The numbers for this race were mind boggling: 257.2km/ 154.7mi with 55km/ 33mi of cobblestones. Van Baarle's winning time of 5hr 37min translates to an average speed of 45.8km/hr or 27.5mi/hr. Those are time trialing speeds! More remarkable is that after Yves Lampaert had that nasty incident with the spectator, he got up and finished the race in 10th place only 2'59" off the winning time. That's hardcore.
Amazing performance of Intermarché. Who would have thought that before the season? They already won big races and also are in the front in Roubaix. 6 guys in the first 23. Also big points for the relegation battle.
I think most spectators dont have the slightest idea that these riders are fast and actually riding at speed fast enough to break bones when they crash
They need to make it a serious crime for a spectator to cause an accident. These viewers need to have severe consequences for interrupting races and risking riders, it’s begun to happen too often.
That might be true but it doesn’t matter. Regardless of their intentions a spectator having a direct result on the race is inexcusable. Happens far too often.
Unless he did not have COVID at all, and was only sandbagging like Christoph Roodhooft said. Wout said he was very happy with his second place, but he did not look happy at all. Maybe he was expecting more? But how can you expect more, when you have been sick and not been able to test yourself in a race.... UNLESS you haven't been sick at all. Hmmmm???
Thank you so much for these highlight race videos. Back in the day when most of the big one day pro races were on regular cable tv here in the US, I would watch hours of them. But now they're on pay channels, and even if they were still on regular cable, I don't have the patience anymore, so these highlights are much appreciated. When I saw van Aert up toward the front, I thought he was going to take it. Well I was off by one place, and I wasn't counting on the great solo effort at the end by Baarle for thw win. MVDP didn't have as good a ride as I was expecting either, if you can call top 10 a disappointment.
Or tell the riders to ride on the cobbles and not the footpath.....how many times in the last week have we seen riders cutting corners and riding behind spectators..
@@110markb Spectators are not standing with a wall behind their back, they can take a step back when the bikes are coming, the view will be the same if not better.
Flat tires, loose tires, wheels breaking, saddles falling of the bikes, bicycles breaking in half, riders being thrown off their bikes by spectators, cobbles coming off the ground, pebbles flying around, riders hopping around on their bikes, riders running instead of cycling, riders missing curves, riders getting stuck, riders taking each other down, mass crashes, jammed roads, pure chaos... that really was a day huh 😅😂 Did I miss something?
Yes, you did miss a few things. Tubeless tires going flat, thru-bolt wheel changes taking for ever, DI systems jamming and requiring a bike change. Races are being spoiled by these "improved" technologies.
mohoric had incredible form today really impressive........chapeau dvb he went to ineos to use his engine in GT's mostly when they were the GT team of note and in just a few years of not having the same success and arrivals of young one day or allrounders like pidcock, turner, sheffield, to go with old vets like kwiato , rowe and DVB what a way it came full circle Im sure he didn't think he'd go to ineos to win Roubaix and podium another flanders so all the more impressive. I joked couple years ago that Pidcock and Remco should trade and be great fit instead ineos has turned themselves into a one day well oiled machine and by doing it with options and numbers like quick step used to. Just ironic a bit. Huge congrats Kwiato, DVB, Kristoff nice to see some experience at sharp end :) d id feel bad for mohoric that was awfully long wheel change and an effort likely worthy of podium but thats cycling and hes already won a monument himself. Chaotic race never seen such a final 30k's with mechanicals everywhere and unfortunate for yves to he went down hard after catching that spectator. Lived up to Hell of the North this year. Chapeau again dvb
Thanks for the video. For me would be even better to see a bit more of the decisive moments. So Van Baarle jumping away to the front group, closing the gap and making the move in the front group. What a race, keep up the good work!
I think today WVA made a mistake showing at every corner that he was feeling really strong, specially since we didn't know really much what to expect of him. Van Baarle saw that the move of Lampaert etc was the good one just on time and somehow caught the very last train. WVA wouldn't follow and the race was over for them as everyone obviously would wait for him to chase
And then, if you win, you're required to lift that huge cobble over your head! (If it hadn't been for that, I'm sure Dan Lloyd would have won a Paris-Roubaix or two....)
