The UCI has confirmed in a brief statement to Cyclingnews that it is gathering evidence on the late crash at the Abu Dhabi Tour involving Owain Doull (Team Sky) and Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors), but the governing body made no indication that the trial of disc brakes in professional races will be suspended despite a call from Doull for a ban unless protective casings are introduced.
The Briton rider crashed with Kittel – the only user of disc brakes at the Abu Dhabi Tour – and other riders in the final kilometre of the opening stage. He suggested one of Kittel’s rotors slashed through his shoe. Kittel used the same Specialized bike at the recent Dubai Tour. The disc brakes have flattened edges but are not protected by any kind of guard.
After the stage, Doull showed Cyclingnews and other reporters his left shoe, which had a straight cut running almost the entire length of the forefoot.
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"My shoe was cut to pieces. That’s definitely a disc brake that has done that," said Doull. "It’s gone straight through the shoe into my foot. It’s lucky that’s not my leg to be honest. If anything I’ve come off lucky there. If that’d been my leg it would have cut straight through it, for sure. You’ve seen my shoe – it’s gone straight through that."
Asked whether he had a stance on disc brakes, Doull replied: "I definitely do now. In my opinion unless there are covers on those things they’re pretty lethal."
A few hours after the stage, after high-definition overhead footage of the crash emerged, some suggested the rusty foot of the roadside barriers the British rider crashed into could have been the cause.
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