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Stalled motorcycle causes huge crash in Red Hook Criterium

Race motorcycle causes pile-up in the peloton during New York race after it stalls just after the start

A stalled race motorcycle caused a huge crash in the peloton just after the start of the Red Hook Criterium in New York, USA, on Saturday.

The footage – widely shared on social media – shows the motorcycle leading the race and then coming to an abrupt stop in the middle of the road.

Several of the leading riders manage to swerve around the motorcycle, although there is not a great deal of room to pass between the barriers at the side of the road.

As soon as one rider hits the back of the motorcycle, it causes a huge pile-up with riders hitting fallen riders and bicycles at speed.

The Red Hook Criterium features riders competing on fixed wheel bikes around a short and technical circuit. There are four races in the series, in Brooklyn, London, Barcelona and Milan.