Riders, teammates and friends pay tribute to Antoine Demoitie
Many call for action to enhance rider safety
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:News of the death of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Antoine Demoitié, who was hit by a race motorbike at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, broke in💧 the early hours of Monday morning, and many in the c🌌ycling world took to social channels to express their sadness and offer their condolences.
Sep Vanmarcke, who finished second at the r🦋ace behind Peter Sagan, was among the riders who paid tribute♏ to the 25-year-old Belgian.
"Suddenly a 2nd place no longer important after this terrible news," he wrote on Twitter. "Rest in🥀 peace Antoine Demoitié. Good luck to all."
Tom Devriendt, Kenny Dehaes, Gae🐼tan Bille and Mark McNally were among the Wanty-Groupe Gobert riders to post messages on Monday and were joined♕ by riders from a range of teams and nationalities.
Race vehicles and rider safety
As well as expressing their sadness at Demoitié's death, many riders also called for action to be taken to enhance rider safety. It is an issue that has become increasingly pressing over the past couple o𝐆f years, with an alarming string of accidents involving riders and ▨in-race vehicles.
Peter Sagan, Taylor Phinney, Greg Van Avermaet, Sergio Paulinho, Jakob Fuglsang, Jesse Sergent, Sylvain Chavanel, and Stig Broeckx are just some oꦏf the riders who have been injured - to varying degrees - in incidents involving motorbikes or cars.
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"Regulation🗹s on motos in races are needed NOW," w🐓rote Alberto Contador on Twitter, and his sentiments were echoed by his Tinkoff teammate Mick Rogers, who posted a picture of Viacheslav Kuznetsov surrounded by vehicles at Gent-Wevelgem.
One measure suggested by Rogers was to impose a speed limit on in-race vehicles when passing riders, the idea being tha🦩t it would give drivers more time to react to hazards💯.
"Cap moto speed to 15-20km/h faster t🍸han 𝔍peloton when passing = increased reaction time when unexpected happens," wrote the Australian.
His thoughts were echoed by Frenchman Warren Barguil in a Twitter exchange with Dan Martin and Carlos Verona (Etixx-QuickStep), with the Spaniard also calling for a reduction in🗹 the number of vehicles and more stringent processes before drivers a꧂re allowed into a race.
