Videos: Crowd-pleasers Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria wow fans in US and Italy

If you've ever been to a WorldTour race in person and watched the action on a tough climb, you'll know that for all the TV footage showing the overall contenders going head to head at the end of the race, there's a lot going on further back between the riders simply looking to get through the day's stage without missing the time cut.

And if there's no pressure to get inside the time limit, that can make for some entertaining antics, as these videos from Peter Sagan pulling a wheelie on Mount Baldy at the Amgen Tour of California and Fernando Gaviria doing likewise at the Oropa climb on yesterday's Giro d'Italia stage demonstrate.

@petosagan doing stunts @philgaimon #cookiecorner #philsfondo @BORAhansgrohe shot by @mikeisintyler pic.twitter.com/GWXNh3Z0OQ

— MikeB (@mikeisintyler) May 19, 2017

Both riders delighted fans thousands of miles apart with their crowd-pleasing tricks, but while Sagan's race is now over, Gaviria has a tough final week in prospect to reach Milan with the points jersey next Sunday with the points jersey still on his shoulders as the Giro peloton tackles some serious mountains. 

But with the competition changed in 2014 to favour sprinters more, and the Colombian enjoying a 133-point lead, the jersey is almost certainly his if he completes the race, with no prospect of a climber overhauling him as happened when Joaquim Rodriguez pipped Mark Cavendish to the prize in 2012, the Manxman going on to win it the following year.

Me llegó de varias personas!!! No sé quién será el autor del video pero lo quería compartir!!! Sos grande @FndoGaviria !!! pic.twitter.com/MrVPMwZhED

— Mario Sabato (@mario_sabato) May 20, 2017