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Women's Amstel Gold Race: www.flobikes.com/events/62554...
We witnessed two of the best bike races this year, and perhaps one of the best bike races this century at Amstel Gold on Sunday.
FloBikes senior editor Ian Dille and Michael Sheehan dissect how Mathieu van der Poel stormed to victory, and recap the thrilling attack by Kasia Niewiadoma in the women's race.
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Mathieu "sprinters start too late" van der Poel. And "lemme just tow 6 world class road guys for the last 10 kilometers and win with a 600 meter sprint" for good measure.
I was there (on my racebike ofcourse) live at 1,5km. Never saw this before. Never will see something like this. This was magic. Mathieu was 20-25 secs behind at 1.5km (1 mile). He's a streamtrain, with 6 wagons at his back.. last one (Bauke) was dying. They all where dying in MVDP wheel... unbelieveable.... wow-wow-wow-wow. Whe couldn't believe it first time, I just said to the spectaters.. your joking, he couldn't have won this, IMPOSSIBLE.... and then I heard it on the speakers.... it sank in. wow-wow-wow-wow-wow. Best race day of my life.
What I love about MVDP is that he's awful tactically and he always follows his guts. And that what cycling fans want to see.
This guy is unbelievable, No matter what, he was going to win that race. Incredible. He,s exactly what fans want to watch. A Hero
I think it's from cross... That's not really a team race in the way road racing is. You have bike changes, punctures, crashes, and you just need to get on your bike and turn the pedals... And now he's on the road, he just does the same... Turns the pedals, attacks when he wants to, and tows a bunch of favourites up the road to the line... But he back himself.
A really enjoyale trade, these riders following their gut. Back in the day it was the trade of inexperience and hot headed dreamers, but these days it just is a way of riding. Look at world beater Pogacar a couple years later, always following his gut. When they succeed it is so impressive, and if they do not succeed they are still animating the race and giving SO much back to the spectators. A pleasure to watch. Feels like a new golden age really :D
Best race finish ever ✌️👍🏆
This could go down as the best finish ever in cycling
YEP!
La Course 2018 was spectacular too!
A great win, but know your history: kzhead.info/sun/da6HfLGRp6Roh4U/bejne.html
@@blairrobertson8183 totally agree. good call
Fuglsang was the only one who rode this race correctly. It was Alaphillipe's race to lose and Fuglsang didn't want to tow him to the line. Van DerPoel's race was a tactical nightmare, but it didn't matter because he's so much stronger that everyone else.
It was like a young an Eddy Merckx type ride by Mathieu van der Poel .
@@robertabriel1115 eddy merckx attacks from 80 kilometers and comes solo to the finish with multiple minutes, amazing ride from Van Der Poel, but lets be serious, Fulsang and Alaphilippe were stronger, they just gave it away with their behaviour
seriously though it's been more than 2 years and i still can't believe he pulled off something like this, like what the fuck
This was the greatest race ever
Get the chills every time I watch this
I believe Alaphilippe made a mistake rather than Fuglsang. Fuglsang had 95% chance of losing if he worked. If alaphilippe worked alone, he would have had still a good chance of winning. In the end they both didn't work so you cannot say one or the other was willing to work while the other was working for him, you cannot blame the other for not working if you didn't work either. None were working and so the one that made a tactical error was the one that was most likely to win, in this case alaphilippe.
Fuglsang looked fresher though. I gave him a 40% chance of winning.
Agree, I'm sure Fuglsang has less regrets about the outcome than Alaphilippe.It was sizing up to be a replay of the Strade Bianche until Fuglsang decided to sit up.
You've nailed it. Alaphilippe gambled the victory away. And I don't understand why everyone is talking about Van de Poel. He took his chance to get out of the bend with high speed and pull over from behind. That's it and nothing more. VDP is surely not going to dominate the Tour de France or Monuments like nearly everybody supposes. This is not cyclocross, the competition is much higher.
