Elite Men's Road Race Highlights - 2013 UCI Road World Championships
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2013
- Portugal's Rui Costa claimed a stunning victory in the 2013 UCI Road World Championships Elite Mens Road Race - his country's first ever in that category - outpowering Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain in a two rider duel. Alejandro Valverde, also of Spain, then beat Italian Vincenzo Nibali for bronze.
Rui Costa played a crafty strategic game in the final lap of the 272 kilometre race, after five riders - Nibali, Valverde, Rodriguez, Colombian Rigoberto Urán and Costa himself - broke away from the front group of around 40 on the final ascent of the Fiesole climb. The quintet, after a constant war of attrition in the previous nine laps of the tough Fireneze circuit which had seen rider after rider abandon, was looking like the race winning move, but it was far from clear which of the five ahead would take top honours.
Whilst Urán was unlucky enough to crash on the fast drop back down into Firenze and lose all chance of disputing the win, bringing the front group down to four, Rodriguez almost simultaneously broke away with a speeding downhill attack to make a lone bid for gold.
The solo move could have worked out, with Valverde strongly defending his Spanish team-mate as he sat on Nibali's wheel and forced the Italian to work, but Rui Costa, shadowing Valverde and Nibali and saving every ounce of energy possible, was looking better and better positioned.
A break from Rodriguez 2km from finish
After he was brought back by Nibali's efforts to the group of three chasers - the Italian, Valverde and Rui Costa - shortly after the summit of the Via Salviati climb, the last on the circuit, Rodriguez broke away one more time with two kilometres to go.
For a moment, briefly, it looked as if the veteran Spaniard could have his country's first elite men's gold medal since Oscar Freire in 2004 in the bag, but when Rui Costa made his one attack really count and the Portuguese managed to break away from Nibali and Valverde and get across to Rodriguez, the race for gold was once again up in the air.
Rodriguez and Rui Costa fought a prolongued duel in the last 200 metres for the top place on the final podium of the 2013 Toscana Road World Championships, but in the end if Rui Costa - with a lot more energy left in his legs - managed to outpower his rival. Valverde then easily outgunned an exhausted Nibali for bronze.
"Dream come true" for Rui Costa
"This is a dream come true. It's been a dream since I was a boy. It's like winning the lottery," said Rui Costa, his country's first ever gold medallist at Elite Men's Road Race level and the winner of two Tour de France stages this summer as well as the Tour de Suisse in 2013 and 2012.
"I wanted this jersey more than anything. I'll do everything I can to honour it."
In the last two kilometres, he said "all I was thinking was to close the gap as efficiently as possible. I was trying to save energy for the sprint. We had a good gap so I could focus on that."
"It was a very hard World Championships, the rain this morning made it very tough. I had some bad moments but going into the final laps I started to believe I could do this."
Two consolation medals for the Spanish
"The Spanish did a very good race, but the rider who did the race of his life was Rui Costa, because he won," added Rodriguez, already a bronze medallist on a similarly tough course in 2009.
"We want to win, and to be so close, and not win, well, that's not something to celebrate."
"The corner where Rui attacked [with two kilometres to go] was complicated, and when he did get away, he quickly opened up a gap and after 270 kilometres, I simply couldn't follow," added Valverde, who now has five World Championships medals to his name, the most of any Spaniard in history - three silvers and two bronzes, one of which he took last year in Valkenberg.
"I'd like to get the gold, but if I didn't win, it's because I couldn't. When Costa attacked, I couldn't follow. I would have like to have won, but we have to be content to win silver and bronze." - กีฬา
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Rui Costa attacked at the right time, he deserved the victory. If Valverde had answered, Nibali would follow. Costa was the smartest.
Mais um PORTUGUÊS que eleva o nome de Portugal e não houve uma única televisão portuguesa a mostrar esta grande alegria que o ciclismo português nós deu. Viva o Rui Costa estou muito contente pelo teu feito.
Ainda bem q eu n vivi isso das TVs na altura....
Amazing final recovery from an amazing champion.. RUI COSTAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Obrigado Rui, obrigado MESMO...
