Bos suspended for Impey incident

Daryl Impey finishes the Tour of Turkey after a violent crash with Theo Bos (Rabobank).

Daryl Impey finishes the Tour of Turkey after a violent crash with Theo Bos (Rabobank). (Image credit: Presidential Cycling Tour)

The UCI has handed Rabobank's sprinter Theo Bos a one-month suspension for his run-in with Barloworld's Daryl Impey at the Presidential Tour of Turkey earlier this year.

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The incident, in which Bos squeezed between the barricades and race winner Impey in the final sprint of the last stage and grabbed Impey's jersey before both of them crashed violently, was caught on video and reviewed by the UCI's disciplinary commission.

The commission decided that Bos violated UCI regulations, but imposed the minimum sanction. The Dutch rider could have been suspended for up to six months.

Impey, who was in the race's overall lead at the time of the crash, won the event since the crash happened within the final kilometre, but left Turkey with a broken jaw and teeth and several fractured vertebrae.

Bos’ suspension will begin on 15 August and end on 14 September, 2009.
 

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