IF doesn't count. IF.....then Steven Kruijswijk would have won the Giro 2016. IF then Holland would have won at least 2 FOOTBALL WORLD CUPS etc. ;o)
@@gulianoalberto3684 Steven Kruijswijk fall wasn't his fault so it is not comparable. He could still have lost the giro. Here, one of them working would have meant that one of the two would have definitively won. Here, it is the only realistic way they could have lost and they had choice over it. Kruijswijk did not choose to fall and might still have lost. Your argument is dumb. It is not an impossible scenario to happen. It is what happen in 99% of race.
WTF is Ian talking about??? Accept 2nd? what kind of a comment is that?
Absolutely phenomenal.
Watch Van Der Poel over the last 600m he wasn't worried about being able to beet the 3 in front of him. He was more worried about the guys behind him. Almost as if he knew he had the front 3 beaten with a few hundred to go.
Well done Gents. Great summary of a wonderful race!
Demasiado maravilloso, nunca visto. Gracias por la buena síntesis.... too wonderful, never seen. Thanks for the good synthesis
I thought watching the women’s race that it would be a letdown to watch the men. Nope. Both were unbelievable.
This is an extraordinary description of what happens in the race wow excellent Chanel keep it up guys
Fuglsang spent the most time in the front it Was only the last kilometers Alaphilippe did somre work. Its Alaphilippe’s fault because he is the strongest
Simply an Epic ride!
The commentators really did this finish justice
that guy on the right is really annoying, why should a rider that have an already growing list of secondary placements, on a team who only cares about the wins, in the twilight of his career, lead out alaphilipe, and accept second place? that race was alaphilipes race to loose, and he lost it. the type of racing he's asking for, where riders forget about attacking and just accepts that only fast men are allowed to win anything is awful for spectators, its awful for the riders, and its awful for the teams. we should be discussing reducing the rewards for secondary placements to encourage more riding like fuglsang did, not discouraging it.
Good comments and insights! Thanks guys.
great show and what a fantasyic race
It was Fuglsang who had worked incredibly hard on the last Cauberg ascend to prevent Kwiatkowski and Trentin form coming back. Furthermore, Alaphillipe normally has a better sprint than Fuglsang (see Strade Bianche), so I understand that Fuglsang thought that he had done enough and, to be honest, I tend to agree with him: there's no reason why he should tow Alaphillipe to the finish line, especially if Alaphillipe is not doing the majority of the work. Alaphillipe was in a great position a few km from the finish line and should have won this race, but because he stopped riding, he didn't only lose the race, but he didn't even get onto the podium. To be honest, from a tactical point of view I've rarely seen someone make such bad decisions as Alaphillipe did on Sunday...
Eens, Alaphillipe ging al linkeballen met een klein koffiemolentje op 1,8 km van de meet... toen ik vervolgens Vd Poel als een stoomtrein (stiekem ook nog geholpen door een motor) wat verderop zag had ik meteen hoop. Op zo'n moment win je bij wijze van spreke 5 secondes in 10 secondes tijd. Maar ja, die gast heeft natuurlijk al een optater van jewelste gehad afg wo door als koning van het voorjaar zo op je plaats te worden gezet (nul kans tegen MvdP in de sprint die van kop af aanzette). Scrambled mind. Let maar op, MvdP gaat ook nog massasprints winnen na een lastige dag in de tour met lastige aankomst... dat NL kampioenschap sloeg ook nergens op heh nadat ie met zn krachten had gesmeten die hele dag.
What the F*** was that? i have never seen anyone ride to the finish like that ever. that is mind-blowing. it that even possible?
I think it’s possible to happen more frequently than we think, if not for racers deciding to ride for a place in the field instead of giving it all and going for the win.
its not as straight forward as it looks. the front two and kwiat were completely drained and riding a snails pace, this made his win look so much better than it was. its not like mvdp left everyone in the dust, they are all right there with him. he also didnt pull the pack the whole time, but the camera shots made it look like he did. his power data is out ther and its a lower average power for the hour than froomes stage 18 giro win last year
Vandermazing!
