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on your ass....

Liam Slock of Lotto-Intermarch|- won the GP Gippingenin in Switzerland
last weekend, and crashed while crossing the finish line after raising
his arms in victory. Luckily he had enough momentum and actually slid
across the line on his ass with enough of a gap that his two break-away companions still were just a fraction of a second behind.

Slock isn't some local hack or newb at a continental pro-am event. This
was a UCI Pro 1.1 level race with six World Cup teams represented, and
his two break-away companions were Aleksandr Vlasov of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost.

Slock stated "Luckily the win came with it, otherwise this would
probably have been the fail of the year"

Story here: https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/racing/crashing-over-the-finish-line-liam-slock-delivers-an-unforgettable-first-professional-victory-at-gp-gippingen/

Video here, start at 14 minutes in: https://tiz-cycling.tv/video/gp-gippingen-2026-last-10-km/
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On 6/16/2026 4:41 AM, zen cycle wrote:

on your ass....

Liam Slock of Lotto-Intermarch|- won the GP Gippingenin in
Switzerland last weekend, and crashed while crossing the
finish line after raising his arms in victory. Luckily he
had enough momentum and actually slid across the line on his
ass with enough of a gap that his two break-away companions
still were just a fraction of a second behind.

Slock isn't some local hack or newb at a continental pro-am
event. This was a UCI Pro 1.1 level race with six World Cup
teams represented, and his two break-away companions were
Aleksandr Vlasov of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Richard
Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost.

Slock stated "Luckily the win came with it, otherwise this
would probably have been the fail of the year"

Story here:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/racing/crashing- over-the-finish-line-liam-slock-delivers-an-unforgettable- first-professional-victory-at-gp-gippingen/

Video here, start at 14 minutes in: https://tiz-cycling.tv/video/gp-gippingen-2026-last-10-km/

Thanks! That is indeed story for the ages.
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Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
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On Tue Jun 16 05:41:58 2026 zen cycle wrote:

on your ass....

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On 6/16/26 2:41 AM, zen cycle wrote:

on your ass....

Liam Slock of Lotto-Intermarch|- won the GP Gippingenin in Switzerland
last weekend, and crashed while crossing the finish line after raising
his arms in victory. Luckily he had enough momentum and actually slid
across the line on his ass with enough of a gap that his two break-away companions still were just a fraction of a second behind.

Slock isn't some local hack or newb at a continental pro-am event. This
was a UCI Pro 1.1 level race with six World Cup teams represented, and
his two break-away companions were-a Aleksandr Vlasov of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost.

Slock stated "Luckily the win came with it, otherwise this would
probably have been the fail of the year"

Story here: https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/racing/crashing-over-the-finish-line-liam-slock-delivers-an-unforgettable-first-professional-victory-at-gp-gippingen/

Video here, start at 14 minutes in: https://tiz-cycling.tv/video/gp-gippingen-2026-last-10-km/

A rider at a PBP race: He stopped, went into a pub and came out with a
large wide glass of Belgian Ale. Now that's living!
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Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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