This is the moment a TV motorbike got a corner very badly wrong as Bradley Wiggins was finishing his prologue time trial at Paris-Nice today.
As the video below shows, it clipped the crowd control barrier at the side of the road.
But, fair dues to him; the pilot kept the bike upright.
And by the looks of things the camera man kept rolling standing on the back of the moto.
In the end Team Sky's world time trial champion Wiggins could manage only 12th, losing 15 seconds to world road champion and stage winner Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick-Step).
Nicolas Roche was 96th, at 37 seconds. However, he will be riding for his Team Sky leader Richie Porte this week.
The Tasmanian came home just one place behind Wiggins but was credited with the same time.
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The in-form Geraint Thomas, already a stage race winner this season, was best Sky man today in 10th place, just once second ahead of Wiggins and Porte.
March 8th-15th: Paris Nice (WorldTour)
Sun March 8th: Prologue TT 6.7km, Maurepas
1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:07:40
2 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
3 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:07
4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:10
5 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
8 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:12
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:00:13
10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:14
11 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
12 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:15
13 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:16
15 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
96 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:00:37
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