Does it matter? They have different bikes for mountainous stages and TTs now? Different Bars, Different Saddles, different Brake levers and different wheels. So they could use disks for downhill mountainous stages and rim brakes for TTs without missing a beat.

Isn't the real point whether or not the disks work better? Is it a safety issue and if so how did they get passed the original three month test last year and the first quarter of this year? Now they are planning to reinstate them in June? UCI to reinstate disc brake trial in the professional road peloton in June | Cyclingnews.com

The question I would ask is how many of us have tried road disks and do we feel they are unsafe? If they are not unsafe and if they can make the weight requirements what is the real objection to using them as long as they are not mandatory? The other question is did the one accident that caused the suspension include an injury from a disk? There has been some questions based on the riders injury and his opposition to disk brakes in the first place.

I don't have a dog in this fight because I don't race UCI events. But having disks on my MTB, Car and Motorcycle I am skeptical about the motives to ban them.