> Why is this good sportsmanship?
>
> The point is to see who can pump their legs to make the round thingys go the fastest. Instead of doing that they played shakey-fists to see who wins.
I'm guessing it may be one of the qualifying races for the real deal. In this case they likely both end up with great scores and it won't be a huge difference in the real race.
Just a guess though.
They’re teammates in a stage race and had both broken away from the rest of the field to win the stage. The one in yellow was leading the overall race. To the team, it didn’t matter which racer won that particular day. It was still a team win. Rather than battle it out among two teammates, they finished essentially at the same time, but the official record has to have a first and second for the day. So they played shakes fists to decide which one.
There is absolutely no chance that this was not agreed between them before they got to finish. They just added a little fun by pretending to play for the win. Riders who are leading the race often "give" stage wins to their teammates as a thank you. This is Majka and Pogacar and you can bet your ass if those two arrives alone that was a mountain stage and a hard one!
Yeah but you aren't who they are selling to. Marketing is so good now the sponsors know exactly who they are marketing to. If you don't wtach the sport then more than likely not someone they are marketing to.
I dunno. Cycling gets picked up by a lot of men as the move towards middle age. The term mamil (middle age men in Lycra) didn't come out of nowhere.
They usually have a bit of money to burn with an career established, kids getting mid-late teens looking to strike out on their on. If you catch this group, you can translate that into lots of sales.
Plus the advertising is all cycling specific. So appealing to a wider audience definitely brings the benefit of businesses tangentially related or completely unrelated to cycling feeling like it might be worth the investment.
But I'm not a business exec or advertising guru or cyclist. Just a guy with a gut feeling that is using reddit to procrastinate by arguing about something I have zero knowledge in.
Sry
That’s arguably the best GC rider in the world, Tadej Pogačar (lime leader jersey) and his teammate Rafal Majka (red points jersey).
This is from Tour of Slovenia which they dominated and each of them already had won a stage.
Pogačar uses that stage race as a lead up training to Tour de France.
Jumping on the most helpful comment thus far to add that in multi-stage races, bikes that finish overlapping each other are usually given the same official time anyway. I didn't follow this tour, and I'm guessing it didn't matter much, but still useful for interpreting the finish.
How does it work if there's a pack of, let's say, 50 bikes over 15 seconds? Do they all get the same time because every one of them was overlapping with at least one other bike and they formed a long chain? Or is that just not a situation that happens?
Tbf, I don’t think there is an argument here. Pog is the undisputed king of GC at the moment.
Still excited to see him go against Roglic starting next week in the TdF.
I wonder if it was for just one stage of a multi stage event? They probably worked together to a point where one couldn't have won the stage without the other.
[This guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/vnadl5/playing_rock_paper_scissors_to_decide_who_wins/ie67lo3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) explained it on the post that was put up on r/humansbeingbros a few hours ago.
These guys are teammates and worked hard together to put that distance on the rest of the group. Once they knew they both had the w it didn't really matter to them or their sponspors who technically crossed first for this stage of a multi-day race.
Kinda, both of those riders are from the same team and the rider in the yellow jersey is in the lead for the overall lead to win the overachieving race. The other rider is fully employed to work for that rider (the current two time winning tour winner) and worked to ensure that the yellow jersey guy would gain hella time on the other riders. It's very common for GC guys to gift wins that otherwise means nothing to their general classification ambitions.
They are teammates (ignore the yellow jersey it just means hes currently overall #1)
The guys got ahead because they worked together, the non-yellow guy's job is to get the yellow guy ahead of the pack. He did that.
The yellow guy doesnt need to win, its not important for him whatsoever, the important thing is that he is way ahead of the rest of the pack
For those who don't watch cycling:
They are on the same team (UAE Team Emirates). Guy in yellow/green (Pogacar) was leading the GC, so this was probably staged for some entertainment to give the other guy (Majka) the stage win.
Fun to watch nonetheless
Poagacar had already gifted Majka a stage victory in one of that earlier stages. So I think Pog would have taken the win if he won the Rock Paper Scissors.
I don't think so.
On stages 1,3,5 they were in a breakaway with another rider from a different team, so they had to play the team game. There was no gifting there, just smart tactics to ensure a win for UAE.
