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Zigart breaks jaw in high-speed Tour de Suisse crash
Key takeaways
- Urska Zigart finished eighth in the Giro d'Italia Femmes earlier this month
- Slovenian rider Urska Zigart broke her jaw in a heavy crash at the start of the final kilometre of stage two of the Tour de Suisse Femmes in Locarno on Thursday.
- Zigart lost control riding at high speed over a speedbump and crashed hard on to the ground, rolling and sliding a number of metres before coming to a halt on the tarmac.
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Urska Zigart finished eighth in the Giro d'Italia Femmes earlier this month
Slovenian rider Urska Zigart broke her jaw in a heavy crash at the start of the final kilometre of stage two of the Tour de Suisse Femmes in Locarno on Thursday.
Zigart lost control riding at high speed over a speedbump and crashed hard on to the ground, rolling and sliding a number of metres before coming to a halt on the tarmac.
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