Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed that two spectators, believed to be ‘intoxicated’ had behaved ‘aggressively’ toward their staff members while they were in the team’s race vehicle during stage 4 at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali on Saturday.
Footage shared across social media platforms appears to show one spectator jumping onto the roof of the Visma-Lease a Bike team car while the other stood beside the vehicle and punched the closed driver’s-side window.
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“We take this incident very seriously, as it put the safety of our colleagues at risk,” Plugge said. “Our staff on site immediately went to the police and also reported the incident to the race organization. In the end, no equipment was stolen and no damage was caused.
“The colleagues in the car are okay, but understandably shaken.”