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28 / 03/2016 12:54:00 | Updated 28/03/2016 at 1:15:28 p.m.

Alors the international association of the riders (CPA) requires that “shed light” on the circumstances of the accident Antoine Demoitié, died after being hit by a motorcycle Sunday at Ghent Wevelgem, riders express their anger. Some require new regulations

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the bicycle frame of Antoine Demoitié, broken yesterday in shock. (Maxime Segers / CD)

While most riders, learning new awakening on Monday morning, expressed condolences to the relatives of Antoine Demoitié, some have reacted with much discontent that sadness. “I’m so angry,” , has dropped Daniel Oss (BMC Racing). “Dying practicing his passion is no longer acceptable: react, react” , added Jérôme Pineau. At issue: the UCI (International Cycling Union) and the CPA (International Association of cyclists), Michael Rogers (Tinkoff) took part in throwing them: “These tragic circumstances have to be the marker of a change: cyclists need you now, “

” He wanted to curb and fell on Antoine (Demoitié) “

” We have always maintained that the runners safety must be first in the discussions of the various actors of cycling , reacted the CPA. At the last meeting (…), we asked to quickly communicate the strategies to be implemented to improve safety during the races. “ team Demoitié, Wanty-Groupe Gobert , refused this morning to accuse the driver of the motorcycle concerned. “He drove on Belgian races for at least 20 years, highlights the press officer of the team Het Laatste Nieuws. It is very affected by what happened, as we all do. It is not a high-speed collision. It was an accident: he wanted to curb and fell on Anthony “

” We need fewer motorcycles, clearer rules “

However, on social networks, are the number and behavior of motorcycles during the races cyclists pointing fingers. Michael Rogers has published a screenshot for Gent-Wevelgem on which included ten vehicles. “We need fewer motorcycles, clearer rules, and that the drivers are of old cyclists who passed an exam” says Carlos Verona (Etixx-Quick Step). “And a speed limit when they exceed us” says Warren Barguil (Giant).

Rogers also called him to limit the speed of motorcycles when they exceed the peloton, which would in his “to increase the reaction time in case of unexpected” . Very measured, Dan Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) should “exceed the pack downhill and during crucial moments, when the speed is high and the riders jostle, it is not prudent” . But the Irishman admits that “motorcycles are a necessity in our sport, for the security and the media: it is their driving in a race that needs governance”

For his part. the UCI has merely a terse response via a press circumstance, explaining what would cooperate with the authorities “ to investigate the circumstances of this tragic accident .”

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