It is. If you have ever raced balls out the last 1km is lost to the sprinters in the pack. When it gets to 50+km down to momentum, skill & intelligence to the line. He earned it, brill.
we watched Mark five times live previously , and you know what, ........ he is AMAZING ..... we also met TEAM Sky and chatted to them all, when they won !!!!!! Froom/his Team and amazing 'live wire' Garant Thomas, full of fun and masses of energy ... they are perfect gentleman , so PROUD of our collection of photographs, Sky Team Manager was so kind to us ... Every fan' they have respect for , Just amazing this Sporting event, Tour de France, Don't have a tell lie vision don't have a radio... the hi' lights are grabbing a portable cooker, kettle tea bags, knife and folk and sitting with the crowds awaiting the Peloton to come flying by ..... fit strong brave men , what a joy . the families pack the side of the road and wait patiently . the goody vehicles, come along, and throw toys, gifts hats T shirts into the crowds, Every little child gets a pressy ... If you believe in Santa, well this is far more 'real and exiting, GOD BLESS all those that participate in this amazing event, the organisers , you certainly light up France and everywhere you go . thank you
Congratulations to Sir Mark Cavendish the greatest sprinter all time. I was screaming and jumping on the chair that I was seated and nearly got injured. It was one of the greatest sprints that I have ever seen. Happy for Cavendish and his lovely family. Thanks for the Excellent explanation Chris. Have a great day. 👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️
only reason I even watched part of the stage today was to see if Cavendish would succeed in his quest. I think Astana team and mostly the management owners should get the main kudos for signing MC to a contract and bringing him and a decent sprint team to the Tour when no one else would.
Its quite ironic how he got his 35th win... After being dumped by a British team and dumped again by a Belgian team trying to surpass a Belgian great.. Kazakhstan delivers it for him😅
Right. I always said on air while working with NBC that Ineos should have signed him. Big budget with at least one spot open for a sprinter at the TdF.👊🦋
@ChrisHornerCycling Ineos would have left him on stage 1. Astana entire team dragged him to safety. A well deserved win after that horrible day for the team.
This is simply one of the very best walkthroughs of a messy sprint. I have seen. And @ 15:00 really took me, still have stomach cramps from laughing. After a really thorough review of several minutes for something going on a few hundred meters of muddy stuff, the picture comes of a bunch of confused chickens who finally found their rooster on the retina 😂 Excellent work! Greets from Denmark (ok bedtime now before junior gets up within 3 hours - but all the waiting time worth it! ❤❤)
Great summary as always. You’re the first one I’ve seen to acknowledge Biniam Girmay taking the green jersey lead. That’s also an historic achievement. Congratulations to Mark Cavendish. Mad bike handling skills to Pogacar avoiding the sign and the guy with the bunny hop over the fallen rider.
Chris, thanks for pointing out Biniam Girmay’s taking the green jersey. I didn’t see that covered on a many of the cycling sites, so kudos to you for highlighting that.
Astana got the reward for signing a retired Cav. It’s the Astana livery on the photo of the record breaking stage. So it’s job done for the Manx man and I guess he will retire now. Chris did say he is the best sprinter in history and that seals it. This Tour is more than fulfilling expectations as is our hosts roundups.
Brilliant 10 minute analysis of what Cav somehow figured out and successfully executed six marvelous seconds......Thanks, Chris....I've been waiting all afternoon for your always logical and entertaining explanation. What a day!!!!....
@@ChrisHornerCycling Cav just showed his experience and savvy with a master class of how to weave through traffic at the end… Brilliant! Old men rock 😎
@@timmaloney3587 this comment doesn't make any sense. he's saying that they couldn't write a better script for a cycling movie on netflix because the stages were so good. he doesn't believe it was actually scripted.
We need to be really careful with the rules here. Many people get the rule 2.3.036 ("Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching into the sprint and, in so doing, endangering others. ") wrong. It is not forbidden to change your lane. It is only forbidden to do so when endangering other riders. Mark does not endanger anyone by changing his lane so there is no reason to disqualify him. It is not his responsibility what other do on his backwheel as a response to his change of lanes. @
How about causing chaos behind him is not endangering anybody ? He knows what he is doing. But in reality the rule is only applied if you bump somebody into the barriers. And not always then even. Because nobody really sticks to their line. But there is not going 100% straight, then there is moving from one side of the road to the other in 1 second or 2 like Cav does.
Cav made his move to a clear position to Launch his sprint. Prior to that the launch had not occurred. Are lead out riders disqualified for peeling left and right after their pull. Nope, all the shuffling doesn't matter unless the launch has occurred.
