UAE's team performance was very impressive. They could have easily thrown in the towel after Almeida's abandonment and continued the Vuelta as passengers but instead, they planned and executed an audacious long-range attack, which brought Yates back into the GC mix.
Today was fantastic. It’s great to watch the non Pogi/Jonas guys get to really race for themselves.I was yelling when I thought Mas might take a header over that railing. That was an amazing save. Ben rode really well as well as so many others. I think this is my favorite race this year.
@@chinpinhon It doesn't bare thinking about. Cyclists are warriors, with all the crashes they have and near misses, one mistake and it could be curtains.
La Vuelta does not disappoint! I screamed at the television too. I watch every stage and then I listen to you Chris, just for your take and the calls to knuckleheads! Poor Mas all that work uphill.... Bravo Carapaz and Yates.... and the best was O'Connor -- cool as a cucumber :)
Man had Mas turn up MY heartrate at that moment... What a save! I made an almost similar move earlier that day when I was surprised by a cyclist coming from my right who I didn't see. I braked too hard with my front brake and did a stoppie (back wheel came up) I got a huge cramp in my quad trying not to fall over which I had to walk off for a few minutes. Luckily I was going very slowly.. I can not imagine what it must have been like going 75+ km/h
Epic stage with Roglic surprisingly having an off day after a very good Stage 8. Nice to see Adam Yates get some grand tour glory after pulling for other folks so well. Gonna be an interesting Vuelta from here on in I think.
So much going on today, one of the best stages of the year. Yates and Carapaz were impressive moving up on the GC. O’Connor gained 4 seconds on Roglic. Mas survives to fight another day. La Vuelta is totally up for grabs.
Exciting stage and impressive rides by Yates and Carapaz! I was pleased to see O'Connor's hunger at the finish. Grabbing bonus seconds and showing he's there to fight. Love it!
I’ve ridden tour and vuelta routes. The Vuelta descents are way scarier. There is something extra challenging about the roads in the Vuelta. When Horner won that Vuelta it was a monster win. Surviving those roads on top of beating the competition is beyond impressive. World Class Spanish riders who rode those routes since 12 year olds are trying to beat you. I’m not sure people appreciate what it took to win that Vuelta. Epic. Let alone Basque Country. My Txapela is off to you ! If I had one 😅
Several winners on this stage. Yates won, Carapaz took a lot of time, O Connor won 4 seconds, Roglic didnt lose much time even though he had a bad day, and Mas both saved his life and avoided losing time to the gc leaders.
Why did he slide in the first place ? Braking so hard on the front that his rear wheel goes into the air, seems like panic breaking on too strong disc brakes. Probably would have been fine on rim brake.
@@S9999Frank Disc brakes on road bikes seems insane to an ordinary recreational rider like me. Also, the fastest I ever rode down hill or down mountain was about 45 mph, these guys are going close to 60. They have circus act skills but the slightest mistake and you see what happens.
Rafferty dropping back to assist just like Powless did for Carapaz's TDF stage win, and highlight reels saying he was dropped by the break. Glad you caught it; intent should have been obvious. Mas scared the sh!t out of me, and Tiberi gets heat stroke. I've had it, and watched someone almost die from it. Epic but scary stage; after seeing Yate's crash earlier this year didn't expect much but still awesome to see him get the stage.
Ben winning a sprint to take the 3rd place time bonification from Primoz Roglic was not something I thought I’d see, so big kudos to him for that. Also, Mas should go out and purchase a lotto ticket today because that was one of the most miraculous saves I have ever seen.
Picking you brain here, Chris...any thoughts on the number of wheel lockups we're seeing, (can't remember seeing this many, perhaps my skewed perception of it) such as Ben O'Conner the other day...diving into a reducing radius turn, acute angle on the front wheel and he locked up...if this is brake related, main question relates to the ability to 'feather' the brakes with disc versus rim ...is the perceived 'feel' better with one or the other ? Still riding rim brakes back here in NY .. many thanks in advance if you're able to reply...
I still ride rim brakes also. So maybe I’m a bad person to ask. But I would think it’s the slippery roads here in the south of Spain which seems to cause this issue often. 🤔🦋😳👍
Thank you 'Chris' you may talk 'Fast' But you did a Awesome job Reporting the The Stages, I Crit Race the 90's Greg Lemond Was My 'Idol' I'm 64 and still riding want to get a Road Bike soon, and do Group rides, keep up the good work 👍
I have another perspective on this stage. It looks to me the Red Bull Bora DSs are like the Jumbo ones at Giro 2019. It seems to me they are not on the level they should be, making wrong decisions etc...first letting all this breaks go, with always the wrong riders in them and letting them get 6+minutes. IPT yesterday has brought the brake back at the end, but Red Bull never did with any brake at this race. The team was no protecting Primoz when he fall at the Tour, here they let a brake with Oconnor gain so much time...yesterday by the way Roglic said that at the finish line he didnt knew what his position was, so never tried to sprint it. Actually it didnt look cooked to me in the end, he had the second best time on the last climb (behind Mas), he looked more in pain because of his back. He is a rider who never speak about his problems, but he has mentioned that he has quite some pain in the back, so hopefully they could get him back on track with it, as there are so many oportunities in week 2 and I really hope the DSs starts to draw the right decisions.
