FDJ team manager Marc Madiot has said he will seek damages if an investigation confirms Sébastien Reinchenbach’s accusation that Team Sky’s Gianni Moscon intentionally forced him off the road, sparking a crash that left him with a fractured elbow and hip.
Reichenbach is expected to undergo surgery on his elbow and will need three to four months to make a full recovery. Moscon was added to the Team Sky line-up for Thursday’s Milano-Torino and is expected to ride Saturday’s Il Lombardia, where Team Sky will fight with Quick-Step Floors for the number one spot in the 2017 WorldTour team ranking.
"I'm serene. And I've got no intention of sitting on my hands: I'm going to defend myself," Moscon told Tuttobiciweb and other Italian media before the start.
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The FDJ team first accused Moscon on Tuesday evening, a few hours after Tre Valli Varesine. The team Tweeted: “The crash has been caused by the dangerous behaviour of one of his opponents, Gianni Moscon.”
On Wednesday, Reichenbach confirmed the accusations to Swiss newspaper Le Nouvelliste as he travelled home. He said that he has filed a police complaint in Italy with the full support of the FDJ team. Reichenbach maintains that Moscon deliberately caused the crash as retribution for his part in highlighting how the Team Sky rider had racially abused FDJ's Kevin Reza during the Tour de Romandie in April.
Moscon posted a message on Twitter and denied causing Reichenbach to crash.
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