 SPOILER: Finishing by running across the line (as Dave did) is  actually legal, according to the UCI (Union Cycliste  Internationale), the international governing body of cycling. Rule  1.2.109 states that "a rider may cross the finish line on foot,  provided that he has his bicycle with him". However, since this  event was a stage race and the crash occurred within 3 km of the  finish, current (as of 2005) rules would have awarded Dave the same  time as the rider he crashed with, and he would have made the cutoff  regardless.