The massive crash in the peloton that left the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic laying in pain at the roadside was repeated over and over in the near-half an hour time period the race was neutralised for riders to receive treatment.
The decision by those in charge of the TV coverage to repeat the footage has drawn heavy criticism across social media, especially given the serious nature of the crash and the fact that the condition of the riders involved was still unclear as the crash was being repeated.
Adam Hansen, president of the CPA took to X (Twitter) himself and pleaded for a rule change to stop such images being reshown in future. "Out of respect of riders that have fallen in a crash and their families at home. The CPA does not support TV coverage to continue to film them while they are down," Hansen writes. "Riders have reached out to me asking if we can make this a rule and we support that. Please be mindful."
When pointed out by a reply, that replays are always shown after crashes, Hansen clarified his comments with a measured response. "They always repeat. But in this case, the race was neutralised for 20 minutes, and it was 20 minutes over and over of showing images of riders, and at the same time, I have pros at home messaging me," he explains. "This has to be banned."
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