Celebrating Too Early/Late

[gregrowlerson]

This swerve (and celebration) reminds me of this serve. Two incidents that I really shouldn't laugh at, but couldn't help but do so.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JaFJ5A-RYM

 

[Red Rick]

I think Demare's celebration today was both very early and very late. Strange one.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think Demare's celebration today was both very early and very late. Strange one.

Definitely also the first time someone has gotten the start and the finish confused.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

First race of the season in Europe, first double celebration.

 

[Breezy1985]

First race of the season in Europe, first double celebration.

Both just showing how happy they are to be racing.

Who won?

 

[RedheadDane]

Both just showing how happy they are to be racing.

Who won?

Manzin.

 

[Breezy1985]

Manzin.

 

[PeterB]

One from the sub-category "Celebrating teammates" today in Turkey:

 

[PeterB]

And... girls too sometimes like to celebrate early!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Christ's sakes, Demi...

 

[Eyeballs Out]

To be fair to Vollering, she was clearly the first rider to cross the finish line

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Connor Swift was almost too early yesterday: Bernal was late (I guess he passed Bouchard and Bouwman so quickly he didn't see them)

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1393985874312978436

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1393985874312978436

 

[RedheadDane]

Bernal was late (I guess he passed Bouchard and Bouwman so quickly he didn't see them)

I honestly just thought he knew it could end up a situation where every second counted.

 

[Bolder]

Connor Swift was almost too early yesterday...

Swift was damn lucky to have won yesterday. Normally karma dictates otherwise...

 

[Leinster]

Connor Swift was almost too early yesterday: Bernal was late (I guess he passed Bouchard and Bouwman so quickly he didn't see them)

I’m sure he saw them, he just didn’t know if they were the leaders or just backmarkers from the group. He presumably hadn’t been counting guys as the peloton passed them.


I still say the best thing would be to have a race commissaire vehicle immediately in front (say, 50m) of the race leader at all times; if you can see this big, brightly colored flag on the back of this car, you’re at the front of the race. Not so much for avoidance of wrong-time celebrations (though that would be a result) but just for the benefit of a simple bit of binary race awareness for the riders (“I can see the lead car, => I’m leading the race”/“I can’t see the lead car/I can see a rider between me and the lead car, => I’m not leading the race”)

 

[hayneplane]

Swift was damn lucky to have won yesterday. Normally karma dictates otherwise...

I guess maybe karma looks on with more kindness to riders who rarely get the chance to contest for the win than sprinters who may get 25-30 chances a season to battle out a finish for the victory.

 

[Leinster]

Swift was damn lucky to have won yesterday. Normally karma dictates otherwise...

I think Swift banked a lot of karma by clearly being the strongest in the break in the final 20km, and still doing most of the work to keep them clear.

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Vleuten joins the fun as well.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Vleuten joins the fun as well.

And this was actually taken before the race, because she hadn't been told there were 66 other riders on the startlist.

 

[Escarabajo]

Van Vleuten joins the fun as well.

Was it really too early or too late?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Van Vleuten joins the fun as well.

Not going to lie I thought she celebrated like a lap early or something when I saw this.