@@S9999Frank He only causes chaos behind because other people chose to follow his wheel and then impede the people behind him. That is there choice not his.
@@S9999Frank Having said that his final deviation is okay, his bumping of Bauhaus into Gaviria, is at best on the limit in my opinion. But a very brave person who disqualifies him for that in the circumstances.
@@lukehudson9369 yes, but at least the comissairs stepped up and DQed Jasper today, have seen his forcing others into the barriers too many times. We need video-refereeing if sprints are going to be fair, it all happens super quick.
When I saw the headlines waking up this morning, I put on the entire stage replay while I was working because I wanted to see how the day would develop and it was well worth it to witness history for both Mark Cavendish and Biniam Girmay. I watched the documentary they did for Cavendish, and I thought it did a really great job showcasing the highs and lows of his career. Understanding his career trajectory made that win feel incredibly satisfying as a cycling fan. In terms of how the stage ended, I see it as hard sprinting and no reason to DQ anyone, especially given how the UCI have chosen to enforce/not enforce this rule in its history. This conversation is always going to come up because the rule exists, but I personally don’t think the rule in its current language really lives up to the spirit of how the sprints should be. Regardless, I see zero reason to doubt that Cavendish was 100% the fastest man on two wheels for the day. Congrats
I don’t know how this will be adressed but it’s getting more and more dangerous - fans standing at places on the road which causes crashes . It’s needs to be attended to
need motorbikes with multiple warnings saying stay off the entire road. And signs too. There's idiots at the TDF but there's also ignorant people. Though you'd think other spectators would warn people around them...sadly you don't realise till just before what another person is going ot do
Reading through the comments yesterday, absolutely dismissing Cav. Asking what kind of ego he has to think he can break the record, considering how bad he looked. That ego and belief in himself is what got him to 35 wins and that same belief made Vino believe he could do it. Astana are a part of the history in cycling now and well done to them
Great analysis, as a newbie I watched at least 4 others earlier but yours was the first I fully understood and you have hands down the best use of video and graphics. I'm now a follower.
If any one deserved to break the record its Cav. He might be a bit of a dick sometimes, but he's been amazing and today shows what experience does for you. In an interview he was saying he knew he didnt have the team to get over the line, but they could get him close and he was going to have to ride smart. He did.
Not really a great comment from him and downplaying his team, seeing as he has one of the best lead out men around in Mørkøv, but yes wasn't the perfect sprint as a full team this time.
@@peterdelaney7061 because it matters to me! If I find inspiration from a person doing things that has never done before by his countrymen, you have no right to question the choice! He is a trendsetter. You can accept it or deny it, but can’t ignore it.
@@SamikBose90 I'm not ignoring it. And i have have every right to question anything I choose to. I don't care about a person's skin color. I'd much rather focus on the rider himself. How he comports himself, how he competes. That ought to matter a lot more than a mere superficial aspect. Enjoy the rest of Le Tour
Chris, you always manage to create order out of chaos. NOBODY explains the complexity of sprint finishes as well as you do. Thanks for all the work you guys put into your channel. 👍
The chain dropped because he stopped pulling suddenly. It’s really normal, because usually the momentum keeps the cassette going forward, and when you stop, the chain just falls off. It’s not broken, and it didn’t come off until he stopped pedaling.
Sprinting is a bloodspot, dog eating dog...Rules? What rules. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line but the line with the most wins is a curve
Third probably ETA: I love the fact that Project 35 was completed. Cav shows just how much insight he has to make those last second shifts while going 60k an hour. Watching him thread the needle through everyone was a thing of beauty. Although I will say the dude that bunny hopped his bike over the crash was just as impressive Phil Ligot was crying on camera after Cav broke the record
damn. this breakdown is as historical as #35. I did not know any of these details and their impacts, I loved the identification of each racer in the pack from 500m to the finish and how each one either played their part or took their chance and how one by one they could not finish their job. Excellent breakdown Chris and Garret
I loved the way the grizzled ole veteran pinballed his way through the field, shows his grit. I was hopping up and down like Secretariat at the Belmont in 1973! So happy for Cav! I'm thinking he has more stages the way he dusted the field. 👍🏻🚵🏽♀️💯🇬🇧🇨🇵
Yet again, another brilliant breakdown, Chris. It was fantastic to see Sir Cav bobbing and weaving like he used to before he had a train at HTC. He deserves his accolades!
