We all know plastic bags damage the environment, but what about the harm they can cause if you’re driving a team director’s car in a bike race? “Sky, that is the last warning!” squawks the Tour of Oman’s chief official over the Sky team car’s race radio as sports director Servais Knaven bowls along at 60kmh with rider Russ Downing and his bike in tow.
Downing’s rear sprocket has just come off worse in a close encounter with a stray plastic bag. Sky’s mechanic tried to fix it – leaning out the window, waving a pair of scissors as  … More