Cyclists get into huge punch-up at the end of four-hour stage

So you'd think that when they get to the end of one of those stages, they'd be fit only to collapse into a heap. But it seems that just isn't the case for Spain's Vicente de Mateus and Italy's Enrico Rossi.The duo were jostling for position in the closing kilometres of the 100-mile sixth stage of the Volta a Portugal from Oliveira do Bairro to Viseu on Tuesday when they came together and crashed.But rather than crawl off to lick their wounds, the two instead got into a huge punch-up - one which was captured by TV cameras covering the race, and which subsequently made them famous across the globe.Rossi, who rides for the Christina Watches-Kuma team, blamed Louletano-Dunas Douradas rider Mateus for the tangle."I was going over the line and then he ran into me, so we overturned," Rossi explained."Then he stood and shouted at me so I hit him."Can't really argue with that reasoning, even if we wouldn't condone it - and Rossi's team boss Bo Hamburger (honestly) claimed it was nothing to get into a lather about."The adrenaline was running high and they collided at high speed," Hamburger said."If you put yourself in his position then you can understand why he hit him."(uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)Bakudaily.Az