Riders stage safety protest before Giro di Lombardia: ‘We will not stand for this’

Peloton’s Evenepoel highlights death of Finlay Tarling‘We cannot keep accepting riders getting injured or dying’Riders at the Giro di Lombardia staged a brief protest on Saturday, delaying the start of the race by five minutes to draw attention to safety concerns following a series of incidents involving non-race vehicles.After organisers completed the countdown for the start, the peloton remained stationary, creating a moment of confusion before Remco Evenepoel addressed the crowd. “There’s too many incidents happening with vehicles in the race,” said Belgium’s double Olympic champion. Continue reading…

Riders at the Giro di Lombardia staged a brief protest on Saturday, delaying the start of the race by five minutes to draw attention to safety concerns following a series of incidents involving non-race vehicles Riders at the Giro di Lombardia staged a brief protest on Saturday, delaying the start of the race by five minutes to draw attention to safety concerns following a series of incidents involving non-race vehicles. After organisers completed the countdown for the start, the peloton remained stationary, creating a moment of confusion before Remco Evenepoel addressed the crowd.

“There’s too many incidents happening with vehicles in the race,” said Belgium’s double Olympic champion. “Unfortunately we lost the life of a brother and of a colleague of us, so we want to make this statement to show to the world that we cannot keep accepting the fact that guys are getting injured or literally dying in what we like the most to do.” Evenepoel was referring to the death of British cyclist