Both vehicles breached the barriered route in Brilon: the first mounted the kerb to avoid Leidert head-on, the second turned off into a side road just ahead of him. Organisers admitted the vehicles "managed to enter the official race route despite the barriers" and promised tighter security for the remaining stages — the same reactive promise made after every incident like this. Between Tarling's death and this one, Maeve Plouffe reported cars converging on her from all directions at Tour of Britain Women 2026. That's three separate races, three weeks, one unresolved problem.