Rui Costa, awesome win! Very happy he won.
I watch cycling for nearly 20 years but never had so much enthusiasm as today. VIVA RUI COSTA E VIVA PORTUGAL
I meant to say, whereas when I've been to Portugal the people have been very nice and genuine.
The best is who wins and the winner is RUI COSTA! Grande Rui és o orgulho de Portugal! Epic victory for a small country !
Rui Costa: Intelligent rider and a great athlete ! Thank you
How could the UCI live race commentators so callously accuse Rui Costa, one of the most intelligent riders in the international peloton, of being "daft" (stupid!)) and "selfish"? Selfish for wanting to win? Stupid for knowing exactly when to respond to an attack? Stupid for knowing exactly when to go on a breakaway? Stupid for knowing exactly when to attack? Rui Costa times everything to perfection! Those who follow professional cycling know he is that intelligent! He has both legs and brains!
E tb teve o q se precisa d ter por x
anyone else for bad for purito? hes been second in almost every major cycliing race on the planet! someday he will win!
Unbelievable. Love watching Worlds. Kudos to the effort Costa put in to close that gap. Amazing.
Nibali fantastic!
once RuiCosta bridged up to him he slowed down in an attempt to get RuiCosta to lead out the sprint. he still put up a decent fight even though he was obviously spent. props to RuiCosta though... that was one helluva move to bridge up alone like that in the end.
Obrigado por tudo Rui!
Still the most succesful Portugeuse rider 3 tdf stages 3 tour de swiss wins and world champion,Joao Almeida has big shoes to fill
Joaquim Agostinho?
Grande Rui !!
PORTUGAL!!
Grande Rui Costa. Muitos Parabéns!
Best world road championship race I can remember
Watched this today. Good race!
Great Rui!!! Amazing! :) World Champion!!
The tacticts for Spain should be clear. Rodriguez neutralizing the attacks and posibiliting a sprint among this four riders, what should end with a gold medal for Valverde.
He wanted the medal for himself and Valverde was upset.
Too bad for both
what a shame for Uran :(
Parabéns Rui, grande vitória para o ciclismo de Portugal.
Totally agree with u, that's why CYCLING is so Exciting!! In a sport who aparently the physical part is so important.... not always wins the strongest one. That's what i tried to explain... Rui Costa was the smartest and took the win. By the way, I follow the sport for a long, long time...
grande final, cheio de emoção e no final.. Rui Costa ganha! perfeito :D
Obrigado RUI.
Congratulations Bro...!
Grande rui, PARABENS CAMPEÃO
Grazie mille Rui Costa!!
Parabens Campiao do mundo.
Could you please upload the last lap? That would be so awesome!
BRUTAL
Rui Costa ole!!
What amazing! I hope a great Rui in next Tour to discuss the general classification.
Ahahahahahahahaha
Rui Costa merece pela sua humildade e prova ser também o ciclista mais forte e inteligente.
Grande Rui!
Rui Costa is one of the most talented rider in my opinion.
indeed. very smart ride.
Portugal
GRANDE PURITO!!!!
força rui. O melhor de todos
Grande Rui Costa.
Mais nada GRANDE RUI.....
PORTUGAL
Vincenzo Nibali is the best!
parabéns Rui Costa mereceste ganhar e tens todo o mérito.agora só falta uma volta a frança e depois um giro e a vuelta,mas qualquer uma já é bom.luta para isso.
RUI COSTA!!!!!! PORTUGALL CARALHOO!! 2020
look at that finish time 7.25.43 what a workday :D
Should've been the most beautiful championship race in memory. Instead... Worse than even Yorkshire last year. A bit of a lottery with all the crashes. Very strong win by Costa.
señores,esto es ciclismo,el futbol está en otro lado
Rodriguez would have won if Valverde raced as a team mate and closed the gap to Rui Costa immidiately as he attacked. The only thing Valverde had to do, was to not let anyone get away up to Rodriguez.
