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Tour de France Cyclist Breaks Neck in Horror Crash With Fan

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A video of the brutal crash showed the spectator leaning out to film the race when Daniel Oss smashed into them.

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Italian cyclist Daniel Oss pulled out of the Tour de France after he broke his neck in a shocking mid-race crash with fans. Brutal video shows the Team TotalEnergies cyclist gently colliding with a man in a yellow shirt before smashing into another spectator who’d leaned out to film the riders. Oss was able to finish the race, but his injuries forced him to take a few weeks off. “Complementary examinations have revealed a fracture of a cervical vertebra requiring immobilization for a few weeks,” a statement from the team read. “Daniel Oss is therefore forced to leave the Tour de France... The whole team wishes you a good recovery Daniel.” Another rider, Austrian Michael Gogl, was forced out of the race as a result of the same crash after suffering a broken collarbone and pelvis/iliac bone, his team tweeted.

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