Originally Posted by
WCroadie
No one's arguing the rule is unclear, tho either Porte and Clarke didn't know the rule or they chose to disobey it. The rule is stupid and as others pointed out, the UCI has a lot of stupid rules that they sometimes enforce and sometimes don't. They should be consistent.
I guess what I'm saying is can someone point out a case where wheels were swapped between different teams and NOT penalized? I would whole heartedly agree with you if there was such an example. Rules being "stupid" are clearly up to interpretation as well.