This is simply an AWESOME race every single year! Last year especially being one of the best I've seen. (PS: Was really surprised how Van der Poel was dropped- Had him as my winner)
“I got a rock!” van Baarle. “I got a rock,” a disappointed Charlie Brown on Halloween night. If only Charlie Brown had been an elite road racer in the European peloton chasing victory at Paris-Roubaix.
There shouldn't be any spectators allowed in the inside of corners. First of all, riders always cut of the corner as it is the most efficient way, and secondly the spectators can't see the riders coming since the guys next to them blocks the view. This accident could have easily been avoided.
Amazing 👏👏Unfortunately we can not see such a good race and organization in president bike tour in turkey. We also have historical places especially in İzmir,aydın cities. I think tour routes can be chosen more better. I am very upset for my country. Congratulations for the france, giro,la vuelta and the others
Loved the race. But these are bad highlights, missing key moments: How Van Baarle sneaked away twice! And little of no images of the teamgames of Ineos. (Turner prepared for attack of v Baarle brilliantly).
And it keeps happening. Race after race, year after year. Yet every time it seems the sport shrug’s it off as “oh that’s just unfortunately pro racing”. Ridiculous
Delighted for the winner despite the team he rides for and for Kung too even though it was 3rd!! But what about WVA ride post "Covid-19" 😂 Dan will have PLENTY to analyse tomorrow 😜
Those spectator moments are getting out of hand. They should be accounted for 5% of their last years total income every time they f- up with any sport.
@@troycollett8540 I was watching the h/lights for the first time on eurosport just now. Last night I briefly saw a youtube vid title that thankfully didn't post the winner.
Appreciate the highlights, but these videos need to be extended if they are to serve any purpose. The clips shown are so brief it's impossible to follow what was happening. You need to show just a few more minutes of the key points in the race and the last minute or so at the end - otherwise its a bit of a pointless exercise!
Agreed, but also the lack of story telling. How did that bit of mid race gymnastics get reduced to "... After a colision with a spectator" and the climatic winning finish on the velodrome had just the right inflection to it as if to say the finish was a disappointment
Agree, we don’t all have the time to watch a 5 hour race but half an hour + highlights would be great, seeing breakaways start and fall apart etc just isn’t possible in 6 minutes.
They have long highlights in the app, but only if they have the rights to show them in your country. 5min is probably all they have rights to show on UA-cam.
Need to make the spectators stand futher back or behind rails. Accidents happen far too often and its the riders who bear the damage. Like that stupid woman at last years TDF who took out half the peleton
That's silly on merit alone given 100 plus miles of spectator railing. Sure. 🙄 How about race on the cobbles instead of the easement and gutters? The race is behaving the same as it has since 1896. The equipment can't handle the jarring and punctures. That has ZERO to do with spectators. They have been running out and pushing cyclist along (and over) since 1896 as well. It's a part of the race, PERIOD.
#GCNTech any chance of a data dive into how many punctures, the causes, the split of tyre type (Tubes/Tubeless) involved (in 'Mechanicals" and/or overall), and if possible an overview of if it's riders gambling on pressures or just the terrain being a jerk? [my guess is the latter]
No chance of GCN showing you that most of the "punctures" were with tubeless tires, which just deflated, or how much longer thru-bolt wheels took to change, or how many riders had to change bikes because their DI systems stuck. After all, GCN promotes all that profitable stuff.
For a good, passionate and knowledgeable vídeo come over to Lanterne Rouge or Chris Horner. I like GCN but this commentary feels like someone stitched 257 km into 5 minutes. Needs more cohesion.
....Or he could race ON the cobbles, like they've done since 1896, instead of the gutters and shoulders that have been added in recent years for people to walk on as easement from cars.
@@sknkwrksowner That is part of the road that a rider has the right to use during a race and fans are not supposed to obstruct it. That is why during a race, roads are cleared and closed and no walking on them or crossing should be done when riders are approaching. Furthermore, the fan extended his hand intentionally and Yves swerved to avoid it and crashed. Lastly, race commissaires usually warn fans against such behaviour beforehand so the fans knew and were aware
I don't believe it was intentional, just an over enthusiastic fan leaning forward clapping and sadly misjudging his position and the speed of the approaching rider.
