@@Prettorian I had a teammate, once, who sprinted like that with his head flying all over the place. It was pretty funny. But, he was fast. As Marty Jemison said to me in a race, once," laugh now sucker"
He desn't have a train to take him into the sprint. He's on his own and he's not as good as most at surfing the bunch and catching others draft and being a freelancer 🤘🏻🏴
Not true. Melier won a stage. Kooij won another stage and then abandoned. I predicted Kooij would win at least 2 stages but he abandoned unfortunately. I believe he would have gotten 2 at least 🤘🏻🏴
Pogacar next to Milan is an incredible show size for Milan sheesh! imagine Jonas next to Milan? shows sprinter vs climbing in a realistic logical sense of body composition
Cav has been my favourite sprinter since the beginning and I've studied his style and watched videos on it. Nobody can get down on the bars like he can but at the same time keeping maximum power on the back wheel. NOBODY can match his style. That is his secret. You can train for years to try and match it and people just can't do it I've also met him several times at races and at the hotel a few times and I have several pics with him and he is quite slight. People say he's shortER and stocky but he's about 5' 8" I'm guessing and pretty damn slight framed when I had my arm around him in pics. Surprised the hell out of me that he can put out so much power but it's that style he's known for that got him to be the greatest sprinter of all time. NTT clocked him at 300m mark in TDF stage doing 74.7km/hr (46.4mph) with slight mechanical. I think that was '22 or '23 and I know he's done faster earlier in his career. Love him or hate him you can't say he wasn't incredible or fast 🤘🏻🏴
I knew right away when I saw INEOS on the front that they were going to bust the peloton wide open when the crosswinds hit. They are the absolute best in the biz with crosswinds. They'll do it more often than not!! I dont think any team is better at crosswinds. I had a good feeling the peloton would come back together but I really hoped Milan would burn too many matches to get the win. HUGE mistake by his team and himself! Nature break or not it was a HUGE error!! They absolutely knew the crosswinds were coming up soon and they SHOULD have known when they saw INEOS on the front that they were going to blow it apart. Rookie mistake. They basically ALL got caught out. Milan must have either been mad or panicked cos he was on the front of second echelon trying to join the pack HIMSELF!! I think a bit of both to be honest. Angry and panicked I'm not a fan of Milan but I have no problem saying he did an incredible job today. Suffered the setback in crosswindsand burned a ton more matches than expected but came back and won that bunch sprint. Pretty amazing. I really wanted Merlier to win this stage and I really thought he had a great chance when I saw Milan and Lidl burning tons of matches trying to play catch-up. Gotta give it to Milan. Looking very strong!! Dammit tho 🤘🏻🏴
I understand your frustration, for these Pros this is essentially a leg loosener, zone 2, easy over ride, a "recovery ride" and an opportunity to flush the lactate out of their legs before the ITT/time trial on Saturday. This was a perfect stage to have before a time trial, so the GC riders are slightly recovered and can give everything to improve their positions in the ITT. Unfortunately Tadej is more than 2 minutes ahead, but for 2nd to rest of top 10, Saturday's ITT is important.
He's got no train or leadout and was so eager to try and win because it was such a flat stage that he took off too early thinking that was his only chance. He's never been a good freelancer at finding others wheels to follow 🤘🏻🏴
That's a given. Every sprinter has a few good seasons, 2 or MAYBE 3 and then a few bad ones and then just wins a few stages each year if he's lucky. It's the way it goes with sprinters. Cav is the only one that was able to win consistently for as long as he did. Sagan did incredible but he only did well for about 6 seasons or so then caput. He just stopped winning after he cheated on his wife. He never returned from that. Basically ended his career but while he was winning he was winning in a major way 🤘🏻🏴
@@timtaylor9590 actually they do. just as several other teams generally follow and have followed their country-of-origin brand based UCI registrations; some not so much i.e. when it involves non product (in which case the service or origin has been used i.e. ' eutche Telekom'
@@charliedillon1400 its amazing how my genius trumps all you trolls. lidl trek an american team i dont think so. they could have registered as a team from mars. but my intellect would tell me nope. the other troll said its because of trek, i said nope. i know what determines the teams nationality, im sure youre another clueless troll, but you do have google, so not matter what you say cant be trusted. are you new to existence?
I wish there would be a world tour stage race with no sprint or obvious sprint stages, leave that to track cycling. Grand tours were developed for endurance not being super fast for 5-6k total.
Riding 150+km a day for 21 days with an avg speed of 40+km/hr spending 1500+ watts in a sprint at the end isn't endurance and strength???🤔🤔🤔 I think most people would disagree with that entirely 🤘🏻🏴
Massive respect for Milan, didn't use his elbow or waiving to the others line. Just straight forward to the finish line like a rocket.
this is why i want him to do the tour, so he can destroy the bully and dirty sprinter that philipsen became last year.
