Riders and teams have expressed their sorrow, dismay, and outrage over an incident at the Baloise Belgium Tour on Saturday that saw two motorcycles cause a massive crash during stage 3. The stage was abandoned with numerous riders needing medical attention, the most seriously affected being Lotto Soudal's Stig Broeckx, who is currently in a coma with bleeding to the brain.
Given the string of incidents involving race vehicles in the last couple of years, which includes the death of Antoine Demoitie earlier this year, there were understandably many impassioned reactions from the peloton.
It's going to be very difficult to race today, knowing a friend/colleague is fighting for his life...#Nomotivation
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— Kenny Dehaes (@Kennydehaes) May 29, 2016
Enrico Gasparotto helps call off the stage, adds perspective
Enrico Gasparotto, 34, took on the role of patron of the peloton in the aftermath of the crash and, with the race neutralised, put forward the case that it should be abandoned altogether. Gasparotto rides for the same team, Wanty Groupe Gobert, as Demoitié did.
"It was not a hard decision. I immediately had the idea about stopping because what happened was really serious and really bad for cycling again. What happened already this year to our team, that cannot happen again," he said in an interview with Sporza.
— Marcel Kittel (@marcelkittel) May 28, 2016
— Marcel Kittel (@marcelkittel) May 28, 2016
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) May 28, 2016
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) May 28, 2016
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) May 28, 2016
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) May 28, 2016
— Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) May 28, 2016
— Koen de Kort (@koendekort) May 28, 2016
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