SAINT-FLOUR, France (AP) — Team Sky rider Juan Antonio Flecha was struck by a car late in Sunday’s ninth stage of the Tour de France, sending the Spaniard flying into Dutch cyclist Johnny Hoogerland and bringing them both down.
Flecha had cuts to his legs and arms but got back on his bike. Hoogerland also remounted his bike and continued racing.
The Tour car was parallel to Flecha before seemingly misjudging how close it was to the Spaniard and turned into him, knocking him off his saddle to collide with Hoogerland, who flew into a ditch.
Earlier Sunday, a mass crash forced Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov out of the race with a suspected broken leg.