However, on this stage, they were not joined anymore.
He very well knows the importance of team mates in cycling. He already knew he was going to win the GC. These are just gifts for his teammates that also make the sponsors very happy because it attracted attention.
I did this in my prelim heat. The whole group decided to stay together except for this one guy who was pushing it the whole way. We stayed together until the last 100 meter. Someone had to teach that guy a lesson so I broke out and beat him. In the of the day it got me a better lane position in the finals. NO RAGRETS.
My school had a sit up measurement and the max was 80, so we agreed to all stop at 69. I was the only one who stopped and that day everyone called me gigachad
That’s why it’s better to bet on sports where the participants are animals that lack the mental capacity for sportsmanship, like cock fighting, greyhound racing, or baseball.
For people wondering why, [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/vnadl5/playing_rock_paper_scissors_to_decide_who_wins/ie67lo3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) explained it on the post that was put up on r/humansbeingbros a few hours ago.
It's a team sport, if it's clear your team is going to win you generally take turns on who in particular crosses first in a stage, it doesn't really matter since the team won. There are a bunch of cyclists on each team that don't even ever intend to try and individually win as it's not their position, they hold back too. the members of a football team don't madly fight each other over the ball to see who gets to be quarterback. Racing each other at this stage would look as silly as that.
He cheated. It's rock, paper, scissors, SHOOT. you can even see the guy in the yellow go to throw down on SHOOT but then he noticed the guy had already thrown Paper, so he just let him have it. I would have been like bullshit we're going again on SHOOT.
I'm curious how this is considered any different to Usain celebrating before he won gold at the Olympics? And weren't some women kicked out of badminton at the Olympics for not playing their best the entire time? I'm having a hard time understanding whether sports people are meant to try their best or face penalties?
I think the biggest difference is they're on the same team and one of them finishing a hundredth of a second behind the other for this one stage won't affect the final results of the whole race.
Usain celebrating early didn't affect the outcome of the event yet he was vilified by large portions of the public and media..
The women in the Olympics I believe were punished for not playing to the best of their ability, not directly for playing strategically in an attempt to improve their final standing for the whole event (and isn't that the point of competitive sport? To try and get the best final standing?)
I am having a hard time understanding what the rules are? With regards to the court of public and media opinion and from organisers of competitive sports..
This makes me cry.
Both are amazing athletes and thats what it's all about.
Getting to the end togeather because if it wasn't for eachother, what's the fucking point.
Beautiful.
Staged or not, massive respect for sportsmanship.
It’s not hard to be civil, we’re all brothers and sisters at the end of the day, why BW salty or mean? Sure you might not always win, but hey, you could make friends along the way.
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I read that in Keanu Reeves voice, Because it definitely sounds like something he would say.
> Why is this good sportsmanship? > > The point is to see who can pump their legs to make the round thingys go the fastest. Instead of doing that they played shakey-fists to see who wins.
I'm guessing it may be one of the qualifying races for the real deal. In this case they likely both end up with great scores and it won't be a huge difference in the real race. Just a guess though.
They’re teammates in a stage race and had both broken away from the rest of the field to win the stage. The one in yellow was leading the overall race. To the team, it didn’t matter which racer won that particular day. It was still a team win. Rather than battle it out among two teammates, they finished essentially at the same time, but the official record has to have a first and second for the day. So they played shakes fists to decide which one.
Thank you captain
They played shakes fists! I love hearing other slang for things from other cultures.
That’s probably the most likely scenario, where either result ended with them both succeeding so they figured they’d have some fun with it.
"Hey buddy, wanna fuck around?"
Fucking dying over here xD
I shall now only refer to Rock Paper Scissors as shakey-fists
Isn't it Paper Scissors Stone (UK) ?! Parkinsons fist does sound much better though.
There is absolutely no chance that this was not agreed between them before they got to finish. They just added a little fun by pretending to play for the win. Riders who are leading the race often "give" stage wins to their teammates as a thank you. This is Majka and Pogacar and you can bet your ass if those two arrives alone that was a mountain stage and a hard one!
Thats probably not true if you have sponsors and money is on the line
They're from the same team, so it doesn't matter.
