Play of the day: Cyclists narrowly miss train

Cyclists race across some train tracks during the Paris-Roubaix.

It was a little too close for comfort for some competitors in the Paris-Roubaix cycling race overnight after narrowly avoiding a train.

A barrier at a railway crossing came down midway through the race as the peloton was passing underneath.

One rider was clipped by a barrier and several more crossed after it was down, but by the time a TGV train passed, the remaining riders had been brought to a halt by a police motorcyclist.

Germany's John Degenkolb went onto win the race, becoming only the third man to complete a Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix double in the same year.