A double embarrassment! Spanish bicycle owner Eduard Prades CRASHES whereas celebrating at finish line of the primary stage of Greece’s Tour of Hellas… earlier than discovering out he wasn’t even the winner!
- Eduard Prades was main the peloton as he raced in direction of the finish lineÂ
- The Spaniard raised his arms aloft earlier than his saddle got here unfastened and he crashed
- But Aaron Gate had already gained the stage, ending 1 minute 46 seconds forward
- Prades admitted afterwards he thought there was nobody left in entrance of him Â
Spanish bicycle owner Eduard Prades had a second to overlook on Wednesday as he crashed at the finish line celebrating what he thought was a stage victory – although he solely completed second!Â
Prades was main the peloton in Stage One of the Tour of Hellas in Greece when he sprinted for the finish line.Â
But as he raised his arms aloft in traditional model crossing the line, Prades’ saddle unluckily fell off at that exact second, sending him nastily tumbling backwards.Â
Eduard Prades had a second to overlook on Wednesday as he crashed at the finish line celebrating what he thought was a stage victory – although he solely completed second
Only in a while did Prades be taught that, including to his embarrassment, he had solely completed second
However, it was solely in a while through a crew launch that the 34-year-old had additional trigger for embarrassment.
He had realized New Zealander Aaron Gate, using for Bolton Equities-Black Spoke, was really the stage winner having damaged away from the pack earlier within the race.Â
Pardes stated: ‘Both Trek and we now have been attacking for a lot of the climb and ultimately Jon [Barrenetxea] gave me a hand on the descent to catch the breakaway group.Â
‘We caught them however the reality is that we did not have a lot information and the way in which the race was going I believed there was nobody left in entrance, that is why ultimately I raised my arms.’
Prades – who rides for Caja Rural-Seguros RGA – admitted he thought he was the winner
Gate ended up profitable by one minute and 46 seconds on the hilly 190.1km stage from Heraklion to Chania on the Greek island of Crete.Â
Nonetheless, Prades – who rides for the Caja Rural-Seguros RGA crew – nonetheless completed second forward of Filippo Baroncini and Luc Wirtgen.Â
It is not the primary time a prime bicycle owner has carried out a victory salute in error; world champion Julian Alaphilippe celebrated early in 2020 in Liege and ended up shedding within the closing dash to Primoz Roglic.Â
Julian Alaphilippe celebrated early in 2020 and ended up shedding within the dash to Primoz Roglic
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