Due to the fact that this is the best 3 week race in the world, and the organizers have means to provide at least in 50 ,40 km of the stage to avoid the most dangers to the riders, in Flanders all the flandres classics have already sonore warnings and signs who are with led lights etc . For the A.S.O. is not good pub ,the tour is seen around the world!
I am happy to witness Cav's record winning sprint competing in his 15th TDF at 39 years old (reminding me of somebody that won a major tour at 42). I often wonder how many victories Merckx would have won if he competed in more than only 7 TDF's. Has anyone ever been able to win more than 9 stages in one TDF as Eddy did in 1970? I never cease to be amazed at videos showing Merckx climbing in a huge gear with his upper body rocking while producing an amazing 276 pro victories.
It's silly to try to compare the two. Merckx could certainly have won more than 35 stages, had it been a goal. But, remember, he was in the race for the yellow jersey overall. There were breakaways he let go, and other tactics that were reasonable, but interfered with a stage win. Kudos for Cav, though, 35 sprint wins is epic in its own right.
@@choctawone8266 Absolutely, my intent was never to discount Mark's achievement, I am so happy for him, but the record 'was' tied w/Merckx so the obvious contrast of the two heroes I believe was warranted.
Watching the race in real time, and seeing Cav surf the wheels, you could just see, OMG, he's going to do this. On one point though, I disagree with you. The wording of the UCI rule is: "Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching into the sprint *and, in so doing, endangering others*." [my emphasis] I don't think Cav was close to being DQ'd by the rule here; not even close to being close. There was nobody near him as he moved left and nobody he cut off. No reasonable person could say that he "endangered others".
I don't think that sprint was against the rules: 'Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching into the sprint *AND*, in so doing, endangering others.' That sprint wasn't endangering others. There was no one he had to chop or cut off.
Congratulations Cav. I'm glad it's over and the media frenzy will die down, hopefully. Thanks Chris for pointing out the Girmay moment. The rest of the media seemed to miss the important global moment, glowing in Cav's achievement.
Massive Respect 🔥 Winners Win and Hard Work Pays 🏆 Anyone else admire the bunny hop of the Cofidis rider over the falling rider 100m from the finish 😵💫🤯
Speaking of Girmay getting Green and how special that was, I think even more than Pogacar congratulating Cavendish, Girmay interrupting Cav's media chat to give/get a hug was pretty damn special.
Also, Cav had so much room when he was moving left that he wasn’t endangering or causing issues with the sprint. He could’ve gone left right left, done a couple somersaults and still have been not affecting the peloton. I honestly think it was more Jasper or the EF rider moving to follow Mark that caused all the chaos in the peloton. I was more concerned with that initial bump with the Bahrain victorious rider when cabin was trying to get in Jasper‘s wheel would be flagged.
Great work as always Chris and congrats to cav. As soon as Astana announced that they signed Michael Morkov, I knew he would get the record, even though Morkov didn’t really do a lead out on this stage.
Thanks Chris- like the very detailed review plus selected overhead pics of the last 1 km. It made a lot of things clearer. Cav deserved the win and the record
I love putting in the front pics and then adding the top picks for the same moment in the race to show exactly how things are evolving. Glad you noticed. Thanks 👊🦋
Good ol butterfly effect was in sir cavendish favor today!! I had to stop work on the Jobsite to watch it live her in northern California! Great recap as always Chris!! 🦋🚴
damn. this breakdown is as historical as #35. I did not know any of these details and their impacts, I loved the identification of each racer in the pack from 500m to the finish and how each one either played their part or took their chance and how one by one they could not finish their job. Excellent breakdown Chris and Garret
Wow, Chris how do cover going left and right even going back to track everyone? I am amazed by your deep analysis your viewers enjoy your expertise. Just enjoyable to watch the competition. Thanks
I like how there is a collegial atmosphere nowadays in the peloton. 95% of the riders are o.k. with being beaten on strength/tactics and don't hold a grudge or play dirty. Sure there is some shoulderwork in the sprint but that's part of the game.
I thought Oliver Naesen had it for sure, wow! "Think Pascal Ackerman." 🤣Cav critics have often said he had the big train, he had Renshaw, Morkov, but he was surfing like Sagan, just a tremendous, epic effort. So much fun to watch over and over!
Great race analysis! Just really enjoy listening to you break down tactics and strategies of bicycle racing! As a novice (in comparison to you) to the sport, it really helps me understand it so much better. Thank you!
Cavendish's weaving through the field was a work of art. Outkicking Phillipsen is no small feat either. An epic and well-earned 35.
