“You don’t expect someone to get that far over a wire” - Eli Iserbyt explains incredible moment a photographer caused him to crash

Eli Iserbyt was beaten by Niels Vandeputte in the Flandriencross Hamme, and yet again he had a race filled with drama. The 27 year old suffered a problem with his finger, after he had a run in with a photographer, which he told Wierlerflits after the race.

“I think a spoke hit my finger. You don’t really see it on TV, but I was completely caught by a photographer,” he said whilst pointing. “That made me shoot out of that track at high speed, I fell and everyone rode on me.

“We rode briefly against the wire and the photographer bent over with the first four. Then he grabbed me by my shoulder, so that’s a real shame. You don’t expect someone to get that far over a wire. Certainly not with a camera that’s half a meter long.”

Iserbyt was rightly disappointed by a collision with someone who wasn’t even racing, and his team doctor Frank De Winter spoke about his crash further. "One of his fingers is a bit bruised, but he also has an open wound there.

“At the same time, he was also hit on his leg. He also came into contact with a photographer, with his shoulder. That is also a bit bruised. But normally that will not have an impact on the upcoming races."