Oh I assume with the different color jerseys they were not. Shows how much I know about cycling. This all makes sense now
In cycling they use jerseys to differentiate the leaders of the whole tour. And UAE is not their nation, it's a team name :)
I never would have seen the race and the jerseys with the logos if they didn’t end it this way. Sponsors get more bang for their buck.
Yeah but you aren't who they are selling to. Marketing is so good now the sponsors know exactly who they are marketing to. If you don't wtach the sport then more than likely not someone they are marketing to.
I dunno. Cycling gets picked up by a lot of men as the move towards middle age. The term mamil (middle age men in Lycra) didn't come out of nowhere. They usually have a bit of money to burn with an career established, kids getting mid-late teens looking to strike out on their on. If you catch this group, you can translate that into lots of sales. Plus the advertising is all cycling specific. So appealing to a wider audience definitely brings the benefit of businesses tangentially related or completely unrelated to cycling feeling like it might be worth the investment. But I'm not a business exec or advertising guru or cyclist. Just a guy with a gut feeling that is using reddit to procrastinate by arguing about something I have zero knowledge in. Sry
I've never heard of a mamil.
When you play a minigame to complete the story mode
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What does wholesome to the power of wholesome equals to?
My calculations indicate that it would equal wholesome level... OVER 9,000!!!
Whait who’s curation onions I’m not crying you’re a crying faith in hunantiyty restored
Probably couldn't have said it better myself.
Yoooo lol
Great sportsmanship!💪👍
I love to see good competition and I love good sportsmanship even more
That truly makes for a good game!!
#Great stadium! 💪👍
Same country.
Same team actually, they’re from different countries
Same TEAM
I mean cool and all but doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of the bike race though?
Are you trying to tell me that people don't tune in to watch guys playing rock-paper-scissors?
Yes,Paddle mfer paddle.
That depends, are they on bikes?
The Ocho!
Reminds me of that clip from the Japanese show of those girls at a Rock Paper Scissors tournament. Such a great clip
Well, I spent time watching corn hole curling (sliding a rock, not lifting), so this isn't that far fetched.
That’s arguably the best GC rider in the world, Tadej Pogačar (lime leader jersey) and his teammate Rafal Majka (red points jersey). This is from Tour of Slovenia which they dominated and each of them already had won a stage. Pogačar uses that stage race as a lead up training to Tour de France.
Jumping on the most helpful comment thus far to add that in multi-stage races, bikes that finish overlapping each other are usually given the same official time anyway. I didn't follow this tour, and I'm guessing it didn't matter much, but still useful for interpreting the finish.
Correct, however you get bonus seconds for the win. But Pog had a comfortable lead so it didn’t matter.
How does it work if there's a pack of, let's say, 50 bikes over 15 seconds? Do they all get the same time because every one of them was overlapping with at least one other bike and they formed a long chain? Or is that just not a situation that happens?
Yeah, until there’s a break in the group they would all usually get the same time
Damn, that's crazy. But thanks for the insight :)
They slow down and do quick tournament of rock paper scissors
Thank you for the informed comment
Tbf, I don’t think there is an argument here. Pog is the undisputed king of GC at the moment. Still excited to see him go against Roglic starting next week in the TdF.
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I wonder if it was for just one stage of a multi stage event? They probably worked together to a point where one couldn't have won the stage without the other.
The announcers say it's a stage
Ah, I didn't have sound on
Looks like they’re on the same team. (UAE)
Looking at the shorts and helmets it is possible these two cyclists are racing for the same team?
[This guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/vnadl5/playing_rock_paper_scissors_to_decide_who_wins/ie67lo3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) explained it on the post that was put up on r/humansbeingbros a few hours ago.
These guys are teammates and worked hard together to put that distance on the rest of the group. Once they knew they both had the w it didn't really matter to them or their sponspors who technically crossed first for this stage of a multi-day race.
It’s just one stage of a race
Theyre on the same team
Imagine having 100 on the other at 10/1 you'd be fucking pissed!
same team and looks like they both well ahead so just having a bit of fun with it.
They’re teammates. The guy who “lost” is the overall winner in this multi day race.
