Pidcock ‘mad’ after two teammates collide with police motorcyclist in Italy

Pinarello-Q36.5 rider Tom Pidcock says: ‘I was mad. I had guys riding in front of me – for me – and two of them were on the floor.’ Photograph: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images

Tom Pidcock has admitted he almost quit the Tre Valli Varesine in a rage after a police motorcyclist drove into the peloton and struck two of his Pinarello Q36.5 teammates.

Speaking after the race in northern Italy, in which he finished second, Pidcock said: “A police motorbike was going the wrong way down the course and crashed into two of our guys. I wanted to stop racing myself. I was mad. The guys all riding in front of me – for me – and two of them on the floor.”