April fools: Remco Evenepoel loses out on aero advantage in Itzulia Basque Country time trial amid head sock ban mix-up

World TT Champion Remco Evenepoel has called out the UCI over an apparent mis-match between an email his team received stating that time trial head socks had been banned on April 1 and a statement on the UCI website that they were no longer allowed from April 2. 

At Itzulia Basque Country’s opening time trial, Bora-Hansgrohe riders, including stage winner Primož Roglič, continued to use the head socks for the event, despite their imminent ban by the UCI.