“It’s a rough sport, but this was not an accident”: EF boss accuses Vuelta leader’s team of deliberately causing Richard Carapaz crash, as Ben O’Connor deletes Twitter account after slamming UCI warning + more on the live blog [Video]

Big drama at La Vuelta yesterday evening, the fallout from Richard Carapaz’s crash rumbling on and turning into everyone’s favourite form of post-stage analysis — social media outrage.

Accidents happen in cycling. We all know that. It’s a rough sport. But this was not an accident: pic.twitter.com/0PorhVlASy

— Jonathan Vaughters (@Vaughters) August 28, 2024

The EF Education-EasyPost climber’s crash was caught by the TV cameras with around 93km to go, Carapaz seen picking himself up and quickly getting back on the bike, a replay (frustratingly blocked by a tree at …