Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2021 where another high mountain stage greeted the riders before the first rest day on Monday. A huge breakaway would form, including riders like Nairo Quintana, Mike Woods, Ben O'Connor and Sergio Higuita.
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Professional road cycling pundit Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of stage 9 / résumé étape 9 / resumen etapa 9 of the Tour de France 2021. Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën Team) wins the stage followed by Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck - Quick Step) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain - Victorious). Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) keeps the yellow jersey followed by Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën Team) and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education - Nippo).
honestly props to Nairoman for putting his pride down and jumping in the breaks and fighting for the "small" prices
What else can he do?
I mean, only took him like, 7 years? Not something i think should bw given props for.
I think it’s easier to do that when you realize you’re racing against a mutant
@@kloschuessel773 Quintana never quits but he could lose the will. Many others did.
@@Sampsonoff a doper is a better word
"My name is McNulty and this is Jackass"
Carapaz needs a t shirt that says “I put out 6.2 watts at a tour mountain stage and all I got was this lousy Ineos Jersey”
😂😂😂😂😂 brilliant
Perfect. Nike needs to market some Pogastrong clothing next!
Incredible ride for O'Connor - and props to him for uploading his ride!
If I did 300+ watts for 5 hours I would too 😂
Bright spark in a very underwhelming AG2R squad
@@joshschrader4732 If I did 300 watts for 5 minutes I'd think Strava was broken.
Wow the sheer emotion of Cavendish after finishing that stage. Ya gotta love that guy. I hope he can get another stage.
Talk about a grenade effect?
@@robryan751 what do you mean?
@@michaelsutton60 I mean, I'd cry too and need a new pair of pants if I had to ride a day like yesterday.
Rigoberto Uran is one of the most consistent riders in the peloton. Every year he is in tour de France top 10
Without LR there would be no TDF, the only analysis that informs
Used to feel the same way until I added Chris Horner :)
Yeah I like watching these more than the stages now. Unlike the other GC riders, I find it hard to ignore Pogacar after yesterday, so I'm just watching these highlights.
Only a knucklehead would ignore Chris Horner.
How did you miss Cobrelli hanging on in the HIGH MOUNTAINS to finish 3rd and collect another 15 points in the green jersey competition along with the 20 he received for the intermediate sprint
Same way pedune, Caruso, meder, haig, landa, mahoric all have next level form vs the rest of their careers. They got that special Milan erzen special water.
landa's been a beast his whole career but ok sure
Thats absolutely crazy, also wanted to mention that 😄 The fight for green is really on I think. And from now it will be a lot more easier for Sprinters like Colbrelli and Matthews to take points in the bunch sprints after so many sprinters left the Tour...
Michele Ferrari has entered the chat...
They didn't. Listen to the full podcast.
Unable to watch the stage today, but I knew I could catch the high points here. Ty, LR!
Just found you and I subbed. Awesome commentary, knowledge of the riders, and analysis! Thank you and please keep them coming.
Once again the best analysis and commentary for me on the Tour de France.
WTF is Sonny Colbrelli, an Italian sprinter, doing finishing 3rd on a mountain stage in the Alps??? 😂😂😂
another chapter to the story of TBVs fishy performances this season.
Yes, a mental red flag goes up in my mind.
@@ceejay2k2 Plus, he's Italian :P
💉
pumped his tyres up
Brandon McNulty - good climbing, great time trialing, silly falling.. is he the Geraint Thomas of his generation?
I anticipate DR dedicating a whole vid to that fall, in advocation of drop bar rearview mirrors.
I know its bad but his fall was absolutely hilarious, glad he's okay.
Cav looked absolutely destroyed. Fair play to him to fight through.
Fair play to him team car too😃😃
Great insights! Well done! Thx!👍😊🚵♂️
I don't like to say this but I can't keep it inside me anymore. I have watched cycling for around 20 years and I truly believe cycling is back to the dark era. Sprinters becoming climbers, random guys becoming worldbeaters (looking at bahrain), crazy timegaps, Pogacar nosebreathing his way to demolishing the field (I like him btw but that doesn't make me blindly trust him).
I can smell a doping case in the near future..
Yes, this is by far the most bizarre Tour de France in a long time
I kind of don't mind it as long as the riders are informed of the risks to their health and reputations...It's been this way in TDF forever. Sure the Tour of California was sponsored by Amgen...Pretty sure they make synthetic EPO lol!!! :)
We've had some fairly close racing the past few years with not overly big time gaps at the end of 3 weeks. Even if there was undetected doping (microdosing?) it was still leaving a fairly open field with some uncertainty as to who would win. This is one person who is far and above any other rider around. How? I can quite understand the scepticism given the last person to dominate this race the same way was L.A. That said, Ineos are being tacticaly poor in counteracting Pogacar.
