<text>  Australian cyclist Loren Rowney was knocked off her bike moments before crossing the finishing line during the European womens cycling tour, after a spectator reached out and hit her handlebars. Rowney was just a few metres away from finishing the Molecaten Drentse 8 in Holland. The contact with Rowneys handles sent the 26-year-old tumbling to the ground. Spiritedly, Rowney did manage to finish the race by crawling over the line in seventh place, but she is understood to have suffered a broken collarbone. An Australian cyclist has taken a tumble just before the finish line during the European womens cycling tour, after a spectator reached out and hit her handlebars . Loren Rowney was just metres away from finishing the Molecaten Drentse 8 when it happened . The 26-year-old managed to crawl over to the finish line but is believed to have suffered a broken collarbone . South-African born Rowney lay on her back until medical officers helped her off the track. Race winner and two-time world champion Giorgia Bronzini of Italy described the finish as strange. I thought at first that maybe it was my fault, she told, the Sydney Herald. But Ive already seen the footage and it looks like a spectator grips her wheel. Very strange. Rowney took to Twitter to thank everybody for the well wishes. Ill try and get back to you all... its hard with 1 arm! on my way to Hamburg for treatment, Rowney wrote on Friday. Rowney took to Twitter on Friday to thank everybody for the well wishes . Loren Rowney right with after the Pro Womens Grand Prix during Prudential Ridein London in 2013 . 