@@sknkwrksowner I'm sorry to say, but you're really in the wrong here. The inside of that corner doesn't have the yellow obstacles blocking the riders since it would be dangerous to have them there. For the same reason, there shouldn't be any spectators allowed in the inside of corners. First of all, riders always cut of the corner as it is the most efficient way, and secondly the spectators can't see the riders coming since the guys next to them blocks the view. This is the first mistake, and you could say that's on the race organisers and not on the spectator. But to add to that, the idiot had both of his arms sticking out over the road, that's just plain stupid. Don't stick out any limbs or items in front of the race track. Seems like common sense to me.
This time l would trully love to be there with you guys and ask riders, what is the use of this cheap cruelty on cycling lovers? Why can there not be fixed that hell road? Why nobody wants to defend the riders health? I am very much afraid the back bones might be exposed to extreme efforts and in the end for only 30 km of pavé hell road, l hate this race guys, this is pure cruelty, this is.. torture on poor young boys, this is not sport but massacre game, somebody fix that shameful road Ok?
UCI is very strict wt rules for bikes & riders ...weight limit, no spertuck in the name of safety. But by watching this, UCI need to be superstrict towards spectators FOR THE NAME OF SAFETY INSTEAD!! Those crashes can easily destroyed the rider future in this sport....UCI BE MORE PROFESSIONAL PLS!
A fantastic day perhaps, but yet another race affected, spoiled even, by inappropriate equipment. The push to use tubeless tires seems to have resulted in a record numbers of "punctures", more likely simple deflations, in both the mens' and womens' races, despite them both being dry races, where punctures are normally much less common. Why on earth do any teams use thru bolt hubs? They might offer some slight increase in rigidity or even shed a gram or two of weight compared with conventional quick-release skewers, but they slow down wheel changes to the point where a lot of the time, it's quicker to just change bikes. Then there's electronic shifting, which seems to result in many riders having to change bikes. I'm sick of seeing race results affected by riders being stuck in a high gear. All of these "innovations" are simply being pushed by the manufacturers, and it's spoiling the racing.
I love the coverage, the highlight but I cannot stand the pronunciation of this commentator. I am fine with him trying to pronounce some names (places and cyclists) using the non-English way but he is trying too hard. The accent is too thick it sounds so bad and makes the commentary very awkward to the ears. Please try not be pronounce names with such a thick accent. Just pronounce it softly.
I was surprised you were the first to comment on this crime against humanity oh so horrible affront to English ears. Normally it is like the third comment.
Sad incident with the spectator, but if the riders actually had to ride the cobbles instead of the edges, much of that wouldn't happen. I am not forgiving the spectator - that was stupidity - but still......
@@frodo5882 You're really trying to make out that the paved surface is not to be ridden on...if they want cobbles only, the organisers need to make it so. Until then, some spectators are absolute morons and should see about never viewing a bike race again
The numbers for this race were mind boggling: 257.2km/ 154.7mi with 55km/ 33mi of cobblestones. Van Baarle's winning time of 5hr 37min translates to an average speed of 45.8km/hr or 27.5mi/hr. Those are time trialing speeds! More remarkable is that after Yves Lampaert had that nasty incident with the spectator, he got up and finished the race in 10th place only 2'59" off the winning time. That's hardcore.
45.8 km/hr = ~28.5 mi/hr (Give 'em their due - that's a hard 1 mi/hr to add on...)
Awe inspiring for us mere mortals!
I can only imagine the sufferings of those gentlemen.👏👏👏🤘
Fasted time in its history
It was bone dry, Ineos put it down as a team and they’re all juiced. Go figure
stupid fan ruining an athlete's chance
Amazing performance of Intermarché. Who would have thought that before the season? They already won big races and also are in the front in Roubaix. 6 guys in the first 23. Also big points for the relegation battle.
I think they scored more UCI points than any other team today. 7 riders scoring.
They looked primed for a good season after their performance in La Vuelta
Some spectators are putting these riders future at risk.
Time to put jackass spectators' heads as pikes along the course...a warning for anyone stupid/thoughtless enough to impede the riders in any way.
Cycle supporters - a small percentage of them at least seem to have no respect for the safety of the riders so little space is given
I think most spectators dont have the slightest idea that these riders are fast and actually riding at speed fast enough to break bones when they crash
They need to make it a serious crime for a spectator to cause an accident. These viewers need to have severe consequences for interrupting races and risking riders, it’s begun to happen too often.
