A press photographer was run down by the winning cyclist shortly after the finish line in Saturday's Arno Wallaard Memorial Saturday in Meerkerk, Netherlands. Freelance photographer Hans Roest was standing in the road, as allowed by race organisers, to get pictures as the winner crossed the finish line. Cornelius van Ooijen of the Asito Cycling Team won the race after a "tumultuous sprint," according to the "Algemeen Dagblad", and plowed directly into Roest.
The photographer slid across the street and hit his head on the curb. He had to be reanimated at the site and was taken to hospital in critical condition, which was later upgraded to serious.
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