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Team BikeExchange’s Bates expelled from Giro after crashing into Serry – SBS

Pieter Serry (Deceuninck-QuickStep) was being dropped from the group of favourites when he was hit from behind by the Team BikeExchange team car, crashing hard…

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The incident occurred with 12 kilometres to go in Stage 6 of the Giro d’Italia as the pace ramped up within the peloton. Serry drifted back from the group, and the Team BikeExchange team car ran into the rear wheel of Serry, causing the Belgian rider to crash hard, the bumper of the car hitting him in the back on the way down.
The Australian WorldTour team’s car was being driven by experienced sports director Gene Bates and it appeared that something was being exchanged with an official’s car from…

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