Let's take a hypothetical situation: say you're the overall leader during a multiple stage bike race, you lead by three seconds on the last day, and then the number 2 guy cuts you off in the last 100 meters causing you to crash, so that you lose by 1 second after the time bonuses are awarded. Now, let's say your name is George Hincapie, and it really happened. At least George wasn't seriously hurt and could cross the finish line with the rest of the peloton, still, no foul. Stefan Schumacher says it wasn't on purpose, but Discover filed a protest anyway. Discovery is still waiting on their protest at Paris-Roubaix, when George was hurt earlier this year, because his teammates were the eventual number 2 and 3 finishers, but were disqualified because they rode under a rail crossing.
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