Alberto Bettiol in celebration gaffe after finishing 38 seconds behind Andreas Leknessund on Stage 2 at Tour de Suisse

ByEurosport

Updated 13/06/2022 at 20:03 GMT

Alberto Bettiol had an embarrassing moment to forget on Monday. The EF Education-EasyPost rider celebrated as he finished Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse thinking he had claimed victory. However, he did not realise he actually trailed the stage winner Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) by 38 seconds and finished as runner-up.

Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) celebrated after thinking he won Stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse, only to later realise he lost out to Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) and finished in second.

Leknessund was part of a 10-man break that formed in the first hour of the 198km course from Kusnacht to Aesch before moving into a clear lead on the second category Chellpass.

On the fast descent towards Aesch, Leknessund crossed the line with a 38-second advantage on the peloton.

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However, the truly bizarre happened moments later as Bettiol raised his arms aloft in celebration as he crossed the line ahead of the rest of the peloton, without realising Leknessund had beaten him further up the road.

Leknessund could be heard saying "I won right?" to a person in the crowd before bursting out in laughter.

The incident comes only a week after Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) pulled a similar stunt at the end of Stage 3 of the Criterium du Dauphine.

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The Belgian raised his hands in triumph only to see his compatriot David Gaudu sneak in ahead of him in order to take a surprising win at the death.

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