French freeride mountain biker Romain Marandet picked the occasion of the 100th Tour de France to jump over the race, leaping across the road as Chris Froome passed underneath him on Saturday’s stage.

It’s not the first time someone has taken to the air over the Tour by mountain bike, but unlike Dave Watson’s partial success in 2003, Marandet and crew built a proper launch ramp, and he managed to land after the leap.

Watson, on the other hand, waited until the race had effectively passed completely by, and stacked fairly badly on landing. Race paramedics drove him to hospital.

Marandet’s jump had a rather happier ending with a perfect lending and some fan adulation when he got back up to the road.

Here's Marandet jumping over the race just as Chris Frome passes.

Here's a behind the scenes look at how it all came together:

And finally, here's Dave Watson in 2003: