give the legs a momentary break, in a manner that's seen as acceptable in the eyes of the race commissaries.
Frederik Bohé, DS of Danish UCI Continental Team Airtox-Carl Ras, wrote on Twitter:"People seem confused on this subject. Everyone takes a sticky bottle, yes - but only behind the peloton, when getting back from business in the caravan. Taking one up the final climb when racing is full on is very different."That’s just rude of Ciccone, was he jealous the cameras were on Buitrago?
Holter's Uno X team CEO Jens Haughland also took to social media to denounce the move by Team TotalEnergies, saying:"Come on. Just race as professionals."Bardet, who had crashed with 22 kilometres remaining of the stage, later took to Twitter to excuse himself, saying that"nothing justifies the prolonged help from a team car" - although that hadn't stopped him from benefiting himself from a practice he acknowledged is widespread in the peloton.
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