Lorena Wiebes lost her Giro d'Italia Women stage win and the Maglia Rosa because her bike was just 20 grams under the UCI's minimum weight limit. But when reports emerged that two official weigh-ins differed by 50 grams, the debate quickly became about more than just the rules.
Grace Brown explores the questions raised by Lorena Wiebes' disqualification, from the reliability of bike weigh-ins to whether cycling's penalties should reflect the advantage actually gained. If measurements aren't perfectly precise, should there be room for a margin of error? And can a black-and-white rule always deliver a fair outcome?
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