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I come from Granada and know the area well. Was in Motril on Saturday. This same stage could still be harder if they climbed the Alto de la Cabra up from Motril to Granada before El Purche. I'd love to see that stage done once: La Cabra, El Purche, Hazallanas.
Yates and Carapaz rode themselves back into GC contention! Enric Mas hangs on by the skin of his teeth! The Vuelta is getting crazy exciting! GC is being rewritten on the mountains! Covid has entered the fray! Nothing is certain anymore!
Solerism not doing Solerism things but really helping his team. 👍🏻 I thought Ineos were knuckle heads for pulling the peloton with no one in the top 10.
That save was cheat code level combo PlayStation game play! But what in all the Hells of infernally damned knuckleheads are Bora playing at? First O'Connor and now Yates, and Carapaz!
they made huge mistakes in the earlier stages - but today I think it's another story... I think Roglic had a bad day and could not ride any faster. One mistake of course was that Lipowitz rode Roglic off his wheel, so everybody could see that he is at his limit; that's lack of experience, Lipowitz is very young
I was thinking Primoz / Red Bull Bora were tanking a bit. Seems like a tighter race might suit them. More guys chasing BOC means less work for Bora. Is it crazy to think that? Sure is gonna be exciting, however you look at it. 👊🦋🙌
@@fiddleronthebikeIn his interview he said that it was the back issue he still has after his crash at TdF. Let's hope the rest day helps him to come back to form, so we get an interesting race.
Happened to me in Sausalito Criterium, I collided w/ a lapped rider on 1st corner of super steep descent- 1988- I'vd lived to tell about it.. it was the last time I raced.
Ouch! Crits are sketchy! I mostly raced XC in Alaska, but did occasional road races and wouldn’t you know it, the one crit I did, I got taken out by a friend who was a noob because he thought crit racing was about “slicing and dicing”. 🤦🏻♂️. I gave him a piece of my mind about holding his line and to stop racing like an idiot. There’s no “slicing and dicing” in bike racing. Straight is fast and fast wins the race.
Thanks Chris for your enthusiasm and sharp insights as always ---- Ok, with all your years racing in Spain, does this sound like one of the hottest on record or just normal temps this time of year there -- sounds and looks epic brutal for these riders to deal with
The NBC camera saw the entire almost crash. I guess they were just slightly ahead and to the right of that camera because you could see it from almost directly behind Mas. It was a great save. Most people would have hit the deck or even gone over the rail.
Soler seems better now he's not got any thoughts of riding for himself, unless he's let off the leash, when he's doing a job for a team leader or setting up for a team mate to go on the attack. Maybe it's just the fact that he's not at Movistar anymore (although they do seem to have gotten better in the last year or so, did a directeur sportif leave that was causing a lot of the craziness?)!!! 🦋🦋🦋
Well, it looks like Sepp Kuss' defense of his 2023 win is shot. He's in 14th position at more than 8 minutes back. I think that Visma Lease-A-Bike should change their focus from the general classification and focus more on keeping Wout in the green jersey. I'm also wondering why so many cyclists keep dropping their chains. I've never dropped a chain while cycling so I don't understand why it happens during the race. Is it something to do how a professional road bike is put together or something with how professional cyclists shift gears, etc.?
Good question. The chain drops more often because of the aggressive riding the pros are putting on the bike during the race. Our bikes never have an issue at home either. If you go out and drive your car super fast you will see how the brakes need to be replaced very soon and the tires are worn out and the transmission won’t last 200k. 🦋👊
Two things stand out to me, 1, how strong team UAE is, who supported Tadej through giro and tour, 2, how a much harder it is for Primoz with a less strong team (compared to JV team last season)
Thanks Chris, that was a monumental stage. Hopefully it was was just one bad day for Primoz Roglic. Clearly the huge effort of winning yesterday took it out and uncharacteristically he has not recovered quickly with overnight rest, but then Primoz is 34 yrs old and in the 2024 peloton that’s an elder statesman. Yates redeemed himself in his own eyes after a bad start (his post race interview was quite emotional) and now has a decent chance at winning in Madrid if, 1) he keeps a consistent form and, 2) Roglic does not regain his full form
That TOPS even Jacob Fuglesang's LBL save!!! 😮😮😮 Queen Stage update... BO'C EXTENDS his lead..... not bad for a rider who according to one of our fellow chesterfieldians has ZERO % chance of winning, with a near 4 min lead! I still think it's going to be difficult for him to win, but to say he has 0% with a 4 min lead is absurd! In fact he now has possibly has a better chance as there are more riders willing to ride to cover their positions, so it won't be only down to him chasing Roglic. Also Re Felix Gall riding away in the last 500M of the previous stage, I disagree, when the road is that steep, the chances of a mechanical issue increase, so Gall pulling 15 seconds out of BO'C is hardly significantly protecting his own GC position, but may be significant if those 15 seconds (or even more if he'd had a mechanical!) become essential for Red. #1 rule of TBE....Don't leave your leader, especially when so much at stake. 👊🦋🚴❤
As far as yesterday goes. At the moment and at that time when Ben has been officially having problems in two of the two mountain stages and getting dropped by a lot of the riders, I’m still ok with it. But you are correct, anything could have happened to Ben mechanically. But let’s say today was before yesterday, then I would have complained and agreed with you on this. 😜🤔🦋👊
Great analysis! How can you explain changes in Adam Yates' fitness? He was doing pretty bad since the beginning, but all of a sadden, he dusts everybody today.
