I don’t follow the Tour de France that much. Why not you ask? Well, because I’m not French.  But a Tour De French cyclist,  John-Lee Augustyn, is our first official lucky sports bastard.  You see during the 16th stage of the Tour De France, John Lee was really focused on the pedaling aspect of the event and forgot about the fact that he was also in charge of the steering portion.  This forgetfulness resulted in John Lee hurling himself off the road and down the side of a 164 foot “hill” (in the U.S. we call that a mountain).  In John’s words:

Just before I went over the side, I thought: ‘Shit, I’m going to break something again and it’s going to be terrible

It wasn’t terrible.  In fact, John-Lee ended up finishing only 5 minutes behind the leader and in 35th place which I guess after sailing off a mountain top isn’t so bad.  He did need a new bike though.  In his own words, “I was lucky enough to get away with no injuries.”  Your right John-Lee, which is why you are our official first lucky sports bastard.  Congratulations.

Is there a video of this?  You bet. I wouldn’t have made this post without it.  Enjoy it you lucky bastards.

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