🎥 Brutal crash! Alpecin domestique Dillier slams hard into Visma | Lease a Bike mechanic

It happened when a Visma | Lease a Bike rider, Edoardo Affini, needed help from his team. The Italian had a mechanical problem on a cobblestone section and had to change bikes. His mechanic put him back on the bike to give him a push, after which the time trialist continued on his way. The same mechanic then ran to the old bike, which was lying by the side of the road. It had to be put on the car, but that's where things went wrong.

He picked up the bike and ran to the left side of the car, where there was room to put the bike on. However, there was not much room on the narrow strip, and Dillier passed the Visma car at that very moment. The mechanic saw him too late and could not take the broken bicycle away in time. The unfortunate Swiss could no longer avoid it and crashed into the mechanic. He landed on the cobblestones with a loud thud.

The former Swiss champion, known for his hours spent leading the race at the start of races, hit the ground with the back of his head. Fortunately, his helmet absorbed the brunt of the blow, avoiding any damage to the head, but Dillier did end up breaking his right hand. He did not make it to the finish line in Roubaix. Visma | Lease a Bike apologized after the incident. "Unfortunately, this happened during the hectic Paris-Roubaix," the team said in quotes from Het Laatste Nieuws. "Safety in the peloton is always a priority for us. We hope Dillier recovers quickly."