Really that was it. I would have to add mad respect for O’Conner for adding 4 second bonus on a day we expected him to loose time and yes good save from mas, does he mountain bike? Either way love how this race is going, favorite 🤔🤷♂️ who knows who will win All good , probably Primos and if so he will deserve it.
After watching all three grand tours this year, vuelta seem very different. It seems to me that the absence of a really strong team in vuelta that would control the race from the start to the end (such as UAE nad VLAB) makes the race lmuch ess predictable and therefore more exciting to watch. Would a change of a rule (maybe less riders allowed in a team) perhaps lessen the impact of team strength and level the competition?
Losing a corner, at speed, is not a nice feeling. Since I've never done racing like this, the Vuelta, I can only speak about criteriums ... Raining during this criterium, peloton all stretched out and at speed. Halfway on a straight part, I feel my rear tub slowly flatting. I can't make that upcoming corner! Braking was not an option ... I slammed into the barriers, bicycle racks you call them I believe, abd since they're all hooked together, they toppled over a bit and bounced back throwing me on the road. Id hit that barrier with my right hand, the base of my nose, cheekbone and my upper lip had a cut. Back to my car, changed clothing, off to the hospital in Rotterdam to get stitches in that lip. While i was there i remembered my good friend Gerard was there. Hrd had a nasty crash in a criterium two days before, broke a collarbone and had had surgery. Good time to visit him! 😁
Roglic did n't have the legs on stage 9 O'Connor had now it's getting difficult For Primoz! Miracle save by Mas, if Parking space was not there! Game over! Hope O'Connor can defend lead All the way. 🙏😜🔝❤️
Roglic now has to worry as much about the group behind him now as O'connor in front and it still stems back to the day they let O'Connor go; this will go down to the wire unless we have some more twists ???
Lots of fans were spraying water on the riders, was this good or bad I couldn’t tell. Seemed useful for the heat but normally it’s leave the riders alone
IMO.. Yates has been sandbagging so far, in order to set up an attack like today! No coincidence, it occurred the day after Almeida abandons.. stragedy?.. if Almeida was still racing, this attack would have been lethal to Primoz, and Almeida would have overtaken him on GC!🤔
Almeida abandoned today, it was the day Almeida didn't appear at the start. If Almeida had started today he'd have been so far behind the start he'd have been no threat as he lost all his time yesterday due to having COVID. I think what you're trying to say is if yesterday hadn't the way it did and Almeida was healthy and if he had been able to go with the attacks he'd be in a great position. A lot of ifs there!!!
Primož is waiting for the circumstances to be created for victory. Don't forget....6 stages will have an uphill finish, Ben will certainly not sprint there. Now he is still resting and expending energy. Don't forget how many victories Primož has in the Vuelta. A little with muscles and a lot with the head! Ben will not get a medal in the end, there are too many strong people around him. Promož does not have a team and has created the conditions for victory... the only opponent is himself... falls...
Another epic fail from Bora . First they let half of UAE in the breakaway to build up to 6 minutes on the peleton and then Dani Martinez and Vlasiv blow up before the final climb even starts; only way Roglic wins Vuelta is on his own
It was a very odd stage to watch without any time gaps after a while and no TV camera on Carapaz!!! Made it a mystery what exactly situation was. Great to watch though. Felt bad for Mas but he just isn't a great descender even on a good day on a fast, wide, great surface of a road.
I hated that time issue. If you go to cyclingstats.com you can follow the race with time gaps that are updated pretty often. That’s how I survived today. 😜🦋👊
@@user-tb7rk2nb6s Sure you can do that, but over never watched a stage where they just didn't have the gaps on the screen at all. I get it was a mountains stage, and may have been difficult but they did have cameras with the peleton and those at the front of the race so even if they'd just had those 2, which on the Vuelta is sometimes all you get, I'd have been fine. If the times were available though why weren't they on the screen as usual?
@@ChrisHornerCycling Thanks for this Chris, I did think that this would be possible but it's a pain in the ass and takes away from the enjoyment of watching the action doing that I feel. If the times were available, and I can only assume with the permission of the Vuelta, why couldn't they use this. Maybe it was a technical issue, some system crashed and couldn't be resurrected on the day, but I've often seen the Vuelta not having the time gaps to the important riders in the race on a stage. This time they went one step further and didn't have any, except from time to time, which was equally odd and the time gaps given, especially to Carapaz were questioned by the commentators. Even if they'd just had an explanation for why this was, maybe a number of the motorbike riders were sick due to COVID and they just didn't have the manpower to be able to do it, it'd still not have been great but I'd have been happier, these things happen. I've often wondered about the way they calculate the time gaps and I think they did talk about this once on the Breakaway, that a motorcyclist stops from the group in front and times it with a stopwatch, which seems awfully old school to me. Surely each rider, unless they change bikes, had a transponder on the bike and it should be able to be calculated from this. That said in a mountain stage like this one doing it using this method might not work, although there must be a way around this. Either way it was a bizarre experience, even if the racing was great. Felt a bit bad for Mas, he made the break, got a minute up the road, but with that near disastrous, potentially race ending incident, he may have gained time on Roglic. I was wondering if you were going to call him a knucklehead for this move considering the distance from the final climb to the finish and the likelihood that he'd not have anyone to help him pull to the line and ask this time would evaporate as it did, even if not to the extent it did. The GC group did seem to bring back a lot of time over Yates, Carapaz, and Mas in that final 10-20km.
