'A crash is always a daze, especially when you're hanging from a bridge' - Valentin Ferron on his dramatic Besseges save

GAP FRANCE JUNE 10 Valentin Ferron of France and Team Total Energies celebrates winning the stage on the podium ceremony after the 74th Criterium du Dauphine 2022 Stage 6 a 1964km stage from Rives to Gap 742m WorldTour Dauphin on June 10 2022 in Gap France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) (Image credit: Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Valentin Ferron won a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné last summer but that fame pales against the attention that has come his way after the dramatic crash on stage 2 of the Etoile de Bessèges

The Frenchman ended up hanging by his arms off the side of a bridge. Thanks to the quick-thinking help of Alpecin-Deceuninck's Axel Laurence, he managed to haul himself back onto the bridge and incredibly only suffered minor scrapes. 

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Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is an NCTJ-trained journalist, and former deputy editor of Cyclingnews, who has seven years’ experience covering professional cycling. He has a modern languages degree from Durham University and has been able to put it to some use in what is a multi-lingual sport, with a particular focus on French and Spanish-speaking riders. Away from cycling, Patrick spends most of his time playing or watching other forms of sport - football, tennis, trail running, darts, to name a few, but he draws the line at rugby.