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Video: Rider in US state criterium championship celebrates too soon, gets beaten, crashes

Defending champion Sam Rosenholtz won't be allowed to forget last night's Gran Prix of Beverly in a hurry...

A rider who prematurely raised his arms in triumph in the closing metres of the Grand Prix of Beverly in Massachussets last night was pipped to the win by a rival - and, to add insult to injury, then crashed to the ground immediately after crossing the line.  

The unfortunate rider was Sam Rosenholtz of CCB Velotooler, who seems to have come away with nothing more than some missing skin and a very bruised ego.

He was beaten in the sprint at last night's race, which doubled as the state criterium championship, by Jacob Keough of Team Skyline.

A photographer for local newspaper The Beverly Citizen snapped a spectacular shot of the moment another rider, Lucas Fortini of RaceCF, was sent flying over the prone Rosenholtz.

Another picture in the gallery on the newspaper's website shows a rather sheepish looking Rosenholtz - the defending champion - on the second step of the podium afterwards.

Keough said afterwards: "It's kind of one of those things in cycling where sometimes you think you've got it, but you can't really see everything. I think that's what happened to Sam.

"I was to his right, and it's a tricky finish with the bend to it. I just lunged for the line; I knew I got by him, but I think he was kind of already going straight and we overlapped wheels. Hate to see that happen — but I had a really fast sprint there."

There was no report of Fortini's condition.

Earlier this year, Bahrain-Merida rider Luka Pibernik celebrated a full lap too early on Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia in Messina - which probably helped answer the question that had been nagging away in his mind about why the peloton hadn't been chasing him down too hard, since there were still 7 kilometres to go.

> Video: Bahrain-Merida rider celebrates Giro d'Italia stage 'win' - a lap too early

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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DaveE128 | 7 years ago
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Lol you have to feel sorry for the numpty!  1 And the guy he took out!

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ChrisB200SX | 7 years ago
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Lol, numpty, on so many levels!

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alansmurphy | 7 years ago
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Celebrating 3rd. Genius!

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pedalpowerDC | 7 years ago
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Video from Mad Alchemy on Instagram

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Cupov | 7 years ago
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No video...what a let down

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don simon fbpe replied to Cupov | 7 years ago
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Cupov wrote:

No video...what a let down

It's been put aside for a great new feature about numpty cyclists trying to kill themselves. It'll be a tremendous feature.

#MakeRoadCCGreat

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reliablemeatloaf replied to Cupov | 7 years ago
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Cupov wrote:

No video...what a let down

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr6B548BEB8

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