Nicolas Roche World Championship Diary: Two guys touched wheels and brought Dan down

Nicolas Roche's World Championship diary - World Road Race Championships, Ponferrada (257km)

Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland celebrates winning the Men's Road Race World Championship in Ponferrada, Spain

Nicolas Roche

As the Irish team hotel was only about three minutes away from the start of the world road race championships this morning, the three-man squad of myself, Dan Martin and Philip Deignan cycled into town about an hour before the start.

After signing on, we relaxed and chatted for a while in our team camper van, one used by Sean Kelly's An Post Chain Reaction team during the season, before getting changed and lining up for the race.