This is the terrifying moment when a professional cyclist wins a sprint finish only to collide with his wife seconds later while she was taking photos of him crossing the line first.
Before the high-speed crash, Luis Carlos Chia had hardly had time to celebrate his victory in the third stage of the annual cycling race Vuelta a Colombia.
The accident was instantly picked up by TV commentators.
However, it was only afterwards that they discovered the woman knocked unconscious by the yellow jersey road racer was Luis’s wife.
Claudia Roncancio was seen lying open-eyed and seemingly unconscious on the hard pavement behind the finish line while her injured husband was taken off his bike and limped away on live television.
The accident didn’t deter him from continuing his goal to win the coveted event, which was founded in 1951 by Englishman Donald W Raskin and a few of his friends as a way to replicate the legendary Tour de France.
Claudia, a former cyclist who is now a photographer who travels with her husband to document his riding achievements, was transported to the hospital.
According to overnight local sources, she was still in medical treatment today and required stitches for a head wound.
The couple has yet to comment on the bizarre incident on social media, but following the crash, Luis told a Colombian newspaper, ‘I intended to brake but the bike didn’t respond.’
‘I hit my wife, but it might just as well have been someone else.’
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