‘Embarrassed’ Chinese cyclist launches astonishing assault on rival team members after accidental fall during Tour of Hainan race

China’s Keyi Look cycling team were booted out of the Tour of Hainan after one of their riders launched an incredible assault on staff members from a rival team.

Police were forced to intervene when Chinese rider Wang Xin threw a water bottle at the car of the Swiss Cycling Team before confronting team members again at the conclusion of the stage when he viciously assaulted one of the members, who was seen on the ground being punched and kicked.

The incident, which was captured on film, saw police officers struggle to control Wang as the confrontation turned heated after a crash midway through stage seven of the race.

In the footage, Wang is seen fighting with one member of the Swiss team before launching a water bottle at another, and then moving to his team car to pick up a tyre pump, seemingly intending to use it as a weapon.

Wang, 25, appeared to blame his mid-race crash on the driver of the Swiss team’s car, but they claimed he had gone down after accidentally hitting the back wheel of another rider.

“The reports published by the media that we bumped into the Chinese rider are wrong,” Swiss Cycling Team manager Danilo Hondo told Eurosport. “We never bumped into him. You can see that from the race video. He simply hit the back wheel of another rider and went down. He was obviously embarrassed and took out his frustration on us.”