Cycling: Cyclist taken out by rival team s support car in bizarre Giro d Italia incident, while Kiwi George Bennett struggles
14 May, 2021 04:15 AM
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Watch: Cyclist hit by rival team s support car during Giro d Italia. Video / Sky Sport
Watch: Cyclist hit by rival team s support car during Giro d Italia. Video / Sky Sport
NZ Herald
Kiwi cyclist George Bennett s chances of overall glory have ended on a chaotic stage six of the Giro d Italia.
Bennett lost seven minutes on his rivals on a stage that was overshadowed by a bizarre incident towards the finish when a Team BikeExchange car ploughed into the back of Deceuninck–Quick-Step s Pieter Serry on the final climb.
Rider Pieter Serry struck by BikeExchange team car on sixth stage of Giro d Italia.
Belgian rider Pieter Serry had a lucky escape at the Giro d Italia overnight (NZ time) after an opposition’s support car crashed into him. Australian Team BikeExchange’s support car ran straight into the back of Serry on the approach to the final ascent in stage six of the race. The rider, stricken for a while before he groggily rose, was understandably furious as he gestured at those who quickly got out of the car to try to help him. The incident was described as “disgraceful” by the commentators.
Bomgaars of Star Valley celebrates the Wyoming Army National Guard’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. (ESGR) program. Pictured, left: Briton Bommer, Stephanie Palmer, Bob Austin, AZ O’dell, Gene Bates, and JT Bledsoe.
Manager of the Bomgaars store in Afton, Stephanie Palmer, earned the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) award for her helping her employee in his duties as he serves in the Wyoming Army National Guard.
Specialist Britton Bommer works for the store and nominated his manager for the award as she is very accommodating to his busy schedule.
“The National Guard puts the schedule out there of when I will be drilling,” Bommer said. “When I hand it in, it goes to Stephanie and she juggles the schedule.”