The driver of a medical motorcycle struck a cyclist from behind and sent him crashing to the ground in a bike race in Belgium on Sunday.
The rider, Belgian Stig Broeckx, 25, was taken to the hospital.
He was sitting upright after hitting the ground.
It was not immediately clear what his injuries were.
Here’s the moment the motorcycle driver hit Broeckx:
Broeckx rides for the Lotto-Soudal team and was racing in the Kurne-Brussels-Kurne semi-classic, one of the opening races of the famed Belgian cobbled-classic season.
.@StigBroeckx is at the hospital for further examinations after his crash at @KuurneBxlKuurne. More info later.
— Lotto Soudal (@Lotto_Soudal) February 28, 2016
It’s the latest in a series of crashes involving riders and cars and motorocycles.
Last year a motorist struck a cyclist:
Poor @jessesergent knocked down by car at #RVV. pic.twitter.com/TpRMxb6Dnm
— daniel mcmahon (@cyclingreporter) April 5, 2015
In the 2011 Tour de France, a French television car crashed into riders, sending one of them flying into barbed wire:
You can watch a little more of Broeckx’s crash below:
More to come.
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