D'oh! Slovenian rider lost count in the middle of a race and thought he won stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia

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May 10, 2017 4:56 PM

Poor Luka Pibernik! A bike racer thinks the race is over and he believes he's won and he starts celebrating.

Oops.

It happens now and again.

A bike racer thinks the race is over and he believes he's won and he starts celebrating.

But no.

On Wednesday's stage five of the Giro d'Italia, Slovenian rider Luka Pibernik of the Bahrain-Merida team was racing solo just ahead of the peloton when he approached the finish line, thinking he'd won.

Watch here:

Racing fans may remember this:

Anyway, Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria of the Quick-Step-Floors team actually won the Giro stage.

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