Doesn't look like Decathlon AG2R or Red Bull have got the domestiques to control the break like a Nils Pollit or Christophe Laporte. Who seriously gives a gap like that to Adam Yates, you can only assume there's just not enough watts in the peleton 🤷
After a scare like Mas’s almost certain gnarly crash what does he do? He gathers it back together and immediately heads down the hill at maximum speed. And what about “my man Victor Campanaerts?” Great day of racing!
UAE's team performance was very impressive. They could have easily thrown in the towel after Almeida's abandonment and continued the Vuelta as passengers but instead, they planned and executed an audacious long-range attack, which brought Yates back into the GC mix.
Today was fantastic. It’s great to watch the non Pogi/Jonas guys get to really race for themselves.I was yelling when I thought Mas might take a header over that railing. That was an amazing save. Ben rode really well as well as so many others. I think this is my favorite race this year.
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If Mas were to really hit the railing, it could have been disastrous and possibly lost his life if he were to be thrown forward. He is really lucky.
@@chinpinhon It doesn't bare thinking about. Cyclists are warriors, with all the crashes they have and near misses, one mistake and it could be curtains.
@@NightShooter87, IF Premoz back takes him out, I'm pulling for Mas, the most under rated cyclist in racing, nobody pulls for!
La Vuelta does not disappoint! I screamed at the television too. I watch every stage and then I listen to you Chris, just for your take and the calls to knuckleheads! Poor Mas all that work uphill.... Bravo Carapaz and Yates.... and the best was O'Connor -- cool as a cucumber :)
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MAS-ter Class in Bike and Chain Handling!
I thought for sure Mas wasn’t going to be able to get that chain back on 🦋👊
Man had Mas turn up MY heartrate at that moment... What a save! I made an almost similar move earlier that day when I was surprised by a cyclist coming from my right who I didn't see. I braked too hard with my front brake and did a stoppie (back wheel came up) I got a huge cramp in my quad trying not to fall over which I had to walk off for a few minutes. Luckily I was going very slowly.. I can not imagine what it must have been like going 75+ km/h
Epic stage with Roglic surprisingly having an off day after a very good Stage 8. Nice to see Adam Yates get some grand tour glory after pulling for other folks so well. Gonna be an interesting Vuelta from here on in I think.
So much going on today, one of the best stages of the year. Yates and Carapaz were impressive moving up on the GC. O’Connor gained 4 seconds on Roglic. Mas survives to fight another day. La Vuelta is totally up for grabs.
Exciting stage and impressive rides by Yates and Carapaz! I was pleased to see O'Connor's hunger at the finish. Grabbing bonus seconds and showing he's there to fight. Love it!
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Thanks for keeping us up to date and entertained, Chris and Garrett! 👍🦋👊
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I’ve ridden tour and vuelta routes. The Vuelta descents are way scarier. There is something extra challenging about the roads in the Vuelta. When Horner won that Vuelta it was a monster win. Surviving those roads on top of beating the competition is beyond impressive. World Class Spanish riders who rode those routes since 12 year olds are trying to beat you.
I’m not sure people appreciate what it took to win that Vuelta. Epic. Let alone Basque Country. My Txapela is off to you ! If I had one 😅
I love my txapelas. 👊🦋🙏
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Aren’t you like a Cat 3 rider? 😂
Seriously though, I second OP’s sentiment. You pro guys are insane.
I heard that Yates got married at the Alhambra in Granada, the finish place of this stage. A fine finishing touch Adam👌
Did you notice on the interview's at the finish...everyone looked shattered except O'Connor. Will make an interesting race when Ben hangs in there!
Ben looked good. Even his sprint was impressive. 💪🦋👊
Yes, very interesting.
I’m keeping my fingers 🤞🏻!
go our Aussie
I hope he wins, it's the best chance he will have, but anything can happen at this race, that's why it's so interesting.
Loved the post race Yates interview. He threw it all there today including the profanity 😂 👊
Agreed. I like the straight up interviews. 👊🦋
@@ChrisHornerCycling 11 years ago !!!!🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Very classless, but then again is uae and they are a bunch of knuckleheads. Did you see any uae guy go up to hm? Nope. That team is in disarray.
@@donquique1 you are joking right? ua-cam.com/users/clipUgkx_92nA_UmNdRlKrLJwChwXqLKB5u-nYn8?feature=shared
Several winners on this stage. Yates won, Carapaz took a lot of time, O Connor won 4 seconds, Roglic didnt lose much time even though he had a bad day, and Mas both saved his life and avoided losing time to the gc leaders.
