'The organisers need to focus on safety': Sunweb react after Edo Maas paralysed

'We need to avoid accidents like this and try and make it as safe as possible for the riders' said the German team

Edo Maas (Vincent Riemersma/Sunweb)

Race organisers and the cycling governing body need to "really focus on safety," says Team Sunweb after 19-year-old Edo Maas was left paralysed following a crash in Il Piccolo Lombardia.

Maas crashed racing the Under 23 version of the Italian Monument for Sunweb, which had an impact on the WorldTour team and riders throughout the international peloton.

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Gregor Brown