That might be true but it doesn’t matter. Regardless of their intentions a spectator having a direct result on the race is inexcusable. Happens far too often.
I tuned in for the start of the race. When I looked at the clock 30 minutes later, 5 hours had somehow elapsed.
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened
So much to unpack on this race, but WVA getting second after having Covid a few weeks ago is nothing short of amazing.
Unless he did not have COVID at all, and was only sandbagging like Christoph Roodhooft said. Wout said he was very happy with his second place, but he did not look happy at all. Maybe he was expecting more? But how can you expect more, when you have been sick and not been able to test yourself in a race.... UNLESS you haven't been sick at all. Hmmmm???
Not really amazing. For a relatively fit person, it is nothing more than a mild cold
@@buttsniffa7469 Not for Peter Sagan
@@ed-nd3lw maybe you're just weak and not as high performance as you like to give yourself credit for?
Thank you so much for these highlight race videos. Back in the day when most of the big one day pro races were on regular cable tv here in the US, I would watch hours of them. But now they're on pay channels, and even if they were still on regular cable, I don't have the patience anymore, so these highlights are much appreciated. When I saw van Aert up toward the front, I thought he was going to take it. Well I was off by one place, and I wasn't counting on the great solo effort at the end by Baarle for thw win. MVDP didn't have as good a ride as I was expecting either, if you can call top 10 a disappointment.
They do need to do something about dangerous spectator action .
Or tell the riders to ride on the cobbles and not the footpath.....how many times in the last week have we seen riders cutting corners and riding behind spectators..
I will gladly volunteer to do the "something" -- without mercy.
@@110markb Spectators are not standing with a wall behind their back, they can take a step back when the bikes are coming, the view will be the same if not better.
@@110markb Neither of which were the cause of this accident...
Looked like the old guy was standing on the side of the road clapping.
Flat tires, loose tires, wheels breaking, saddles falling of the bikes, bicycles breaking in half, riders being thrown off their bikes by spectators, cobbles coming off the ground, pebbles flying around, riders hopping around on their bikes, riders running instead of cycling, riders missing curves, riders getting stuck, riders taking each other down, mass crashes, jammed roads, pure chaos... that really was a day huh 😅😂
Did I miss something?
Basically an average 1970s road race lmao
Yeah you just missed the bike race
Today was Easter Sunday they were chasing a rabbit ;)
@@Fred_the_1996 Nope, the steel frames didn't crack.
Yes, you did miss a few things. Tubeless tires going flat, thru-bolt wheel changes taking for ever, DI systems jamming and requiring a bike change. Races are being spoiled by these "improved" technologies.
mohoric had incredible form today really impressive........chapeau dvb he went to ineos to use his engine in GT's mostly when they were the GT team of note and in just a few years of not having the same success and arrivals of young one day or allrounders like pidcock, turner, sheffield, to go with old vets like kwiato , rowe and DVB what a way it came full circle Im sure he didn't think he'd go to ineos to win Roubaix and podium another flanders so all the more impressive. I joked couple years ago that Pidcock and Remco should trade and be great fit instead ineos has turned themselves into a one day well oiled machine and by doing it with options and numbers like quick step used to. Just ironic a bit. Huge congrats Kwiato, DVB, Kristoff nice to see some experience at sharp end :) d id feel bad for mohoric that was awfully long wheel change and an effort likely worthy of podium but thats cycling and hes already won a monument himself. Chaotic race never seen such a final 30k's with mechanicals everywhere and unfortunate for yves to he went down hard after catching that spectator. Lived up to Hell of the North this year. Chapeau again dvb
Mahoric - these forgotten Slovenian. He has had a sneaky good season so far.
@4:30 heartbreaking
This year's race is truely epic (yes chaotic means epic).
With a little rain it would have been even more chaotic... epic... I meant epic
Thanks for the video. For me would be even better to see a bit more of the decisive moments. So Van Baarle jumping away to the front group, closing the gap and making the move in the front group. What a race, keep up the good work!
My favorite race of the year. Was hoping for a sprint finish. Cheers.