“...lose” and “losing”. When it’s double “o”, it’s a soft “s” sound instead of the “z” sound. Just FYI.
@@keirfarnum6811 Thanks, I am not a native English writer, so it helps with some help :)
So good…awesome to see the supporting characters from the tour get the spotlight here, Yates was phenomenal!!
That save by Mas was much harder than it looked on TV. And on TV it looked impossible.
Why did he slide in the first place ? Braking so hard on the front that his rear wheel goes into the air, seems like panic breaking on too strong disc brakes. Probably would have been fine on rim brake.
@@S9999FrankI heard there were heavy wind gusts, could have thrown him sideways
@@S9999Frank Disc brakes on road bikes seems insane to an ordinary recreational rider like me. Also, the fastest I ever rode down hill or down mountain was about 45 mph, these guys are going close to 60. They have circus act skills but the slightest mistake and you see what happens.
Rafferty dropping back to assist just like Powless did for Carapaz's TDF stage win, and highlight reels saying he was dropped by the break. Glad you caught it; intent should have been obvious. Mas scared the sh!t out of me, and Tiberi gets heat stroke. I've had it, and watched someone almost die from it. Epic but scary stage; after seeing Yate's crash earlier this year didn't expect much but still awesome to see him get the stage.
Well, looks like we got ourselves a proper bike race here folks!!
Ben winning a sprint to take the 3rd place time bonification from Primoz Roglic was not something I thought I’d see, so big kudos to him for that.
Also, Mas should go out and purchase a lotto ticket today because that was one of the most miraculous saves I have ever seen.
and a new pair of knicks... I changed mine
He has already used that luck for saving himself and no luck for lotto ticket. :)
Picking you brain here, Chris...any thoughts on the number of wheel lockups we're seeing, (can't remember seeing this many, perhaps my skewed perception of it) such as Ben O'Conner the other day...diving into a reducing radius turn, acute angle on the front wheel and he locked up...if this is brake related, main question relates to the ability to 'feather' the brakes with disc versus rim ...is the perceived 'feel' better with one or the other ? Still riding rim brakes back here in NY .. many thanks in advance if you're able to reply...
I still ride rim brakes also. So maybe I’m a bad person to ask. But I would think it’s the slippery roads here in the south of Spain which seems to cause this issue often. 🤔🦋😳👍
Was at the edge of my chesterfield!!! What a Vuelta !!!
Thank you 'Chris' you may talk 'Fast' But you did a Awesome job Reporting the The Stages, I Crit Race the 90's Greg Lemond Was My 'Idol' I'm 64 and still riding want to get a Road Bike soon, and do Group rides, keep up the good work 👍
I have another perspective on this stage. It looks to me the Red Bull Bora DSs are like the Jumbo ones at Giro 2019. It seems to me they are not on the level they should be, making wrong decisions etc...first letting all this breaks go, with always the wrong riders in them and letting them get 6+minutes. IPT yesterday has brought the brake back at the end, but Red Bull never did with any brake at this race. The team was no protecting Primoz when he fall at the Tour, here they let a brake with Oconnor gain so much time...yesterday by the way Roglic said that at the finish line he didnt knew what his position was, so never tried to sprint it. Actually it didnt look cooked to me in the end, he had the second best time on the last climb (behind Mas), he looked more in pain because of his back. He is a rider who never speak about his problems, but he has mentioned that he has quite some pain in the back, so hopefully they could get him back on track with it, as there are so many oportunities in week 2 and I really hope the DSs starts to draw the right decisions.
so much better racing for a fan than the other two Tours .. well done Enric !!!
I always appreciate your detailed breakdown, just getting into cycling and I’m learning lots! And thanks to Lupine Lights for sponsoring this amazing content. Cheers Chris
Hey, my man, Mark Soler kicking some ass today helping the team get a big V! Good to see.
I come from Granada and know the area well. Was in Motril on Saturday. This same stage could still be harder if they climbed the Alto de la Cabra up from Motril to Granada before El Purche. I'd love to see that stage done once: La Cabra, El Purche, Hazallanas.
Mas! Bringin' back the classic AG2R shorts. ;P
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Carapaz is always entertaining
Agreed. He can almost be a Carapazism from time to time but then somehow it works often enough that I just can’t do that to him. 😜🦋👊
mignon carapaz !
Yates and Carapaz rode themselves back into GC contention! Enric Mas hangs on by the skin of his teeth!
The Vuelta is getting crazy exciting! GC is being rewritten on the mountains! Covid has entered the fray! Nothing is certain anymore!
Can't believe all this drama in WEEK 1!
Love the drama. 👊🦋🔥
Sivikov looking strong climbing,, Mas is looking good..
Mas has not had a bad day yet. 👊🦋💪
Yates moved up to 7th and 🎉 took the KOM 🎉
Adam Yates moving up from 27th to 7th is a pretty good day of riding !
Yep. UAE team effort. 👊🦋💪
Solerism not doing Solerism things but really helping his team. 👍🏻
I thought Ineos were knuckle heads for pulling the peloton with no one in the top 10.
