Marianne Vos beats Lucy Kennedy on stage three of the Giro Rosa 2019 (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
It's every professional cyclists worst nightmare, made even worse by the fact that these days the moment is captured on video and can be preserved for ever more.
Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott) put in a great attack in the final of the third stage of the Giro Rosa 2019, speeding away up the final incline towards the finish line on the flat section of road across the cobbles.
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