TIGNES, France -- An elderly man was in serious condition at
a hospital Sunday after being hit by T-Mobile rider Patrik
Sinkewitz after the eighth stage of the Tour de France.
The German was riding to his hotel after finishing the stage
from Le Grand-Bornand to Tignes when he hit the 78-year-old man.
"While he was returning to his hotel, the T-Mobile rider Patrik
Sinkewitz hit a spectator," Tour organizers said in a statement.
"The spectator, who is in a very serious condition, has been taken
by helicopter to a hospital near Grenoble."
Sinkewitz received facial injuries from the accident and was
also taken to the hospital.