Luis Carlos Chia’s delight at triumphing a Vuelta a Colombia stage swiftly turned to agony when the Colombian cyclist lost control at the finish line and rammed into his photographer wife.
Chia triumphed stage 3 in rainy conditions and held his arms out wide, hammering his chest in celebration following crossing the finish line ahead of he suddenly tried to hold his handlebars again and curl away from a group of photographers.
By then it was too late to brake and he smashed with his wife Claudia Roncancio, who was banged to the ground and lay static on the road.
Later as per a report, Roncancio needed 4 stitches and was kept under observation in hospital.