Seriously! Water bottle thru an open window? Only a veteran HTRR presenter picks out stuff like that! And conveniently placed after a funny baguette placement! Chapeau, sir!
Please keep these up as often as you can. I've only discovered them lately and even though I watched the race and know racing inside out, I find them very interesting and fun to watch as you spot little things that even I didn't see first time around.
Not just a lifeline to velosport, but a brilliant and hilarious one too! Seriously your videos are probably the highest quality on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!
Another fine dissection of a race. Cosmo you are truly talented and it makes me so joyful I want to toss a French baguette at my cycling buddies while they run stop signs. Please keep up the great work and it honestly baffles me how someone has not hired you for full time analysis or commentary. Oh that's right the good old boys network has got you firmly locked out. You know making Phil and Paul look like bumbling idiots would be too much for the UCI and network cronies to swallow. Now I must go locate a French baguette. Cheers!
Must be the 100th time I watched this video, but I just noticed for the first time that Lars Bak crashed both in this race and in the cobble stage of the 2014 TdF, and both times at 38 km to go in a corner of a pave sector into the crowd of spectators.
Thanks, this is my favourite cycling classic by far. Great suspense also this year with Degenkolb deserved winner. The day before I wrote down four cyclists and they ended 1, 2, 3, 4. Unfortunately this was not for money :(
Baguettes near miss, getting TGV'd near miss, and open window bottle toss no-miss; surely Cosmo has managed to concise this year's Roubaix in a way that, other than himself, only a French reporter would have. Bien dit, Cosmo, bien dit.
The Frenchest way to crash ever! Nice. An odd race. Always look forward to P-R but even though there was a lot going on this year somehow the finale was a bit flat. Pleased for Dege though, a great winner and another 2015 classic won on brains.
Hey maybe @cyclingnews could get some tips to make their highlights at least bearable! Loved the video as usual. I'm always amazed at the little quirky things you catch and point out... that bottle throw :)
How P-R was won: Stay with leaders, stay with leaders, stay with leaders, stay in the wheel at the velodrome till last bend, sprint, win. amazing race.
In UK got 100% coverage but this year wasn't a classic. The uci need to address the train crossing as those riders shooting through the closed gates risked their lives for nothing as race neutralised till paton got back together... Crazy.
I can understand why your taking a back seat from the videos.......although to spend more time with your fiancée ????? run run while you still can !!!!! But these videos are brilliant. I watched the eurosport coverage twice and still missed the majority of the stuff you just pointed out. Please keep the HTRWW going....that contract is bound to come in
***** Don't pull if you don't have to; sitting on wheels is what racing is all about. Take the high road all you want but Degenkolb sat on wheels all day until he had to bridge up and then he made his moves and won. No point in dragging somebody to the finish so they can mug you at the end. I'm not a big Cancellara fan but he had a few races where he refused to take pulls because everybody was marking him. Everybody says the same about Gerrans and Valverde but those guys win big races.
Why did you imply it was the responsibility of the race organizer to eject riders who crossed in front of the train? Is it because if you had said correctly that it's the UCI commissaires who are responsible for enforcing UCI rules, then the boring lefty trope that the safety of the riders is being neglected for profit wouldn't have had as much punch?
ClockCutter It's just the rules, isnt it. And it has happenned before, altough it was with only few riders crossing in front of the train, not a whole bunch of them, look it up.
That bottle through the window though..
Seriously! Water bottle thru an open window? Only a veteran HTRR presenter picks out stuff like that! And conveniently placed after a funny baguette placement! Chapeau, sir!
Someone pay this man!
Still the best race-related media out there. I know I still rewatch old episodes pretty often. Best of luck in your future endeavors, Cosmo.
you are damn good at your job. these videos make up for the lack of race coverage in the States.
You announced that you will take your time now for videos like this and then you deliver that fast. I love you, man!
I was so excited for this... I'm not sure how I feel now...
You are legend Cosmo- I look more forward to these and the wit than the actual race sometimes!
Your powers of observation are astounding sir! vis-à-vis baguette et bidon toss at 2:20.
Please keep these up as often as you can. I've only discovered them lately and even though I watched the race and know racing inside out, I find them very interesting and fun to watch as you spot little things that even I didn't see first time around.
Was waiting for this from Cosmo!
bizzy mind games
This really is the best apré race you can get. So much better then anyone else! Where do I donate?
Not just a lifeline to velosport, but a brilliant and hilarious one too! Seriously your videos are probably the highest quality on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!
Coming back to this and seeing the classic "anyone seen G recently" is still just as good as the first time
these videos are great. really insightful and remarkable observations. thanks. I watch them frequently
Excellent videos. Thanks for uploading these!
......infact Id pay to watch these vids
please keep them coming
Dude, you do a heck of a job on these! Keep'em coming. Cheers!
Great analysis again! TY - I watched it live, and completely missed the bottle thro the window even tho I saw the near baguettes miss just before :)
I'm getting so pumped for Sunday!!!!
Great video like always.
Ps loved the bagguette reference
Thanks awesome recap best insight as always.
Wonderful commentary, as always!
