London motorist deliberately drives at cargo bike rider with toddler; Moto rider causes Viviani Giro crash; Dygert’s monster scar after Worlds TT crash; "Well-known local goose" keeps up with cyclists; US cyclist attacked for wearing Lycra + more on the l

The handlebars of Bahrain-McLaren rider Ivan Cortina's Merida bike were well and truly snapped in that late crash at the Scheldeprijs today ... let's hope he fared better.

Unfortunately, @ivan_cortina was involved in a crash in the sprint finish at @Scheldeprijs.

🏥 Further updates will follow. pic.twitter.com/aoVtFIIHrd

— Team Bahrain McLaren (@BahrainMcLaren) October 14, 2020

Claro, descalificaron a @Ackes171 por sprint irregular #sp20 así quedó el manillar de Cortina 😲 https://t.co/Cy7YAb3w2c pic.twitter.com/BOH20nkH5j

— Marcelo La Gattina (@MLaGattina) October 14, 2020

Some talking points regarding rider safety today, what with Pascal Ackermann getting relegated for causing that late crash at Scheldeprijs - and, a couple of hours earlier, a moto rider at the Giro d'Italia knocking Elia Viviani off his bike.

The Cofidis rider got back on and finished the stage with a top 10 finish in the sprint in Rimini ... the moto rider will be packing his bags after being kicked off the race and handed a 500 Swiss Franc fine to boot.

"What a mess that is!" 💥

Elia Viviani is involved in a crash with a motorcycle coming off a roundabout 😲

🇮🇹 #Giro d'Italia
📺 Eurosport 2
💻📱 Uninterrupted coverage: https://t.co/JMzDjDzpJ7 pic.twitter.com/iER4sEcQk8

— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) October 14, 2020

Stitches out 🦿 pic.twitter.com/5QpHYgg7Qg

— Chloé Dygert (@chloedygert30) October 14, 2020

The 23-year-old, who was left with a gaping hole in her left leg after a horrendous crash during the World Championship time trial three weeks ago, has had her stitches out. Yesterday the 2019 TT world champ posted another photo of her 'Frankenleg' before removal, and now has an impressive scar to show for it. 

Dygert told the Indy Star that this latest setback hasn't affected her mental health in the same way a crash in 2018 did, which left her concussed and with an altered personality. 

“There was never a time I felt bad for myself" said Dygert. “There’s obviously bad days. But I’m positive. I’m not stressed. I’m not worried. I’m not mad. I’m not resentful.

“I’m ready to do everything I can. Because I want to win the Olympics. I want to win that time trial. I want to be the best. I want to do everything to be the best. I’m not taking shortcuts.”

FLYING ALONG: Footage shared by police in Ohio shows 'Goostov,' a well-known local goose, keeping up with a fast-moving cyclist. https://t.co/UohLlpsu9C pic.twitter.com/Ajgh1aP6yo

— ABC News (@ABC) October 14, 2020

Goostov is apparently very well know around Pepper Pike, Ohio. He flys alongside cyclists and he must be an absolute nightmare to drop!

We're not really sure why he does this but if we know the body language of geese, and we don't, it looks like he enjoys it.

We now go live to the roads of Cheshire... https://t.co/dneiw7bkfj

— Colin Lynch (@FormerTTchamp) October 14, 2020

You know a pothole is bad when it sends you into orbit...

And seeing as it's a rather quiet Wednesday, let's have a sock comp. Best (worst) mechanical caused by a pothole wins a piar of road.cc socks. Bonus points for entertaining us with pictures of said mechanical and/or offending pothole.

You can get them at shop.road.cc too.

Halfway point of the Giro today. There’s should really be a big banner with fireworks, fanfare and everything at the “metà percorso” (halfway course). And maybe an obligatory cafe stop. I’d like this very much pls. pic.twitter.com/icKV4Kz6di

— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) October 14, 2020

This is a potential addition to all races that we could get behind. Who doesn't love a mid-ride coffee and a slice of cake?

That'll be espressos for *checks notes* 144 riders.

That title isn't our work, a hat tip to Reddit user manamal. Exceptional work.

A small group of cyclists were attacked at a cafe in Amanda Park, Washington, seemingly just because they were dressed in "pantyhose" as their attacker put it.

Reddit user, and one of the cyclists in the video, elzibet, gave some context under the video:

Me, my brother, and two other guys did a four-day 400-mile ride from Seattle, WA to Astoria, OR. All in all it was a great trip, except for this one incident.

We were stopped in a small community (Amanda Park, WA) along our route to get some lunch. We went inside while one of the guys, Andrejs, waited outside with our bikes. A few seconds later he comes running in saying someone hit him. This someone comes rushing in behind him and starts taking swings at all of us. Joel and I do our best to diffuse the situation. The guy runs out of the restaurant after he makes it clear that we aren’t supposed to wear pantyhose. He tries to come back in and swing at me, but I’m able to block his punch with the door. The restaurant staff seem to know who he is and they tell him to leave. After he leaves, we find out that the guy had waited until Andrejs had laid down on a bench to rest and then sucker punched him in the nose.

Luckily my wife was running sag that day, and took Andrejs to the hospital to get stitched up and he's doing better. The video in this post shows the confrontation after the punch (wife was quick on the camera draw).

The guy was arrested shortly after this video.