keep an ear and eye on the red Canyon. On the slow mo it’s a real ‘pop’

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py_7pYVF664[/video]

few more details on road.cc

http://road.cc/content/news/140943-video-board-footage-j%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-roy-miraculously-escapes-crash-tour-down-under-finish

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I hadn’t watched the video from the other angle on that link. Ouch 🙁

Skills staying upright.

torsoinalake – Member
Skills staying upright.

must be an ex-mountainbiker

😀

That only helps with descending doesn’t it?

For true Ligget-esque effect you really need to say it describing someone who actually piles into the meleé in the nanoseconds after the comment!

ugh – looks nasty on that second angle.

Ouch, but what’s the Sky rider doing in the second angle?

Dull! (apparently 🙄 )

Ouch, but what’s the Sky rider doing in the second angle?

That would be Stanard skating on his cleats looking for his bike that he was just sitting on a millisecond before.

And exhibiting some pretty mad skills to suddenly be stood on your road shoes at 40mph and not instantly face plant!

I’d be diving into my suitcase of courage to avoid that lot

You’d be doing a job of work to stay upright, in this sport of professional bike racing.