'Time to act': Rider calls for new rules on cars and motorbikes in races after near miss

Kévin van Melsen reacts on social media after near miss at Itzulia Basque Country

Kévin van Melsen
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New rules on cars and motorbikes in races need to be introduced, a rider has said, after he narrowly escaped being hit by a car at Itzulia Basque Country.

Kévin van Melsen, a Belgian rider for Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert, crashed on stage one of Itzulia and was almost struck by first a camera bike and then a car in the convoy behind the group he was in.

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