The hardest and most spectacular gran tour so far this year!
The Vuelta is always the best watch!
That save was cheat code level combo PlayStation game play!
But what in all the Hells of infernally damned knuckleheads are Bora playing at? First O'Connor and now Yates, and Carapaz!
they made huge mistakes in the earlier stages - but today I think it's another story... I think Roglic had a bad day and could not ride any faster. One mistake of course was that Lipowitz rode Roglic off his wheel, so everybody could see that he is at his limit; that's lack of experience, Lipowitz is very young
@@fiddleronthebike Agree, hence why I said Bora and not just The Rog.
I wish we got to see the begining of the race. So much easier piecing the whole race together if we can see the beginning of it also . 🤔🦋🤞
I was thinking Primoz / Red Bull Bora were tanking a bit. Seems like a tighter race might suit them. More guys chasing BOC means less work for Bora. Is it crazy to think that?
Sure is gonna be exciting, however you look at it. 👊🦋🙌
@@fiddleronthebikeIn his interview he said that it was the back issue he still has after his crash at TdF. Let's hope the rest day helps him to come back to form, so we get an interesting race.
Happened to me in Sausalito Criterium, I collided w/ a lapped rider on 1st corner of super steep descent- 1988-
I'vd lived to tell about it..
it was the last time I raced.
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Ouch! Crits are sketchy! I mostly raced XC in Alaska, but did occasional road races and wouldn’t you know it, the one crit I did, I got taken out by a friend who was a noob because he thought crit racing was about “slicing and dicing”. 🤦🏻♂️.
I gave him a piece of my mind about holding his line and to stop racing like an idiot. There’s no “slicing and dicing” in bike racing. Straight is fast and fast wins the race.
@@keirfarnum6811Fast is smooth, smooth is fast. That was always my approach.
That's the most famous photo of Hoanoa! Love it!
Given Mas is not a descender, that save was a thing of beauty. I think I've watched it 20 times. It's unbelievable.
My neighbors love Lupine lights 😉
Hey Chris, don't you think that for reasons this first half of the Vuelta has packed more excitement than the Giro and TdF combined?
Fantastic race and a real goto cycling knowledge for explaining stage racing
Thanks Chris for your enthusiasm and sharp insights as always ---- Ok, with all your years racing in Spain, does this sound like one of the hottest on record or just normal temps this time of year there -- sounds and looks epic brutal for these riders to deal with
Mas saved his life and Primoz saved his GC (intentionally or not).
Agreed 🦋👊
The NBC camera saw the entire almost crash. I guess they were just slightly ahead and to the right of that camera because you could see it from almost directly behind Mas. It was a great save. Most people would have hit the deck or even gone over the rail.
As hot as this week has been, I wonder if any riders wish their teams had assigned them to the Arctic Tour of Norway instead.
😂❄️ Not the little guys. But the big guys surely would have. 😂🦋👊❄️
Mas with the skills!
Good thing he’s got them. 😱🦋👊
Chris Horner, cool video keep it up
Thanks 👊🦋
Against all the odds I'm really enjoying the vuelta. Thanksss
Soler seems better now he's not got any thoughts of riding for himself, unless he's let off the leash, when he's doing a job for a team leader or setting up for a team mate to go on the attack. Maybe it's just the fact that he's not at Movistar anymore (although they do seem to have gotten better in the last year or so, did a directeur sportif leave that was causing a lot of the craziness?)!!! 🦋🦋🦋
Yes, and no kidding, he's now at Bora :)
Agreed. Focused with a plan in place. 👊🦋
1:04 the pteradactyl celebration 👍😀
What an exciting stage ....Yatesy the tops & well done Mas 😅
Well, it looks like Sepp Kuss' defense of his 2023 win is shot. He's in 14th position at more than 8 minutes back. I think that Visma Lease-A-Bike should change their focus from the general classification and focus more on keeping Wout in the green jersey.
I'm also wondering why so many cyclists keep dropping their chains. I've never dropped a chain while cycling so I don't understand why it happens during the race. Is it something to do how a professional road bike is put together or something with how professional cyclists shift gears, etc.?
Good question. The chain drops more often because of the aggressive riding the pros are putting on the bike during the race. Our bikes never have an issue at home either. If you go out and drive your car super fast you will see how the brakes need to be replaced very soon and the tires are worn out and the transmission won’t last 200k. 🦋👊
That's the best Ben has riden within the peleton,not including his breakaway efforts, looked in total control
Two things stand out to me, 1, how strong team UAE is, who supported Tadej through giro and tour, 2, how a much harder it is for Primoz with a less strong team (compared to JV team last season)
There's only one shade tree at the top of El Purche. Don't you believe I grabbed it when I summitted it in 98 degree Andalucía heat several years ago!
Great show❤
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Chris,
How long does it take you to create one of these videos? I would love to see an episode behind the scenes on your process.
What are Shimano et al doing about the all too common occurrence of chain dropping?
I heard the uk announcers about Mas “Oh nooo! What a disaster!!”
All while he pulled off a masterful save and never stopped his bike.
