Cycling-No VAR needed as Johannessen celebrates too early in Classic


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 17 Feb 2024

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 17 - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc to Courchevel - France - July 19, 2023 Uno-X Pro Cycling Team's Tobias Halland Johannessen crosses the finish line after stage 17 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/ File photo

(Reuters) - Cyclist Tobias Halland Johannessen raised his fist aloft in celebration only to see victory snatched on the line by Lenny Martinez at the Classic Var in the South of France on Friday.

The one-day race finished at the top of Mont Faron and Johannessen was in the leading group of six riders coming up the final climb, before Romain Bardet made a break for victory.

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