Roger Kluge has publicly criticised the UCI commissaires at the recent Track World Championships after an apparent delay in updating the points score during the men’s Madison led to Germany letting Denmark ride away to take the bronze medal.
Thirty-nine-year-old Kluge, who is a former Olympic medalist, posted a video and a long text to Instagram to highlight what he believes was the UCI commissaires’ “misconduct”.
“If we, and certainly Team GB, had known that Team DEN also had about 60 points on their account, Team DEN wouldn’t have simply rolled away with 12 laps to go, we would have been on the wheel, and the final two sprints would have turned out completely differently.”
“If we athletes or personnel make mistakes, there are penalties or even disqualifications. We can’t just say, ‘We’re sorry, please accept my apologies.’ But the UCI is allowed to do that, and it’s…
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