During stage 2 of Étoile de Bessèges, a vehicle on the race course caused a crash in the peloton, resulting in multiple riders falling, including Maxim Van Gils, who was hospitalized. The incident occurred on a narrow road as the driver attempted to reverse off the course. Sports directors criticized the dangerous conditions created by parked cars and called out cycling organizations for negligence regarding participant safety, highlighting the need for improved race protocols to prevent such incidents in the future.
"The whole peloton brakes, and the boys were just coming back from a mechanical, and they were at the back of the peloton. They just rode into the peloton, and Maxim crashed into the ditch."
"If today at the Etoile de Besseges some riders had died, we would be here mourning! But even if there had been just one injury due to the serious negligence of a professional organization that cannot and must not go unnoticed."
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