I think today WVA made a mistake showing at every corner that he was feeling really strong, specially since we didn't know really much what to expect of him. Van Baarle saw that the move of Lampaert etc was the good one just on time and somehow caught the very last train. WVA wouldn't follow and the race was over for them as everyone obviously would wait for him to chase
And then, if you win, you're required to lift that huge cobble over your head! (If it hadn't been for that, I'm sure Dan Lloyd would have won a Paris-Roubaix or two....)
250km... i think i can do it in 5 days...
In 5 hours I ride 75km. :) So I would need 3 days and a lot of eating rice :)
That was one for the books! Epic
@4:27 It was Opi this time ☹️
Thankfully he left Oumi at home 😉
Great Win, Dylan van Baarle~!!!
Today's Wiggins quote: _"You go from this smooth tarmac to these...little baby heads"_
'Kinderkopkes' in dutch literally means baby heads 😂
This is simply an AWESOME race every single year! Last year especially being one of the best I've seen. (PS: Was really surprised how Van der Poel was dropped- Had him as my winner)
4:28 damn... that probably hurt
To the World it's One Sunday in Hell.
To the winner of Paris Roubaix its a day in heaven
Some spectators don’t learn :/
And Ineos again. Good season so far for the team!
THANKS a lot
“I got a rock!” van Baarle. “I got a rock,” a disappointed Charlie Brown on Halloween night. If only Charlie Brown had been an elite road racer in the European peloton chasing victory at Paris-Roubaix.
Go van Baarle! He has quietly made a bit of a name for himself. He won Dwars door Vlaanderen last year and won Paris-Roubaix this year.
Well done!
This is indeed truly the hell of the north!
I am curious if stats will reveal any connection between the number of flats and types of tires used...?
interesting question
Idk what happened with van der poel, maybe he reacted too late, dylan already was around 50sec ahead of vdp with 20km from finish
He didn't have the legs to follow he said in an interview.
@@Tibovl well it happens
@@saintupid7034 Jup, and this Paris Roubaix was absolutely brutal. 45.8 kph average is unfathomable.
@@Tibovl i guess we can say this is really dylans win and not vdp underperformed
i'm so happy for küng
When will spectators learn to stand back. Yves’s off looked bad. Luckily he got back on the bike.
There shouldn't be any spectators allowed in the inside of corners. First of all, riders always cut of the corner as it is the most efficient way, and secondly the spectators can't see the riders coming since the guys next to them blocks the view. This accident could have easily been avoided.
the big guns roll the dice
Amazing 👏👏Unfortunately we can not see such a good race and organization in president bike tour in turkey. We also have historical places especially in İzmir,aydın cities. I think tour routes can be chosen more better. I am very upset for my country. Congratulations for the france, giro,la vuelta and the others
São de outro mundo. É show!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪
4:31 foxy lady with purple shirt and black cycling cap
in Slovak language 'barle' means crutches 😀
tak toto mi nenapadlo :)
INEOS. On fire.
The spectator grabbed Yves Lampaert's as he went past which caused that crash!
Loved the race. But these are bad highlights, missing key moments: How Van Baarle sneaked away twice! And little of no images of the teamgames of Ineos. (Turner prepared for attack of v Baarle brilliantly).
Name one other sport where spectators can get away with that shit.
And it keeps happening. Race after race, year after year. Yet every time it seems the sport shrug’s it off as “oh that’s just unfortunately pro racing”. Ridiculous
At least I stayed away!
Delighted for the winner despite the team he rides for and for Kung too even though it was 3rd!! But what about WVA ride post "Covid-19" 😂 Dan will have PLENTY to analyse tomorrow 😜
He cheated by pushing very hard on the pedals!
Very naughty that. Poor little pedals.
you mean kung 3rd
Those spectator moments are getting out of hand. They should be accounted for 5% of their last years total income every time they f- up with any sport.
Once again the winner of the race on the thumbnail. Why?
Because it’s all over social media
Welcome to the 21st century
@@troycollett8540 I was watching the h/lights for the first time on eurosport just now. Last night I briefly saw a youtube vid title that thankfully didn't post the winner.
1:33
Well done noob. Destroy poor farmer's crop
I'd like to know how Lewis Askey (I think it was him) got on - he was cut to pieces but still rode on - did he finish, is he ok?
