Michael Rogers wins 2002 Tour Down Under on spectator's bike
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Michael Rogers was on course to win the 2002 Tour Down Under when his bike broke. No team car was nearby, so he took a nearby spectator's bike which was almost exactly the same as his own team bike.
Find out more about the incident with this flashback article:
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An article with more context about this race!
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That spectator was actually a time traveller and needed Michael to win to avoid the collapse of humanity.
Or maybe he needed michael to win to ensure a future collapse of society
@@atlaskinzel6560 my mind just got blown twice looking at this conversation 😂🔥
What are the chances of all of these coincidences honestly? Very slim to none.
One of the Legends of Tomorrow
He could have at least set the saddle height properly xD
The chances of your bike breaking down right infront of the one fan who happen to bring his $10,000 bike is just insane
Who has the same bike brand and correct size of clip on pedals.... How
@@joshvirnarula5835 maybe he's a very big fan and wanted to impersonate his riding.
Imagine it was an elaborate scheme to give him a mechanically cheating bike lol
Time Travel
Wwe
The story: cool.
Michael's gratitude towards his fan during the interview: cold.
Yeahhh...That kinda sucked :(
@@burtmcgurt3584 lol true I thought like wtf, can he be in any chance less enthusiastic and thankful?
He smiled heartily when the fan had his chance in the spotlight. And he thanked him when giving his bike back. But yes, the interview doesn't do justice to how AMAZING the coincidence was!
@@AnthonyCassidy50 ...and then you woke up.
@@yurisucupira If you're interested, the aforesaid hearty smile occurs at 3:10, and at 3:45, he also gives him a smile and a nod. ua-cam.com/video/02mCf0nyyEk/v-deo.html&ab_channel=ProCyclingUK
I'd have second thoughts about loaning my bike to a guy that had just body-slammed his.
"Here's my girl's bike...."
@@deadendfriends1975 Indeed, fair replacement --- top notch racebike with a flat that's just been slammed, for my daily one...
if he smashed my bike id request a team bike as replacement
He's Australian, no worries mate, I would do the same. What's he gunna do, continue riding on to Cashies?
And miss a opportunity for your personal bike to win a stage on the tour
Finally that spectator can justify to his wife why he spent 10,000 dollars on a bike.
Lmao
The worst part is that the dude told his wife it only cost $500. Now his wife is pissed off big time!
True ! 🤣😂🤣
well if he got it back he would have the option to easily sell it for triple that much
@@timhui950 NO NO the bike Costed 500 and 9500 on parts
The person who grabs his bike right after he threw it to make sure it didn't hit the car immediately starts trying to fix it. What a champ!
Warmed my heart 😊
Broke my surfboard during a competition, a random spectator ironing his clothes at the beach lent me his ironing board. I didn't win the competition, the board was shit.
Shucks
LOL!!
Did you wear the clothes? Nice starched clothes go far in surfing.
🤣👍
No, you are shit at surfing
Wife: “why the hell do you need a 10k bike”
Guy: “It’s for MICHAEL!!!”
😂😂😂
Lmfao!! As he packs it into the back of their sedan. 😂🤣
Lol I literally played the scenario in my head.
That why better late than never ✅
"How can I be there for Michael, if I'm here for Michael."
A mild thank you considering how vital the ''spare bike'' was , i'd be calling dude an absolute legend and getting the team to give him some merch gifts
Give the spectator a team bike!👍😄
"Merch gifts" lol..
Let him keep the team bike
@@spieler440 the team bike is total after Rogers slammed it to the ground!!😂
He got given free jersey and Knicks for a few years. I used to race with the bloke, couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.
Would have been classic if had a basket on the front!
:D Lol
He did have a seatbag though
A basket and clipless pedals. That would be a combo.
Or a bag on the horizontal frame. With an energy bar and an extra tire (non tubular ofc).
Hime hime hime
Hime
Hime hime
Now he knows it's true. His bike isn't slow, just him.
I have a fast bike, and I know it. It makes me tired everytimg I use it becuase it is much faster than me. :-)
😂😂😂👍
Shitty thing to say tbh.
