The best-executed faceplant you’ll see today

To the sound of pumping techno, this rider enters the arena, powers into the air and completes a stunning backflip. He waves triumphantly to the crowd, adrenaline rushing through his body.

We made that last part up, obviously.

Honda won’t like that

Nicky Hayden won’t compete at this weekend’s Czech MotoGP after damaging his ankle during the recent X-Games. Hayden injured his right heel after landing heavily following a jump during practice for the Supermoto event.

The American rider, a former MotoGP world champ, had been given special permission from his Honda bosses to take part in the event - bet they wish they’d turned down his request.

“I just wanted to do some riding during the break, have some fun and I thought that maybe it’d give me a little spark for the rest of the season, but it backfired on me,” Hayden said, more sheepishly than a sheepish sheep.

Ramp…check, backflip… check, cameraman’s face… check

Painful with a capital “P”. Don’t worry though readers, the plucky-but-unlucky cameraman survived.