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Giro dell'Emilia, Coppa Bernocchi also had vehicle incidents on course
During Coppa Bernocchi on Monday (October 5, 2026), a delivery van pulled onto the course behind the breakaway inside the final 20 kilometres. At Coppa Bernocchi on October 5, a delivery van pulled onto the course behind the breakaway inside the final 20km, and Andrea Raccagni fractured a neck vertebra and Alex Aranburu broke his collarbone and part of his pelvis in a pileup about 600 metres from the finish. At the Giro dell'Emilia the same day, a non-race car entered the course on the final technical descent before the finish.
What this means
The safety scrutiny already triggered by the Tre Valli Varesine motorbike collision now extends to the Giro dell'Emilia and Coppa Bernocchi incidents as well.
Camprubí posted photographs on Instagram of his Pinarello with its front fork snapped through, writing: «It is sad that you have to risk your life to race, one month after a tragic accident.» Separately at Coppa Bernocchi, Marijn van den Berg was relegated off the podium following a race jury decision. The Giro dell'Emilia and Coppa Bernocchi incidents both occurred on October 5, after the UCI, at the Road World Championships in Montreal, had pledged safety measures including GPS trackers and safer finish-line barriers.
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