Slovenia world class cycling athletes out of nowhere....hmmmm....
Perfect highlights reel & commentary, Thanks from the USA😁🇺🇸!!!
Thank you LR 🇮🇸
Can't believe you didn't mention what a beast Colbrelli was. A sprinter finishing 4th up a mountain top finish is insane! and it really helped him claw back cavendish's lead in the point classification. Really looking forward to what he has in store for the rest of the tour
Love the videos! Thanks
Topic suggestion for tomorrow: descending. Could you speak about your thoughts on it's importance for racers, and maybe a bit about technique, and descenders who are great and not so great.
If you ride with power that 4hr effort really hits home how amazing pro cyclists are. Respect Ben O'Connor
Great video LR! Talk about what can other teams do to put pressure into UAE and Pogacar. What can Ineos or any other team do. Can Quintana win a stage if he is going to be fighting for all the KOM points?
Heated handlebars is what they need
Better gloves is what they need, or a change of gloves from the support car.
possible to use friction from breaking to do this
@@timnelson8656 how would you transfer the heat?
I would love to hear a power breakdown of the grupetto - including the power on the last climb for guy like Cav, V. Camp, Demare and others
The jab at Eddie in the end was chef's kiss.
Talk about Ben O’Connor’s chance of podium if he holds the others off for the next two weeks.
Hell yes this was my question
Prior to Stage 9 he wanted to be in the top 10 well he got that plus now place 2nd over all from 8 minutes closing to 2 minutes all up hill. Let see how he goes in the other mountain stages still to come and see he there at the end in Paris Champs - Elysee any backers!!!.
Dirtiest peloton since the 00s. Bahrain are glowing. De Gendt said that he put in a 10 minute effort that is usually enough to gap the peloton, yet he found himself behind 70 riders in this race.
Can't wait to see this year's numbers on mont ventoux
Even with all the controls and inspections and everything, AND the fact that they're collecting and sharing all riders' heart rate/power output data? Seems super super unlikely to me, and nearly impossible that it would be on the scale of the old school USPS/Telekom/CSC doping machines.
@@piercemoore4402 super unlikely? Ever since cycling resumed from the COVID break climbing records (set by the likes of Pantani, Indurain, Vinokourov, Mayo) have been shattered. There was no testing during the COVID period.
@@arleygomez465 That's not true and you better be at least citing some sources instead of blindly repeating this
@@philipk4475 youtube is rubbish and doesn't tell me which comment you're responding to. Repeating what?
An average of 350 watts for 4 hours is absolutely insane.
Imagine what Pogecar rode yesterday. Not one person could go with him, the strongest pros in the world.
350w for four hours is not out of this world but rather the tougher sections in those four hours are what’s amazing. For reference, I could do a bit over two hours at 310w (72 kg) and I was a good cat 2 / bad cat 1 rider.
@@johancarlstrom2634 Thats impressive
@@johancarlstrom2634 man how many hours a week to achieve those sorts of numbers?
@@billpickle2875 2-3 years of consistently training about 10-12 hours/week. I was in my late 20’s at the time.
I'd be interested how those guys behind Pogacar should approach the 2nd and 3rd week to claim a spot on the podium and who has the best chances. Additionally, who put themselves out of GC contention willingly and might regret it after Roglic, G. Thomas and Porte lost all hopes and chances?
Crazy numbers. I'm reminded of Greg LeMond's quote, 'when I raced, I had a VO2 Max of 93 and I never developed more than 400w'.
Maybe but Power Meter training, nutrition and bikes have improved a lot since then. Back then the Heart Rate Monitor and aero bars were state of the art.
@@raivkka4313 Yes, there have been some improvements but it doesn't explain the huge power increases. I'd love to enjoy the Tour again, like I did when I was younger, but they need to get rid of team doctors for starters. If a rider is ill, he can see the race doctor. Last year, Pogacar climbed the Peyresourde after 120kms of riding and did 6.5+w/kg. I can't believe that's down to training and nutrition.
@@AdrianJamesEllis who cares? they're genetic freaks and all dope (which doesn't do as much as you think) - just enjoy the entertainment
Fancy that, I went to bed and missed the Australian's epic win! Great recap
Sounds like me in 83 Americas Cup. Watched every race all night until the last race third last leg when i was convinced Australia was going to lose so went to bed . Sucked in.
Magnificent bike ride friend.
Thanks ❣️
0:58 "UAE put it in Reverse" some serious shade be thrown!
