Celebrating Too Early/Late

[RedheadDane]

1983 world athletics championship. Eamonn Coghlan celebrating 150m from the finish line.

Wrong sport...

I feel like there was a case a few years ago, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wrong sport...

I feel like there was a case a few years ago, but I can't seem to find it.

Basso celebrated a lap too early on the Vejle stage in 2005, but he was already a minute ahead so it didn't matter.

 

[rallybanana]

Wrong sport...

Sorry. The Olympics finished just one week ago. I'm still trying to adjust to normal life.

 

[ChasingPotatoes]

Latest addition:
Lennert Van Eetvelt

 

[AmRacer]

Not again

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Not again

After such a tough climb to just give it away like that, Van Eetvelt will be kicking himself for a while.

 

[jmdirt]

I just don't undsersytand why racers can't wait until they cross the line (unless they are SURE that they have an insermountable lead)!

 

[Izzyeviel]

I just don't undsersytand why racers can't wait until they cross the line (unless they are SURE that they have an insermountable lead)!

The last time a rider raced through the finish line, they got mocked...

 

[Netserk]

The last time a rider raced through the finish line, they got mocked...

No one mocked Rogla today.

 

[jmdirt]

The last time a rider raced through the finish line, they got mocked...

right?!

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's an addition to the ambiguous collection I think

Would depend on when he actually slowed down in anticipation of posting up

We need a referee in here

 

[tobydawq]

In the slowmo he only raises his arm whem Roglic is in his bike throw, so he didnt really miss vital pedal strokes but just missed the bike throw, which doesnt make half a bike lengths difference

Oh, I think it does.

I remember when Sagan won in Bern in the Tour and Kristoff didn't throw his bike. Sagan was like a wheel behind him both a meter before and after the line but not on the line thanks to the throw.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I belive I've just seen Paula Carrasco celebrate wrongly in the Vuelta Colombia Femenina. She might even have finished third.

Ok, it was actually Carrasco who won the stage, but it was her teammate Maria Paula Latriglia who celebrated over the line like she thought she had won herself.

 

[joe_papp]

I lost the final stage of the 2006 Vuelta a Cuba by celebrating too early. Borut Božič lunged by me on the right and then clapped me on the back and said, "I bet you'll never do that again!" lol



Loved that guy!

After such a tough climb to just give it away like that, Van Eetvelt will be kicking himself for a while.

Yup. I'm still haunted by the above--and that was 18 years ago in a modest 2.2 race!!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I know this is the PRR section, but it's not worth starting a sister-thread in the Cyclocross section

Extreme version of it in the WJ World Championship, Bekovská celebrating after 4 laps out of 5.

 

[RedheadDane]

Extreme version of it in the WJ World Championship, Bekovská celebrating after 4 laps out of 5.

How is that extreme? Celebrating a lap too early is commonly featured.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

How is that extreme? Celebrating a lap too early is commonly featured.

A) It could well have determined a World Championship title
B) It wasn't merely raising an arm, but putting in effort to sprint to the line
C) Riders rarely misjudge by 20% of the race distance.

I read that all the world cup events at WJ level were all 4 circuits, so that makes it more understandable,but I hope it doesn't weigh too heavily on her.

 

[RedheadDane]

C) Riders rarely misjudge by 20% of the race distance.

Otoh, given that the number of laps isn't determined before hand in a CX race, it kinda makes sense that it's easy to get things confused.

 

[CyclistAbi]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1KmpBFxvmV0

 

[rallybanana]

A similar thing happened in the NYC marathon a few years ago. Apparently it was all Chelsea Clinton's fault

Willie Geist jokingly reveals why he had to cross the NYC marathon finish line twice

Willie Geist said there's a funny reason why there are two pictures of himself crossing the finish line at the New York City Marathon in November.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Izzyeviel]

I Saw this on the front page a few weeks ago, I honestly thought it was a contender for this thread before I realised what it actually was. (I didn't have time to post it when I saw it, apologies)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

She may not have scored the victory in Durango, but Thalita de Jong has won a place in this thread.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I need a video of that!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I need a video of that!

You can watch the finish, as well as the rest of the race, here:

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/YLcqbOBWKL0?si=xMD4aOE1YPk6zgHE&t=5790