+Mikkel Dreyer +100000
Valverde,il etait toujours un bouffon
If Valverde had countered, Nibali would have followed. Costa was the smartest
True. But it's also true that in a sprint among this four, Valverde would probably win. So Rodríguez just had to neutralize any attack and not going alone for his own glory.
They were both too bad, and upset with each other
It was a great race, and Costa was the best and smartest. The rest is just speculation really.
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS THANK YOU RUI COSTA YOU ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD NOW ONLY ONE STEP MORE WINING THE TOUR THE FRANCE A DREAM MAKE IT TRUE YES YOU CAN WE CAN CONGARTULATIONS YOU ARE THE BEST IN 2013/14
Rodriguez was spent. He should have went full gas on the descent and he might have held off RuiCosta for a bit more. As it was RuiCosta deserves full credit for making that awesome bridge up to win.
Parabéns ao nortenho Rui Costa
Great race for Rui Costa...He surely knew when to atack and to get the best result...Valverde unexplainable couldn't get on Costa's ride...
Hey...a portuguese won today...it doesn't happen everyday so let's enjoy while we can...
Nibali did all the work.
7h of race..oh god
Why put the winner on the thumbnail?
I lived in portugal for three years and a half and people never said anything like this to foreigners when they gave their opinion. ma vose e um aficionado io entiendo. rui costa is my friend i raced with him before ;)
Joana, deixa os falar, quantos ciclistas levou a selecção Portuguesa? 3
e a selecção de Espanha e Italia entre outras?
se formos pelo ponto de vista desses comentadores, não é uma luta justa de 3 contra 5 ou 6.
e o que faz um verdadeiro campeão? mesmo em desvantagem numérica arranja maneira de vencer, por isso o Rui é o mais justo dos vencedores porque entre os 4 que estavam na disputa no final foi o que teve menos ajuda.
FORÇA RUI
Because he knows Rui Costa is coming back and he wants to save some energy for the sprint.
What are you talking about (unless it's in the full replay, which I didn't see)? I didn't hear any foul talk about Costa like that, but the commentators were disappointingly pessimistic about Costa's chances throughout.
ganda Rui pah e vaim mas é contar tremosos seus caramelos
Can anyone explain that why he stops riding and wait for rui costa?
Im not talking about who is better or not., who's gonna dominate the next years or so... I talk about the last 10 kms of the WC race... In my opinión, Nibali was the strongest rider of the race, but he had to deal with two spaniards.... I value so much what Rui Costa did... i consider him one of future Giants in the cycling. But i have to say aswell, Rui Costa struggled to stay at the first group in the last climb... and took advantage of the effort made by Nibali in order to catch Purito...
the crash of roberto uran is very impresionnant !
Aljubarrota sempre!
Valverde betrayed Rodriguez in this situation
It was simple physics Costa a bigger rider on a flat run in the way he ate up ground.He was also strnger than Valverde on that run in.
Nibali crashed during the race, and recovery the first group and attack the race, this is the crucial for the end of the race because he don´t have force´s attack the final moment, but strategically for me Spain doesn´t had advantage at the end because Valverde wanted to win the race not helped Rodriguez in nothing and Rodriguez the same. In the last km these four riders wanted to win the world title and for me Rui Costa was been the more intelligent because we attacked one lethal time and win!
Cool!!! so so excited
well by your earlier comments it sounded like you thought RuiCosta was an unworthy winner. he was strong... they all had to be to still be there in the end. they all were worthy. i'm glad he won... it's good for the sport if a new guy wins once in a while. i just wonder if they are all clean. unfortunately even RuiCosta was sort of busted a while back. but still, had Valverde won it everyone would be wondering if he was still on something.
What did there joaquim rodriguez??
Valverde messed up by not getting on RuiCosta's wheel when he bridged up to Rodriguez. thankfully he didn't or else we'd have an EPO tinged WC jersey for a year.
If Valverde or Purito had fallen instead, I bet you would have said the exact same thing.
And still...Rui Costa kicked their asses.
That's right .. you don't understand.