It is. If you have ever raced balls out the last 1km is lost to the sprinters in the pack. When it gets to 50+km down to momentum, skill & intelligence to the line. He earned it, brill.
Yes it was a master class , after the following two wheels then the explosion of pace , amazing to watch
Motor doping.....
Helps when you pay off the competition
we watched Mark five times live previously , and you know what, ........ he is AMAZING ..... we also met TEAM Sky and chatted to them all, when they won !!!!!! Froom/his Team and amazing 'live wire' Garant Thomas, full of fun and masses of energy ... they are perfect gentleman , so PROUD of our collection of photographs, Sky Team Manager was so kind to us ... Every fan' they have respect for , Just amazing this Sporting event, Tour de France, Don't have a tell lie vision don't have a radio... the hi' lights are grabbing a portable cooker, kettle tea bags, knife and folk and sitting with the crowds awaiting the Peloton to come flying by ..... fit strong brave men , what a joy . the families pack the side of the road and wait patiently . the goody vehicles, come along, and throw toys, gifts hats T shirts into the crowds, Every little child gets a pressy ... If you believe in Santa, well this is far more 'real and exiting, GOD BLESS all those that participate in this amazing event, the organisers , you certainly light up France and everywhere you go . thank you
I can’t believe these islands aren’t marked with something much higher so everyone can see them from a long way back. So many needless crashes.
The signs were made for ants. They have to be at least 3 times higher than this. ua-cam.com/video/LQc8NDKcnpM/v-deo.htmlsi=UDFLiX16YXLP-apu&t=101
It gets crazy out there 😱🦋
I know these race planners are like bullies playing tricks and laughing as they fall
Are you serious? That would take a thimbleful of initiative and effort.
In some races they have tall markers. Not sure why they didn't use them here.
Sprints are so crazy. In 30 seconds so much happens that it takes 30 minutes to make complete sense of it
Only watch Tour tbh, but the drama in these sprints is epic.
Congratulations to Sir Mark Cavendish the greatest sprinter all time. I was screaming and jumping on the chair that I was seated and nearly got injured. It was one of the greatest sprints that I have ever seen. Happy for Cavendish and his lovely family. Thanks for the Excellent explanation Chris. Have a great day. 👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️
You need barriers.
@@DanielEarlester And a new chair.. heheh
@tonyvanderstraaten1040 yes him and sir nick faldo should get together for some golf later in the year( that's if MC even plays golf)
New habit: don't hit the "Like" until I hear ~
"My man Viktor Campenaertz" 😂🎉😂
no one on youtube covers a sprint like you, Mr. Horner. Thank you so much.
Chris, you’re disqualifying my early bedtimes here.
Wife is gonna kick me out to the Chesterfield. 😂
Chris's new sponsors are BigBarnsDirect and LA-Z-BOY. He's using strategy to get us all in trouble with our wives.
No doubt! I'm an old man now, and 2100/9:00 is lights out, but I hang out to watch Chris! But ya killin' me, Smalls!!
Just go to sleep and watch first thing when you get up.
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@@jamesfox9455 Hell yeah sleep 9-5 this time of year and get 16 hours of daylight. Summertime rules!!
only reason I even watched part of the stage today was to see if Cavendish would succeed in his quest. I think Astana team and mostly the management owners should get the main kudos for signing MC to a contract and bringing him and a decent sprint team to the Tour when no one else would.
Vino is brilliant, even if he is a Sith Lord.
Its quite ironic how he got his 35th win... After being dumped by a British team and dumped again by a Belgian team trying to surpass a Belgian great.. Kazakhstan delivers it for him😅
Right. I always said on air while working with NBC that Ineos should have signed him. Big budget with at least one spot open for a sprinter at the TdF.👊🦋
Chapeau King Cav … absolutely brilliant 💪💪💪💪💪🚴👍
@ChrisHornerCycling Ineos would have left him on stage 1. Astana entire team dragged him to safety. A well deserved win after that horrible day for the team.
Viktor “no glasses” campaenarts while going 30 mph at the front of the peloton. What a savage.
itÄs more like 35-37 mph
This is simply one of the very best walkthroughs of a messy sprint. I have seen. And @ 15:00 really took me, still have stomach cramps from laughing. After a really thorough review of several minutes for something going on a few hundred meters of muddy stuff, the picture comes of a bunch of confused chickens who finally found their rooster on the retina 😂
Excellent work! Greets from Denmark (ok bedtime now before junior gets up within 3 hours - but all the waiting time worth it! ❤❤)
Thanks. Good night and I hope the kid sleeps good so you can also.🦋👊💤
Yes, I've never had anyone explain it to me like this before. Now I can actually make a little more sense of the chaos. Please keep posting.