@@austienbryandemesa5841 Don't forget Groenewegen and lately Tim Merlier.
Milan, in a sprint, always looks like he is going to break his bike. He must have broken a bike or two.
His head will fall off one of these days....that wobble is insane
@@Prettorian I had a teammate, once, who sprinted like that with his head flying all over the place. It was pretty funny.
But, he was fast.
As Marty Jemison said to me in a race, once," laugh now sucker"
@@Prettorian I can't unsee it now... Thanks.
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The hero we need…😮
They deserve all our gratitude
Please do this every day
The one who was foretold!
What does this do? How does this help I'm curious
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watching Milan sprint makes my legs hurt
Watching Milan sprint makes my neck hurt...damn he is fast but it sure is ugly.
Makes my eyes hurt
@@matthewpurdon6828 the head bob is real, it's all I can focus on...
Petition to make a extended highlights please!!?
Now these are some mighty fine highlight packages, doing a great job team!
Seems like Gaveria doesn't have a train, but by going so early, Milan gets a sprinters leadout by a sprinter.
That finish was absolutely crazy it made jump !!!
What a sprint!! This man looks like a terminator. Incredible.
1940 watts during Milan’s sprint per GCN
damn thats pretty high even in velodrome standards and thats after a long road race.
A bit sus maybe?
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Most cleanest video about leading out and sprint at the finish, fanstastic milan!
Gaviria needs to trust his legs again.
He desn't have a train to take him into the sprint. He's on his own and he's not as good as most at surfing the bunch and catching others draft and being a freelancer
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Caleb Ewan again not even a factor. Jayco must be regretting the decision to bring a team to support him
Superb production. Thank you
Close guess from Benji on the LRCP!
Ready for pushing pedals everybody, have fun guys, the next stage is very emotional indeed, fans love youuuuu riders, never stop believe in ❤🎉❤
Congratulazioni per la tua vittoria
hes dominating.. hes a cannibal... hes winning too much.... where's this crowd now? 🤣
The head bobbing alone is an extra 50W
Go Phil 🤙🏼
Greetings from your home country
Milan is taking up all the wins. Wah wah wah such a cannibal.
Not true. Melier won a stage. Kooij won another stage and then abandoned. I predicted Kooij would win at least 2 stages but he abandoned unfortunately. I believe he would have gotten 2 at least
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00:00 Milan is like: "dafuq why is alaphilippe shredding when we are about to start"
Caleb’s done he’s no longer hungry
And he has the balls to say the team is t doing what he needs from them😂
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The new Pirelli tires are killing it 👌
Thanks for bringing back memories of the old Bridgestone vs Michelin tire battle in MotoGP.
That dude is a monster man
Gaviria el último hombre por Milán 😂😂
Milan seems like a beast from anime.🥶
Cipollini… Petacchi… Milan??
My name is Milan and all of these comments make me feel so good about myself 😊
Can someone explain the leaderboards? Milan was first in on, then podjcar was first in the other one. Also what do the purple and pink jersey mean?
In the Giro
Purple=sprint point classification
Pink=general classification
Brawo Staszek 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
L'ho guardato ieri, quanto è bella questa gara
I watched it yesterday, how beautiful this race is
gaviria's sprint no longer looks the same, he used to be a high cadence sprinter
Why can't it be on a UK Free view channel, like the Tour?
Milan was pulled by a powerful train. Aniolkowski was second without any help.
Pogacar next to Milan is an incredible show size for Milan sheesh! imagine Jonas next to Milan? shows sprinter vs climbing in a realistic logical sense of body composition
Ever hear tell of a pretty decent sprinter by the name of Mark Cavendish?