When you know your Grandad carries the name “ the Eternal Second”, you ARE going to make sure you Win.
De Marchi in the 3rd chase group and not GVA
Attacking and chasing results in a win.... unlike the Tour of Flanders where everyone looked at each other... if it was a monument it would have been one for the ages.
It was Alaphilippe who didn't want to work with Fuglsang not the other way around and they also got an incorrect time check which is why they got caught in the end.
In regards to their review of the women’s race when Kasia attacked, they said that Emília Faling couldn’t follow and even stopped pedaling... wrong...in fact Emília had a second mechanical for the day and had she not had it, things could have been quite different...
His last name is pronounced as 'Pool', not 'Pole'.
Says ‘Boring’ Jack 😜
Pfff, no one cares. He´s speaking English, so the English pronounciation is correct. How do you pronounce the name of China´s president Xi Jinping? I'm sure you know it would start to feel very tiring and phony if you always pronounced in the Chinese way.
Lol Alaphillipe was the one to blow it. You say yourself that Alaphillipe would always win in a sprint, so why should Fuglsang then help out in the last Km's? If Alaphillipe is so good he should be able to lead in a pace fast enough to not get caught and then still beat Fuglsang in the sprint. You're basically arguing against yourself when you say Fuglsang should have taken the lead to get second place, since if the first place was secured for Alaphillipe, then Alaphillipe should have taken the lead to get first place and therefore Fuglsang did the right thing by not leading and Alaphillipe made the mistake of going too slow.
I believe Emila Fahlin suffered a mechanical (broken derailleur) and didn't crack as you said.
actually she did have a mechanical problem!
True story. instagram.com/p/BwhpQmalSby/ We'll do our homework next time. Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching.
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Fuglsang doesn't have to help Alaphilippe win. He did exactly the right thing for himself and got 3rd place. It was Alaphilippe who got it wrong big time.
how does mathieu van der poel's DS not go crazy with the insane tactics he employs😭 but then it works so i guess there's probably not many complaints
not Van Aeveramaet - he has a golden helmet. di marchi
The director is sitting in the car watching what’s going on telling Julian Alaphilippe what to do. None of this was his decision, remember this is a chess game played out in the team car, it’s very naive to think otherwise.
"2nd place is 1st loser"
Great video but please try to pronounce the riders names better, this is just irritating.
To win Alaphilippe had to go hard in the last 2km. To guarantee 2nd Fuglsang needed to do the same. They were getting incorrect info from the race cars, but the race was so split up getting accurate time gaps on 3, 4, 5 clusters as they were moving, joining was next to impossible. They should have decided not to chance it and ride for the top two places, rather than assume they had them. Having said that they had not considered how incredible Van der Poel would be. No other rider would have tried that and pulled the largest group in the finale up to the leaders: they would not have the power, physiology, determination or humility. MVdP wanted to get on the podium so bad he did not care if he pulled others up who might overtake him on the line. He went for it like we all do when we dream of winning bike races. Boys Own stuff!. What a day he made for himself and the world's best one day finale. It's legendary already.
How do you sprint all out for as far as MVdP just did?
shut up legs and they listen???freeeeeaaaaakkkkkk
Where can I buy Ian's mug?
Listening to Americans talk about cycling grates on my soul.
Stir It Up me too and I’m American
Guys, its the boss (Vinokourov) of Fuglsang who told he couldnt ride anymore and stop working with Alaphilippe, and its a huge mistake because Alaphilippe had cramps and his sprint was not going to be good. This was the best chance for Fuglsang to actually win the sprint.
@@domestique3954 it was the CEO (Patrick Lefevere) of the team of Alaphilippe who said he had cramps, so it was not sure Alaphilippe had the better sprint... and second is still better than 3 or 4th place...
His name isn’t Matthew ya muppets
Haha yea... and look how they try to pronounce Devenyns... You'd almost think that these guys need to see a speech therapist...
