EF Education First's Daniel Martinez punched by driver in Italy
Mar 28 2018 03:24 am CET
EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
EF Education First-Drapac's Daniel Martinez has been attacked by a driver during a training ride in Italy.
The Colombian was training in Pistoia, Italy, along with other riders including Julian Cardona and Miguel Eduardo Florez when a driver first tried to hit the group and then punched the cyclist.
"I was working here in Italy and a car practically tried to kill us," said Martinez to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. "We confronted him and he stopped and got out of the car behaving like a crazy person.
"He hit me straight away, he punched me in the jaw and I was knocked out. Another rider ended up with a torn lip and then he escaped."
EF Education First-Drapac announced that the rider was taken to the hospital "where he remains under observation but is in good condition".
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