Great summary as always. You’re the first one I’ve seen to acknowledge Biniam Girmay taking the green jersey lead. That’s also an historic achievement. Congratulations to Mark Cavendish. Mad bike handling skills to Pogacar avoiding the sign and the guy with the bunny hop over the fallen rider.
100%
Chris, thanks for pointing out Biniam Girmay’s taking the green jersey. I didn’t see that covered on a many of the cycling sites, so kudos to you for highlighting that.
That was the best sprint and by far the cleanest one of the Tour so far. Girmay deserves far more media attention.
Astana got the reward for signing a retired Cav. It’s the Astana livery on the photo of the record breaking stage. So it’s job done for the Manx man and I guess he will retire now. Chris did say he is the best sprinter in history and that seals it. This Tour is more than fulfilling expectations as is our hosts roundups.
Brilliant 10 minute analysis of what Cav somehow figured out and successfully executed six marvelous seconds......Thanks, Chris....I've been waiting all afternoon for your always logical and entertaining explanation. What a day!!!!....
600 meters of racing and ten minutes needed to explain just some it. I like those kinds of stages. 👊🦋🔥😱
@@ChrisHornerCycling Cav just showed his experience and savvy with a master class of how to weave through traffic at the end… Brilliant! Old men rock 😎
You literally couldn’t write a better script for Netflix, all the first 5 stages, stunning…🤨
My guy if you think something as chaotic as bike racing can be scripted I have a bridge to sell you
Agreed 👊🦋💥
@@timmaloney3587That’s not what they said..
@@timmaloney3587 this comment doesn't make any sense. he's saying that they couldn't write a better script for a cycling movie on netflix because the stages were so good. he doesn't believe it was actually scripted.
@@DirtyCiv yeah I think I misunderstood the original comment - oh well!
We need to be really careful with the rules here. Many people get the rule 2.3.036 ("Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching
into the sprint and, in so doing, endangering others.
") wrong. It is not forbidden to change your lane. It is only forbidden to do so when endangering other riders. Mark does not endanger anyone by changing his lane so there is no reason to disqualify him. It is not his responsibility what other do on his backwheel as a response to his change of lanes. @
How about causing chaos behind him is not endangering anybody ? He knows what he is doing. But in reality the rule is only applied if you bump somebody into the barriers. And not always then even. Because nobody really sticks to their line. But there is not going 100% straight, then there is moving from one side of the road to the other in 1 second or 2 like Cav does.
Cav made his move to a clear position to Launch his sprint. Prior to that the launch had not occurred. Are lead out riders disqualified for peeling left and right after their pull. Nope, all the shuffling doesn't matter unless the launch has occurred.
@@S9999Frank He only causes chaos behind because other people chose to follow his wheel and then impede the people behind him. That is there choice not his.
@@S9999Frank Having said that his final deviation is okay, his bumping of Bauhaus into Gaviria, is at best on the limit in my opinion. But a very brave person who disqualifies him for that in the circumstances.
@@lukehudson9369 yes, but at least the comissairs stepped up and DQed Jasper today, have seen his forcing others into the barriers too many times. We need video-refereeing if sprints are going to be fair, it all happens super quick.
Amazing stage and this tour is EPIC! Every day is just spectacular!
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Love the content; hate the clickbait title.
Its a knucklehead tactic with that title.
Nah, I give him an out on that; the title _is_ applicable to the content, if you watched the whole video.
@@RezPlank I did. It has almost no impact except a 5 second mention of a rule that wasn’t applied or even considered.
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Unfortunately titles help with the algorithm
When I saw the headlines waking up this morning, I put on the entire stage replay while I was working because I wanted to see how the day would develop and it was well worth it to witness history for both Mark Cavendish and Biniam Girmay. I watched the documentary they did for Cavendish, and I thought it did a really great job showcasing the highs and lows of his career. Understanding his career trajectory made that win feel incredibly satisfying as a cycling fan.
In terms of how the stage ended, I see it as hard sprinting and no reason to DQ anyone, especially given how the UCI have chosen to enforce/not enforce this rule in its history. This conversation is always going to come up because the rule exists, but I personally don’t think the rule in its current language really lives up to the spirit of how the sprints should be. Regardless, I see zero reason to doubt that Cavendish was 100% the fastest man on two wheels for the day. Congrats
I don’t know how this will be adressed but it’s getting more and more dangerous - fans standing at places on the road which causes crashes . It’s needs to be attended to
Bilbao showed us last year
need motorbikes with multiple warnings saying stay off the entire road. And signs too. There's idiots at the TDF but there's also ignorant people. Though you'd think other spectators would warn people around them...sadly you don't realise till just before what another person is going ot do
I'm glad you mentioned the bunny hop.
