Strange happening whilst cleaning bike

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After yesterday's epic ride (for me) the bike was in need of some TLC before Sunday's effort.
Bike in stand and whilst shifting to highest gear to remove rear wheel the cable broke. :eek:
Off to LBS for new inner and outers and after a bit of faffing all was well apart from the scruffy bar tape so new tape fitted, the new tape is nice and thick but it was a devil to get something like.

Anyway, the cable broke inside the shifter never had one break before. Is this common?

The shifting yesterday was as smooth as ever.
Only had an STI cable snap there my self. Its frustrating as there's no visual sign :-/
 
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