[pretender]

But...can you crash somebody else? Yeah, you can cause them to crash, but can you just plain crash them? Seems grammatically incorrect to me. I know it is likely just cycling lingo, but I am curious.

The verb "to crash" is both transitive and intransitive.

 

[pretender]

I think the whole problem started with Bahati trying to "win one for the Gipper". That negatively influenced his behavior in the race.

Which is not to excuse the blatant and dangerous behavior from both parties.