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Video: Rider sent crashing as spectator grabs bike in sprint finish

Velocio-SRAM's Loren Rowney hits barriers as she contests win with Wiggle-Honda's Giorgia Bronzini...

TV cameras have captured the moment a spectator appeared to grab the handlebars of the bike of Velocio-Sram rider Loren Rowney and sent her crashing to the ground as she sprinted against former world champion Giorgia Bronzini this afternoon.

The incident took place at the end of the 138-kilometre Dutch race, the Drentse 8 van Wetsterveld, with the Australian rider going into the barriers as her bike was pulled towards them, apparently on purpose.

You can see the incident in this highlights video of the race, which starter and finished in Dwingeloo and is part of the programme ahead of Saturday’s Ronde van Drenthe, the first race in the 2015 UCI Women Road World Cup.

Rowney’s team – formerly Specialized Lululemon – said in a tweet afterwards that following the crash she was “up and walking away” although TV footage showed her holding he left shoulder with her right hand.

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therevokid | 10 years ago
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what the phukk !!!

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CoDrvr | 10 years ago
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GBH that is.

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AJ101 | 10 years ago
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That's unreal, at first I thought it must be an accident but that's a definite grab. Hope they find the person who did that.

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balmybaldwin | 10 years ago
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Why?

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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She's got a broken collar bone  14

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Al__S | 10 years ago
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what the hell? I hope they find the culprit. Got to be assault at least?

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