How The Race Was Won - Tour of Flanders 2014
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- Otherwise known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Maybe next year I will use the actual Dutch. There were a lot of crashes, but between Greg VanAvermaet's animation and OPQS's over-extension, it turned into a pretty active little race.
This week's outro music:
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Cosmo - I hope you feel the appreciation from those of us who genuinely cannot wait for your next production. Much love!
I do, thanks!
The best most comprehensive analysis as *always* Cosmo.
Velo-Schmews screwed up...
I have watched alot of videos of the Tour of Flanders but this one is the filled with insights and most comprehensive, well done!
First time I've watched one of these without already knowing the result. Great video. Thanks Cosmo! :)
Cosmo, Agreed with everything except where to start the sprint. The right side was the best option along the fence and crowd for best. The flags are blowing above cover. The wind could blow over and spill on the left. Blood and guts as always. What a race!
I thought about this, but it's never seemed to make much difference in my racing experience. Whenever I've wanted to make it tough on people behind me in a crosswind, I've gone to the downwind edge of the road. That way they lose a bit of the draft and I get theirs as they try to pass me.
Then again, I've never raced along fully-boarded-over barricades with a 4-deep crowd, or put out whatever kind of crazy watts these guys have with 260k in my legs :)
I have felt the advantage on a motor speedway with the 4ft high cement blocks and chain link fence. Mind you, I am a little guy at 5'6". I'm also surprised one can even think clearly at the end of a Classic. Love what you do Cosmo. Keep it comin!!!
Mike Novo Exactly. So much of these finales is just cross-eyed instinct. But it's still so cool to see how it happened.
First time seeing your vids, but glad to have found them. Keep up the good work
This is the best video series on all of CZcams -- thank you so much for gracing us with these videos, analyses, commentary, and humor! Can't wait to see the 2015 spring classics.
Once again kick ass analysis!
Thank you!
You rock my world once again. When ever I have a cycling inch you scratch it. Bravo Casmo!!!
Great recap as always Cosmo!
Superb as usual. Many thanks
Well done. Excellent analysis.
Excellent work. You make it look easy.
Awesome review, Cosmo!
Awesome - such a great race!
Brilliant video
Good report thanks very insightful
Congrats, Cosmo!!! From Brazil!!!
Spartacus!! All week I was worried that Fabian (my favorite pro rider... by a mile... I am a 55 year old fan-boy) would not get it done this year, and yet he did. And as for Cosmo, there were no worries that he would succinctly, entertainingly/snarkily post a great review of Ronde 2014. The quick take on the parcourse ("no Mur I am usually busy on Sunday mornings with church, and my laptop connection to EuroSport is inconsistent (i.e. slow as mud), so I always catch up with Cosmo Monday mornings and then watch the delayed stream at work (better Internet bandwidth, better computer), so thanks a lot Cosmo-dude! Oh and once more: Spartacus!!!
Nice recap!
another thing I just noticed, check out the little head tilt thing leukemans did as cancellara surged up the oude kwaremont. I'm guessing he had a flashback to the 2010 roubaix hahaha
Where oh Where is Velobeats these days! Great use of Cobble and Bass CC!
Brilliant!
Excellent!
Awesome, thanks! :D
I'm on the fence (get it? the fence and people blocking it…) about the crosswind. Head-cross and true-cross winds are one thing-but the flags in the footage seem to show a tail-cross wind, which can often shift (even reverse) the echelon dynamic, depending on speed. This was perhaps further compounded by what commenter Mike Novo points out, that the fencing and crowd disrupted the wind even further. The right-side barrier guttering may have been the better choice after all. I'm going to assume that, consciously or not, if the wind was significant enough any pro in a small break leadout would instinctively gutter opponents, so I'd say either there was a backwash wind at play, or it was so insignificant that road-side choice was determined more by previous attack lead-ins or formations and to change sides in the final metres was too much, too late.
Chapeau!
thanks..
Strangest bike throw ever at 1:21.
Woman in jeans flings a Sky Pinarello into a corn field.
No, I have no idea why either...
I lol'd at that one too.
Like it
Cosmo you are on it my friend! Indeed a great race! I love classics season. Thank you for another great video. Why don't you get paid for these!? Universal Sports needs to step it up.
I keep trying to get in touch with someone important there. We'll see.
Excellent video but I don't think the wind was too significant that day. They're dipping there flags forward.
was not* too signifivant
great Thank You!!!!
Spot on analysis Cosmo but you sound a little down. Are you ok buddy?
Cosmo, I really think you are great, please improve speed in the comments, you have a great future of head of you.
"Speed" as in I should be replying to the comments more quickly? On that front, I'm doing the best I can-this isn't my full-time job yet.
Cosmo Catalano Yeah, why aren't you answering our every whim in break-neck speed? WTF Giovanni?
0:50 did that trek rider go down because his hand got caught on that lady's coat?
Yep! That was Popovych, and it brought to mind a crash of his former teammate who Must Not Be Named (Lance Armstrong crashes and attacks at the Tour de France 2003) though the Flanders crash happened at much higher speed.
great vid as usual just please avoid use of shitty dubstep in the future?
I am afraid we have different opinions on VeloBeats, though I will concede the music triggered ContentID, adding an ad which generates no revenue for me and making the video unavailable in Germany.
Cosmo Catalano well i'm sorry for those unfortunate happenings, though hopefully we've learned our lesson and can stick to the more euro beats :)
Another gutted GVA fan here.
Thanks, I was waiting eagerly for this HTRWW. Another vintage edition!
I expected you however to be a bit harsher on QSOF and Sagan for being rubbish.
I'm not quite sure if "rubbish" is quite accurate-following Cancellara when he makes his move is a tall order. But I definitely think OPQS wanted a do-over on 30-17km to go.
Cosmo Catalano Agreed, maybe not rubbish, but they certainly completely lost the plot at the end.