[kellyhound]

One of the more spectacular falls taken by a member of Sunday's Paris-Roubaix peloton was sustained by FDJ's co-leader Yoann Offredo, who while rolling along with his head turned back to locate his team car crashed into a warning sign at the leading edge of a median approximately half-way through the race.

Offredo would turn forward just as he struck the sign and was launched over his bars onto the tarmac.

"It was at the back of the peloton," said FDJ directeur sportif Marc Madiot.

"He had just asked for a bike change and before I could arrive he did not see that the peloton separated on each side of an island and he ran into a directional sign at full speed.

He received injuries to his chin, knees and ribs. He stopped like that..."

"A second of inattention...Broken fingers/scratched chin/but the morale is especially damaged." said Offredo afterwards via Twitter.

The team has not yet announced how long Offredo will be sidelined from competition from his injuries.

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[Emperor Wang]

I wonder at what point he thought it was a bit fishy that there were two groups cycling either side of something....too late

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