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Remco Evenepoel crashes, rages at commissaires after potential turning point on Stage 12 of La Vuelta

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) raged at the commissaires after crashing on Stage 12 of La Vuelta. The 22-year-old crashed on a right-hand bend, losing the front wheel and suffering a cut on his knee and a tear in his shorts.

La Vuelta 2022 - Remco Evenepoel recovers from crash to lay down marker, Richard Carapaz wins Stage 12

For the first time in his debut Vuelta, things did not go entirely according to plan for Remco Evenepoel after the race leader became the second Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider in as many days to hit the deck on a slippery corner. Luckily for the red jersey, the damage was not as severe as it was for his team-mate Julian Alaphilippe 24 hours earlier, the French world champion having been forced out of the race with a dislocated shoulder.

Dutch GP: Valtteri Bottas itching to get going after Spa disappointment

Valtteri Bottas says he is looking forward to getting back driving this weekend at Zandvoort after his Belgian GP was brought to a very unfortunate end.

Fernando Alonso apologises to 'legend' Lewis Hamilton after Spa spat

Fernando Alonso apologised on Thursday for calling Lewis Hamilton an idiot after they collided at last weekend's Belgian Grand Prix and said his heat of the moment comments were blown out of proportion. The double world champion had also said on team radio, in a broadside heard by a global television audience, that the Mercedes driver only knew how to start and drive in first place. Hamilton, a seven times world champion, is Formula One's most successful driver of all time with 103 wins -- some of his more spectacular ones coming after he fought back through the field.