A formidable Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck) won the pulse of the sprinters' teams in the Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, one of the Belgian classics that opens the pavé season. The attack of the Danish in the absence of 25 kilometers proved too much for the group of favorites, which shortly before had surpassed the legendary Kwaremont. A day after the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the 201 kilometers along the undulating and narrow roads around the city of Ronse gave a beautiful show, only dyed by Gianni Moscon.

The 25-year-old Italian was disqualified after throwing a bicycle against a runner at the B&B Hotels-Vital Concept who tried to join after a massive fall with 65 kilometers left for the goal. The commissioners, who reviewed the episode on video, expelled Moscon for "aggressive and unsportsmanlike behavior."

Upon receiving the news of his disqualification, 50 km to the finish line, the Ineos runner reacted angrily, peeling off the dorsals of his jersey, breaking them and throwing them against the ground.

This is not Moscon's first indiscipline episode, which in the Tour de France 2018 hit Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Samsic) in the helmet and was suspended five weeks by the UCI.

That same season, the highest international organization investigated Moscon after a complaint by Sébastien Reichenbach (FDJ), who accused him of having thrown him on purpose in the Three Varesinos Valleys. The UCI discipline committee filed the file for lack of documentary evidence.

The conflict with Reichenbach, who suffered elbow and hip fractures, seemed to date from 2017, after the first serious episode of Moscon. Then, the Italian fye suspended by Team Sky after his racist insults against Kevin Reza in the third stage of the Tour of Romandía. The French, black, then received the support of Reichenbach, his partner in the FDJ, which described Moscon's behavior as "a shame for our sport."

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