Another fine dissection of a race. Cosmo you are truly talented and it makes me so joyful I want to toss a French baguette at my cycling buddies while they run stop signs. Please keep up the great work and it honestly baffles me how someone has not hired you for full time analysis or commentary. Oh that's right the good old boys network has got you firmly locked out. You know making Phil and Paul look like bumbling idiots would be too much for the UCI and network cronies to swallow. Now I must go locate a French baguette. Cheers!
Must be the 100th time I watched this video, but I just noticed for the first time that Lars Bak crashed both in this race and in the cobble stage of the 2014 TdF, and both times at 38 km to go in a corner of a pave sector into the crowd of spectators.
Thanks, I really appreciated and enjoyed this!
Thanks, this is my favourite cycling classic by far. Great suspense also this year with Degenkolb deserved winner. The day before I wrote down four cyclists and they ended 1, 2, 3, 4. Unfortunately this was not for money :(
Soundtrack at the End cracks me up! 😄
excellent as always
Been waiting for this since Dekengolb crossed the line!
Really liked it. You deserve a lot more views and subs
never thought i would see a group sprint finish! Great race.
Baguettes near miss, getting TGV'd near miss, and open window bottle toss no-miss; surely Cosmo has managed to concise this year's Roubaix in a way that, other than himself, only a French reporter would have. Bien dit, Cosmo, bien dit.
Yeah! Great content Cossy!
I enjoyed watching this.
Most french way to crash FTW
Damn, how did you catch the bottle toss...?! That was awesome. And Highway To Hell in Dutch? Priceless.
***** German. It's in German.. See, Degenkolb is German soo.. yeah
The Frenchest way to crash ever! Nice.
An odd race. Always look forward to P-R but even though there was a lot going on this year somehow the finale was a bit flat. Pleased for Dege though, a great winner and another 2015 classic won on brains.
Hey maybe @cyclingnews could get some tips to make their highlights at least bearable!
Loved the video as usual. I'm always amazed at the little quirky things you catch and point out... that bottle throw :)
Thanks for another brilliant HTRW2 Cosmo. Any word on Sagan's shifting failure? Was it a Di2? Another DiFailleur?
Great job! Keep it up!
Cosmo Catalano Hey, ended up re-watching the HTRWW on the 2014 TDF stage 5 to see Lotto's Lars Bak take another spectacular spill on the Cobbles.
There is something special about that velodrome finish. Too bad Sagan couldn't give it a go at the end.
Cosmo, how long does it take to find footage such as the bottle being thrown through a window?? Don't know how you do it! Keep up the great work.
Cosmo deserves champagne on the podium as usual.
How P-R was won:
Stay with leaders, stay with leaders, stay with leaders, stay in the wheel at the velodrome till last bend, sprint, win.
amazing race.
cosmo, your the best!!!
Yolo, bottles and baguettes. Good work as ever.
If youtube ever goes premium, i want my cash to goto cosmo.
BTW, the baguette line was killer. Gold, Cosmo, gold!
Sacrebleu!!! Hahaha!!!
TVG'd. Love it.
Okay, I have to ask you. How many times do you watch the race over and over to see a bottle flying into an open window?!
Nice german Version of Highway 2 hell in the end 😂👌🏼
Another pearler Cosmo. I hope you find a way. Surely Cyclingtips can help in some way.
In UK got 100% coverage but this year wasn't a classic. The uci need to address the train crossing as those riders shooting through the closed gates risked their lives for nothing as race neutralised till paton got back together... Crazy.
you know................. the one with the paypal option !
Come on Cosmo, add that subscriber link...................
We want to belong.
I can understand why your taking a back seat from the videos.......although to spend more time with your fiancée ????? run run while you still can !!!!!
But these videos are brilliant. I watched the eurosport coverage twice and still missed the majority of the stuff you just pointed out. Please keep the HTRWW going....that contract is bound to come in
poor greg van avermat
Has anyone EVER seen Stybar take a good pull?
***** Don't pull if you don't have to; sitting on wheels is what racing is all about. Take the high road all you want but Degenkolb sat on wheels all day until he had to bridge up and then he made his moves and won. No point in dragging somebody to the finish so they can mug you at the end. I'm not a big Cancellara fan but he had a few races where he refused to take pulls because everybody was marking him. Everybody says the same about Gerrans and Valverde but those guys win big races.
yolo!
lol sooo funny
Why did you imply it was the responsibility of the race organizer to eject riders who crossed in front of the train? Is it because if you had said correctly that it's the UCI commissaires who are responsible for enforcing UCI rules, then the boring lefty trope that the safety of the riders is being neglected for profit wouldn't have had as much punch?
ClockCutter It's just the rules, isnt it. And it has happenned before, altough it was with only few riders crossing in front of the train, not a whole bunch of them, look it up.
Mifelt Well, then, the question is why didn't the UCI enforce it's own rules, isn't it?
ClockCutter you've got me. It was all a socialist plot. Congratulations-you can stop watching now.
Cosmo Catalano
What!? Now that you've openly admitted it, I've got more reason than ever to watch! You'll have to ban me, Commie Catalano.
ClockCutter UCI enforcing it's own rules sounds like a logical move, but then again, it is the UCI so anything logical is pretty much of the table.