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Gianni Moscon, one of Team Sky’s key climbing support riders to Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome, was kicked off the Tour de France on Sunday night, after raising his fist towards Elie Gesbert, a French rider from the Fortuneo-Samsic team in the opening kilometre of Sunday’s stage from Millau to Carcassonne.
The Italian Moscon, who admitted to racially abusing another professional, Kevin Reza, in April 2017, was also investigated by the UCI following claims that he had pushed another rider off his bike last autumn and was disqualified from the World Championships road race last year for holding on to a team car. The latest incident was reviewed by race commissaires after the stage finish in Carcassonne, who then disqualified him. The race commissaires said Moscon had been disqualified for “particularly serious aggression”.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Carcassonne
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/22/magnus-cort-nielsen-wins-stage-15-of-toue-de-france-in-sprint-finish under the title “Team Sky’s Gianni Moscon kicked off Tour de France for striking opponent”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
