Took a trip with Domestique to watch Paris Roubaix yesterday. We were there nice and early so had a wander along paves sections 4 and 3 by the Cafe L'abbre.
As we were walking back towards the Cafe the Junior race arrived with a single Russian a couple of minutes ahead of the rest of the pack.
Cameras came out and started clicking just as the leader came round the left hand corner. He was right on the gravel at the edge of the road so he could avoid the cobbles... oohhhh dear big problem there is some woman sitting right on the gravel at the exit of the bend... Russian swervs back onto the cobbles and rear wheel steps out from underneath him.. OUCH..
I was only using a basic compact digital so was pretty suprised when I scanned though the pics and found that I had caught the moment...
Approaching the corner
Back wheel steps out
Ouch
And the cause of the fall