I remember when MvdP was skinny. Even 2 or 3 years ago he was fairly frail looking. His body type has completely changed. He's now an absolute monster. Transformation is highly suspect IMO. He's beginning to look like Armstrong did pre-cancer ...
@@TheNisms borrow one, borrow a bike with a power meter, go to a gym with smart turbo trainers, even you can go to shops where you can try out smart trainers for free. Just be creative. Strava does estimations .. but on the other hand, you don’t need a power meter. It’s handy while training, but a heart rate monitor will work too.
@@TheNisms yeah, what the other guy said or you buy one on AliExpress. I paid a bit more than 200 bucks and it shows the same value as my smart trainer. One crank only, a modified ultegra, but does the job. Ant+ required. Magene is the name.
Never ever have I seen someone have to pull the brakes on that turn after the climb. Absolute madness. Pretty sure UCI is going to ban MVDP because it's just not fair anymore...
@@durianriders I get what you mean here. He rode exactly as hard as he needed to do to win. His overall average of 318 is by no means superhuman, lots of pros have done similarly. What impresses me the most is being able to do those absolute monstrous attacks at the tail end of doing 318 for five hours. He dropped WvA and Pogačar on Le Tolfe with 738w for a straight minute and then dropped Alaphilippe on the Santa Caterina with a 1,000w for 20 seconds, max of 1362w. That IS crazy, no matter how you look at it. But I can see how some might construe your comment as “Phil can do more watts”. When that’s certainly not true in any regard. MvdP would outshine Phil in anything concerning watts, max watts, watts per kilo on FTP, etc. I say this as a big Phil Gaimon fan, by the way. For what it’s worth.
Agree. 320 average isn’t interesting. These guys have 400+ FTP. To DR’s point he wasn’t even looking back before crossing the line. Probably could have kept this up for another lap or two. 🐐
Thanks for sharing the video. The most amazing thing I saw in Strada Bianche 2021 is that MVDP and Tom Pidcock rode the race WITHOUT gloves. I am pretty sure that they were asked to wear gloves but, man, these two boys were so confident about their bike-handling, even sliding on gravel and going 90+kmph downhill did not warrant any. Chapeau.
I don't think the handlebars snapping the other week was a fault of canyon I think they are going to need some extra support to hold his power. I think he is going to crank and his frame is going to snap in half.
Dear Patrick, thanks for your brilliant review. And thank you MVDP for your biblical thermonuclear power explosions. Best wishes, John. PS Along with stage 6 of 2022 Basque Country, this was the most memorable race of the century.
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Season 2020 was the best season ever, and 2021 has started off from where it left off. Awesome spring to everyone, thanks for the top tier channel Lanterne!
@@johnbowers5447 Luckily we have LED lighting these days. With these numbers mattieu can light up my entire store and basement including a mac mini. (unfortunately none of the appliances nor cooling.)
Dude, your channel has improved 1000 percent. I thought I liked your cycling commentary when your channel first started. This season your concise data-driven, wisdom-filled comments are the best. You rock! Your insights bring an excitement to the race I have missed due to unfamiliarity with the continuing change in cyclists, teams, etc. Not to cast shade on other channels, but you have by far the best quality comments, INSIGHTS and love for the sport. Thanks, Lantern Rouge!!!
@@raphaeltiziani7476 He is a very tough nut to crack, but he was never contending to be the winner. Lacks the explosive power. 3rd was the best he could ever do in that group which he got. So fair play job well done.
I watched this for a 3rd time now. That rarely happens to me. Just excellent analysis of this race. I've not seen this level of commenting, even though afterwards, after decades of watching bike racing.
Fantastic analysis as always ,becoming one of my fave channels for cycle racing.Keep up the great work Lantern.Gutted about Porte crashing out of Paris nice ,when will the Aussie get some good luck.
mvdp: *gets gapped* wva: "phew, i'm safe from him" mvdp: *teleports right back into the leadgroup with 580W for 2min mvdp: "heh, nothing personell, kid"
That’s nearly two horsepower! Amazing. It’s also interesting to note that when James Watt created the HP as a unit to measure his steam engines, he deliberately made a horsepower greater than the power of a British draft horse - in other words, way more power than a saddle horse can generate - so that his engines would would easily outperform horses in any contest.
77kg and this extraordinary power output reminds me abut Lance... He was also in the same weight category like Mvdp. So heavy weight of cycling. The thing is Mvdp seems to be even more explosive regardless of the race stage. This differentiates him from most of the riders - ability to turn on the throttle when needed.