PORTUGALLL
We're alive
Why people don't like to Portugal win anything?The same ones it is good?... NO!!!!! PORTUGAL!!!!!!!
SE NIBALI NON SAREBBE CADUTO PENSO CHE AVREBBE VINTO CERTAMENTE!!!!! COMPLIMENTI AD UN PICCOLO PAESE COME IL PORTUGAL CHE HA VINTO PER LA PRIMA VOLTA NELLA L'ORO STORIA !!!! FORZA NIBALI BRAVO
how long have you followed the sport? if you knew road cycling you would know that the strongest doesn't always win. a race plays out in various ways. there's circumstance, luck... and of course team tactics. had Nibali not crashed earlier he probably would have been able to go with Rodriguez, but as it was he didn't have it or simply did not want to tow Valverde up to a win. Rui Costa was strong enough to be there in the end and that, plus a very smart move, is all that mattered in the end.
I remember you that before Jose Mourinho signed for Chelsea, this club did not win the Premier League in the last fifty years, lol, in Internazionali Mourinho won the Champions League, the Italian league and the Italian cup in the same season, when this club didn´t win so much in the last twenty years.
só se perde quando se fala nesses modos, mesmo todos sabendo que tens razão :)
word
"Rui" means "The King".
As a Portugueses I truly admire Rui Costa and believe he is a fantastic rider and tactician. He certainly deserved this win and his effort is formidable. But looking again at this video I don't understand why Rodriguez stopped pedalling just 5 to 10 meters away from the finish line when he was almost side by side with Rui (probably just a 10 to 20 cm gap). What happened? Did he miss a gear? Is it normal to just give up at this critical stage after 7 hours of race?
I think it may be one of two situations, he may have had a cramp or he knew that even if he keeps pedaling he would not have enough momentum to beat Rui at the line. In this case I think it would be the latter because Rui had better timing and held out longer in his sprint effort.
Maybe the guy was paid off, like Lance Armstrong did to win the triple crown.
I immediately saw the same thing, and either he gave up OR he mistook the white line of adverts for the finish line, which I think is more likely. You can also see him make a gesture with his hand after they cross the line - not towards Rui Costa, but more like a regular "God damn it" moment :)
1stPlaceDirector It is the same with speed skating, timing is everything, with only two meters to go there is not enough space to make up for the gap, be it half a bike. It would be a different thing in a bunch sprint with much more momentum where one can celebrate too early like Zabel did and got pipped by a lunge. In an one on one situation like this one, once you get passed at the beginning of the sprint and fail to pass your rival half way through then you lost.
+pedro valente O que se passou foi que o Rodriguez sabia que muito dificilmente ganhava ao Rui Costa ao sprint, então esperou que o Valverde (que era dos 4 ciclistas da frente o mais rápido) chegasse, não te esqueças que eles eram da mesma seleção, mas já não foi a tempo.
great race to watch. the announcers miscalled the race often though... they should have just watched more and spoke less. or better yet get a better announcer who knows how to read a race.
me too no anderstend that.
PORTUGAL!! :DD
Sorry for burrito,he deserves a victory
Uran....
In the Realm Madrid, he won the Spanish League with the record of goals and point´s of ever against Barcelona of Messi,Iniesta, Xavi, and ok he don´t win the champions league with Real Madrid, but i would like to remember that when he stars the work with the club Real Madrid loss all the games against Barcelona and don´t pass the Quarter Finals of Champions League in the last 6 years. When José Mourinho finish the job Barcelona didn´t win the Real Madrid in the last 8 games and Real Madrid
Maybe he was worried about bringing Nibali back to Rodríguez.
Olivenza es nuestra
The catch was inevitable and he was tired. At that point it was better to go to a sprint rather than be Costa's leadout man.
I must ask why the UCICHANNEL didn't stream this live to my country Sweden ? I am very disappointed !
Rigoberto Uran had the chance, if only he didn't crash.
hahaha alright mate, stay in school!
He doesn't speak in english or another language 'cause it means a lot for portugual...like Mourinho when wins best coach award
Rodriguez definitely sprinted for the wrong line