Please cover riders who have been MIA at the TDF.. Sep Cuss, MIchael Matthews, Peter Sagan, Movie Star, Porte and the rest of Ineos
You are right, no idea what sergio was doing pulling o'connor when he had a virtual lead over rigo. Can only assume that was another Vaughters genius move. That guy is so strange. Now o'connor has 3 mins on rigo. I don't know about you but doing 50k solo in the cold rain seems a lot harder when I am by myself and no one to pace me and draft.
I will definitely not ride 50k in the rain, esp. not behind another rider. All that dirty water in the face, no ;-)
Thanks
Could you talk about the green jersey comp in your rest day video/pod? I wonder how open that is if Cav makes the finish...
Seems like his prospects got better. Merlier is gone and I think at least one possible rival sprinter missed the time cut.
@@jetmech9287 Demare and cocquard
2 heroes from stage 9 - Ben O Connor and Cavendish.. what a race
Awesome summary. What about Pogs power numbers
When you can‘t get enough from LR stuff, just watch older videos. More worth than gold!
Higuita 119 lbs Quintana 130 Pogacar 146 Cobrelli 163 O’Connor 167 I’m trying hard to believe everything is on the up and up but can’t get there after today.
Two questions: Where did Bora Hansgrohe expect to see Sagan contribute when he was put on this year’s TdF squad ? Where, if anywhere, in your view, might Sagan be competitive in next two weeks of TdF ?
He doesn't seem to care.
Media attention at the very least?
to get the green jersey like he has many times?
@@mikes1984 That seems very unlikely given how far behind he is.
@@johnmacaulay9132 aware, i was responding to why he was put in the teams lineup for this years tour
Awesome video keep it up!
Topics to discuss: - The effect that MVDP had on the race knowing he was planning on pulling out. Would he have ridden differently if he planned on finishing? Is it bad for the tour to have people enter with no intention of finishing and blowing the race up for 6 days. - Nairoman's chances of the green jersey (He seems to be sprinting well) - Greipel's chances of Yellow - LR's chances of watchalong commentary (holding thumbs)
This always happens in an Olympic year.
Would like to hear your thoughts on Bahrain’s performance this year so far, they’ve impressed me
No shoutout for Colbrellis green jersey points on the finish line? That seemed bonkers to me
How bout Colbrelli? You know he is banging out some numbers...
Yeah nothing about TBV feels right or reasonable this year.
How in the actual F did Colbrelli that 3rd place finish in the high mountains @ stage9? Got some data? Seems bonkers just seeing the result.
Ben O'Connor - Amazing!!
Thanks..how about a "Climby sprinty boy " Tshirt ?
Tomorrow can you talk about whether O'Connor is now gunna be the biggest target for GC podium hunters? Or will he stay under the radar coz his TT is pretty poor?
what can we expect in week 2? any pressure on Pogacar? Is Ben O'Connor a contender at all?
He surely is a contender for top5, maybe even top3, we'll see.
Is Sagan still in the fight for the green jersey and what are the goals of Jumbo Visma?
Nah he's way behind Cavendish, almost 100 points behind
Is there a possibilty the Vuelta is going to be the Tour this year? Snippets seem to suggest Pogacar, Roglic, Remco, Bernal and maybe the coming back from injury Bennett and Ewan might all be there??
That would be interesting.
i dont think ewan goes personally but id love to see him there
One thing I would like to know: How did Colbrelli end up third, beating dedicated climbers? Okay, there is a rest day so he could go all out. Still, he even would have ridden Arnaud Demard out of the race by two or three minutes if my time gaps are correct. How is that possible? Was he just better accustomed to yesterdays weather. Or were the slightly heavier riders better shelted from the harsh conditions (Nils Polit and Jonas Rutsch both stuck with the GC group and only droppend when Thomas starting pacing really hard, something we do not usually see).
what do you think about Rui Costa?
I’d be interested to see if Sagan’s power data has stayed consistent over the past few years while his competitors have improved.
Every dog has his day.
Surprised that you didn’t show Nairoman’s mid-stage jersey change. What was that all about?
Allaphilipe did the same as did many others. They were soaked through and frozen after descending. Jersey change was to warm back up.
Is sagan even in the race this year?
I have been glued to the screen in Perth watching O’Connor’s historic win. Do you think he is a real contender for the podium in Paris?
maybe top 10, not fast enough in TT
@@81caasi He has a 3 minute lead on the rest of them...
@@Allen-pi4zn He'll pay for his efforts today
@@aboredperson4202 today's a resting day
@@redinho1994 Oh my bad I meant on the next mountain stage
What should TJV do? For example: From today and yesterday I was super confused abou everything Kuss did - half going for polka dots, attacking on the col du pré, not helping Vingegaard after dropping from the breakaway.
