The incident will certainly ratchet up the pressure to rein in the increasingly influential high frequency trading firms, which have taken over more than half the daily trading volume in the U.S. stock markets.

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"We should not wait for a serious incident before deciding upon an appropriate degree of regulation - not something heavy handed but something recognising that both the frequency and size of these huge commercial cycling events have greatly increased, " he said.

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