La Vuelta 2022: Nelson Oliviera almost crashes into fans and parked car in scary near-miss

Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) almost crashed into a group of spectators and a parked car during a scary near-miss on Stage 16 at La Vuelta. The incident, which appeared to involve a rogue musette bag, occurred with 57km remaining on Tuesday’s run from Sanlucar de Barrameda to Tomares. Ad As the peloton started throwing empty musette bags to fans on the side of the road, one appeared to get tangled in Oliveira’s bike.

World Championships‘Makes no sense’ – Blythe on ‘bonkers’ rules blocking Valverde from World ChampionshipsYESTERDAY AT 18:50 The Portuguese rider was forced to unclip his left shoe to stay upright before he veered off road, narrowly avoiding the fans and the car and disappeared into the trees. “Crikey! That was close,” said Adam Blythe on Eurosport commentary. “That could have been one of the feed bags by the looks of it.

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“They can be lethal things, musettes, with the handles on them if you get them caught round your handlebar in the wrong place,” added Dan Lloyd. Oliveira clambered out of the woodland to rejoin the action. — — - Stream La Vuelta live and on-demand on discovery+.