Big favourite for Sanremo ! I do not see Van Aert get stronger fast enough, he was not completely at his top. Alaphilippe ? I do not know, but I think so because he is second. MVDP lost some weight, and that makes quite some difference. Hopefully VA can follow the other 2 on the Poggio, a,d then sprint for it. Likely, they want VA at his best at the Tour of Flanders and ROUBAIx, and all others. I doubt if the Golden Race will be organised... And I want to see this MVDP in liege and for sure at the Mur of Huy. Question: will he still be as strong then as now ?
One race between Van Aert and MVDP both at 100% Cyclo Cross /Classics ----- i would always back MVDP. Over the whole season and consistency, its Van Aert.
I'd like to see a video comparing MVDP's #'s to other greats that have released data files. How's he compare to Sagan, etc.? Are we seeing something that we've never seen before?
GCN is saying they have never seen anything like this. Yes the best sprinters can produce higher peaks. the best climbers can produce more watt/weight for longer. But this combination? no no one ever.
It was a great race, the only thing that would have made it better for me as an American is if Simmons hadn't gotten that flat so we could have seen how much he could hang with the big guns. Alas, that's racing.
When I saw that, I thought can it really be true that we aging to see another Contador/Cancelará?!?! It was amazing! It was of those moments when you ask yourself, are the other racing or something, because they are not moving, it seems...
I will give this video to anyone who says "oh, bicycling is easy! Anyone can ride a bike." Yes, anyone can ride a bike ... but only the truly special can ride it as well as MVDP.
@@linglingjr I have "friends" who say this. These are the same people who drive pickup trucks and "roll coal" whenever they see a cyclist on the road where I live. Trust me, they are out there. Denigrating cycling because "it's easy."
Def dicey to take JA to that finish but we could see JA’s body language in the finals k’s and he was not his usual animated self. Did I see with the round 5K to go Vanderpool screaming at Bernal to take a pull?
Great review...... the best out there!!!! I’d like to see MVP 💪🏻🦵🏻power💪🏻🦵🏻 attack vs former greats attacks on hills in spring classics..... ie Cancellara OR Tom Boonen ????
He does MTB and CX too, he could be a great time trial rider but it just doesn’t fit his schedules to train for it. Always states he loves to ride the MTB most when asked.
@@tyle.s9084 Yes indeed what Roy says. He needs to do a lot of testing to get his position right too. It is not a discipline he is interested in I believe. He did a decent TT in Binckbank tour last year, so he definitely has potential
Power data like this is a good way to very quickly remind yourself that you are not even on the same planet as these mutants. His normalized race power is so far above my FTP I don't even want to think about it.
Mutant !!! What's amazing is the numbers the top pro riders put out even early on in a race when they are trying to " save themselves" for the last 90 minutes of a big race
That photo with MVDP turning into that right hand corner after the last climb and the other two way down is just amazing. Cycling photo of the year.
Would be better without the people.
Cor Vos is an absolute legend.
at which timestamp ?
@@santiagobenites Cor Vos hasn’t shot a bike race in years
@@curvenut 7:52
MVP's power is impressive...but I'm not sure it compares with the power of Lanterne's mustache
It needs to stay when THE MULLET is finally coming back!
Only Matt Stephens'hair can do that...
@@philipplintl4971 if brings back the mullet and has that mustache, then I will think he is one of my Alabama neighbors.
That's a moustache? I thought he'd been drinking hot chocolate.
I remember when MvdP was skinny. Even 2 or 3 years ago he was fairly frail looking. His body type has completely changed. He's now an absolute monster. Transformation is highly suspect IMO. He's beginning to look like Armstrong did pre-cancer ...
Nice to see a TdF champion, current road world champion and an alien on the podium.
"thermobiblical", Benji killing it with that one.
He's a watt monster that breaks handlebars for a living.
“He was able to get some rest” - riding my fu**ing FTP
And it's a strong ftp.
Least you have an FTP, I cant afford a power meter
@@TheNisms borrow one, borrow a bike with a power meter, go to a gym with smart turbo trainers, even you can go to shops where you can try out smart trainers for free. Just be creative. Strava does estimations .. but on the other hand, you don’t need a power meter. It’s handy while training, but a heart rate monitor will work too.
@@TheNisms yeah, what the other guy said or you buy one on AliExpress. I paid a bit more than 200 bucks and it shows the same value as my smart trainer. One crank only, a modified ultegra, but does the job. Ant+ required. Magene is the name.
Totally hahahaha
The analysis, the mustache, the production... 10/10
Never ever have I seen someone have to pull the brakes on that turn after the climb. Absolute madness. Pretty sure UCI is going to ban MVDP because it's just not fair anymore...
