Giro d'Italia videos: British glamour model almost causes crash ... moto cop knocks pink-suited cyclist off his bike

It's a rest day at the Giro d'Italia today as the race transfers from Sardinia to Sicily ahead of tomorrow's stage to Mount Etna - but here's a couple of videos from the opening days that have caught our attention. One was the moment a British glamour model who has appeared on the cover of Playboy almost caused a crash in the peloton, the other a police motorcycle outrider barging a pink-suited cyclist off his bike as the race approached.

April Summers, who comes from London but now lives on Sardinia, had her back to the riders as she jumped and waved as they sped past,  apparently unaware that she was moving into the path of the right-hand side of the peloton.

Luckily, the 28-year-old, whose real name is Nadia Foster, posted footage to Twitter that showed just how close she came to hitting riders as they passed her on yesterday's Stage 3 to Cagliari.

Warning !! Nearly crushed by the #GirodItalia2017 #Giro100 @CorSport pic.twitter.com/afxp4PoZvx

— April Summers (@april_summerz) May 7, 2017

Here's one of the more printable replies her tweet received. 

@april_summerz @CorSport Prime example of how NOT to behave as a spectator. Watch the race, not the camera

— Sebastian Dahlsveen (@sdahlsveen) May 7, 2017

Meanwhile, as the peloton approached Nuoro on Saturday's Stage 2, a man dressed in a pink suit was filmed being knocked off his bike by one of the police outriders accompanying the race (see main video above).

He was one of two cyclists who were riding on the road, closed for the race's passage, and who had been asked to get off the course.

The other, dressed in a yellow suit, complied, but the one in the pink didn't.

Both have been fined for failure to respect the road closure and for endangering the peloton, reports the website of local newspaper La Nuova Sardegna.