hoogerland.

I did what felt like a few somersaults. I don’t know where the car came from. Before I knew it, Flecha was on the ground and there was nothing I could do. I landed on the fence and I looked at my legs and thought, ‘Is this what cycling is about?’ I have the polka-dot jersey but I’m going to spend the rest day in a lot of pain.

johnny hoogerland on stage 9 of the tour de france, 2011 – cycling news.  photo tipped from velominati, originally on the atlantic.