Kudos Lanterne, the only thing missing is you getting a fluffy white cat to pet while reading the strava data.
This would work so well
It's proven that cycling with no gloves and long white socks adds 50-100w to normalized power.
Oh.. almost forgot... If you keep your mouth closed (as MVDP did in the final 400m take-off), you can add another 150w to that number.
White shoes adds another 25watts haha
Logging in to Amazon now...
White shoes are fast.
Drilling holes in your canyon also adds watts
MVDP: wins strada
Strava sauce: cat 3
lol
That power data is literally unbelievable. True greatness in numbers
Cookie man does more watts and about 6kg lighter. The power data MVDP in strada is believable. He only rode hard enough to win remember.
@@durianriders got a link to where cookie man does more watts please? x
@@durianriders I get what you mean here. He rode exactly as hard as he needed to do to win. His overall average of 318 is by no means superhuman, lots of pros have done similarly. What impresses me the most is being able to do those absolute monstrous attacks at the tail end of doing 318 for five hours. He dropped WvA and Pogačar on Le Tolfe with 738w for a straight minute and then dropped Alaphilippe on the Santa Caterina with a 1,000w for 20 seconds, max of 1362w. That IS crazy, no matter how you look at it.
But I can see how some might construe your comment as “Phil can do more watts”. When that’s certainly not true in any regard. MvdP would outshine Phil in anything concerning watts, max watts, watts per kilo on FTP, etc. I say this as a big Phil Gaimon fan, by the way. For what it’s worth.
Agree. 320 average isn’t interesting. These guys have 400+ FTP. To DR’s point he wasn’t even looking back before crossing the line. Probably could have kept this up for another lap or two. 🐐
@@AProvvidenzaTG he's overall average normalized power is 389 where did you get that number?
Thanks for sharing the video. The most amazing thing I saw in Strada Bianche 2021 is that MVDP and Tom Pidcock rode the race WITHOUT gloves. I am pretty sure that they were asked to wear gloves but, man, these two boys were so confident about their bike-handling, even sliding on gravel and going 90+kmph downhill did not warrant any. Chapeau.
That caption absolutely nailed the look of disbelief on Wout van Aert’s face; loving your work LR!
'Stached-up, sunnies-toting with that intro background is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥
MVP, WVA, Allaphilipe, Bernal and Pogacar all in the same group is insane
And in that scenery. Yes boys!
I don't think the handlebars snapping the other week was a fault of canyon I think they are going to need some extra support to hold his power. I think he is going to crank and his frame is going to snap in half.
he hit someting they say a car mirror
Canyon has those extendable handlebars. It is easy to snap.
How blessed are we as cycling fans to have these superstars rising up. This year is going to be awesome!
Dear Patrick, thanks for your brilliant review. And thank you MVDP for your biblical thermonuclear power explosions. Best wishes, John.
PS Along with stage 6 of 2022 Basque Country, this was the most memorable race of the century.
Season 2020 was the best season ever, and 2021 has started off from where it left off. Awesome spring to everyone, thanks for the top tier channel Lanterne!
Pretty spectacular.
To put things in perspective though, he's almost as powerful as a toaster.
Well, he did toast them!
Which is why there’s a climate crisis. Every time I attack our local steep hill I think, I’m powering just 6 standard light bulbs right now...
@@johnbowers5447 Luckily we have LED lighting these days.
With these numbers mattieu can light up my entire store and basement including a mac mini.
(unfortunately none of the appliances nor cooling.)
48 year year old guy from Holland, cycling enthousiast for 35 years : Keep it up! Very good channel. Very informative and refreshing!
Dropped allaphillipe like he was stationary!
like a bad habit
“a herd of goats” 🤣🤣 so true and best caption of the year so far. Great analysis LR. Thanks 😊
He would be more powerful than most people even if he got a leg amputated
are you talking to me?
36 likes decent
@@freddieevans4906 I'll take it
@Edwin Jansen and his mum! An elite sprinter.
The lonely leg could probably win a few races too.
Dude, your channel has improved 1000 percent. I thought I liked your cycling commentary when your channel first started. This season your concise data-driven, wisdom-filled comments are the best. You rock! Your insights bring an excitement to the race I have missed due to unfamiliarity with the continuing change in cyclists, teams, etc. Not to cast shade on other channels, but you have by far the best quality comments, INSIGHTS and love for the sport. Thanks, Lantern Rouge!!!
Egan Van Bernal, the return of the beast
honestly what a great ride. The guy definitely knows what hes doing.