😎👌
@@Nikaansill it's a joke, every cyclist knows this
Plot twist: Michael Roggers time travelled and gave bike to himself.
Explains why he got rid of himself that quickly during the interview
Was it a C40?
Lance Armstrong blows that away, he borrowed someone's plasma during a race.
Which race?
Every race 😂😂
They all did at that time .
I'm an idiot. I heard Plasma and thought the Scott Plasma TT bike. Haha
And don't forget the steroids
He better give that guy one of his pro bikes after that.
well he left one right there, slightly damaged
@@bedeckt it’s practically impossible to fix those bikes when they’re damaged
@@kilIstation why?
@@kilIstation ofc its possible. It was not even that damaged.
@@oliverxvi4373 depends on the material. Carbon fiber would be impossible
Legends say the owner is still waiting for Michael to return the bike
wouldn't be surprise with that attitude
Legends say the owner is still waiting for a proper "thank you".
The legend being investigated now by mythbuster.
probably kicked the crap out of it in spite.
😂
Rodgers' cleats matched the spectator's pedals, everyhting clicked for him that day
Literally... 👌🏻
Well, except for the saddle height
Surprised there are no conspiracy theorists on this thread.
@@YoanPratamaPutra might be the low saddle improve aerodynamics
Chapeau, Gilbert.
It seems to be that that spectator got forgotten about immediately after this interview. No thanks, no special treatment, just move along now you've had your moment kind of thing
yeah I was kind of disappointed. For such a crazy thing to happen and his reaction is like yeah well, it worked, thanks. Sounded like a pro athlete giving an interview after any old game
I heard that Michael Gave the spectator a handy after dinner I think. Look that up....
@Archie Bunker Be glad it wasn't an F1 Daniel Ricciardo ' Shoey ': you have to drink from a shoey .
@@Joshuawelds wait what.
Nevermind, my thoughts are evil...
@@Joshuawelds handshake or shaking something else? Lol
Inspired by this, I gave my golf club to an angry man who had just hit his ball into the water and broke his club in two. He broke my club as well.
you made me do that manual exhale thing
@@dark6.6E-34🤣
Got a real laugh, thanks.
@@glennbrymer4065 I am here to serve.
@@dark6.6E-34 you made me start to manually breathe
If I was the athlete . I would have made the whole interview about the guy who saved the day. I woulda said " hey get back here ... stand with me during this interview"
@@chrisbagidney152 haha, so he basically complains that the owner of the bike *he* is riding farted multiple times on his own saddle?
Some bike seats do kinda smell funny 🙄
@@chrisbagidney152 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂your comment made me laugh so hard😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@chrisbagidney152 😂😂😂 man !! You are awesome😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He literally won it for him, I would have gave him all my gear and bike with a couple meals for that win!!
That's not a spectator, that's a living Legend.
For once a spectator helped instead of hindering. 😂
He's a cycling fanatic like myself. That bike would have been running as well as the pro bikes. He's a tough cookie.
...time traveler is not spelled L.E.G.E.N.D.
How ungrateful. I would have hugged the spectator. What a cold treatment.
This was like 60 seconds of a tv interview well after the race. What's to say he hasn't already thanked him a ton??
A yes, in an extremely competitive race where winners are decided by fractions of a second.
@@psilo5623 we're talking about the interview not the race
@@rishistavray3622 yet for some reason some idiot always has to say something like No TiMe
yeah. back then things didnt look to wow when happened.
if this were to happen today it would have been all over the news
I once ripped my triathlon swim trunks just before the race and some spectator lent me his underwear.
Legend
And then push you for initial velocity
@@normalcat7296 lol
Same thing happened to me! I think it was a military one with a camo, it had like a brown mark on the back
Welcome
Plot twist: He was arrested at the finish line for theft
Sir can I have a word with you lol 😆.
Tlot pwist
No he wasn’t.
@@Alex10daysago yes, he was, idiot. I was there when they arrested him.