Yeah, I don't get it either. TJV is already weakened by the departure of Gesink and Roglic. They can't afford to be chasing goals other than GC. Kuss and WVA have contributed almost nothing to the team so far.
Velogames fantasy roast video please, the giro one was so so good!
Un rendimiento extraordinario de Pogacar solo comparable a lo Lance Armstrong. El apoyo de Hauptman y Matxin de UEA EMIRATES es único para lo que está sucediendo en los tour de 2020 y 2021.
sorry to be an idiot. But were can we get the graph data ?
Who’s the big sprinter to challenge Cavendish in the second half? Merlier, Demare, Ewan are gone. Phillipson hasn’t seemed to have enough kick and now his lead out train is gone. Wout Van Aert hasn’t established himself in the sprints yet. I am not sure if it will be Matthews, Colbrelli, or Bouhani.
Bol and Bouhanni.
How does this guy make the videos almost the same length every time? It’s the perfect length too
?
suspect something to do with the license he has to show TdF etc.
So should Ben O'C actually challenge for GC now?
I can’t even begin to imagine riding down those mountains with wet roads and brakes. F that!
My experience using mtb disc brakes in the wet it’s not nearly as sketch as rim brakes in wet but still scary with the road tires
@@cripplingcaffeineaddiction3847 GTFO of here back in the mid 80's no helmets, no radios, some even on friction shifters at 90+ km hr in the WET with only rim brakes. None of these guys today would last 10 minutes in a down hill like that. Also there were no stupid ass TT bikes, you got on your bike and the fastest guy won. Cycling today is pathetic and boring with all this techno crap shoved into these bicycles, look at the wiring all hidden inside that tube, looks sleek if you can afford these bikes and have your own mechanic.
@@danfuerthgillis4483 oohh you're hard
What happened to Woods did he blow up or fall behind on the decent never to be seen again?
He didnt enjoy the Cold, almost looked like he had blue lips and he just gave up i guess
When was the last TdF stage that was won with a time gap of more than 5 minutes to 2nd place?
In 2014 nibali won by 7 minutes
@@joewakelin198 I was asking for a stage, not overall.
Only obvious one I can think of is Floyd Landis TDF 2006 stage 17. Won with a margin of 5 minutes and 42 seconds to Carlos Sastre.
When was last tdf where the two main contenders fell?
Floyd Landis, 2006 TDF Stage 17 with a 5' 42" gap is the most recent, but he was stripped of that. So then it's Richard Virenque on Stage 10 in 2004, with a 5' 19" gap. More recently, the closest to 5' is Heinrich Haussler on Stage 13 in 2009, 4'11" to 2nd place
@LR. Everytime in the history of cycling when a person was winning the TTs and mountain stages they were other things involved and slovenia was heavily indicated in the operation aderlass documents. Im really hoping that pogacar is just a generational talent as i love the sport and this TDF was one of the best of the last years.
Froomey was fairly much doing the same - getting close to winning the TT and then doing absurd attacks up MTFs and had a monster team from 2013 to 2017.
Yes a bit of a cloud on slovenia and uae after a bit of reading today
God, imagine how shite UAE would be if they didn't dope them. Ineos torched them today. They must keep the Special K for Pog
Roglic and pogacar were fast tracked in slovenia as they found they could absorb oxygen faster compared to other mortals , when a teenager for pogacar . So slovenia have either found a slight advantage in their selection process or ? 🤔
just noticed Alaphilippe wearing new specialized shoes? Mybe S works 8? Def not Ares due to lack of that built in sock liner
Hey guys. What’s that program they use to pull out all that power data? Can you use it on your own rides?
strava sauce - works on your own rides as well
What's happened to those rim brake bikes? Thought they were lighter and faster 😂
😆🤦🏼♂️
Rest day question: Who is left for the sprint stages? Can Cav get the record #Cavfor35
Ben O'Connor interview if possible
Can you talk about to what extent the first week crashes have been bad luck or just lack of skill and poor bike handling in the rest day recap? Maybe explain why pogacar hasn't lost much time due to the crashes too
Pogacar didn't crash at all he avoided the crash didn't fall to the ground at all was like slow mo
@@arhagamer2510 Actually, Poga was very lucky in the crash that took out Haig (Poga was next to him)
Topic for restday video: why is Ineos pacing Pogacar on the ascent to Tignes?