To be fair, Matthew is the same thing in English.
Onoda sakamichi
*OK so actually* what MvdP said after the race was that he "didn't think he had a chance until 300 meters till the finish." Even later he said that he was just going fast for a good classification not for the win. Alphy and Fugelsang were riding 25km/h haha woops!
FloBikes, please dont censor other youtubers
😂 nice blabla in the written comments here about the French and Danish dude. You all know what? VDP I did this one after winning the field cross season, and now goes back to the mud for mountain bike gold. That's cycling 3D guys.
its not as straight forward as it looks. the front two and kwiat were completely drained and riding a snails pace, this made his win look so much better than it was. its not like mvdp left everyone in the dust, they are all right there with him. he also didnt pull the pack the whole time, but the camera shots made it look like he did. his power data is out ther and its a lower average power for the hour than froomes stage 18 giro win last year
Please make sure you got your facts straight. It is easy to see he did not start his sprint at 500 meters...
Edwin van de Kamp American’s never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
I'm sure he read that in Velonews.....that's where I saw it.
Emilia Fahlin had a mechanical problem. She didn’t stop because she couldn’t pedal. Read her Instagram
Fuglsang beat alaphillipe in the sprint so he could of won
If they ride to the finish together then it wouldve been a completely different sprint. Alaphil wouldve most likely won, fuglsang made the right choice to increase his chances. Nobody wouldve expected the group of chasers to go thiis fast.
@@gerardvermaat6944 Agreed... and Fuglsang couldn't have foreseen that Alaphillipe would allow everyone to come back.
Thing is Fuglsang did beat Alaphillipe in the sprint.... to me both lost the race
I really hope he races the mountain bike season to think his never won UCI MTB race is crazy!!
He was NOT down 40 seconds with 2km... the race info was wrong... that was why the front 2 played games, bad info... NO ONE CAN MAKE UP 20 SECONDS A KM.....
The info was true actually.
I just love the way JA has been usurped by MvdP - in Brabanse Pils he congratulated him but ya got the feeling that he was thinking 'ya not gonna do the same come Amstel' and he did. JA has a big ego...in the tour of Britain last year he shown his true colours well...and as much as he charismatic, he can to physically, cept MvdP has shown everyone he races personally not mentally !
lee a dorney I am not a fan of Alaphillipe, too arrogant IMO. MVP lets his legs do the talkin...!
For all the new MvdP fans. Check out his work out when he is in a cyclocross race: kzhead.info/sun/esiildeLcIykl6c/bejne.html
Fuglsang obviously is no sprinter, his only chance was to let Alaphilippe work his guts out and then drive away from him close to the finish line. No big deal, of course he couldnt pull.
11:49 No, just 15 km/h slower.
You're 15 km/h slower.
@@FloBikes For sure, and I am not compared to Philippe Gilbert, so there is no problem.
Great finishing by MVDP (whose awful attack, at first, maybe started the real race), but we'll have to be honest: no one would have complete the chase if Alaphilippe and Fuglsang didn't start surplace... And without motorcycles and cars doing a mess, as usual. A really emotional race, but not that great race you're saying :-)
Vregeet niet dat Alaphilippi en Fuglsang dood waren zij konden niet meer, en verdienden ze ook niet te winnen,ze hebben de wedstrijd verkeerd ingeschat. Mathieu van der Poel was de verdiende speler had de wedstrijd beter verdeeld en op het einde de meeste kracht om hun te verslaan. Op 100 meter voor de streep liggen ze nog 50 meter voor Van der poel,ze zien hem komen en aan de streep liggen ze 10 meter achter Zeg me eens wie is dan de sterkste in de wedstrijd. Mathieu van der Poel trapte de laatste 30 sec 1150 watt en de twee die voor hem reden nog geen 250 watt. Is dit goed begrepen wielerliefhebbers? Daarom is het zo een geweldige prestatie van de alleskunner Mathieu van der Poel
@@sport1349 I'm not dutch and I don't understand it, sorry.