@@m_i_g_5108 you sound so stupid. Clearly you were not there. I was. And no arrests were made.
The best part of this is how efficient the spectators were at replacing the bike. It was just as good as, if not better, than pro teams handle the situation. The dude had the bike halfway out of the car before the bike throw!
Underrated noticer
Imagine Lewis Hamilton gets a puncture at Silverstone, slams the Mercedes to the wall, and a spectator brings his VW Golf to him just to finish the race to win his 8th World title
That would be incredible
Dumbass. Wayyy different
That was a $10K bike, not the equivalent of a golf.
he doesn't even have to, no one can beat him in terms of points rn, he can just lay back in the pits and still win
@@tomasorione5819 Is F1 even competitive? I stopped watching 10 years ago.
Honestly I’m surprised with heavy regulations on everything that he was allowed to use a bike out of the crowd.
I mean, it's 2002. No electric motors inside bikes or similar ways to cheat
Lance Armstrong used someone else's blood. Lol
@@MK-px3re Lol
@@MK-px3re I saw another comment and said he actually used his own blood
I know nothing about this sport. Was the assisted pushing start okay? If he did this trade very close to the finish line and someone pushing him gave him the momentum to keep someone else behind him that would have otherwise past him, would that be okay?
The feeling that guy felt to be at the right place at the right time to help someone competing, even more to win.
I'm smiling just looking
He didn’t seem very grateful
It's almost as if you need to be quick in a race
@@zgSH4DOW he's probably talking about the interview
I agree he seems like a d-bag.
"I'll see what I can do...😒."
He should have split the prize
Same thing I thought, I really hope he gave the dude at LEAST 10k for the help
I just found this video and think it's the story of the year. Absolutely insane that he by chance not only got another bike when he needed it, but also that he made it work.
you would need to time travel to 2002 for this to be story of the year
@@DmitriiIzg 😅
It is the exact same bike, by chance, it was a replica. Same bike same size everything!
A great deal of roadside spectators on bike races are cyclists themselves, and there are plenty of bikes on the side of the road all the time. But of course he was lucky that there was a proper road bike nearby, and it's owner was willing to part with it.
Nope this was staged. Just so happens a bike was available where his broke, same brand, same setup. PR stunt
I don’t thing anyone understands just how incredible and unprecedented this actually is. I mean if this had happened today in something like the Tour De France or any grand tour or classic, it would just be absolutely insane!!! And the fan, well he deserves the win almost as much as the winner themselves. The fact that the second place guy crashes... into a motorcycle with 6 mins up on the yellow jersey only to crash and then get a bike to go onto win is mind blowing.
I want to know if it was legal to get on a bike from a stranger and not from within the race. Thx in advance
@@razvansfiraiala8147 It is FORBID but still legal.
@@razvansfiraiala8147 it's just a supposition but im guessing they checked the bike after the race and it was legit. I don't there's a rule about where you get your bike if its within the limitations instilled.
@@scottjolteon9033 ...what they didn't check was the bike he threw... because it is speculated it was a motorized one, so he faked it breaking down and then he got a real bike that cost 10k to finish. The other bike if ever retrieved must have been replaced by an identical without a motor.
They make it super hard to believe it is true by the absolute coldness they have at the interview together. The other guy was quick to leave the frame.
@alexthor804 I could see this being pulled off.. guess we will never really know then
Cool story nevertheless
What a generous and humble spectator. No hesitation to lend the bike and humbly steps out of the spotlight when his part in the interview was over.
Yep. Those aussies
Hope he signed it!
He did with his crotch sweat
@@LeaLikesIcecream lucky bastard got crotch sweat for free
Actually he stole the bike
@@wowftw120 criminal crotch sweat !
Rogers could have shown more gratitude towards the fan who without a thought gave up his bike.
He may have done all the gratitude prior to on air...... but agreed what's on air just makes it sound like, oh right yeah!
3:48 "hey get out of the shot.. you're not important anymore "
Lol
Pity that guy...
I know right, he was atleast 50% of the win
the most humble man alive
Yeah, that was very impolite of TV crew.
