The Horse that Stole the Biker's Spotlight

This was the 1997 Critérium International, a three-stage race held in the south of France. Olympic team rider Frédéric Moncassin said in poetic detail. “When it jumped and landed on the road, it was impressive, the sound of the hooves, the sparks, the horse's breath,”. Four years later, the film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet inserted the footage into his movie Amélie. The horse was unharmed and guided off the course at the next turn.