NSN development rider Watts gets suspension for throwing a punch

Kiaan Watts of the NSN Development squad will spend some time on the bench after the UCI handed him a 25-day suspension for throwing a punch during the Ster van Zwolle. Watts was caught on camera hitting fellow Continental rider Marijn Maas (Beat-Saxo) and later claimed that he thought Maas had spit on him, which Maas denied. In the initial aftermath, Watts was disqualified from the race and fined, and now he will miss over three weeks of competition.