Here at 22k views. I bet this is gonna get picked up by the algorithm and get hundreds of thousands in not too long.
Here at 58k views. I bet this is gonna get picked up by the algorithm and get hundreds of thousands in not too long.
@@nanor8921 looks like l was right then. The view count nearly tripled in less than a day
70k buddy
83K
85k
I can’t believe that’s how things looked in 2002. Seems like a few months ago.
Don't worry, I feel it too. Getting older sucks 🤣
Nah the quality was just shit in 2002
It’s this quality because it was recorded on VHS. Tv looked a lot better live
You're thinking 2020.
Basically the same just no smartphones.
Bike: Finally! Someone that actually knows how to ride me.
That's what she said
@@Notinserviceij he was over the moon about his fast finish
@@rotyler2177 omg
Lol
😆😆😆
This warm my heart. So you know compassion is part of humanity.
Felt like Rogers didn't want the spectator taking his thunder. Even pushing his bike off camera AWKWARDLY. if it wasn't for that fine fellow you would be there you plum
WTF are you talking about ?
@@peterking7165 I know right? It's not just this dude, everyone is talking about how the rider didn't want the spectator stealing his thunder but the interview was nothing like that at all
He just held it to prevent it from falling to the ground
@@DirtySteve426 exactly, the Rogers dude quite literally said he wouldn’t be standing here without Michael, also “I was lucky that Adam was there”
Ngl he was kinda ungratefull in that interview
If I had been the cyclist I would've been like "thank you so so much you saved my race, I'll invite you to my wedding"
The dude was like: "thx, so anyways..."
Yep. An asshole
Because all cyclists are totally fine doing live broadcasts on national TV, he wasn't nervous at all! smh...
@@theoeguia3302 yeah what the fuck. what an idiot
@@theoeguia3302 you misspelled cyclist
I hate your profile pic
THAT IS FKN AWESOME. What are the odds it happens right where a compassionate person happens to be watching the race, and of all bikes, with a bike similar to his. Thats media gold right there.
I'm not a fan of the sport, I stumbled upon this randomly but this one of the best things you'll see in any sport. That spectator is a legend 😎
My pistol broke in a shooting competition and a spectator lent me his japanese nambu, i hit 4 targets dead center without even touching the trigger
Using the old 'exposed sear' trick, eh?
Were you perhaps in China?
Im surprised the bayonet didnt affect your aim
Makes you wonder the story behind the weapon nambu was a officers pistol during WWII
I can relate to this , nothing was working for me in life and I gave up , and just when I gave up ,someone gave me a chance. Someone gave me a push which has changed my life forever. Never stop doing good to others , a little act of kindness can go a long way to change a life .
Hearing Phil Liggett's call in the first segment reminded me just how much I miss hearing Paul Sherwen alongside him today. I would find myself tuning into races on the tele not only to hear Phils exhilarating calls, but to also hear the almost professor like history lessons of the course and surrounding areas from Paul. There will never be a better cycling broadcasting duo than those two.
01:53 Men at Work blaring is the best part of this time travel video.
Hahahahaha hell yeah
They are invoking the bike's inner Aussie
Seeing people help other people like this is so amazing and beautiful wish more people were like this.
When a mate needs help, a mate comes mate.
-Mate
Idiot
And they mate together to make a mate
Thanks mate.
@@exlenisupporter457 haa gayyyyy
A mate was missing
I make to much effort to find the video of this story but with no result. And suddenly today UA-cam recomend me this, thank you UA-cam
UA-cam never fails, always reliable lol
He didn't even seemed grateful for the help.
Do you think that’s all the conversation they had? 😂
He specifically said that without Michael he wouldn’t be standing here (on stage because he placed) and was lucky that he was there. He thanked him a fair bit
Does anyone what Michael did for this great person afterwards to say thanks?