Yes - he finished 42nd, and looked like he'd been through a war zone at the end! Incredibly tough athlete.
@@bullwinkle428 Thank you so much for the update, as you say an incredibly tough young man.
FLYING DUTCHMAN 👌💫🇳🇱👍👑dylan
Anyone else see that trek rider break his wrist?
I hate these recap type highlights. Are there amy highlights with the live commentary
I can't listen to this guy... think I'll wait for Lanterne Rouge.
p.s. I agree with other comments - I think these highlights could have/should have been longer.
Give me my MTB and I’ll roll with the big boys
A week behind.
13 hours maybe
@@jonathansaunders7138 256 km is a long old way on a MTB. At least the cobbly wabbly's will be comfortable.
@@sandydennylives1392 Yeah 10 would be my time, if I had same wheels then 7.25hr. It’s KM not miles so my time is off.
I don’t see too many road bike pass “MTB” me on the beach dr.
Fastest Roubaix ever... faster than all those contested by admitted dopers... but hey the sport is clean now. LMAO
Dry conditions and wind in the back
Appreciate the highlights, but these videos need to be extended if they are to serve any purpose. The clips shown are so brief it's impossible to follow what was happening. You need to show just a few more minutes of the key points in the race and the last minute or so at the end - otherwise its a bit of a pointless exercise!
Agree 100 %
Agreed, but also the lack of story telling. How did that bit of mid race gymnastics get reduced to "... After a colision with a spectator" and the climatic winning finish on the velodrome had just the right inflection to it as if to say the finish was a disappointment
Agree, we don’t all have the time to watch a 5 hour race but half an hour + highlights would be great, seeing breakaways start and fall apart etc just isn’t possible in 6 minutes.
They have long highlights in the app, but only if they have the rights to show them in your country. 5min is probably all they have rights to show on UA-cam.
Need to make the spectators stand futher back or behind rails. Accidents happen far too often and its the riders who bear the damage. Like that stupid woman at last years TDF who took out half the peleton
That's silly on merit alone given 100 plus miles of spectator railing. Sure. 🙄 How about race on the cobbles instead of the easement and gutters? The race is behaving the same as it has since 1896. The equipment can't handle the jarring and punctures. That has ZERO to do with spectators. They have been running out and pushing cyclist along (and over) since 1896 as well. It's a part of the race, PERIOD.
#GCNTech any chance of a data dive into how many punctures, the causes, the split of tyre type (Tubes/Tubeless) involved (in 'Mechanicals" and/or overall), and if possible an overview of if it's riders gambling on pressures or just the terrain being a jerk? [my guess is the latter]
No chance of GCN showing you that most of the "punctures" were with tubeless tires, which just deflated, or how much longer thru-bolt wheels took to change, or how many riders had to change bikes because their DI systems stuck. After all, GCN promotes all that profitable stuff.
Dutch delight for Dylan!
For a good, passionate and knowledgeable vídeo come over to Lanterne Rouge or Chris Horner. I like GCN but this commentary feels like someone stitched 257 km into 5 minutes. Needs more cohesion.
Who's narrating? Familiar voice.
I wonder what Patrick Lefeverre is thinking right now? Only LBL left to salvage the spring.
Another spectator crash. They really need to change racing.
위험하다 진짜.. dager.. real.. course out!!
That was very intentional from the fan and that is very bad.
....Or he could race ON the cobbles, like they've done since 1896, instead of the gutters and shoulders that have been added in recent years for people to walk on as easement from cars.
"Intentional"? IDK, I think you underestimate the stupidity of some fans....
@@sknkwrksowner That is part of the road that a rider has the right to use during a race and fans are not supposed to obstruct it. That is why during a race, roads are cleared and closed and no walking on them or crossing should be done when riders are approaching. Furthermore, the fan extended his hand intentionally and Yves swerved to avoid it and crashed. Lastly, race commissaires usually warn fans against such behaviour beforehand so the fans knew and were aware
I don't believe it was intentional, just an over enthusiastic fan leaning forward clapping and sadly misjudging his position and the speed of the approaching rider.
