Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 77, December 2015 | Page 58

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the opposite direction, was so busy watching the
cyclists go by that he crashed into the back of a
car next to Bryan. Luckily air-bags saved the driver
from serious injury and even more luckily none of the
cyclists were hit!
The second event was a ‘miracle’. Riding down the
Col de la Madelaine and taking corners at speed,
a rider just ahead of them went over the mountain
edge and fell eight metres into a tree which saved
his life.
The medics needed ropes to rescue him and he
said he wanted to continue as he felt ‘fine’. Sensibly
the medics disagreed.
The ‘miracle’ was that from where he ended up a
metre to his left was a 30 metre drop and there was
an iron bar only 50 centimetre to his right on which
he could have been impaled. He was only bruised.

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