Can be sure Michael bought him a few schooners after that
I have literally only seen a 1 minute video about cyclism but UA-cam thought that it must have been my favourite kind of video and recommended me this
In an F1 race :
The driver : "ah shit it broke down"
Some random bystander: here have this one
F1 Driver Loses 2021 Monaco Grand Prix In Spectator’s Civic
F1 races is basically useless... u cant see the cars racing if u are on the venue...
@@neilsumanda1538 where have you been mate? i went to the mexican gp in 2019 and shit was lit!
@@neilsumanda1538 the most idiotic comment i've ever seen
Dafaq? Here bystander pulled out his 1k dollar 93' celica
This is why I always bring a horse to a show jumping event
That's funny
Guess everyone's from the Link from the other video that was Recommended by UA-cam.
/wave
Yes it is.
Hiya,
Yup, from this one: ua-cam.com/video/GSR5bqYcmTY/v-deo.html
Yep
Right here
That man was waiting whole life for that moment.
"it's show time" - Him, probably
So glad we got to meet that fan what a story he can tell for years to come.
Cycling is all about stories .. this was a great one.
This has to be one of the luckiest moments in all of sports
That guy waited his whole life for that moment!
10k Bike.. I would have look on and said tough break mate. lol
Hold on to the riders bike til you get yours back. All good.
Not like he didn't know who had it.
Left his 20k bike behind tho
@@letsgocamping88 that thing is worthless lol
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial Lol no it's not, those team bikes are top of the line
Bohemian rhapsody is playing in the background during press conference.
ok?
Got to be one of the greatest comeback stories in history...
I would have been thankful to that spectator for letting me borrow his bike no matter what type it is. Especially if i could keep up with the flow of the race with it. But it look like he didn't show a lot of gratitude to him. That suck.
I got a Mtn bike i ride daily, i clutch acceleration and speed with it doing 35-50km/h at my best on flat and i also have a race bike doing usually 45-60km/h on flat. I like both but, Montreal require Mtn bike because of all the pothholes in the winter.
omg what are the odds.. Live spectators would have been lucky to see such a spectacular match
How good is Phill Liggett, worked out was happening straight away, the make of bike the low seat, he's the GOAT!
You and I were brought together by the almighty algorithm.
🦋🙏🏾🦋🦋🦋
That guy who loaned the bike is a legend. He deserves a brand new bike and a check for $$$$
And instead he got the cold shoulder on national TV
4 dollars
C40?
He was very grateful in the interview. Expressed how lucky he was. What the heck yall talking about?
I bet all that guy's friends were like "why even bring the bike you're not gonna ride it"
What a jerk throwing a fit like a child almost hitting the lady
Shut up
I watch the interview whenever I need a nap.
"Hey! Michael! I've got this one here, go on, have it, there you go."
"Give us a push!"
Pretty sure that's all the words that were exchanged.
I was racing in the Goodwood festival of speed in my E-type when I lost traction and slammed it into the wall. A spectators loaned me their ‘07 Camry to finish the race, for some reason I was disqualified and deported from the UK.
There are so many people riding insanely expensive bikes nowadays who don't actually need them whatsoever. I saw some old guy riding a full carbon fibre, full suspension Ibis the other day and he was wobbling along at about 4kms per hour!
yeah man - the lighter they are, the easier they crumple up in bull bars. or something.
@@moaningpheromones He was wearing full lycra as though he was preparing for the tour-de-france! 🤣
I honestly can't imagine being so incredibly athletic for so long but also slightly slower than whoever won.
One of the reasons i think there are incredible people who were capable of accomplishing incredible feats but let that type of mindset prevent them from even trying...
From nowhere youtube has recommended me this...
Probably the best documented encounter with a time traveler
0:09 - 0:16
When you need a push from a Jedi Starfighter pilot. 🙃
2002 : nope....
2010: nope......
2020 march : nope
2020 november : UA-cam algorithm woke up.....
Great.........bit late...
Well they've canceled and banned almost everything else.
Y'know, this was uploaded 10 months away...
@@andreasmischke4332 😂
Me too
@@andreasmischke4332 obviously we all know that. But... you didnt got the "meme" context of the coment tho
That spectator made history lmao. Good save. Get him a joint or beer! or a pill... whatever he likes.
