Van Avermaet receives apology from San Sebastian
Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) has received an apology from the organisers of Clásica San Sebastián after he was hit by a race radio bike during the event. Van Avermaet had attacked and was leading the race at the time of the incident, which happened on the final climb and ended any shot he had of victory.
“I received a letter from the organisation in Spanish. I don’t understand Spanish but you can infer from the letter that they apologised,” Van Avermaet told Het Laatste Nieuws.
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The BMC team threatened legal action following the incident stating that it had cost them vital publicity and criticised the UCI for their failure to act. Van Avermaet was keen to put the incident behind him but lamented the loss of points the incident cost him.
“It’s over and you can do nothing more. A win or a second place would have given me 80 or 60 WorldTour points. Now I’m outside of the top 10 in the individual WorldTour standings.”
Adam Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) went on to win the race ahead of Van Avermaet’s BMC teammate Philippe Gilbert.
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