Originally Posted by
DLBroox
I really don't understand what he did. Why go across from the right to the left? If he stayed straight he would have won. Moving diagonally makes the distance to the line farther. What was he thinking?
According to Cyclingnews Visconti in the 'processo alla tappa' justified moving from right to left by saying the wind was blowing from the right.
Note also the UCI chief commissaire for the stage was a Belgian so presumably we can't accuse him of an anti-Sicilian bias.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/visc...talia-stage-17