That was a good bunny hop. TdF saving bunny hop possibly 🤪🦋👊💥🐇🐰
@@ChrisHornerCyclingMads owes him a beer!
Cavendish 1st
Bunny Hop 2nd
Pogs Save 3rd
Pog caused a crash
Agreed. That bunny hop was worth some good points. 👊🦋
@@gerdkerman9849i do not think so after watching this very carefully. It is under the “shit happens” category
i always tell my local group rides to bunny hop people, but they just dont have the skill haha
Witty comment that succinctly summarized an otherwise boring stage.
Reading through the comments yesterday, absolutely dismissing Cav. Asking what kind of ego he has to think he can break the record, considering how bad he looked. That ego and belief in himself is what got him to 35 wins and that same belief made Vino believe he could do it.
Astana are a part of the history in cycling now and well done to them
Such great insight you are giving fans! Even for us seasoned professionals, we should be watching. Thank you!
I didn't realize how remarkable this Stage was until seeing your commentary...Thanks !
the bunny hop from the cofidis rider was epic--great reaction time and instincts.
What a win by Sir Cav! Proved many of his doubters wrong.
Absolute excellent analysis. For a GC champion you fully explained what happened in a sprint stage. Thank you.
Awesome stage and analysis as always. Pumped for my ride now as I finish my coffee. This episode set the record for most arrows in one frame. 😊
Glad this happened so early in the Tour. Now he can relax and even win a few more!
Great analysis, as a newbie I watched at least 4 others earlier but yours was the first I fully understood and you have hands down the best use of video and graphics.
I'm now a follower.
If any one deserved to break the record its Cav. He might be a bit of a dick sometimes, but he's been amazing and today shows what experience does for you. In an interview he was saying he knew he didnt have the team to get over the line, but they could get him close and he was going to have to ride smart. He did.
Not really a great comment from him and downplaying his team, seeing as he has one of the best lead out men around in Mørkøv, but yes wasn't the perfect sprint as a full team this time.
So classy from you Chris to mention about the green jersey at the end! He is writing a page full of history in this TDF!
Why so much focus on the color of a person's skin?
@@peterdelaney7061 because it matters to me! If I find inspiration from a person doing things that has never done before by his countrymen, you have no right to question the choice! He is a trendsetter. You can accept it or deny it, but can’t ignore it.
@@SamikBose90 I'm not ignoring it. And i have have every right to question anything I choose to. I don't care about a person's skin color. I'd much rather focus on the rider himself. How he comports himself, how he competes. That ought to matter a lot more than a mere superficial aspect. Enjoy the rest of Le Tour
Chris, you always manage to create order out of chaos. NOBODY explains the complexity of sprint finishes as well as you do. Thanks for all the work you guys put into your channel. 👍
Crazy his chain was completely OFF as he came across the line. 😮
I was wondering why he was just rolling stiff leg.
The chain dropped because he stopped pulling suddenly. It’s really normal, because usually the momentum keeps the cassette going forward, and when you stop, the chain just falls off. It’s not broken, and it didn’t come off until he stopped pedaling.
And Cav back pedal. 🤔🦋👍
@@wildly_heathernever seen it happen except for Cav 🤔
Happens to me all the time(on my motor bike)@michaelsteven1090
the bunny hop was the highlight of the sprint in my opinion ... but good for Cavendish!
That’s was very impressive. I like the look he gave his teammate afterwards. 😳🦋👊
Great walkthrough, concise, well explained, and the arrows are very helpful!
Superb professional insight of road racing sprinting from Chris Horner. I doesn't get better than this!
Sprinting is a bloodspot, dog eating dog...Rules? What rules. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line but the line with the most wins is a curve
Chris, you're the best at this stuff my man! 🤘
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Third probably
ETA: I love the fact that Project 35 was completed.
Cav shows just how much insight he has to make those last second shifts while going 60k an hour. Watching him thread the needle through everyone was a thing of beauty.