@@Sandcat87 now that is curious isnt it? how Cav defies all logic of a big hulking sprinter yet manages to be so good, may be he is just an exception
Cav has been my favourite sprinter since the beginning and I've studied his style and watched videos on it. Nobody can get down on the bars like he can but at the same time keeping maximum power on the back wheel. NOBODY can match his style. That is his secret. You can train for years to try and match it and people just can't do it
I've also met him several times at races and at the hotel a few times and I have several pics with him and he is quite slight. People say he's shortER and stocky but he's about 5' 8" I'm guessing and pretty damn slight framed when I had my arm around him in pics. Surprised the hell out of me that he can put out so much power but it's that style he's known for that got him to be the greatest sprinter of all time. NTT clocked him at 300m mark in TDF stage doing 74.7km/hr (46.4mph) with slight mechanical. I think that was '22 or '23 and I know he's done faster earlier in his career. Love him or hate him you can't say he wasn't incredible or fast
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I knew right away when I saw INEOS on the front that they were going to bust the peloton wide open when the crosswinds hit. They are the absolute best in the biz with crosswinds. They'll do it more often than not!! I dont think any team is better at crosswinds. I had a good feeling the peloton would come back together but I really hoped Milan would burn too many matches to get the win. HUGE mistake by his team and himself! Nature break or not it was a HUGE error!! They absolutely knew the crosswinds were coming up soon and they SHOULD have known when they saw INEOS on the front that they were going to blow it apart. Rookie mistake. They basically ALL got caught out. Milan must have either been mad or panicked cos he was on the front of second echelon trying to join the pack HIMSELF!! I think a bit of both to be honest. Angry and panicked
I'm not a fan of Milan but I have no problem saying he did an incredible job today. Suffered the setback in crosswindsand burned a ton more matches than expected but came back and won that bunch sprint. Pretty amazing. I really wanted Merlier to win this stage and I really thought he had a great chance when I saw Milan and Lidl burning tons of matches trying to play catch-up. Gotta give it to Milan. Looking very strong!! Dammit tho
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why to go so long distance just for a few hundred of finish meters? :)
I understand your frustration, for these Pros this is essentially a leg loosener, zone 2, easy over ride, a "recovery ride" and an opportunity to flush the lactate out of their legs before the ITT/time trial on Saturday. This was a perfect stage to have before a time trial, so the GC riders are slightly recovered and can give everything to improve their positions in the ITT.
Unfortunately Tadej is more than 2 minutes ahead, but for 2nd to rest of top 10, Saturday's ITT is important.
To get to the finish. It would be ridiculous if they stopped before those last few hundred meters.
You have to remember it's a "game". Different goals in the "game" on a daily basis. It's not just a race of attrition.
What's Gaviria doing going so early?
He's got no train or leadout and was so eager to try and win because it was such a flat stage that he took off too early thinking that was his only chance. He's never been a good freelancer at finding others wheels to follow
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Por qué Pogacar tiene culotte ciclamino?
Where are the Mountains??!
Disappointing this year 14 stages and no climbs = Weak!
Sunday is Queen stage. Stage 15
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And Milan wins another stage! Well done! Oh, spoiler alert.
Same like the other sprinter.. he will drop after. 😅
That's a given. Every sprinter has a few good seasons, 2 or MAYBE 3 and then a few bad ones and then just wins a few stages each year if he's lucky. It's the way it goes with sprinters. Cav is the only one that was able to win consistently for as long as he did. Sagan did incredible but he only did well for about 6 seasons or so then caput. He just stopped winning after he cheated on his wife. He never returned from that. Basically ended his career but while he was winning he was winning in a major way
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Is Caleb Ewan racing or has he still got gravel rash on his bottom lip? #needsattitudeadjustment
No competition 😅
pro cyclists dont get nervous
American team huh. Yeah I don't think so
it most certainly is American, since Trek is American. else teams stopped being national teams in the 1960s;
@@russelfernandes8483 they don't proclaim team nationality due to bike brand there bud.
@@timtaylor9590 actually they do. just as several other teams generally follow and have followed their country-of-origin brand based UCI registrations; some not so much i.e. when it involves non product (in which case the service or origin has been used i.e. ' eutche Telekom'
@@timtaylor9590 Lidl Trek is registered as an American team. Doesn't mean they have a bunch of American riders. New to the sport?
@@charliedillon1400 its amazing how my genius trumps all you trolls. lidl trek an american team i dont think so. they could have registered as a team from mars. but my intellect would tell me nope. the other troll said its because of trek, i said nope. i know what determines the teams nationality, im sure youre another clueless troll, but you do have google, so not matter what you say cant be trusted. are you new to existence?
Wrong flag for Tim Merlier?
No not at all. He's Belgian and that's the correct flag
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lol I swear they had the French flag up before
@@J-cz7yv I watched it on Eurosport on TV and I watched this highlight video and I didn't see that mistake on either of them
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gaviria and pointless long sprints
the most ignorante sprinters in the world!
Why do you say that?
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I wish there would be a world tour stage race with no sprint or obvious sprint stages, leave that to track cycling. Grand tours were developed for endurance not being super fast for 5-6k total.
Not really... Grand tours didn't even have high mountain stages in the beginning
🤣🤣 your knowledge about cycling is the same as my Japanese, 0
The giro sprint stages this year have mostly been very entertaining.
Then they also have to remove climbing stage, right? They're competing at being the fastest climber, just like sprinting.
Riding 150+km a day for 21 days with an avg speed of 40+km/hr spending 1500+ watts in a sprint at the end isn't endurance and strength???🤔🤔🤔 I think most people would disagree with that entirely
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Can we all agree to say “the winner” rather than their actually name?
Another boring grand tour stage . I’d rather watch the women’s racing anytime.
Nobody is stopping you
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