Hi Chris. As always I love your show, you really make the morning. What about Inios. They seem to have fallen apart?
Massive save, and Ben is looking really good..
Thanks Chris, that was a monumental stage. Hopefully it was was just one bad day for Primoz Roglic. Clearly the huge effort of winning yesterday took it out and uncharacteristically he has not recovered quickly with overnight rest, but then Primoz is 34 yrs old and in the 2024 peloton that’s an elder statesman.
Yates redeemed himself in his own eyes after a bad start (his post race interview was quite emotional) and now has a decent chance at winning in Madrid if, 1) he keeps a consistent form and, 2) Roglic does not regain his full form
I kind of hope Roglic doesn’t reach 100% form to soon. 😂🦋👊😜
It’s time for gc kuss to pull a gc kuss and go in the breakaway
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The highside save was crazy. Thats a very rear feat.
I gotta get some of those Lupine Lights!
I love mine. 👊🦋
That TOPS even Jacob Fuglesang's LBL save!!! 😮😮😮
Queen Stage update... BO'C EXTENDS his lead..... not bad for a rider who according to one of our fellow chesterfieldians has ZERO % chance of winning, with a near 4 min lead! I still think it's going to be difficult for him to win, but to say he has 0% with a 4 min lead is absurd! In fact he now has possibly has a better chance as there are more riders willing to ride to cover their positions, so it won't be only down to him chasing Roglic. Also Re Felix Gall riding away in the last 500M of the previous stage, I disagree, when the road is that steep, the chances of a mechanical issue increase, so Gall pulling 15 seconds out of BO'C is hardly significantly protecting his own GC position, but may be significant if those 15 seconds (or even more if he'd had a mechanical!) become essential for Red. #1 rule of TBE....Don't leave your leader, especially when so much at stake.
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Roglic always has a bad day. If Roglic is not a 100%, it’s going to get interesting out there. 😱🦋👊💪
As far as yesterday goes. At the moment and at that time when Ben has been officially having problems in two of the two mountain stages and getting dropped by a lot of the riders, I’m still ok with it. But you are correct, anything could have happened to Ben mechanically. But let’s say today was before yesterday, then I would have complained and agreed with you on this. 😜🤔🦋👊
Great analysis!
How can you explain changes in Adam Yates' fitness? He was doing pretty bad since the beginning, but all of a sadden, he dusts everybody today.
Body is adjusting to the heat. Fitness was there from the beginning. Similar trend to Caripas and a few others.
Its how both brothers always race hot one day and cold the next must be their genetic makeup
To much rest after the TdF. Now the fitness is going back up with some racing. Hopefully he continues to get better 🤔🦋👊🤞
Really that was it. I would have to add mad respect for O’Conner for adding 4 second bonus on a day we expected him to loose time and yes good save from mas, does he mountain bike?
Either way love how this race is going, favorite 🤔🤷♂️ who knows who will win All good , probably Primos and if so he will deserve it.
Actually I did originally but it was edited out of the video later because of an error on my part. 🦋👊
Today was amazing.
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Go Ben
Thanks Chris and Garrett , just say "K" , eh?
Papillon !
After watching all three grand tours this year, vuelta seem very different. It seems to me that the absence of a really strong team in vuelta that would control the race from the start to the end (such as UAE nad VLAB) makes the race lmuch ess predictable and therefore more exciting to watch. Would a change of a rule (maybe less riders allowed in a team) perhaps lessen the impact of team strength and level the competition?
👊🦋❤️ that save was absolutely brilliant
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Tiberi abandoned with heat stroke. Brutal stuff.
Hi Chris, what is your favourite professional win of all time? Was it the Vuelta win?
No no no Nr.3 is not Roglic, but Remco Evenpool
1) Pogi
2) Van der Poel
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Losing a corner, at speed, is not a nice feeling. Since I've never done racing like this, the Vuelta, I can only speak about criteriums ...
Raining during this criterium, peloton all stretched out and at speed. Halfway on a straight part, I feel my rear tub slowly flatting. I can't make that upcoming corner! Braking was not an option ...
I slammed into the barriers, bicycle racks you call them I believe, abd since they're all hooked together, they toppled over a bit and bounced back throwing me on the road.
Id hit that barrier with my right hand, the base of my nose, cheekbone and my upper lip had a cut.
Back to my car, changed clothing, off to the hospital in Rotterdam to get stitches in that lip. While i was there i remembered my good friend Gerard was there. Hrd had a nasty crash in a criterium two days before, broke a collarbone and had had surgery. Good time to visit him! 😁
Roglic did n't have the legs on stage 9
O'Connor had now it's getting difficult
For Primoz! Miracle save by Mas, if
Parking space was not there! Game over! Hope O'Connor can defend lead
All the way. 🙏😜🔝❤️
I'm thinking I would torpedoed the guardrail just for the dramatic footage!! 😳🤕😭💯
Carapaz up on GC. Movistar will start to do Movistar things to sabotage him now 😂
Roglic now has to worry as much about the group behind him now as O'connor in front and it still stems back to the day they let O'Connor go; this will go down to the wire unless we have some more twists ???
Why wouldn’t Roglic even attempt to sprint for 3rd? Was he that shot or do you think he wasn’t aware?
