'I thought it was Tadej Pogačar' – Rooijakkers able to laugh as 'ridiculous' spectator rides on course during Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
'Fan' in💎 UAE Emirates jersey escorted off course by in-race marshal on motorbiℱke after joining women's race 31km from the finish

A cycling spectator was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liège-Bastogme-Li&eg🌌rave;ge Femmes, as a male 'fan' joined the race 31km from the finish and briefly rode behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fen꧙ix-Deceuninck), before being marshalled off the route by an in-race moto♈rbike driver.
The man, who was wearing a UAE Team Emirates jerse🌊y, planned his moment to join the race after the Côte de la Redoute climb, pulling out of a side road and in between Rooijakkers and chaser Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), before his brief but idiotic moment in the spotlight came to an end.
The cycling equivalent of a pitch invasion? 😡A fan thought it would be a good idea to join #LBLWomen and ride amongst the professionals! 🤡 pic.twitter.com/ASlVLJHkku
The incident thankfully brought no consequences for the riders, but continued on the theme of "ridiculous" spectators interfering with the professional's mid-race, coming after 168澳洲5最🌳新开奖结果:several incidents with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) this spring.
"This guy is a fan, isn't he? He needs to get off the road. The roads are there for the riders to race on, and y🉐ou shouldn't be there… Crazy," said commentator Anthony McCrossan, who, alongside co-commentator Hannah Walker, was shocked to see the man join the route.
"This is just ridiculous," said an incensed Walker. "🍎If you're a fan, stay at the roadside, cheer the riders on and just enjoy the spectacle. Enjoy the entertainment, you are not♎ part of it."
Niedermeier and Rooijakkers were undistracted by cycling's equivalent of a football pitch-invasion, continuing on with their move before they were j꧒oined by Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) in the move.
Despite the obvious safety concern and general trend of "crazy" spectators continuing, the Dutch rider was still able to laﷺugh about it at the finish.
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"Yes, I saw him. I thought it might have been Tadej Pogačar. But no, it wasn't him," laughed Rooijakkers as she spoke to at the finish.
"No, it wasꦚ ve🍸ry strange. I don't know what the intention was."
Rooijakkers finished Liège in 13th, as teammate Puck Pieterse continued her incredible Classics campaign, losing 🉐out only to Mauritian history-maker Kim ꦯLe Court (AG Insurance-Soudal).
The men's racing may have been short of much action as Pogačar blasted away solo to his third Liège-Bastogne-Liège title, however, there was similar drama when a motorist pulled out ahead of the breakaway as they rode through Vielsalm.
In-race motorbikes again did their job, ensuring the vehicle had pulled over quickly, before the 12-man break reached them, with the massive charging peloton thankfully more than two minut𓆉es further down the road.
As was the case with the fan joining the women's race, no damage or crashes c༒ame about after the fact, however, these incidents being able to happen prove that there is still work to be done when it comes to safety.
Van der Poel was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:spat at during E3 and had a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:bottle thrown at his face during🐬 Paris-Roubaix, both of which led to legal a💎ction in Belgium, after already having several incidents with spectators throughout his career.
A similar incident with cars getting onto the race course happened at Etoile de🎶 Bessèges ba😼ck in February, leading to Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) getting injured in🌊 a crash.
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur 🎃and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for 𝓡Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.
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