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Liane Lippert Brabantse Pijl moto (via Twitter).PNGVideo: Moto swerves towards Team Sunweb’s Liane Lippert during race, almost causing her to crash
Yesterday’s women’s edition of the Belgian semi-classic, De Brabantse Pijl saw TV cameras capture the shocking moment a race moto swerved towards Team Sunweb rider Liane Lippert, almost causing her to crash.
The 21-year-old had just launched an attack on an uphill section around 20 kilometres into the 137.5-kilometre race when the moto veered across her path.
German champion @LianeLippert of @TeamSunweb is almost hit by a motorbike @DeBrabantsePijl #BP19 #BPWomen pic.twitter.com/2aF0Lul9lD
— Daniel Montes (@VanDerCycling) April 17, 2019
Visibly shocked, the German national road champion had to steer sharply to her right to avoid being hit.
TV pictures suggest that the moto rider himself took evasive action to avoid a flatbed truck parked on the left-hand side of the road – although why he turned so sharply and suddenly is unclear.
A number of incidents involving motorbikes forming part of the race caravan have happened in recent years, including the Lotto-Soudal rider Stig Broeckx ending up in a coma with a brain injury after he was struck by a moto during the 2016 Tour of Belgium.
The following year, Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas crashed out of the Giro d’Italia when he collided with a race moto that for some reason had stopped – on the wrong side of the road, according to UCI regulations on convoy traffic – just after a corner.
The most serious incident came in the 2016 edition of Gent-Wevelgem when the Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider Antoine Demoitié was run over by a motorbike after he and three other riders crashed, the 25-year-old Belgian dying in hospital from his injuries that evening.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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its Team Sunweb, on cervelos, not Trek Sunweb btw
but sheesh wtf was that moto rider thinking?, doesnt even acknowledge her or notice that shes there even after screaming at him, I can only think he had one of those peripheral vision blind spot things going on,not that it excuses it at all, but I dont think he even realises there is anyone there, he must have thought the chasing group were the only cyclists in close proximity.Still should be kicked off supporting a race for riding like that,no excuses for it
Superb riding skill from Liane Lippert! Chapeau!
Unless there was something going on to the right that we can't see, I sincerely hope that the motorcycle pilot gets an exemplary punishment.
That motorbike rider is an absolute fucking knobjockey and some, I hope someone reports this to the police and they get done for dangerous driving/riding, absolutely horrific and her reaction says everything causing her a massive wobble/freak out, never mind the lost moment to make a break.
Quite a bit better quality video here