FILE PHOTO: Cycling - La Course by Tour de France - Nice, France - August 29, 2020. Mitchelton-Scott rider Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands in action. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
(Reuters) - Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten will not defend her UCI Road World Championships crown in Imola next week after she sustained a broken wrist in a crash while riding for Mitchelton-Scott at the Giro Rosa.
Race leader Van Vleuten, 37, was unable to avoid riders falling in front of her in the final part of the seventh stage on Thursday and was ruled out of the remainder of the race.
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