Although I will say the dude that bunny hopped his bike over the crash was just as impressive
Phil Ligot was crying on camera after Cav broke the record
I bet Phil was. Phil has been recovering Cav for Cav’s whole career. ❤️🦋👊
2nd 👊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
phil’s the one who dubbed cav’s nickname of the Manx Missile
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Yeah, that’s so cool! I went back and watched more after the race coverage and finally saw where Phil said that.
damn. this breakdown is as historical as #35. I did not know any of these details and their impacts, I loved the identification of each racer in the pack from 500m to the finish and how each one either played their part or took their chance and how one by one they could not finish their job. Excellent breakdown Chris and Garret
Best explanation so far for the Stage 5. Job well done Chris! You are also a legend too. I remember the years watching you in Tour de France.
Nice editing on this one Garrett. Lotta keyframes!
18:36 yep. and its freakn amazing to me to think that Cav can process all that strategy in seconds as those final 250 meters unfold
I loved the way the grizzled ole veteran pinballed his way through the field, shows his grit. I was hopping up and down like Secretariat at the Belmont in 1973! So happy for Cav! I'm thinking he has more stages the way he dusted the field. 👍🏻🚵🏽♀️💯🇬🇧🇨🇵
Yet again, another brilliant breakdown, Chris.
It was fantastic to see Sir Cav bobbing and weaving like he used to before he had a train at HTC. He deserves his accolades!
Due to the fact that this is the best 3 week race in the world, and the organizers have means to provide at least in 50 ,40 km of the stage to avoid the most dangers to the riders, in Flanders all the flandres classics have already sonore warnings and signs who are with led lights etc . For the A.S.O. is not good pub ,the tour is seen around the world!
I am happy to witness Cav's record winning sprint competing in his 15th TDF at 39 years old (reminding me of somebody that won a major tour at 42). I often wonder how many victories Merckx would have won if he competed in more than only 7 TDF's. Has anyone ever been able to win more than 9 stages in one TDF as Eddy did in 1970? I never cease to be amazed at videos showing Merckx climbing in a huge gear with his upper body rocking while producing an amazing 276 pro victories.
It's silly to try to compare the two. Merckx could certainly have won more than 35 stages, had it been a goal. But, remember, he was in the race for the yellow jersey overall. There were breakaways he let go, and other tactics that were reasonable, but interfered with a stage win. Kudos for Cav, though, 35 sprint wins is epic in its own right.
@@choctawone8266 Absolutely, my intent was never to discount Mark's achievement, I am so happy for him, but the record 'was' tied w/Merckx so the obvious contrast of the two heroes I believe was warranted.
Thanks for the play by play Chris. 🙂
From Namibia to Eritrea, 🎉congratulations‼️
Mark Cavendish😊you are just phenomenal💐Congratulations‼️
Thank you for breaking it down in such detail. Saw it earlier, but had no idea how much had to line up for Cavendish to pull it off.
Watching the race in real time, and seeing Cav surf the wheels, you could just see, OMG, he's going to do this.
On one point though, I disagree with you. The wording of the UCI rule is:
"Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching into the sprint *and, in so doing, endangering others*." [my emphasis]
I don't think Cav was close to being DQ'd by the rule here; not even close to being close. There was nobody near him as he moved left and nobody he cut off. No reasonable person could say that he "endangered others".
I don't think that sprint was against the rules:
'Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching into the sprint *AND*, in so doing, endangering others.'
That sprint wasn't endangering others. There was no one he had to chop or cut off.
Congratulations Cav. I'm glad it's over and the media frenzy will die down, hopefully.
Thanks Chris for pointing out the Girmay moment. The rest of the media seemed to miss the important global moment, glowing in Cav's achievement.
Miss you on the Tour broadcast, but glad I stumbled upon your channel… spectacular insights
The analysis and commentary by Chris for this stage was almost as exciting as watching Cav win!
Massive Respect 🔥 Winners Win and Hard Work Pays 🏆 Anyone else admire the bunny hop of the Cofidis rider over the falling rider 100m from the finish 😵💫🤯
it's only fitting that Cav gets his historic win today in a Tour that's already had so many historic moments
Plenty of historic events already at this early part of Le tour even before it started the list of contenders, girmay then cav
Agreed. 👊🦋
Such a feel good tour so far
When I freeze this video at 15:49 and look at Mads Pederson's wheel, it looks like he braked so hard that his rear wheel is a few inches in the air.
He definitely owes a beer to the rider who bunny hopped him.
Yeah you are right. That’s crazy
@@ZBicyclist looks like he hopped over his neck, basically. ScaryAF
I can believe that. 😳😱🦋💥
@@ZBicyclist Definitely, a beer and maybe an honorary "Sagan Award" for demonstrating Sagan like bike handling skills
Listening to this coverage is better than watching the race. I got sweaty!
