A long sweeping descent from the day's first climb on stage nine of the Tour de France guaranteed that many riders would reach triple figures on the speedometer, but IAM Cycling's Leigh Howard went a bit further than that.
The Australian sprinter had to stop to change both wheels and then his whole bike before being forced to chase back to the group on the the descent to avoid being left in nomansland.
>>> Only 122kph? Some riders went even faster on the Tour de France stage nine
In the process, Howard topped his speedometer out at a mindboggling 122kph, which works out as 75mph in real money.
Howard, who lives in Andorra where the stage finished, is reportedly set to pop home on Monday's rest day to pick up the handle to his coffee machine - something he's been without since stage one.
The former Tour of Britain winner also tweeted a video of his teammate Jarlinson Pantano cycling the last metres of Sunday's rain-drenched finale holding an umbrella borrowed from a spectator.
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