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Rio Olympics 2016: Road course slammed after Dutch cyclist seriously injured

Former Olympic champion Chris Boardman has labelled the Rio 2016 road race course "dangerous" after Annemiek van Vleuten was taken to the hospital after a crash on Sunday.

The Dutch rider suffered severe concussion and three small fractures in her lower after coming off her bike on a bend, the 33-year-old flipping over her handlebars as she led the race. She was in intensive care after crashing Sunday.

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And Boardman — who commentated on both races for the BBC — was furious at the danger posed to the peloton.