@@sknkwrksowner I'm sorry to say, but you're really in the wrong here. The inside of that corner doesn't have the yellow obstacles blocking the riders since it would be dangerous to have them there. For the same reason, there shouldn't be any spectators allowed in the inside of corners. First of all, riders always cut of the corner as it is the most efficient way, and secondly the spectators can't see the riders coming since the guys next to them blocks the view. This is the first mistake, and you could say that's on the race organisers and not on the spectator. But to add to that, the idiot had both of his arms sticking out over the road, that's just plain stupid. Don't stick out any limbs or items in front of the race track. Seems like common sense to me.
This time l would trully love to be there with you guys and ask riders, what is the use of this cheap cruelty on cycling lovers? Why can there not be fixed that hell road? Why nobody wants to defend the riders health? I am very much afraid the back bones might be exposed to extreme efforts and in the end for only 30 km of pavé hell road, l hate this race guys, this is pure cruelty, this is.. torture on poor young boys, this is not sport but massacre game, somebody fix that shameful road Ok?
UCI is very strict wt rules for bikes & riders ...weight limit, no spertuck in the name of safety. But by watching this, UCI need to be superstrict towards spectators FOR THE NAME OF SAFETY INSTEAD!! Those crashes can easily destroyed the rider future in this sport....UCI BE MORE PROFESSIONAL PLS!
A fantastic day perhaps, but yet another race affected, spoiled even, by inappropriate equipment. The push to use tubeless tires seems to have resulted in a record numbers of "punctures", more likely simple deflations, in both the mens' and womens' races, despite them both being dry races, where punctures are normally much less common. Why on earth do any teams use thru bolt hubs? They might offer some slight increase in rigidity or even shed a gram or two of weight compared with conventional quick-release skewers, but they slow down wheel changes to the point where a lot of the time, it's quicker to just change bikes. Then there's electronic shifting, which seems to result in many riders having to change bikes. I'm sick of seeing race results affected by riders being stuck in a high gear. All of these "innovations" are simply being pushed by the manufacturers, and it's spoiling the racing.
Nie wieder Karsten Migels...
It was quite something, almost sixty years ago, when Tommy Simpson won, became BBC s.p.o.y. because we all voted for him. Up yours, BBC elites . . . !
What's the point of cobbled sections if cyclists literally avoid them and just ride on the side roads/grass? 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
The edges have their own hazards.... You see rider groups doing both at the same time, so the sides aren't all sweetness 'n light.
Who saw that coming?
He got 2nd in Flanders. Not the biggest surprise ever.
@@savagepro9060 what happened?
Who the hell is that winner? Poor time boring race
Where is Boonen where is Sagan where is Gilbert? Trash race no longer a classic
Wout must have had a red bull too many. Dammit, that company should have no place in endurance sports. Plus the helmets look hideous.
I love the coverage, the highlight but I cannot stand the pronunciation of this commentator. I am fine with him trying to pronounce some names (places and cyclists) using the non-English way but he is trying too hard. The accent is too thick it sounds so bad and makes the commentary very awkward to the ears.
Please try not be pronounce names with such a thick accent. Just pronounce it softly.
I was surprised you were the first to comment on this crime against humanity oh so horrible affront to English ears. Normally it is like the third comment.
Sad incident with the spectator, but if the riders actually had to ride the cobbles instead of the edges, much of that wouldn't happen. I am not forgiving the spectator - that was stupidity - but still......
The spectator was at fault, sticking his arms like one meter on the road.
No discussion ...
@@Orpheus.Machine He didn't expect the riders to ride on the tarmac but on the cobbles as they are supposed to. I can understand the spectator.
@@frodo5882 God forbid the spectator use their eyes, no, that is expecting too much competency
@@osian4182 The spectator used his eyes, saw the barrier and thought riders will ride on the cobbles. Turns out... They did not.
@@frodo5882 You're really trying to make out that the paved surface is not to be ridden on...if they want cobbles only, the organisers need to make it so. Until then, some spectators are absolute morons and should see about never viewing a bike race again
This race should be banned forever!
Why?
Why, because they were riding bikes and not electric milk floats, I mean cars.....
Ban gravel and mountain biking too 😂
YOU should be ban !!!!
Wait until you find out about downhill mountain biking
I tuned in for the start of the race. When I looked at the clock 30 minutes later, 5 hours had somehow elapsed.