Rider safety has been in the spotlight again this week, with competitors from the weekend's Trofeo Alfredo Binda complaining about the race organisation on social media. Some were left high and dry in traffic having only dropped a short way off the bunch in the closing stages of the 140km race in Italy.
Lidl-Trek rider Brodie Chapman raised the issue on X, saying: "Riders who were out of the front group yet less than a few mins back with … 1.5 laps to go were confronted with opened roads, passing traffic, red lights and busy roundabouts. We were forced to stop the race and were rewarded with a DNF."
