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A driver will stand trial accused of injuring cyclist Lauren Dolan in a crash - 48 hours after she won a medal for Great Britain in the World Road Racing Championships.

Robert Newton, 73 of New Road, Teignmouth, is charged with causing the crash which injured the 20-year-old athlete in Teignmouth.

He is accused of slamming his breaks on after an overtaking manoeuvre which caused Ms Dolan to hit a traffic island, send her flying over the handlebars and break her collarbone.

Newton appeared at Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to face three charges.

It is alleged that on September 24 he drove his grey Dihatsu on Exeter Road without due care and attention; that he failed to stop at the scene of an accident; and that he failed to report the accident.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The court was told Ms Dolan was out training with her trainer father at the time of the incident.

The defendant was represented in court by Ms Holly Rust. She said Newton denied breaking harshly and overtook the cyclist safely.

District Judge Jo Matson adjourned the case for trial.

She told the defendant: “You’ve pleaded not guilty and I’m going to adjourn the case to March 30.”

The incident happened after the cyclist, from Bickington near Newton Abbot, returned from the World Road Racing Championship in Yorkshire where she won bronze, playing a key role in Great Britain’s third place in the Mixed Team Trial Relay ay Harrogate.

Police issued an appeal for witnesses after the incident, which happened around lunchtime.

She told the BBC: "I had the best feeling so far in my cycling career and 48 hours later I'm lying in hospital, devastated."

It is understood she is now back on a bike and training again.

(Image: Lauren Dolan/Twitter)

The track and road international had only just recovered from a fractured elbow, sustained when she was knocked over by a motorbike outrider during June's Women's Tour of Brittany.

In 2017 pictures of her lacerated right leg went round the world after she managed to finish the World Championships Junior Time Trial despite a fall when she hit a raised drain cover in an unlit tunnel in Oslo, Norway.