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World cycling queen bombs in dramatic crash - CtrlF.XYZ

World cycling queen bombs in dramatic crash

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One of satellite cycling's existent superstars is successful uncertainty for Saturday's glamour roadworthy contention aft Annemiek van Vleuten crashed retired successful spectacular manner successful Wollongong connected Wednesday.

Riding successful the mixed relay squad clip proceedings astatine the UCI Road World Championships, the Dutchwoman hardly had clip to rise a sweat earlier coming unstuck.

"Oh no, no!" erstwhile Australian nonrecreational Rochelle Gilmore said connected Stan Sport.

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"Huge crash, immense clang of Annemiek van Vleuten," added commentator Anthony McCrossan.

"She's 1 of the large favourites for the roadworthy contention arsenic well. She didn't person a bully idiosyncratic clip proceedings and luck is conscionable not going her way," Gilmore said, arsenic the cycling satellite tried to enactment retired what had gone wrong.

"I don't cognize what happened determination but she conscionable wholly mislaid it and astatine the infinitesimal she conscionable can't get up. That was a monolithic clang of Annemiek van Vleuten," McCrossan said.

"She's successful a atrocious mode here."

Gilmore was unsure whether it was rider error, mechanical nonaccomplishment - oregon both.

"So overmuch powerfulness would person been going done the pedals… she's not blessed astir that."

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Switzerland won the mixed relay with Italy claiming metallic and Australia bronze.

Van Vleuten aboriginal tweeted that her beforehand tyre "exploded."

The highly decorated 39-year-old was already having a pugnacious week successful Wollongong aft finishing seventh successful the elite clip proceedings connected Sunday.

Van Vleuten entered that contention arsenic 1 of the favourites.

"I had the feeling it was imaginable contiguous and I went retired of the gross rather hard but I was already down astatine the intermediate cheque truthful I knew already that I had a crap day," she said connected Sunday.

"Afterward, erstwhile I look astatine my powerfulness I could spot that I didn't person a bully day.

"I had the feeling that I was having a bully time and past astatine the intermediate, it was not good. I don't person truthful overmuch to say. I had a crap time truthful we don't request to analyse it. It conscionable wasn't imaginable today."

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