The bottle bounced a few times and came to rest in the lane occupied by Jamaica's Yohan Blake, who finished second in the race.

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Notes: Durant also finished second in the MVP race last season and in 2009.

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"A lot of people don't correctly choose what tires should be on their car, " says Unser, who drove the 24 Hours of Daytona car race eight times and finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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England's women gained a silver medal at Canada's expense in the 4x100m freestyle relay , Friday's finale, as the Canadians - who finished the race in second place - found themselves disqualified for a takeover offence.

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Ullrich has come second in the race five times, but finished only fourth last year.

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Kenyan-born Froome finished second in last year's race and is one of the favorites to take the yellow jersey in 2013.

CNN: Defending champion Wiggins out of Tour de France

He hasn't had a horse in the race since 1989, when Easy Goer finished second to Sunday Silence, duplicating their Derby finish that year.

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Edwards finished second in Iowa and third in New Hampshire, but has vowed to stay in the race until the party's August convention in Denver.

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The reigning IndyCar Rookie of the Year hadn't finished better than second in 39 IndyCar and Champ Car races, a fact he thought about late in the race.

NPR: Pagenaud Wins Crash-Filled Detroit Grand Prix

One competitor who knows all about the event's challenges is Tamsin Jones, who finished 87th out of 88 riders in the motorbike category in 2010 to become only the second British woman to complete the race.

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