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Video: Rider filmed attacking team staff at Tour of Hainan in China

Wang Xin reacted after apparently being knocked off bike in incident involving Switzerland team car
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, Nov 06, 2017 13:42
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The Chinese Cycling Association has said it is investigating an incident at the Tour of Hainan on Friday in which riders and staff from the Keyi Look team attacked the occupants of a car belonging to the Switzerland team also competing in the race.

The incident, caught on film, was sparked after Keyi Look rider Wang Xin was involved in a crash after apparently being knocked off his bike by the driver of the Switzerland team car.

In the footage, Wang can be seen knocking one of the car’s occupants to the ground and then kicking him. He then took a track pump from a car and seemed about to attack another staff member of the Switzerland team before police and spectators restrained him.

In its statement, the CCA said that it “holds zero tolerance toward any uncivilized behaviour or violence and has asked all cycling teams, be they Chinese or international, to follow disciplinary rules."

The overall title at the nine-day UCI 2.HC race was won by Jacopo Mosca of the Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia team.

The Italy-based UCI Professional Continental outfit dominated the race, with Mosca taking the overall lead on Stage 7 from team mate Jakub Mareczko, winner of the previous five stages.

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Simon MacMichael

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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Mototarka | 7 years ago
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What a f***ed  up cycling world actually is....

A person that has the one and only motive for this behaviour (a simple revenge) is qestioned and judged... But the support team driver that has millions of motives to knock a competiror off a bike has the last word in this argument, simply denying it and getting away dry from it... FCUK YOU - UCI!

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David_S | 7 years ago
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This guy has some serious anger problems. I think he needs help.

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Leviathan | 7 years ago
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Oh no, this could irrevocably harm Swiss/Chinese relations.*

*Some times I wonder what relations some other parts of the world have with each other seeing as England/Britain has had its fingers in all the pies for so long. And Scotland had that Panama thing.

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n_g | 7 years ago
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The car just gave him a friendly little bump. It's really his fault, riding in the middle of the road as if he owned it, plus not wearing hi-viz clothing. Tut-tut.

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simonmb | 7 years ago
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Kudos to him for running about in those cleats. I can barely even ride a bike properly in mine.

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don simon fbpe replied to simonmb | 7 years ago
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simonmb wrote:

Kudos to him for running about in those cleats. I can barely even ride a bike properly in mine.

Jason Statham does it better though.

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Grahamd replied to don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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don simon wrote:

simonmb wrote:

Kudos to him for running about in those cleats. I can barely even ride a bike properly in mine.

Jason Statham does it better though.

If you’re referring to the transporter bus fighting scene then I think you will find he is wearing pedals with toe straps.

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don simon fbpe replied to Grahamd | 7 years ago
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Double post. surprise

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don simon fbpe replied to don simon fbpe | 7 years ago
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don simon wrote:

Grahamd wrote:

don simon wrote:

simonmb wrote:

Kudos to him for running about in those cleats. I can barely even ride a bike properly in mine.

Jason Statham does it better though.

If you’re referring to the transporter bus fighting scene then I think you will find he is wearing pedals with toe straps.

I am, and thanks.  But I'm sure that pedals with straps are equally difficult to stand in while embracing a bit of toe to toe.  Sorry if that spoils your fun.

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Barraob1 replied to Grahamd | 7 years ago
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Grahamd wrote:

don simon wrote:

simonmb wrote:

Kudos to him for running about in those cleats. I can barely even ride a bike properly in mine.

Jason Statham does it better though.

If you’re referring to the transporter bus fighting scene then I think you will find he is wearing pedals with toe straps.

Because running around with pedals on your feet is easy.

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peted76 | 7 years ago
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Brilliant effort there, 55kg cyclist shows normal sized people who's the boss.. except no one knows whether to laugh or be shocked, I like the fact that no one was actually scared enough of his 'wrath' to actually restrain him or even keep an eye on him until he went and pulled a hand pump out of the boot, presumably to shove it up the nearest swiss team members bottom and start pumping!

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