'I was mad' – Tom Pidcock says two teammates were hit by police motorbike driving against peloton at Tre Valli Varesine

Tom Pidcock has stated that two of his teammates were struck by a police motorbike driving against the direction of the peloton during the Tre Valli Varesine race on Tuesday.

Pidcock was giving a post-race interview to Eurosport and describing the early phase of the race when he mentioned the incident.

"A police motorbike was going the wrong way down the course and crashed into two of our guys. So from this point... well, first of all I wanted to stop racing myself. I was mad. The guys all riding in front of me, for me, and two of them on the floor."

Pidcock revealed that the two riders in question were Marcel Camprubi and his fellow Briton Thomas Gloag.

"Luckily Marcel was ok, he could continue," Pidcock explained.

"Tom was also ok, in the end, but he stopped the race, and he has some stitches in the knee."

Rider safety has been a major talking point in recent years, and vehicle traffic in races has been high up the safety agenda since the death of Finlay Tarling in August.

"Things like this shouldn’t happen," Pidcock added.