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The Tour de France wraps up connected Sunday, but we didn't get to nan decorativeness statement without 1 of nan weirdest freak accidents we've seen successful a while.
Colombian cyclist Einer Rubio was cruising his measurement done Stage 19 connected Friday, climbing Alpe d'Huez, and riding down 1 of nan support vehicles.
That ever seemed for illustration a bully thought to maine — fto it punch a large ol' spread successful nan aerial for you to thrust successful — but what Rubio didn't relationship for was that conveyance having to abruptly slam connected nan brakes arsenic nan title made its measurement on a tight roadworthy pinch spectators connected each side.
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This, folks, is why you time off a spread to nan car successful beforehand of you retired connected nan roadways.
I cognize this isn't nan aforesaid thing, but it's ne'er a bad clip to brushwood up connected road safety.
What you can't spot successful that clip is that, according to UAE Team Emirates-XRG, it was their car that Rubio collapsed into, and it had to slam connected nan brakes because a spectator fell successful beforehand of it.
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Colombian cyclist Einer Rubio was progressive successful a freak clang during nan Tour de France. (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)
"A spectator fell guardant straight into nan way of nan car," a squad spokesperson said, per The Telegraph. "The car braked to debar nan collision. It was a very unfortunate incident and thing cipher wants to see. We wish Einer Rubio a speedy recovery."
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Rubio — who was 27th wide successful nan standings astatine nan clip of nan incident — was beautiful beaten up and needed 20 stitches. He spent an hr successful nan aesculapian shelter and was flown by chopper to a infirmary for further testing.
Einer Rubio was flown to a infirmary aft getting 20 stitches successful his look pursuing nan crash. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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Here's to a speedy recovery, but whenever I spot this benignant of thing, my first thought is always, why do they fto fans get truthful close? It has ne'er ended well.
It's not for illustration fans being that adjacent makes you faster. It tin only ever origin a wreck because personification fell successful beforehand of a support conveyance aliases immoderate old woman rides her Rascal scooter into nan peloton.
Matthew Reigle is simply a writer for OutKick.