Lots of fans were spraying water on the riders, was this good or bad I couldn’t tell. Seemed useful for the heat but normally it’s leave the riders alone
I think Enric Mas is the strongest of the climbers. He is winning this Vuelta.
lipowitz too strong, new young learders jersey leader
Tibieri actually abandoned the stage, either due to heatstroke or Covid... :/
IMO.. Yates has been sandbagging so far, in order to set up an attack like today! No coincidence, it occurred the day after Almeida abandons.. stragedy?.. if Almeida was still racing, this attack would have been lethal to Primoz, and Almeida would have overtaken him on GC!🤔
Almeida abandoned today, it was the day Almeida didn't appear at the start. If Almeida had started today he'd have been so far behind the start he'd have been no threat as he lost all his time yesterday due to having COVID. I think what you're trying to say is if yesterday hadn't the way it did and Almeida was healthy and if he had been able to go with the attacks he'd be in a great position. A lot of ifs there!!!
Yates crashed on one stage also. That would hide a bit of his form. 🤔🦋👍
Primož is waiting for the circumstances to be created for victory. Don't forget....6 stages will have an uphill finish, Ben will certainly not sprint there. Now he is still resting and expending energy. Don't forget how many victories Primož has in the Vuelta. A little with muscles and a lot with the head! Ben will not get a medal in the end, there are too many strong people around him.
Promož does not have a team and has created the conditions for victory... the only opponent is himself... falls...
Mention of Ineos - didn't know they were in the race.
Another epic fail from Bora . First they let half of UAE in the breakaway to build up to 6 minutes on the peleton and then Dani Martinez and Vlasiv blow up before the final climb even starts; only way Roglic wins Vuelta is on his own
It was a very odd stage to watch without any time gaps after a while and no TV camera on Carapaz!!! Made it a mystery what exactly situation was. Great to watch though. Felt bad for Mas but he just isn't a great descender even on a good day on a fast, wide, great surface of a road.
I hated that time issue. If you go to cyclingstats.com you can follow the race with time gaps that are updated pretty often. That’s how I survived today. 😜🦋👊
I followed the time gaps on La Vuelta website... following the "live" race. That's also how I knew what was going on once the cameras switched on.
@@user-tb7rk2nb6s Sure you can do that, but over never watched a stage where they just didn't have the gaps on the screen at all. I get it was a mountains stage, and may have been difficult but they did have cameras with the peleton and those at the front of the race so even if they'd just had those 2, which on the Vuelta is sometimes all you get, I'd have been fine. If the times were available though why weren't they on the screen as usual?
@@ChrisHornerCycling Thanks for this Chris, I did think that this would be possible but it's a pain in the ass and takes away from the enjoyment of watching the action doing that I feel. If the times were available, and I can only assume with the permission of the Vuelta, why couldn't they use this.
Maybe it was a technical issue, some system crashed and couldn't be resurrected on the day, but I've often seen the Vuelta not having the time gaps to the important riders in the race on a stage. This time they went one step further and didn't have any, except from time to time, which was equally odd and the time gaps given, especially to Carapaz were questioned by the commentators.
Even if they'd just had an explanation for why this was, maybe a number of the motorbike riders were sick due to COVID and they just didn't have the manpower to be able to do it, it'd still not have been great but I'd have been happier, these things happen.
I've often wondered about the way they calculate the time gaps and I think they did talk about this once on the Breakaway, that a motorcyclist stops from the group in front and times it with a stopwatch, which seems awfully old school to me. Surely each rider, unless they change bikes, had a transponder on the bike and it should be able to be calculated from this. That said in a mountain stage like this one doing it using this method might not work, although there must be a way around this. Either way it was a bizarre experience, even if the racing was great.
Felt a bit bad for Mas, he made the break, got a minute up the road, but with that near disastrous, potentially race ending incident, he may have gained time on Roglic. I was wondering if you were going to call him a knucklehead for this move considering the distance from the final climb to the finish and the likelihood that he'd not have anyone to help him pull to the line and ask this time would evaporate as it did, even if not to the extent it did. The GC group did seem to bring back a lot of time over Yates, Carapaz, and Mas in that final 10-20km.
Thank God for pull outs, Ben said.
Doesn't look like Decathlon AG2R or Red Bull have got the domestiques to control the break like a Nils Pollit or Christophe Laporte. Who seriously gives a gap like that to Adam Yates, you can only assume there's just not enough watts in the peleton 🤷
Hi Chris.
Always great to hear your analysis.
Will you ever start uploading videos on Rumble?
Our man Victor Campenaerts to Visma LaB 2027
UAE lost Almedia in the morning. Responded with a fantastic stage win. 👍
The Nr. 3 ranked Rider (the first page rider), did not showed for years that he belongs on that page.
After a scare like Mas’s almost certain gnarly crash what does he do? He gathers it back together and immediately heads down the hill at maximum speed. And what about “my man Victor Campanaerts?” Great day of racing!
Yep. MAs kept it together and went back to work as if nothing happened. 🦋👊
Giovanni is the name. Aleotti is the family name
He was almost a goner but… the miracle save happened