The crash in the clip below coming into a roundabout was bad enough, but check out how close the Ag2r rider came to being hit at speed by a team car and the expert bike handling that kept him out of trouble at Paris-Tours.
Above, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise) sprints to victory yesterday at the end of 237km, beating French favourite Thomas Voeckler (Europcar).
The duo had been in an early breakaway and managed to stay clear of the rest of the field, sprinting it out for the win just 12 seconds ahead of a large group that contested the minor placings.
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Sun, Oct 12th: Paris-Tours, 237km (1.HC)
1 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 5:26:18
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
3 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:12
4 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
5 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
7 Kristan Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka
8 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
9 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
11 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
12 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
13 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
14 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
15 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin Sharp
16 Tiesj Benoot Lotto Belisol
17 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol
18 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
19 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
20 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol
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