Maybe they’ll be banning these on the Fred Whitton next, and it’s fine trying to make your square pegs fit round holes but burying yourself on a sportive under dozens of bikes at 50KPH is commendable.
What I cannot fathom out is this? WHY are rim brakes now deemed to be inadequate for descending when up until fairly recently they have been fine? The UCI called for a ban on disks and now the French follow suit, what did everyone expect them to do overrule and challenge them?
I personally cannot see the point of Disks on a lightweight bike intended for road riding / racing. How many descents will be longer and faster this year than previous years?
At what point did someone actually think “Do you know what, I’m just too fast for that and it’s not capable of stopping me safely”
I’m not an expert in this field as others are but my feeling is that the whole Safety thing is an excuse to out them and also to dissipate their own heat from dangerous motor bikes getting in the way of proceedings.