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Santa Barbara XV Grand Prix YouTube still.JPGVideo: Fantastic sportsmanship at Spanish cyclo-cross race
It’s the season of goodwill ... and in a cyclo-cross race in Spain last week, one rider made a fantastic sporting gesture as he refused to pass a competitor who had punctured.
Ismael Esteban was the unlucky rider to experience a flat at the Santa Barbara XV Grand Prix, and in true CX style slung his bike over his shoulder to hoof it to the line.
Rival Agustin Navarro could have passed him to claim third place, but chose not to, and instead soft-pedalled behind him.
Afterwards, Navarro said, “I didn’t want to win that way,” reports Sportsgrid.com.
Estaban apparently tried to give the bronze medal to him after the race, but Navarro declined it, saying: “To overtake him just before the finish line would have been unethical.”
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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Cool, but I wanted to see the end!
No doubt we've all seen similar race finishes where a rider did take advantage of a fall or a mechanical by a rider ahead of them in the last few yards. Chapeau to this man; what a hero.
It should be an inspiration to certain of my English compatriots who have recently been found to use questionable practices to advance their careers to the detriment of others.
Vive le spirit de Corinthean !
Almost certainly an Englishman.
Do you not have to finish on the bike in CX as you do on the road?
Great sportsmanship.
Good sportsmanship.
I'm also curious about why puncture will happen. Shouldn't CX use tubeless now?
Thing through tyre. Tubes will go down, tubulars and tubeless will go down if the thing is big enough.
Quality.