Mark Cavendish was presented with a generous bunch of bananas for winning Stage 1 of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey yesterday. Here are some more of sport’s less conventional prizes.
American skier Lindsey Vonn won a cow named Winnie for taking first place in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill in Val D'isere, France in December last year.
Steve Webster of England was presented with his weight in cheese after winning the 2005 Italian Open Golf at The Castello Di Tolcinasco Golf Club in Milan.
Belgian Kim Clijsters secured a giant teddy bear after defeating Venus Williams of the USA during the finals of the Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament at Stanford University in 2005.
Jimmie Johnson claims his Grandfather Clock trophy, following the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Subway 500 on October 22, 2006 at Martinsville Speedway in Virgina.
Italian Paolo Bettini celebrates with sword on the podium after winning the sixth stage of the Spanish tour in Toledo September 4, 2008.
Tom Boonen of team Omega Pharma-Quick Step hoists the winner’s beer keg after taking the first stage of the Baloise Belgium Tour cycling race from Lochristi to Buggenhout last May.
Germany's Fritz Dopfer celebrates with his runner’s up cow bell after the men's slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Adelboden last January.