A bottle rolling out onto the road is enough to cause a huge pile-up in the peloton, but with Giant-Alpecin's Tobias Ludvigsson around it creates an opportunity to show off your bike handling skills.
As the breakaway rolled along on Monday's stage 10 of the Vuelta a España, several riders took the opportunity to dispose of their bottles.
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