I am actually more impressed with Bernal being able to be in the mix for the winner all the way to the end.
I'm equally impressed by both. Each rider did basically the most they could in the situation
He might had a bad 2020 but we still have to remember that the 2019 Tour victory did not came out of nowhere. He is incredibly strong.
@@raphaeltiziani7476 He is a very tough nut to crack, but he was never contending to be the winner. Lacks the explosive power. 3rd was the best he could ever do in that group which he got. So fair play job well done.
Not only non human watts, if you just watch him on his bike he looks so much more powerful than the other rides.
He is. Bigger, stronger, enormous chest. He really looks fantastic. For the classics he certainly has the best built.
@@ytwos1 he looks like a man amongst boys!
So enjoyable to watch, I like his riding enormously. His power to weight ratio does the rest💪🏽
I watched this for a 3rd time now. That rarely happens to me. Just excellent analysis of this race. I've not seen this level of commenting, even though afterwards, after decades of watching bike racing.
This video is why your work is the best out there.....perfect!
Fantastic analysis as always ,becoming one of my fave channels for cycle racing.Keep up the great work Lantern.Gutted about Porte crashing out of Paris nice ,when will the Aussie get some good luck.
His zone 1 is my FTP
Lmao facts
This channel is getting really good.
Thanks! Incredible coverage as always!!!
The video we needed in our lives
Incredible content; connecting race strategy and metrics is so cool
mvdp: *gets gapped*
wva: "phew, i'm safe from him"
mvdp: *teleports right back into the leadgroup with 580W for 2min
mvdp: "heh, nothing personell, kid"
lmaoo
Just listening to this sat in my chair... is making me have to take deeper breaths.
Great analysis !
That’s nearly two horsepower! Amazing.
It’s also interesting to note that when James Watt created the HP as a unit to measure his steam engines, he deliberately made a horsepower greater than the power of a British draft horse - in other words, way more power than a saddle horse can generate - so that his engines would would easily outperform horses in any contest.
I hear Elon Musk has expressed interest in hiring VDP for manned flights to Mars. Much cheaper than a conventional rocketship.
LR you crack me up. Your sunglasses highly appreciated. Thanks for warning
Love the WVA speech bubble! :-D
With that amount of Wattage radiating through his veins and lasers beams pulsating from his eyes I'm am highly surprised his Cranks and chain held up!
thanks for the great vid, clever entertainment and all that.
Wow. I can do that for 5mins on a good day. He did it for almost 5hrs.
That’s still quite good.
Yep same. 5 min power best last year was 400W (weighting 65 kg). He is a beast.
That is my 1 min power
MVDP in Strade Bianche: This isn't even my final form...
...
MVDP on Mûr-de-Bretagne: 551 watts for 5min
Marvelous performance by MVP! Close to unbelievable.
I guess that in some years down the road we’ll know how he did it.
no, niet wachten dat weet je na al.
77kg and this extraordinary power output reminds me abut Lance... He was also in the same weight category like Mvdp. So heavy weight of cycling. The thing is Mvdp seems to be even more explosive regardless of the race stage. This differentiates him from most of the riders - ability to turn on the throttle when needed.
Best of 2021 finishes !!!
Thermobiblical attack ❤️
My favorite rider going OD...man that was beautiful to watch
Watching him just fucking ripping the handlebars off when he's out of the saddle just looks so good. He makes that bike do exactly what he wants
Well my Canyon is for sale. There is absolutely not a single reason to ride a bike of the same make as MvdP. Demotivating😂
Canyon sales drop after MvDP bosses all other riders to less intimidating brands..
At least he didn’t tear the canyon apart this time..
Best strade bianche 2021 After credit video
I had to borrow my dentist's lead apron before I could observe the thermo-biblical data.
Big favourite for Sanremo ! I do not see Van Aert get stronger fast enough, he was not completely at his top. Alaphilippe ? I do not know, but I think so because he is second. MVDP lost some weight, and that makes quite some difference. Hopefully VA can follow the other 2 on the Poggio, a,d then sprint for it. Likely, they want VA at his best at the Tour of Flanders and ROUBAIx, and all others. I doubt if the Golden Race will be organised...
And I want to see this MVDP in liege and for sure at the Mur of Huy. Question: will he still be as strong then as now ?
I want that background on my next zoom meeting while my workmates ask me why I’m wearing shades
hearing that many huge number in a row and my brain is involuntarily tuning out
/overloaded
Thanks for giving the proper definition of "thermo-biblical"
Excellent analysis - thanks
At least he said ciao today.
Not gonna lie a hit like before the video even started.
