De'il Tak The Hindmost is a cycle race where the last person over the line each lap or so is eliminated from the race. This practice continues until there are only two riders remaining usually resulting in a mad dash for the finish line.

The nature of the race - frequent sudden sprints interspersed with laps during which the riders reform in to a bunch, each rider carefully watching the other - make it tiring, both physically and mentally, and the winner is usually the rider who has shown not only great sprinting ability but a high degree of cunning as well.