Cannondale-Drapac rider Taylor Phinney's preparations for the world road race championships have taken a knock after the American was ruled out of the Tour of Britain. He revealed on social media that he had been ejected from the race on Monday as a result of a split-second decision made during stage two.
"So, I've been disqualified from the Tour of Britain for crossing a railway while the gates were coming down," he said via Twitter. "I was alone in the caravan of team cars coming back from a mechanical with 40k to go. The peloton had already passed through moments before.
His Tour of Britain had started on a dud note with food poisoning causing him to lose almost six and a half minutes on Sunday. He has not yet indicated what his next race will be.