Love the cozy Alpine office nook, even the LA portrait. What is up with the floating desk lamp? Magic?
The mustache is cool
My heart says that this is amazing! - My head says that this is not physically possible....
Inspirational. I used his style on Monday to blast up a hill to full effect.
This got suggested to me by TH-cam today. Fastest sub ever.
Van der Poel weighs in at ~73kg at the moment.
Are you a set of scales?
@renynetunrtun Nah sadly he is not suited for the long climbs.
@renynetunrtun he can do climbs but short ones
One race between Van Aert and MVDP both at 100% Cyclo Cross /Classics ----- i would always back MVDP. Over the whole season and consistency, its Van Aert.
Well done, thank you!
I approve the the use of Sauce in this video, but clearly MVP is a madman.
I'd like to see a video comparing MVDP's #'s to other greats that have released data files. How's he compare to Sagan, etc.? Are we seeing something that we've never seen before?
GCN is saying they have never seen anything like this.
Yes the best sprinters can produce higher peaks. the best climbers can produce more watt/weight for longer.
But this combination? no no one ever.
Started giggling right when I saw the sunglasses and moustache. 😆
Strade Bianchi is a beautiful event, I got hooked the year Benoot won it looking like a powdered ghost when he finished.
how is this humanly possible.Crazy stuff
DUDE< great look, it's amazing.. keep the stash and glasses.. very 80's
It was a great race, the only thing that would have made it better for me as an American is if Simmons hadn't gotten that flat so we could have seen how much he could hang with the big guns. Alas, that's racing.
Simmons should have been riding Vittoria like MVDP. And oh yeah, fuck Trek.
When I saw that, I thought can it really be true that we aging to see another Contador/Cancelará?!?!
It was amazing! It was of those moments when you ask yourself, are the other racing or something, because they are not moving, it seems...
MVP didn’t look back when he went on the last climb he new he had it
Already legendary...
When the next Tesla gets revealed I hear it’s going to have MVDP mode!
I will give this video to anyone who says "oh, bicycling is easy! Anyone can ride a bike." Yes, anyone can ride a bike ... but only the truly special can ride it as well as MVDP.
Who has said this? I've never heard anyone say this. Maybe about nascar or golf.
@@linglingjr I have "friends" who say this. These are the same people who drive pickup trucks and "roll coal" whenever they see a cyclist on the road where I live. Trust me, they are out there. Denigrating cycling because "it's easy."
@@the_fast_life Ha! Same here, brother. I just tell her "it was great, I suffered a lot."
Def dicey to take JA to that finish but we could see JA’s body language in the finals k’s and he was not his usual animated self. Did I see with the round 5K to go Vanderpool screaming at Bernal to take a pull?
Great review...... the best out there!!!! I’d like to see MVP 💪🏻🦵🏻power💪🏻🦵🏻 attack vs former greats attacks on hills in spring classics..... ie Cancellara OR Tom Boonen ????
We have so many great young riders right now.
Insane power
I miss this Lantern Rouge background
I also saww that he had a normalised power of 439W on the last 90 min and I was asking myself why he is not doing more timetrial
You still have to put out power in the TT position and stay aero and there are people who can put out consistent power better than him
He does MTB and CX too, he could be a great time trial rider but it just doesn’t fit his schedules to train for it. Always states he loves to ride the MTB most when asked.
@@tyle.s9084 Yes indeed what Roy says. He needs to do a lot of testing to get his position right too. It is not a discipline he is interested in I believe. He did a decent TT in Binckbank tour last year, so he definitely has potential
@@annieks.2462 This is not to say that he is a bad TT rider, but he just isn’t a TT focused rider
Well, later on that year, he just needed a day to become a top TT rider.
Liking the Lanterne Lair. Does the snow outside signify his migration to the northern hemisphere?
Yep. Insane. Superhuman. Unimaginable.
37 seconds in and I already clicked the like.
Power data like this is a good way to very quickly remind yourself that you are not even on the same planet as these mutants. His normalized race power is so far above my FTP I don't even want to think about it.
Must never do that. Cycling is a sport of boss above boss. And MvdP is a boss.
Mutant !!!
What's amazing is the numbers the top pro riders put out even early on in a race when they are trying to " save themselves" for the last 90 minutes of a big race
724 for a minute. W. T. F
I think Cancellara did over 800w for 1min in the 2007 TDF. But that was at the end of a sprint stage and not strade bianche
Great analysis. I hope they don't mess with the format Strade Bianche - its become everything that L-B-L was supposed to be.
That data is dope...
I had to give a like for the thermo biblical nuclear attack.