Lucky escape for Volksbank sprinters

Team Volksbank's Olaf Pollack and Andre Korff had a narrow escape on Monday when they were hit by a car while training in Badenweiler, Germany, near Freiburg. Despite both bikes being completely wrecked, neither rider was injured in the accident.

"We came away with only a scare – it could have been a lot worse," Pollack told DPA. "But both bikes are totally destroyed."

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