The driver offers him a bidon but Millar declines and pushes on to catch up to the bunch. |
After crossing the line, he talked of the hard time he had on the ascent, as he couldn't drink after he lost his bidon after 8-9 km. |
Thankfully for him, he got a huge help from Panaria's Paolo Tiralongo, who gave him his bidon as Ivan passed the Sicilian on the false-flat section. |
The comely waitress standing by the door asked my friend if he would like his bidon filled. |
The UCI rulebook is a somewhat impenetrable and daunting document but on issues of accepting anything but a bidon or spanner from another team, the rules are crystal clear. |
He crashed in the final 15 kilometres of Dwars door Vlaanderen after a bidon was caught up in his front wheel. |