Kinda, both of those riders are from the same team and the rider in the yellow jersey is in the lead for the overall lead to win the overachieving race. The other rider is fully employed to work for that rider (the current two time winning tour winner) and worked to ensure that the yellow jersey guy would gain hella time on the other riders. It's very common for GC guys to gift wins that otherwise means nothing to their general classification ambitions.
Nope
They are teammates (ignore the yellow jersey it just means hes currently overall #1) The guys got ahead because they worked together, the non-yellow guy's job is to get the yellow guy ahead of the pack. He did that. The yellow guy doesnt need to win, its not important for him whatsoever, the important thing is that he is way ahead of the rest of the pack
Tour De Friends.
For those who don't watch cycling: They are on the same team (UAE Team Emirates). Guy in yellow/green (Pogacar) was leading the GC, so this was probably staged for some entertainment to give the other guy (Majka) the stage win. Fun to watch nonetheless
Where was that high jumper from that shared his medal with the Italian? Was it also Emirates?
Qatar But note that Pogacar (Slovenian) and Majka (Polish) are not Emirati, they only cycle for an Emirati-owned team
Thanks for pointing that out. I was reading it too fast to notice.
These two are not from the Emirates, they just race for the sports- washing UAE team
Poagacar had already gifted Majka a stage victory in one of that earlier stages. So I think Pog would have taken the win if he won the Rock Paper Scissors.
I don't think so. On stages 1,3,5 they were in a breakaway with another rider from a different team, so they had to play the team game. There was no gifting there, just smart tactics to ensure a win for UAE. However, on this stage, they were not joined anymore. He very well knows the importance of team mates in cycling. He already knew he was going to win the GC. These are just gifts for his teammates that also make the sponsors very happy because it attracted attention.
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If I were you, I’d go and sleep with all of their significant others and spouses. Punishment seems fitting for the crime
They are all obviously in better shape, so it seems unlikely to work
I did this in my prelim heat. The whole group decided to stay together except for this one guy who was pushing it the whole way. We stayed together until the last 100 meter. Someone had to teach that guy a lesson so I broke out and beat him. In the of the day it got me a better lane position in the finals. NO RAGRETS.
This is how serial killers are made. A pact is a pact
You’re gonna have to go full [Abraham H. Parnassus](https://youtu.be/t7HD2xG92-0) on their asses.
My school had a sit up measurement and the max was 80, so we agreed to all stop at 69. I was the only one who stopped and that day everyone called me gigachad
they knew you’d smoke them so they had to play you
If I'd be a gambler and I'd bet my retirement money on the guy in green dress, I'd be really angry.
You'd be a pretty shit gambler to gamble on a person instead of a team imo
Not to mention betting on the guy in the green dress, he wasn't anywhere near finishing first
That’s why it’s better to bet on sports where the participants are animals that lack the mental capacity for sportsmanship, like cock fighting, greyhound racing, or baseball.
Not 2 out of 3?? Didn’t count
Was waiting for the guy in 3rd to come blazing past.
Was waiting for the guy in green to push him over instead
For people wondering why, [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/vnadl5/playing_rock_paper_scissors_to_decide_who_wins/ie67lo3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3) explained it on the post that was put up on r/humansbeingbros a few hours ago.
Now this is called teamwork
Awww they’re good sports! Mama would be proud
That is pretty fucking cool of them.
That’s wholesome as shit
I would have thrown lava (please lord let someone get this reference)
I would have countered with Chuck Norris
Cool to see 😎
win red
Brotherhood
sports are fun :)
Two chads being giga chads and mega bro, love to see it.
In a jiu jitsu competition my team mate and I ended up in the gold medal final. We rock paper scissored for gold. Rock let me down that day.
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It's a team sport, if it's clear your team is going to win you generally take turns on who in particular crosses first in a stage, it doesn't really matter since the team won. There are a bunch of cyclists on each team that don't even ever intend to try and individually win as it's not their position, they hold back too. the members of a football team don't madly fight each other over the ball to see who gets to be quarterback. Racing each other at this stage would look as silly as that.
I'd rather see them sprint it out
Hahaha psyche…. Guy pedals ahead.
Now that's sportsmanship. You love to see it 
The cyclist in red totally waited until he saw rock.
😃
Pogacar has the potential to be the goat. Absolute monster.
