Pidcock second at Tre Valli Varesine after police bike hits teammates

Tom Pidcock finished second at Tre Valli Varesine in Italy and said he wanted to stop racing because he was so angry after a police motorbike hit two of his teammates.

Thomas Gloag and Marcel Camprubi, both riding for Pidcock's Pinarello Q36.5 team, were struck when the motorbike drove into the peloton — the main pack of riders, according to The Guardian.

The collision happened with six laps of the finishing circuit still to ride. Pidcock said the motorbike was travelling against the direction of the race when it hit his teammates, as reported by Cyclingnews.

Gloag, a British rider, could not continue. He cut his knee in the crash and needed stitches after treatment in an ambulance at the roadside. Camprubi, from Spain, got back on his bike and rode on to the finish. He came home last.

Team sources said the police rider was part of the race convoy. He had ridden ahead of the riders to a roundabout, then circled back and rode straight into the path of the advancing pack.

Pidcock stayed in the race despite his anger. He made the decisive move late on and contested a three-man sprint for the win with Jarno Widar and Matteo Jorgenson.

Widar won it. The young Belgian held off Pidcock and Jorgenson in the sprint to take the Italian one-day classic, as reported by Cyclingnews.

Pidcock said afterwards he was mad. He wanted to stop himself after seeing Gloag and Camprubi on the ground.

What sticks is the contrast. Pidcock produced one of his strongest late-season rides and still left the finish barely talking about the result. The broken rhythm, the lost teammates and the sight of a convoy bike coming the wrong way had taken over the day.