Did you see it? Mark Cavendish won stage 5 of the Tour de France and alongside it, took all the attention on a day that had a few other striking moments. One was of Tadej Pogacar almost hitting a road traffic island at high speed, and the other was Mads Pedersen crashing against the barriers in the final sprint... And a rider bunny hopping over him.
This is what happened today in the sprint at Saint-Vulbas. As Mark Cavendish raced to the left of the road, a few other riders made the same move. Ultimately there was no space for everyone in an all-out sprint and Mads Pedersen crashed mid-sprint against the barriers - luckily, he did not seem to suffer very meaningful injuries.
Most shockingly was that only a split second later, at full speed, Cofidis' Axel Zingle apparently managed to do a bunny hop over the Danish rider that was still moving on the ground after hitting it. The French rider successfully jumped over Pedersen and avoided crashing in the most impressive way.
You can check the zoomed in footage of the incident in the video below:
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