What happens when you crash on a road bike?

I was unfortunate enough to have my first crash today. As motorcyclist say "There are 2 types of riders...those that have gone down and those that will go down!"

I was towards the back of a group of riders, while a rider in the middle of the group got a flat...I was watching the rider in front of me (motorcyclist call that target fixation) and not the pack. The rider in front was able to dodge the almost stoped rider. But I had a rider to my left which left me no outs. Again back to my motorcycle days, I was taught to always look at the pack and know what is happing to every rider that is visible (once it has happened to the rider in front of you, it has happened to you). I wish I had applied those skills I learned on my motorcycle to my road cycling.

I hit her at about 27-29 mph (I was in the middle of a little sprint). I landed on my shoulder and slid across to the other lane...losing a few pounds of flesh along the way and I may have damaged my shoulder (current status: painful). For only my second day of training it was a pretty eventful day.

I will get a few photos up ASAP. In the meantime, I hope you have better luck on your journeys than I am having on mine.