When life throws a bike at you,win a race out of it !
The last time life threw a bike at me is the last I texted while driving. I wonder what that dog thought when life threw a kid at him?
I was racing f1 when my car broke down, luckily a spectator loaned me his Honda Civic
that bike was way more expensive than a hobda civic
@@seebaastian Don't berate him, he's clearly on the original bandwagon...
F1 is useless race..waste of fossile fuel, etc. ..
@@neilsumanda1538 so is your life
And you still drive it to this day?
Hatts offf to the borrower and the greatest efffort of Roger .
Sometimes helping hand can change the life of other ...so keep sharing,keep helping .Cheers!!
Next day on ebay:
Original Michael Roger's bike for $$$
What an amazing story I love it that was fantastic
I hope Rogers gave the guy a huge thank you!
Nice to give your bike to someone who throws the bikes when he is not happy..
That bike was free. So...
Dude rode 400k's in 4 days almost makes it to the end before being taken out by a stupid camera guy on a moto, then he realises he's fkd! And you want to have a go at his attitude? Say more about you than it does him...
I wish it was a goofy spongebob lookin ass amateur bike with stickers allover
I covered all my bike's logos with reflective tape so people would stop stealing it. Still goes fast tho.
If it's that, he would've been disqualified
Just an amazing story. The fact that a fan gave him a bike to use was virtually unheard of. Wow.
WOW talk about right place right time. Once in a lifetime opportunity if that for the spectator Adam. (and maybe Michael I guess too)
You may think I’m lying but this is my uncle
Uff🔥🔥
That's bad ass!
What happened to the bike ?
@@stradri6457 they both got their own bikes back good as new
It would have been cooler if your uncle was the roadside fan rather than Rogers.
That must have been such a good feeling to watch him sprint and win on a bike YOU gave him.
"You can win an etappe on a 1000 dollar bike" - some tour de france rider.
You do realise this was a top of the line Colnago he got from the spectator?
@@MrBJPitt No i didn't realise that. haha. but i heared once you can win the tour on a 1000 dollar bike, some tour de france rider said it, don't know who.
@@jackcarpenters3759 Im pretty sure it was supposed on gcn show. But you would have to be like +20% better than your opponents which is like impossible if you are not on stuff... and even then
I heard that this was the exact same bike, the siza everything exept the height of the saddle, which the was sorted out
@@embuscadochifreinexplicaca5960 20% is a huge overestimation. The top of the line UCI legal bikes have maybe 5% advantage over an entry level race bike (like an aluminum Trek Emonda) in a time trial (watch GCN's eBay challenge, their upgraded cheap bike is 3% slower than their top of the line orbea). In stage races it'll be even less. Granted even a 1% advantage is still a lot for pro racers sincr GTs are usually won by a margin less than 0.1%, the difference the bike makes is not nearly as high as manufacturers would like you to believe.
For my 40k commutes, how fast I can go is always decided by traffic lights, not whether I rode my 6kg race bike or 10kg gravel bike.
Plot twist: They actually planned that and what they gave him was an electric bike. 😂😂😂
Please don't take this seriously. 😂😂😂
If you think about it, its very smart
@@haoweili8583 it surely is.
But 2002? It would be hard to hide a motor in those bikes
@@404_aint_found6 i was just joking. They would obviously check the bike right after the race even if they could hide a motor.
@@404_aint_found6 mechanical doping was introduced a lot of years ago
Unbelievable! It was meant for him to win. That guy was the same height and size and same bike. Astounding he would be right there at the exact spot he broke down. WoW!
Might’ve been a little friendlier saying cheers mate...
He did
He says thank you very quietly... Listen again
Let's stick you in front of a camera to a national audience and see how you fare? smh
@@maxnaz47 wouldn’t be my first time on tv, national or otherwise... but I sure as heck can’t ride a bike, not even my own!!!
I'd give that spectator 20% of my winnings
Better video than the other one I just saw where his bike broke and nobody would stop and he just cried. Kinda broke my heart a bit.