Cycling: There was an ugly incident at the Dutch one-day race Drentse 8 van Westerveld. A spectator grabbed the handlebars of Loren Rowney, who was in the final sprint, and the rider of the German team Velocio-SRAM broke her collarbone in the following fall.
The 26-year-old was part of a breakaway group of 7 in total, which was to decide the day's victory among themselves. As the riders set out for the final sprint, Rowney drove past the spectator barrier on the left-hand side of the road. Suddenly, a spectator grabbed Rowney's handlebars over the barrier, who then rolled over and broke her collarbone in the fall, as her team confirmed via Twitter today. The organizers are apparently already investigating the perpetrator.
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