Scary moment delivery van drives onto course at Coppa Bernochhi - Joins road behind breakaway just in front of rest of field
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The 2026 Coppa Bernocchi saw Decathlon CMA CGM rider Noa Isidore take a major win, with the 22-year-old taking a bunch sprint finish marred by a finale crash. However, a scary moment earlier in the race has also gained headlines.
With just over 19 kilometres to go, the breakaway still held a lead of 40 seconds on the chasers behind while the peloton found themselves further back. Approaching a tense finale, a Eurosport clip appeared to show a delivery van enter the course.
In the video, the breakaway pass a minor junction with the van. After the riders and following motorbikes and car pass, the van enters the course and seemingly follows the breakaway - ahead of the rest of the race.
There have been no reports that the incidents affected any riders in the race, thankfully. The incident comes just weeks after a vehicle on the course led to a tragic collision with Finlay Tarling. The event led to calls for increased safety measures around the marshalling of routes in cycling.
Una furgoneta de reparto se cuela en la #CoppaBernocchi. #LaCasadelCiclismo https://t.co/I4ru8GmmfD
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) October 5, 2026
Scary moment van enters course
In the Italian classic's finale, the race eventually came back together for a bunch sprint in Legnano. Isidore took the victory ahead of Tommaso Dati.
Marijn van den Berg originally completed the podium, but was later relegated Movistar's Orluis Aular was officially declared third place. A crash in the finale notably involved Filippo Ganna.
While some riders got through the finale, Alex Aranbaru and Andrea Raccagni suffered major injuries. Cofidis rider Aranbaru suffered a right collarbone fracture and a composite fracture to the iliac wing. Meanwhile, Raccagni broke his third cervical vertebra.
Crash in finale
The 2026 Coppa Bernochi route offered 178.1 kilometres starting and finishing in Legnano. A local circuit featured seven repetitions of a climb to Caramamma provided a platform for both the breakaway and attackers in an exciting day of racing in the Italian classics.
A breakaway featuring the likes of Ben Granger, Sergio Samitier, Samuel Fernandez and Samuele Zoccorato dictated the pace for the day, leading by around four minutes at its peak - but the peloton behind would burst into life in the final 50 kilometres.
The flatter terrain soon favoured the breakaway as their gap held steady, holding 25 seconds with 10 kilometres to go and the peloton reeling in the chasers ahead of the finale. Versatile sprinters such as Kaden Groves, Ben Turner, Dorian Godon, Laurence Pithie and an in-form Michael Matthews all sensed their chance for victory.
However, the bunch sprint crash didn't quite work out for some as Isidore managed to avoid the incident and sprint to the biggest win of his career.
Gavin QuinnCycling Journalist
Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press & Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.
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- If I understand the explanation of slices of time, that means that the background which is not blocked by the presence of a rider or a bike in every slice of time is the color of the finish line. In fact, the same slice of the finish line is actually the background. Correct?OnlyTrueFalcon06-10-2026
- Yes I follow, but Ciconne is not happy because he can't see the actual line put down on the road. The system is correct and I can understand why he is unhappy. You will have seen it yourself when the broadscaters replay the photo finish, The line on the road is seen.Cyclingsbestfan06-10-2026
- The whole picture (right to left) is the finish line. Imagine it as just a vertical line of pixels at the finish line - photographed 13000 times per second. Then stacked from right to left. Thats why the spokes look so strange. For us not all vertical lines are shown, because everything would be streched quite long - the organizers can zoom in very precisely. They have over 30 lines where Remcos wheel is in the picture and Ciccones is not. In fact - if one person would pass the line at half the speed as the others, he would be stretched to twice the length that the others. Same can be seen at wheels and everything else. I have not seen the race, but from the picture Ciccone seems to have come faster from behind. Because he is "shorter" and his rear wheel passed the line earlier.StefanD06-10-2026
- Was the judge a Belgian like when Tom Pidcock was robbed of Amstel Gold.🤣🤣😅😅😅😅paultryan200206-10-2026
- It would have been Pog 4 TdFs and 1 Giro, and Jonas 3 TdFs, 1 Giro and 1 Vuelta. A rough equivalence, I know, but there would have been much talk of Jonas being as good as Pog in grand tours.Hills3306-10-2026
- Yes, Slovenian Cycling said how devastated they were that Tadej could not take part, as it actually was meant to be a celebration for him. And that was a very low-budget, make-shift appearance. It's not like they hired an open-topped car.Hills3306-10-2026
- TdF GCs: Pog 5, Jonas 2, so no par in your scenario.Lozza06-10-2026
- So in the phot above Remco has clearly won, but Ciccone is saying the actual finish line marking on the ground is not shown. Only that red line? I don't follow the technicalities of why the actual finish line is not seen in the picture?Cyclingsbestfan06-10-2026
- What a d**k! If Pogi hadn’t shown up can you imagine how disappointed the Slovenian fans would have been after the already massive disappointment of his not being able to race?!Lozza06-10-2026
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