By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Cycling's governing body the UCI said the Olympic course was not to blame for a series of bone-crunching crashes during the weekend's road races around Rio's stunning coastline. Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten fractured three vertebrae and suffered concussion in a horrible crash on the Vista Chinesa descent close to the finish at the Copacabana beach. Van Vleuten, 33, was still recovering in hospital on Monday.
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