The 'Celebrated too Soon' thread

tailwindhome

http://www.stickybottle.com/womens/video-pro-rider-blows-big-win-by-celebrating-far-too-early-ouch/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sd7ydTnVE6o

jtomes1993

My favourite has to be from the tour series this year.. Kneisky thinking he'd dropped everyone on the climb and then Jon Mould nipping around him for the win

disgruntledgoat

Erik Zabel wins this. Unlike that years edition of Milan San Remo. Hyuck hyuck.

shazzz

This one, featuring the controversial Lance Armstrong (sorry!), is quite entertaining. That's his daughter that he ignores immediately after the finish line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo_aN4Eg2M

chrisaonabike

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689069#p19689069]shazzz[/url] wrote:

This one, featuring the controversial Lance Armstrong (sorry!), is quite entertaining. That's his daughter that he ignores immediately after the finish line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo_aN4Eg2M

Says such a lot about him, that clip.

TheBigBean

I'm amazed it doesn't happen more regularly given how many riders sit up to celebrate.

imatfaal

As a counter-point I loved Adam Yates not realising he had won the San Sebastian Classic

jtomes1993

From across the pond

http://dirtwire.tv/2014/11/sprint/

Never give up!

RichN95.

Cycling has many fine examples of this, but the best example is still from snowboarding. Lindsey Jacobellis crashing while showboating on the last big jump to celebrate a certain Olympic gold medal.

PBo

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689221#p19689221]RichN95[/url] wrote:

Cycling has many fine examples of this, but the best example is still from snowboarding. Lindsey Jacobellis crashing while showboating on the last big jump to celebrate a certain Olympic gold medal.

She had the temerity afterwards to claim that she wasn't showboating, just grabbing the board to stabilise it....

tangled_metal

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689069#p19689069]shazzz[/url] wrote:

This one, featuring the controversial Lance Armstrong (sorry!), is quite entertaining. That's his daughter that he ignores immediately after the finish line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJo_aN4Eg2M

What a nice guy?! Surely you would recognise your own daugher, even at the end of an ironman triathlon. Personally it is rude to just ignore someone like that, even if he was not related. What a nice guy he is, says a lot really.

ddraver

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689221#p19689221]RichN95[/url] wrote:

Cycling has many fine examples of this, but the best example is still from snowboarding. Lindsey Jacobellis crashing while showboating on the last big jump to celebrate a certain Olympic gold medal.

accompanied by one of the all time classic commentaries from Ed Leigh...

above_the_cows

These are hilarious. Apart from the Armstrong one, that's just Lance being a massive chump.

RichN95.

I know it's a different sport, but this football penalty is a classic (start at around 0.23):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ5DPBnHPqo

tailwindhome

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689254#p19689254]RichN95[/url] wrote:

I know it's a different sport, but this football penalty is a classic (start at around 0.23):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ5DPBnHPqo

If you're going off topic

My brother, June 1998 Ireland v Holland.
"We're through, they not going to score"

Mad_Malx

Ryder Hesjedal a lap too early at the tour of Alberta.

RichN95.

A close relative to celebrating to early, is celebrating having come second, not realising one of the break survived to win. Pozzato is a notable exponent of this.

rick_chasey

Cav & Boonen scheldeprijs, 200 aaand, 7??

Crozza

how is this not in this thread yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EaJMr26F5w

No_Ta_Doctor

If we're allowing other sports, not quite a celebration, but Steve Mcmahon's "one minute" finger wagging, Anfield '89 takes some beating. *bliss* *nick Hornby in disguise*

hammerite

Different sport again, but how about Molly Huddle in the women's 10,000m at the weekend?

http://youtu.be/3hdVxn57hfU

RoadPainter

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689227#p19689227]ddraver[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689221#p19689221]RichN95[/url] wrote:

Cycling has many fine examples of this, but the best example is still from snowboarding. Lindsey Jacobellis crashing while showboating on the last big jump to celebrate a certain Olympic gold medal.

accompanied by one of the all time classic commentaries from Ed Leigh...

I struggle to criticise Jacobellis too much as that's really the nature of the sport.
She fell in Sochi last year when going very well, destined never to get an Olympic gold

Mad_Malx

In a similar vein, Simon Clarke though he had won

https://youtu.be/hMdQixjjhUg

Pross

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19689393#p19689393]RichN95[/url] wrote:

A close relative to celebrating to early, is celebrating having come second, not realising one of the break survived to win. Pozzato is a notable exponent of this.

Roma Maxima was great !

jtomes1993

The giro has seen a good 3 or 4 second place salutes recently hasn't it? Always funny

specialgueststar

Frankie Boyle would have had a field day with that on an improv show