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Ciccone doesn't dispute the loss — he disputes the photo
Ciccone posted on Instagram on Monday questioning the photo finish process from his 2.8-millisecond loss to Evenepoel, after federation commissioners had already walked him through how the system works. He isn't challenging the verdict itself — he credits Evenepoel as the stronger rider — but is demanding a photo finish image that corresponds exactly to the real finish line rather than an explanation of methodology.
What this means
Ciccone's public request puts pressure on the UCI to produce verification at the exact regulation finish line, rather than the process explanation already given by its own commissioners.
The current image shows Evenepoel arriving three millimetres ahead, but Ciccone says that's not what he's contesting. «I've looked at the available images hundreds of times and... I keep seeing a dynamic that I cannot reconcile with that verdict,» he said. His ask is specific: «see the photo finish on the real finish line» at the exact point regulations define it, matched to the same 2.8-millisecond precision used to decide the title. He's framed it as a closed question — if the photo confirms the verdict there's nothing else to add, but until that correspondence is shown to him, he says it remains a question he hasn't received an answer to.
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