(Photo: Twitter/@leighhoward1)
A long sweeping descent from the day's first climb on stage nine of the Tour de France guaranteed that many riders would reach triple figures on the speedometer, but IAM Cycling's Leigh Howard went a bit further than that.
The Australian sprinter had to stop to change both wheels and then his whole bike before being forced to chase back to the group on the the descent to avoid being left in nomansland.
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