Atapuma in the 2014 Strade Bianche
BMC rider Darwin Atapuma has suffered cuts to his arm and wrist after being attacked by bandits in his hometown of Túquerres, Colombia, this week.
The 26-year-old climber was set upon by two men on Tuesday who demanded he gave over his BMC timemachine SLR01, and in the struggle was injured by one of the attackers’ knife.
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