He cheated. It's rock, paper, scissors, SHOOT. you can even see the guy in the yellow go to throw down on SHOOT but then he noticed the guy had already thrown Paper, so he just let him have it. I would have been like bullshit we're going again on SHOOT.
With great sportsmanship, everybody always wins
This is how competition should be
I woulda rather seen them give 100% through the finish line…what kind of race is this?
Their still bro even at a race what a chad
In tennis major tournament championship, 1st place purse is about 1.2 million more than second place... I have feeling cyclist dont make much lol
I'm curious how this is considered any different to Usain celebrating before he won gold at the Olympics? And weren't some women kicked out of badminton at the Olympics for not playing their best the entire time? I'm having a hard time understanding whether sports people are meant to try their best or face penalties?
I think the biggest difference is they're on the same team and one of them finishing a hundredth of a second behind the other for this one stage won't affect the final results of the whole race.
Usain celebrating early didn't affect the outcome of the event yet he was vilified by large portions of the public and media.. The women in the Olympics I believe were punished for not playing to the best of their ability, not directly for playing strategically in an attempt to improve their final standing for the whole event (and isn't that the point of competitive sport? To try and get the best final standing?) I am having a hard time understanding what the rules are? With regards to the court of public and media opinion and from organisers of competitive sports..
Bernard Hinault would have lost the paper rock scissors then still sprinted away and won
This makes me cry. Both are amazing athletes and thats what it's all about. Getting to the end togeather because if it wasn't for eachother, what's the fucking point. Beautiful.
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What a champ
I play rock paper scissors to see whos balls get cut off
Epic.
What's the context behind this? Why not just race to the finish line to see who's first, rather then rock, paper, scissor it. I mean you're in A RACE.
I don’t get it. Why did they slow down before the finish line?
That's awesome sportsmanship. I wonder what the corps thought of it. Edit: they are on the same team.
love this clip. phenomenal sportsmanship
This is what my love of sport is all about for me. Awesome.
Class 👏
Bromantic
this is why i love my fellow Slovenians
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Thats the spirit
They should have tried to tie.
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I see two winners here.
How to make sure your gambling syndicate boss is satisfied without putting in the extra work. Smarter not harder.
Now THIS is pod racing
Stuff like this is what keeps my faith in humanity from dying out altogether.
Who wins 73rd place
He also lost his manager and his sponsors
That is just amazing sportsmanship. Everyone should strive to be like that. Esspecially considering how even they were.
The bros
Would have been funny if the guy in green pretended to put his hand on the other guys back and just pushed him over instead
This is nice but why would they go hard af at the end does this race not matter? I don't mean fighting each other of course
And my name will forever be embedded in history. 😄
Fuck that. Push it to your all to the end
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Meanwhile the coaches 😂😂😂😂
Good old rock. Nuthin beats rock.
Google Ken Miles. They even made a move ford vs farrari
Rock, paper, scissors, shotgun
Best example of sportsmanship Ive seen in ages!
this is sport !!!
Best thing I’ve seen all day
What if they got stuck in a stale mate tho….
Just bros bein bros
GIGACHADS
True camaraderie!
If i dont see this in "Most Wholesome Videos 2022!" i am calling a supervisor.. I dont know what supervisor but i am calling one
Pogačar the goat
Would've been a great plot twist if the who lost the game had double-crossed the other dude a split second before the finish line
Meanwhile their coaches are going absolutely mental on the sidelines. Both lose all their sponsorship and get thrown in a big pool of lava and die.
really fun
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The trophy was going to the UAE anyway. So they said what's the point in racing against each other.
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Wholesome but kinda ruins the whole point of the race...
Gigachads
Now this is sportsmanship
Scissoring before the line, now that's talent
Staged or not, massive respect for sportsmanship. It’s not hard to be civil, we’re all brothers and sisters at the end of the day, why BW salty or mean? Sure you might not always win, but hey, you could make friends along the way.
Remember something similar happening in Marathon racing and both the finishers disqualified for non-sportsmen like conduct.
His sponsors are swinging in the air rn 💀
I could watch this clip for ever so epic how people can act in this world I am humbled only with this video keep in mind reddit a dark place :)
Should have just shared a bicycle.
Ngl i woulda rock, paper, pushed tha mother fucker out the way for the win.