Crashing over the Finish Line, Liam Slock Delivers an Unforgettable First Professional Victory at GP Gippingen
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"It was my first pro win, but my friends still laughed at me before they said congratulations." A day after his funny crash at the finish of the Gippingen Grand Prix in Switzerland, Liam Slock looks back on the bizarre moment with humor. "I wanted to enjoy it so badly and was already putting my hands in the air, but then things turned out completely differently."
Liam Slock won the GP Gippingen 2026 as almost no one wins a race: on the floor, sliding on asphalt and with the bike next to him. 25-year-old Belgian Lotto won his first professional victory in classic Swiss category UCI 1.1 this Sunday after winning a top-down sprint that he had dominated until he started celebrating before crossing the finish line.
At the GP Gippingen, the classic race in the Aargau, there is a curious scene just before the finish. The Belgian Liam Slock crashes at the finish – but he drags over the line in the fall and thus wins the race. It is his first professional victory at all.
A few meters before the finish line, Liam Slock raised his arms in the air to celebrate his first professional victory this weekend. But it almost ended badly.
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