A cycling race in the United States had to be restarted yesterday after a motorbike stalled at the beginning of the race, wiping out half the field.
The United States leg of the international Red Hook Crit (Criterium) series had only just got underway when the motorcyclist, who was supposed to ride ahead of the field, stalled his bike at one of the tightest spots on the course where the group of riders were tightly bunched.
Some of the 85-strong field managed to make it past the stranded bike, but after two of the riders hit the motorbike, dozens more were soon swept up into a mass pileup.
At least seven riders were taken to local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
