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Cervélo TestTeam disqualified in first stage Qatar

February 07, 2010 - Filed under: TestTeam

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Following their second place finish Cervélo TestTeam were disqualified from today's stage and given a one minute penalty by the race jury today, after they were judged to have received assistance during the Team Time Trial (8.2 km) at the first stage of the men's Tour of Qatar in West Bay Lagoon. Team Sky won the Time Trial (8.2km) with Garmin-Transition awarded second place. Cervélo TestTeam will continue in the race tomorrow.

"I spoke with Heinrich (Haussler) and Gabriel (Rasch) and they told me that the wind was coming from the right side and to avoid crashing into our team Heinrich was forced to touch Gabriel," said Jens Zemke, sports director. "It wasn't done in an effort to make a better time - it was solely done to avoid a crash. Though it was just Heinrich and Gabriel who were involved and not our whole team, nevertheless the commissar thought that this was enough of an infraction and penalized whole team. With our second place result we had a really good chance to win this race. The riders are frustrated but we will keep on going."