A catastrophic crash in the first stage of the UAE Tour Women 2025 resulted in over 30 riders going down, leading to serious injuries for some. Stephen Delcourt, general manager at FDJ-Suez, criticized the reckless behavior of riders that contributed to the incident. Letizia Paternoster had to abandon the race, while two other riders from his team were hospitalized. Delcourt emphasized the need for a mentality shift among cyclists to prevent future occurrences, expressing regret over seeing athletes' hard work ruined by such incidents. The team faced challenges ahead with limited riders available.
"Now we have riders at the hospital, maybe two, one for a collarbone and other elbow. It's really damaging that a rider takes risks like this."
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