It may take a more serious – and certainly a more clear-cut – incident than those suffered by Owain Doull (Team Sky) and Fran Ventoso (BMC Racing) for the UCI to take urgent action over disc brakes, says CPA riders association representative Adam Hansen.
"The sad thing is someone might have to take a bullet for change to happen," the Lotto Soudal rider told Cyclingnews in Abu Dhabi on Friday, the morning after Doull claimed his shoe had been sliced and his foot cut by one of Marcel Kittel’s rotors.
"There hasn’t been a really serious – like a fatal – accident yet, but as soon as there is," Hansen said, leaving the sentence conspicuously open ended.
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Hansen is the CPA rider representative for the Abu Dhabi Tour, and he said disc brakes were a “hot topic” in the dinner hall at the teams’ hotel Thursday evening. He had a busy night, listening to the thoughts of the other riders and also relaying information back to the CPA headquarters.
"A lot of riders are concerned and worried about it, and they just hope it’s not the disc brake," he said.
The Australian said it might take 'a bullet’ for the sport’s governing body to step in and stop its disc brake trials for a second time, but he conceded that the matter was complicated by the lack of a smoking gun.
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