MONTAUBAN, France (AP) — Former Tour de France sprint ace and
Spanish Vuelta champion Laurent Jalabert has been taken to a
French hospital after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Police in the southern town of Montauban said the 44-year-old
Jalabert was hit by a car traveling in the opposite direction
and which refused to give priority, and then hit Jalabert in the
side. The accident took place on a road near Montauban.  Police
said Jalabert was taken to a hospital with several fractures,
but his injuries are not life-threatening.  Jalabert was a
successful sprinter during his Tour career, twice winning the
green jersey for best sprinter and was world time trial champion
in 1997.