The best most detailed analysis, super, thank you.
Appreciate the detailed insight breaking down that sprint.
After 19 minutes 45 seconds Chris Horner can now take a breath.
As always, Chris, you see all the nuances we all miss.
Thank for recognizing Biniam!
Drinking game today: Take a shot every time Chris says "Pascal Ackermann".
Speaking of Girmay getting Green and how special that was, I think even more than Pogacar congratulating Cavendish, Girmay interrupting Cav's media chat to give/get a hug was pretty damn special.
Love the commentary by Chris and great work on the arrows by Garrett!! 😊
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Also, Cav had so much room when he was moving left that he wasn’t endangering or causing issues with the sprint. He could’ve gone left right left, done a couple somersaults and still have been not affecting the peloton. I honestly think it was more Jasper or the EF rider moving to follow Mark that caused all the chaos in the peloton. I was more concerned with that initial bump with the Bahrain victorious rider when cabin was trying to get in Jasper‘s wheel would be flagged.
Stop blaming jasper he did nothing to cause mads crash
That was a hard second bump to Jasper’s wheel from Phil. 😱🦋
Jasper Disaster
Is there a better love story than Chris and Victor Campenaerts?
You do a great job of analyzing these finishes, @Chris.
Great work as always Chris and congrats to cav. As soon as Astana announced that they signed Michael Morkov, I knew he would get the record, even though Morkov didn’t really do a lead out on this stage.
Great commentary Chris!
Mark and Biniam, two of the most likeable guys you could ever meet!
Today, the video came earlier! Thanks, for that! You have the analysis of bike races.
Greetings from Brazil!
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Why wasn't there flag men infront of those two signs? Very bad form on the part of the race officals.
Worth the wait! Thanks Chris.
Excellent commentary and assessment 😊
Excellent commentary Mr. Horner!
So, when you said: "He COULD be DISQUALIFIED for This", that was just click bait, right?
In Cavs defense, when he started the move left, he was carrying more speed than the field and had at least 1-1/2 bike lengths easy
A fantastic break down of what happened, thanks Chris!
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Congratulations, Cav!
There used to be a guy blowing a whistle and waving a flag on those middle of the road obstacles during TdF. Why did that end?
Was thinking the same thing
Right? 15 minutes of volunteer time shouldn't be such a big ask. Grr
Beautiful sprint from Cav. There is nobody better at getting into the perfect position and timing the sprint perfectly.
Thanks Chris- like the very detailed review plus selected overhead pics of the last 1 km. It made a lot of things clearer. Cav deserved the win and the record
I love putting in the front pics and then adding the top picks for the same moment in the race to show exactly how things are evolving. Glad you noticed. Thanks 👊🦋
Good ol butterfly effect was in sir cavendish favor today!! I had to stop work on the Jobsite to watch it live her in northern California! Great recap as always Chris!! 🦋🚴
damn. this breakdown is as historical as #35. I did not know any of these details and their impacts, I loved the identification of each racer in the pack from 500m to the finish and how each one either played their part or took their chance and how one by one they could not finish their job. Excellent breakdown Chris and Garret
Wow, Chris how do cover going left and right even going back to track everyone? I am amazed by your deep analysis your viewers enjoy your expertise. Just enjoyable to watch the competition.
Thanks
I like how there is a collegial atmosphere nowadays in the peloton. 95% of the riders are o.k. with being beaten on strength/tactics and don't hold a grudge or play dirty. Sure there is some shoulderwork in the sprint but that's part of the game.
Wow, what a great breakdown.. I'm new to watching cycling races and your video was super helpful, subscribing I'll be back for more!
Two names today.
Mark Cavendish &
VICTOR CAMPENAERTS!!!
I can’t believe Tadej pulled that out w/o going down! 😮
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Great Analysis Chris, Thank you for keep us update!
I thought Oliver Naesen had it for sure, wow! "Think Pascal Ackerman." 🤣Cav critics have often said he had the big train, he had
Renshaw, Morkov, but he was surfing like Sagan, just a tremendous, epic effort. So much fun to watch over and over!
It’s always a show when Victor Campenaerts makes an appearance.
The Air Train sounds like a good name for Bini. I know you said Eritrean but Air Train sounds appropriate 😊
Great race analysis! Just really enjoy listening to you break down tactics and strategies of bicycle racing! As a novice (in comparison to you) to the sport, it really helps me understand it so much better. Thank you!
Cavendish is still a track racer at heart--he was well clear and just taking the sprinters lane. ;-)