Cycling star Tom Pidcock had a moment to forget as he crashed his bike and toppled over the handlebars while leading the GP Sven Nys cyclo-cross race in Belgium.
The cyclo-cross world champion had a slender lead of around 10 seconds when the crash happened on a slippery section of the course. The 23-year-old, from Yorkshire, was sent flying towards the crowd at high-speed before being halted by some rope and safety netting which got tangled with his leg and bike.
Belgian rider and one of Pidcock's long-term rivals Eli Iserbyt took full advantage of the crash to win the race ahead of team-mate Michael Vanthourenhout, while clearly in pain Pidcock limped over the line in third.
