Geraint Thomas once made headlines for forgetting to remove his gilet before the Tour de France stage one time trial in Copenhagen in 2022, in what became affectionately known as ‘gilet gate’ but at Tuesday’s Giro d’Italia time trial, Lorenzo Milesi may just have topped it with a ‘hold my beer’ moment.
The Italian rolled down the start ramp wearing an ice vest – used to pre-cool the body’s core temperature in a bid to find a few extra watts – over his time trial skinsuit.
Milesi confirmed as much too, adding, “It would have gone better without the cooling vest, so that’s a lesson to take with me.”
Milesi’s performance raises an interesting question that, no doubt, teams have already pondered: Did the continued cooling effects of wearing the vest offer a benefit that negated some – or all – of the aero penalty?
He brushed it off as just a simple mistake, telling Spanish newspaper AS, “Maybe they made a mistake when distributing the clothing, but it…
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