Yoann Offredo's crash at Paris-Roubaix looked hilarious and painful in equal measure

Eh, ouch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvi0NN4ED_s

PARIS-ROUBAIX IS one of cycling’s most notorious one-day classics, requiring riders to navigate stretches of treacherous cobblestones at high speeds.

But it wasn’t the cobbles that proved to Yoann Offredo’s undoing yesterday. It was a street sign.

The French rider took his eyes off the road for a split-second and paid the price, crashing into the sign and flipping over the handlebars.

Unsurprisingly Offredo didn’t finish the race, won for a third time by Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara.

Thanks to Johnny Nyhan for the tip.

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Niall Kelly

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