Matteo Jorgenson, the young American riding from Movistar, has urged the UCI to "refocus" on what he sees as the most pressing racing safety issues after he crashed into a spectator hanging over the crowd barrier at the finish of Tour de la Provence today.
The 21-year-old, who was on the attack in the finale before contesting the sprint, escaped without any broken bones. However, the incident could have been a lot worse as he hit the spectator when sprinting for the victory at the end of stage 2 today.
The finale, fought out in the rain, was marred by a number of crashes, including Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) being taken down just outside the 1km to go banner when Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana) crashed ahead of him.
However, when Jorgenson crashed the front group was sprinting hard for the line, forcing riders to scattered around him in the rain and at high speed, though luckily nobody else crashed at that point.
“Sucks to miss out on a real chance at my first pro win like that,” Jorgenson Tweeted after the stage.
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“Let’s all
refocus on the real safety problems in our sport UCU - barriers, road
furniture; not rider position,” he added in a clear reference to the ban being imposed on the ‘super tuck’ and the ‘breakaway
position’.
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