Doull claims Kittel`s `lethal` disc brake bike almost caused serious injury
(Cyclingnews.com)

Owain Doull has called for disc brakes to be banned unless protective casings are introduced after suffering a crash on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Tour in which one of Marcel Kittel´s rotors slashed through his shoe. The Team Sky rider hit the deck with a kilometre remaining and showed Cyclingnews and other reporters his left shoe, which had a straight cut in two parts running almost the entire length of the forefoot. Standing receiving treatment for road rash on his backside, Doull pointed to his foot, where a cut - fortunately not too deep - was showing through a tear in his sock.ADVERTISEMENT `My shoe was cut to pieces. That´s definitely a disc brake that has done that,` said Doull. `It´s gone straight through the shoe into my foot. It´s lucky that´s not my leg to be honest. If anything I´ve come off lucky there, if that´d been my leg it would have cut straight through it, for sure. You´ve seen my shoe - it´s gone straight through that.` `Nothing else could cut like that, it´s like a knife, it cut straight through it. You can see that thin line, it´s exactly in line, cut there and cut there on my shoe and both straight through in an arrow-straight line.` Disc brakes: UCI calls on CPA to `respect the democratic process` Kittel disc brake success sparks debate in the Dubai Tour peloton Dubai Tour: Kittel savours his first win on disc brakes Marcel Kittel`s custom Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc - Gallery You can read more at Cyclingnews.com