🎥 Oscar Riesebeek crashes hard in Baloise Belgium Tour, second yellow after dangerous move
CyclingMonday, 23 June 2025 at 08:35
Oscar Riesebeek has been involved in a serious crash in the final stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour. The 32-year-old Dutch rider from Alpecin-Deceuninck wanted to push forward along the side of the road in the final phase of the race, but crashed hard when he tried to merge with the peloton. Riesebeek did not make it to the finish line and was penalized by the jury.
The veteran undoubtedly wanted to play a role in team leader Jasper Philipsen's sprint, but he tried to push forward irresponsibly. He almost reached the front via the curb and wanted to join a duo from INEOS Grenadiers. However, they didn't budge, causing Riesebeek to lose his balance and crash hard to the left.
The video shows that Riesebeek remained on the ground and was injured. The jury showed no mercy and showed him his second yellow card of this round. On day 2, Riesebeek had already received one for the same offense, and on the final day, he was also given a yellow card for using sections that were not part of the course.
It didn't matter much to Riesebeek, as he didn't make it to the finish line of the stage anyway due to the consequences of his fall. At the time of writing, nothing is known about his injuries, but it is definitely a setback for what is to come. The Dutchman is scheduled to compete in the Tour de France, where he will be supporting Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel.
If Riesebeek has indeed received two yellow cards in one race, he will face a seven-day suspension.
Video: Oscar Riesebeek crashes hard and receives second yellow card
IDL-productions
Uno-X explains decision to bring two sprinters to the Tour: "We can’t expect to see him at the front every day"
Results Baloise Belgium Tour 2025 | Mixed emotions for Thibau Nys, positive Tour signs, and yet another win for UAE
Results Tour of Switzerland 2025 | Almeida skillfully makes up 3.22 in 8 days of tough racing
Tiesj Benoot is the only Visma | Lease a Bike Tour de France rider not in Tignes – Belgian explains why
Van Poppel and Meeus the best duo, but also for the Tour de France? “Depends on what they have in mind for Roglic”
Latest Cycling News
Cycling news at your fingertips: Follow IDL Procycling everywhere!
🎥 Mathieu van der Poel having a blast at the Costa Blanca ahead of the Tour de France
Uno-X explains decision to bring two sprinters to the Tour: "We can’t expect to see him at the front every day"
Cian Uijtdebroeks ready to race again: "I’ve worked hard these past months"
Participants Tour de France 2025 | First teams confirmed: Who can we expect at the Grand DĂ©part in Lille?
Popular Cycling News
Despite Pogacar’s strong words, Madiot sticks to his guns in cycling safety debate
Vingegaard and Visma | Lease a Bike know exactly why he can beat Pogacar in the Tour de France
German documentary claims cycling still dominated by doping with Aicar, the 'new EPO'
Results Tour of Switzerland 2025 | Almeida skillfully makes up 3.22 in 8 days of tough racing
Bruyneel talks about French conspiracy behind new rules: "It’s a triangle, Prudhomme, Lappartient, and Madiot"
Latest Comments
- Maybe I was a bit disrespectful to Heiden. What he did was unique and exceptional but he wasn't the only one who combined those distances, nowadays it is just not possible and nobody competes in both distances. The same is true for cycling with for example the combination of Roubaix and de Tour de France. In Merckx era there were more riders who managed a top10 in both races than currently.Joostmehrtens19-06-2025
- Two old men shouting at pigeons in the park…JonS16-06-2025
- Out of touch old men hankering after their youth through rose tinted spectacles, their arrogance almost outshines their irrelevance. Turn the volume down, this modern stuff just isn't music like we used to sing...johnny20whales16-06-2025
- In talking speed skating, the days when Heiden did that, nobody else did that. And Eddy couldn't do the equivalent of the bike. His 200 on the velodrome was good, but not world competitive for gold. Heiden was in his own world on the ice, moreso than Eddy if we pretend Eric didn't have a very short career on the ice.Veganpotter16-06-2025
- They wouldn't have dropped HIM so easily.... the GOAT. They would have dropped the rest from that era easily thoughVeganpotter16-06-2025
- Merckx was able to win in a break away on a flat (sprinters) stage, what do you mean they did not drop that easily in his time. Vlaeminck won in the mountains and the classics, but now you need to specialise. The days that a Eric Heiden could win the sprint and the 10k and everything in between are long gone and cycljng is no differentJoostmehrtens16-06-2025
- Carsapaz and Del torro were not capable of chasing Yates. They paused and looked at each other because they didn't have it in them. Yates had kept his powder dry waiting for this stage and demolished both of them. They lost Yates won. Your second guessing is utter nonsense., if either felt they could close Yates down they would have , just like they did countless times for other riders. They blew up , Yates excelled.Uphillbilly05-06-2025
- Carapaz is full of it. He is absolutely irrelevant after a rant at del Toro. Isaac had no obligations to do anything for Carapaz. It should remind one of the saying that goes lke this: "If I jump off the bridge, are you going to jump too?" If Caapaz wanted to win the Giro he should have chased Yates with or without Isaac. And if del Toro could follow, then so be it. But it was Carapaz's choice to slow down and stare at Isaac. Isaac was on the radio at times and you can bet he was being told by the Team car to do just what he was doing. Did I like that he didn't set out after Yates himself, NO. But the 21 year old was probably being instructed to do what he did, otherwise you can bet we would have heard from UAE mgmt. that Isaac chose to ignore their orders. But what we did hear was they were happy with his result. Which I think was a terrible betrayal of their young rider, who I think was capable of more than that penultimate stage showed. The Giro finished on a truly sour note as far as I'm concerned, because it was not "raced" The most crucial stage of the whole 21 stage race was simply given away, playing games with the unwritten rules of bicycle racing. "Leaders jerseys responsibility" and all that nonsense. Just RACE! It was disgraceful.
reemmo004-06-2025 - Well this aged like fine milkGlyn31-05-2025
- This is just mean-spirited.agnessk29-05-2025