It’s one of the most embarrassing things that can happen to a pro cyclist – celebrating a ‘victory’ when the stage hasn’t actually finished.

But that’s what happened to Bahrain-Merida rider Luka Pibernik in Messina on Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia this afternoon.

The Slovenian rider jumped off the front of the peloton and celebrated as he crossed the line in the home town of his team leader, defending champion Vincenzo Nibali.

Unfortunately for the 23-year-old, there was still another 7 kilometre lap of the closing circuit to go, with the stage eventually won by Quick Step Floors rider Fernando Gaviria.

Pibernik is far from the first rider to be left red-faced after celebrating too early, however.

In 2014, it happened to Spanish pro Eloy Teruel at the Amgen Tour of California.