But John Duffy set Widnes on their way to victory when he crossed from dummy-half.
He crossed the finish line 1.239 seconds - about 10 car-lengths - ahead of Tracy.
He heard the first explosion and saw the smoke just as he crossed the 26-mile mark.
That finish line had changed Rodgers's life when he crossed it first in 1975.
He crossed the finish line of the 24, 000-mile race in Les Sables d'Olonne on 30 January.
He crossed the security cordon placed around his house and attempted to walk to the Supreme Court.
As he crossed the cliffs, he turned off his engine at 65ft and crashed to the ground.
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When he crossed the line after 9.63 seconds he was a good meter ahead of the field.
But the video referee rightly ruled that he had spilled the ball as he crossed the line.
Monaghan then got in on the act when he crossed without a Bulls defender laying a hand on him.
He crossed the field, thundered down the sideline, out of the grasp, across the goal line, into the tunnel.
He was only 25 when he crossed the Atlantic, dispatched by the French government to study America's penal system.
Carefully, he crossed the empty fold and picked his way through the pasture.
Reports suggest he crossed into Turkey from Iran and was arrested by the authorities in the Turkish capital Ankara.
Aleki Lutui made sure of the bonus point early in the second half when he crossed for Worcester's fourth try.
Coyle claimed Baggies striker Peter Odemwingie should have been flagged offside before he crossed for James Morrison to level the match.
He was later to become the company's auditor, but only really found his vocation when he crossed to the operating side.
David was seen on CCTV at 02:19 as he crossed Henderson Street.
Contepomi missed with a penalty attempt but then tackled Johne Murphy as he crossed the line, doing just enough to push the centre into touch.
"I'm not invincible, " he told BBC Sport after his 100 meter stroll, easing down as he crossed the line in his trademark style.
He crossed the footbridge over the railway to the Newlands Park exit and was later found collapsed in the street at Bailey Place.
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The Wildcats went behind early when Jordan Turner scored a try, but ex-Hull man Paul Cooke equalised when he crossed six minutes later.
After he crossed the plate and exchanged high-fives with teammates, he waved to his mother, Estela Milanes, who was sitting behind the third-base dugout.
And as a brilliant linguist, fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian and obviously his native Portuguese, he crossed all barriers with United's cosmopolitan set-up.
Bryant elicited an even bigger crowd response in the third when he crossed over Wallace, who went stumbling, before nailing an open jump shot.
With his stub of a pencil, kept specially for the purpose, he crossed off the items she took from the bags they were in.
He crossed over, he made people interested in him because of his good looks and because of his talent, and he's going to be missed.
After Clay hit the 10th hurdle, he crossed into another lane and slowed to a walk across the finish line in a pedestrian 16.81 seconds.
Derrick Young then found David Rowson down the right and he crossed for Arild Stavrum who could only head straight at Saints keeper Stephen Robertson.
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