Exhilerating sporting blunder

[eightbo]

Stumbled across this video. Never heard of the sport previously but found this a great watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQYZEHZY0PU

"There's one lap of racing to go and he thinks he's won the world title! I can't believe this."

[Dallas]

Seen that happen a few times including in Grand tours, usually, it's on a mountain top finish where after crossing the line the race loops back around 15-20kms to climb it a second time - only some forget.

[Derek27]

It's happened in the Kellogg's tour of Britain in the 1980's, London, but it wasn't the rider's fault ‒ some official rang the bell a lap early!

But even worse, an 18-year-old rider rode out a finish in a one-and-a-half mile race at Wolverhampton without realising there was a circuit to go. The race was only 1.5 laps!!

[eightbo]

I couldn't believe how much the guy in the video had left in the tank after sprinting at the end of Lap 5/6.
To even catch up is impressive, let alone still be in contention like that...

Imagine the In-Play market.

[eightbo]

People might also remember when £35k at 1.01 got turned over at for this blunder at Fakenham a few years ago.
The the eventual 2nd also got turned over for 1.01 that race. Crazy.