There's a race on the velodrome called devil take the hindmost. Last over the line every lap is eliminated. At most track meetings there used to be eliminations until there was 3 left and they sprinted it out. There was only money for the first 3. So getting 4th means going the whole distance and coming away with nothing. Kind of summarises my racing career, pretty good but missing out at the top level ( eg I was 4th twice in senior British track championships but never got an individual medal and a few 2nd places in Masters but never got a champions jersey). It's not all doom and gloom though, still love all forms go cycling and plugging away at racing since my first 10 mile TT in 1986.
4th in the devil