Lying in the roadJust when I thought things were getting boring all hell brakes loose. Riding home this evening from Alexandra Palace I was stopped at traffic lights when a corsa behind me felt that stopping was optional.

I’m pretty much okay, nasty bruse on my chest where I went through my windscreen and my ankle is pretty sore – all as expected really.

The bike is another matter though – I reckon a good £1k of damage to the left hand side and front. The most irritating thing of all is that I was planning on going away this weekend, training for Russia.

Ahh well. Such is life.