Sometimes, accidents can be good. Penicillin was discovered by mistake by Alexander Fleming, X-rays were stumbled upon by Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen, while chocolate chips cookies were first made by Ruth Wakefield, who was trying to melt the chocolate entirely.
A happy accident occurred for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on Saturday at Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, as the Visma-Lease a Bike rider won a race that she didn't aim to win, a race she wasn't even supposed to be at altogether. The 33-year-old attacked with 19km to go and was never seen again by the chasing bunch, despite it being a move that sought to tire legs rather than achieve victory.
