Filip Maciejuk given one-month ban for sparking huge Tour of Flanders crash
Bahrain Victꦕorious rider swerved into the peloton after moving up via a footpath

Over three months after the incident which saw 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Filip Maciejuk (Bahrain Victorious) spark a huge crash at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders, the UCI has moved to ban the Polish rider from racing for a peri🌃od of 30 days.
The UCI announced on Wednesday morning that its Disciplinary Commission had ruled against the 23-ye💦ar-old for his actions at the race on April 2. The ban started on July 25.
With 140km to go in the Tour of Flanders, Maciejuk rode up the side of 𓃲the peloton on a footpath before hitting a patch of deep wet grass, losing control and swerving into the peloton. His move sparked off a domino effect of crashes across the road🌜, with numerous riders going down.
Former winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) was forced to abandon early in what was his fi𝕴nal Tour of Flanders, while Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) was left with a badly fractured collar🐻bone and Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) fractured his left arm.
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For years, riders have used gutters, footpaths, bike paths and even the dirt🐻 sections along the edge of roads to find an advantage and move up in races. However, crashes and the dangers to the public have forced the UCI to introduce stricter rules and punishments.
Maciejuk was disqualified from the race after UCI video commissaires reviewed the footage. Now the UCI has handed down a 30-day susp♊ension after their Disciplinary Commission found Maciejuk "in breach of article 12.4.007 of the UCI regulations for having caused the crasꩵh of several riders in the peloton after riding outside the race course and through a puddle on the roadside."
Artic🤪le 12.4.007 of the UCI regulations concerns endangerment of other parti🅰es within races, reading, "Any person or entity subject to this Part who exposes another party to an immediate risk of death or injury by a deliberate act or behaviour that is contrary to the regulations regarding safety or care shall receive a disciplinary sanction."
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Maciejuk has continued racing since the incident, taking on Amstel Gold Race, La Flechè Wallonne, the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse, among other races. On Saturday he finished seventh in the Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race Gran🉐d Prix Poland while riding for the Polish na꧒tional team.
He will now only be eligible to compete again on A❀♎ugust 25.
The decision now means that Maciejuk will miss out on possible selection at the upcoming 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Road World Championships in Glasgow. He'll also be suspended during his home race, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Pologne, and other WorldTour races including Donostia San Sebastián Kla🌳sikoa, and the Renewi Tour.
Maciejuk, who tu♚rned pro with Bahrain Victorious last year, was quick to apologise for his actions after the Tour of Flanders.
"I'm really sorry for my m𒉰istake anꦛd causing the crash," he wrote on Twitter at the time.
"I hope all those involved are in good health and safe. This shoꦿuld not happen and was a big error in my judgement.
"I had no intention of causing this. All I can do now is apologise for my mistake and learn 𝓡from this in the future. Sorry again to the peloton,ꦉ my teammates and the fans."

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