@@sport1349 English is not my mother tongue, but I used to write it cause is widespread and when you write on social networks it's because you want to share something. So if you are just too lazy to use English to answer, don't act like a teacher with me, dude: if I was not so polite, there's no Google translator that could help you to understand because of the complexity of my language.
Dey-ven-ens. It's not that hard.
forse...la corsa del secolo... sarà esagerato...no?
No, it absolutely is, did you even watch it? You have to consider the century only started in 2000 so still over 80 years to go 😉
Very nice effort but this is not the best of the century.
Foogleslang 🙄😂
Fuglsang was 100% correct. It is better to take the chance for the win and finish 3rd then not try and get second. You guys are horrible commentators. It is a pro's job to WIN not race for second.
make Alaphilipe work and earn the victory!!! Not help him and get second...
@Sills71 A pro's job is to finish as high as possible, period. Let's count to 3 shall we? 1 ... 2 ... 3.
Please take the time to learn to pronounce these names the correct way lol
Americans.
What Van der Poel did was legendary, but you can't elogiate that first attack. It was clearly a rookie mistake
@@glywnniswells9480 Why would him go there? With 45 km to go, with lots of up and downs and the strongest teams in the chase. That was a nonsense
Was it? The course exploded after this and became epic because of that.
@@johandeboer9325 Yes, it was. Without Fuglsang and Alaphillipe almost stopping Van der Poel could never have won. So, from a Van der Poel perspective, it was a big mistake. From a neutral fan perspective, of course, it was great to see the race exploding so early.
@@topsander The way van der Poel came back was never seen before. If he hadn't make that 'mistake' the course would have been just another course. The way he came back was just magic.
the guy on the right does not really display any knowledge about speed cycling, you can't learn to sprint, you can train and improve but either you can sprint or you can't. Fuglsang si a great speed biker, but he will never ever win a sprint against atype like Alaphilipe.
Achter brommers 😁
Van der Poel is new Eddy Merckx for me...That's thrue Alainphilippe was made a great chame, a great mistake...Fulsang is no quick, he isn' t a sprinter....Alainphilippe has too much looked him, he could lead the escape, Van der Poel would not has recovered the gap!!!
Merckx 2.0
I was thinking that myself when I seen MvdP start sprinting...
As a Dutchman, i admire Van der Poel. But no-one can be compared to the Greatest of all Time, Eddy Merckx. Van der Poel is 24 years old. When Merckx was 24 years old, he had already won: Giro d'Italia Tour de France Road World Championship Paris-Roubaix Milan-San Remo 3x Tour of Flanders Liège-Bastogne-Liège Gent-Wevelgem La Flèche Wallonne In 1970, when Merckx turned 25, he won the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, La Flèche Wallonne and Gent-Wevelgem. All in one season!
He also retired at 33, riders now go into their late 30's@@DolleHengst
@@DolleHengst Hard to compare IMHO. Different times. Today's cycling is much more of a worldwide sports than it was back in the seventies, when it was mainly Belgian, French, Italian and some Dutch, German and Spanish riders capitalizing most of the races. No doubt though Merckx was way beyond his contemporaries. His amount of power, juice and absolute will to win, were huge. Anyway one should only start to compare with an absolute giant like Merckx if VDP can keep going like this for the coming few years. One miraculous spring isn't enough yet...
@@DolleHengst geen mountainbike En geen veldrijden Merckx is een beschermde apotheek.
a good win.. but im just not blown away with this, the media has really hyped it up too much.
Watch again. Maybe you can see it now.
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As per given the chat's IQ is astonishingly low. Let's all count to 3 shall we? 1 ... 2 ... 3
Golden age of cycling? Yeah, no. Froom is so uncharismatic. Personally for such a strong statement cycling needs a great champion with strong personality like Hinault, that people from all over can support. Froom is just not engaging to watch and follow. My $.02