Kato raced on the weekend. He has had health and injury problems for two years.
As the bunch turned into the final turn on the last of seven laps on a hilly course there was a fall. I saw the fall but it was a long way from the finish line where I was. I just knew it was him.
I watched rider after rider come home - no Kato.
So he limped in. Yes he had been hit from behind and had fallen.
He has been so unlucky.
We did the right thing and hung around for the prize presentations.
A pleasant surprise was that this particular race had a strongest rider prize awarded by the commissaires, and Kato won that. He had been riding well and attacking often.
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