I think they wanted that Pogacar keeps Yellow so that UAE has to work but yeah strange tactics
They had no choice I think , they were trying to improve their place for 2nd and take on O'connor of course who has jumped to second. Pogacar has the luxury of just following any team he wants with his time advantage . He can rent a team his team is only necessary if something bad happens or constant chasing . Today his team may have rested to provide better support later
They have to keep trying to pressure Pogacar and UAE - hoping to expose them on that one day of weakness. They are still hopeful of finding a way to win.
Nairo deserves the KOM jersey
nah he's going to take green off of cav
Green dots.
Do a bio on Ben O’Connor
I can not see these guys with this type of performance riding clean at all. Great day out though, brilliant racing.
It's above 6.3w per kg we know they are sus,, above that and over 20min. 5.2w per kg is what we would expect from a great climber
At one point before Quintana was dropped you saw Higuita take food from neutral service like it was the last gel on the planet, he definitely went hunger flat
Would be nice to hear some more about this Movistar/Carapaz situation but they're probably saving it for the Netflix show...
good evening folks
Questions for rest day pod. 1. Without Merlier and Demare, is Cav lock for Eddy record? 2. Will Tadej have a huge third week crack like Yates in the Giro 2018? 3. What place would Almeida be in if he was here? 4. Is the Vuelta going to be the best GC battle in 2021, Bernal, Roglic, Tadej, Landa? 5. When will Colbrelli officially switch to battling for polka dots.
WVA will probably outsprint cav at least once. He's getting into form.
Please cover if any other rider in the past has dominated like Pogacar is doing now, pretty much on his own without a strong team
His team is strong, it's just not as strong as Ineos or TJV. He's got plenty of strong riders around him for all but the final parts of the steep stages
Viva el trabajo limpio y honesto, viva el ciclismo Colombiano. Viva los campesinos que compiten con honestidad y transparencia. Viva Cristo Rey.
Friggen insane numbers from O'Connor
Is GCN ripping you off on purpose or does it just happen and they don’t care?
What are you referring to
@@LanterneRougeCycling The fact that the latest GCN show title and thumbnail happen to be centred the exact thing you talk about in your video just days after it’s being released.
Newbie here. How come the pros don’t wear those little caps under the helmet that every casual rider wears?
Some do. Some don't so its personal choice. Tao Geoghan Hart is an example of a rider who does. When they started the weather was not that extreme.
Casquette, they're called, btw.
@@Hakucho64 Thanks
Sick Colnago
Would be great to see You commenting the fight for Green @Lanterne Rouge
For some reason I never heard of this, Hors catégorie (HC) is a French term used in stage bicycle races to designate a climb that is "beyond categorization". The term was originally used for those mountain roads where cars were not expected to be able to pass. The HC climb is the most difficult type of climb in a race.
Yay Ben!!
How good was Mountain Goat Colbrelli? Did you know he was a pure climber before this stage LR?
1998 all over again, mediocre riders who suddenly can climb with the greatest of ease.
@@govaert7 Huge dopings in the lockdown, and Pog has never released his power numbers. It is not possible for a sprinter to finish in the top three of a mountain stage any other way.
There's a new form of the juice on the loose it appears.
Young guys mostly too. Fits with the hypothesis of guys doping before their bio passport baselines gets set.
Pogacar did the Col de Romme (stage 8) at about the same speed as some mediocre climbers (Barguil and Reichenbach) in last year's Dauphiné. www.strava.com/segments/17727421 Why so slow if there is a "new form of juice"? Also, you guys seem to forget the impact of bad weather on many riders' performances. Only few can perform well in the rain, especially on back to back mountain stages after this hard classics stage of 249km , so that's one reason for these seemingly crazy gaps.
@@chrisko6439 So everyone is clean now?......hahahahahahahahahaha Denial is a powerful drug
@@carbonking53 I didn't say that at all. In fact, I believe that pretty much every athlete at professional level is using perfomance enhancers, legal or not. Same goes for top level amateurs, esp. runners and cyclists. I just think, that the performances we have seen are not out of this world and are not enough to make me believe there is a "new juice" that, for example, Pogacar and Bahrain, are using that the other teams and riders are not. Maybe they are, but Pog's performance at Col de Romme is not a good example for a obviously "juiced" one. It wouldn't be a surprise if Bahrain and/or Pogacar get caught, but the same goes for ANY pro. The mentality is the same as ever, otherwise they wouldn't ingest huge loads of Salbutamol because of their "asthma". For example.
Nairo is a beast
Your thoughts on Quick Step for next year's Tour, having both Evenepoel and Cavendish... Surely they can not accommodate both a sprinter and a GC rider in a single tour?
Lefevere already said Evenepoel is not going to the Tour next year (And he won't make it past the first week either, unless he learns how to steer).