(Reuters) – American favourite Chloe Dygert suffered a horrible crash in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on Thursday.
The 23-year-old, the defending champion, was setting the pace again and looked on course for gold on the 31.7km circuit at Imola, but lost control on a corner.
Dygert hit a barrier and tumbled over the top down a bank. Her team car immediately came to her aid.
It was unclear initially whether she was badly hurt.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Chrisitan Radnedge)
