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Riders crashed as the team cars started to squeeze passed so they could go up to the breakway
Julian Alaphilippe was among the fallers when several riders came down in the start-finish area at Brabantse Pijl as team cars tried to pass them. One of the riders in the large chasing group glanced over his right shoulder at one of the cars, and then bumped another rider to his right, causing him to crash.
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That resulted in several other men crashing down onto the wet tarmac, with one of the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux cyclists crashing towards the team car.
It appeared the team vehicles were being called through to pass the riders and go up to the breakaway. While Ineos Grenadiers managed to get their car through the gap, the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl followed and as it did the incident occurred.
Its rider, world champion Alaphilippe, initially looked like he may be seriously injured. However, he was soon back on his feet and then bike on his bike and rode away. At the time of publication there were no reports of injuries and the race was coming to a close.
