Roglič DESTROYS Egan Bernal on Covadonga Climb | Vuelta a España Stage 17 2021
Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of Stage 17 of Vuelta a España 2021 from Unquera to Lagos de Covadonga where Egan Bernal refused to go quietly into the dark night, launching an attack with 60km+ to go, followed only by Primož Roglič before the famous ascent of Covadonga.
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Professional road cycling pundit Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of stage 17 / résumé étape 17 / resumen etapa 17 of the Vuelta a España 2021. Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma wins the stage followed by Sepp Kuss Team Jumbo-Visma and Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team. Primož Roglič Team Jumbo-Visma leads the general classification.
It's incredible to me that one determined cyclist and fan can provide much better grand tour coverage and analysis than Sky, FloSports, or any other media network... and on KZhead. Keep up the good work!!!
I think they believe this kind of coverage would be too difficult for the average viewer to understand.
I mean it is literally his job now...
Second to none!!!!
@@rocketpig1914 Indeed. It’s not that they can’t, it’s that they chose not to
Chris horner and lr are the best youtube channels i only watch eurosport when i miss the race because they are the first to upload
Totally iconic stage for Roglič. Only one man was smiling at the finish - Kuss as he passed Roglič coming back down breaks into a big smile and proved the ultimate partner for his leader & friend by taking 2nd and denying the bonus seconds to Roglič’s rivals. Magnificent teamwork by Jumbo-Visma! Bernal’s brave effort and eloquent speech after the finish have raised him hugely in my estimation! Stirring stage! A new classic.
You’re 💯 right. Bernal was beyond classy...I was very moved by his remarks. A true chanpion
He sucked wheel ! Evidently iconic is a subjective adjective... and we obviously don't have the same definition
The best highlights around. Thanks. Primoz's most iconic victory? As a Slovenian, I actually think his most iconic victory is the Olympic time trial. Why? The commentator on the national TV Tomaz Kovsca summed it up with one of the best lines in commentary ever. "You can stop now Primoz. All the bad is over." Remember how Primoz actually continued after the finish line and they had to stop him? The comment wasn't just about the 50-mile race but about all the disappointment, pain, anguish, bad luck, and doubt he had after Tour de France. A month after the Olympics and my eyes still get wet about this one.
Yeah the willpower and mental strength of Primoz are amazing. I have mad respect for him
Agree, as a Roglic fan his Olympic TT win was a huge statement of his willpower and ability.
The more I see of Roglic, the more I like him. Gutsy competitor on the bike, it's a duel to the death on wheels, and seems a decent person off the bike. This is great for the sport!
Roglic is so likeable. If he was ten years younger, who knows what he could accomplish, he's still a beast
@@Shadowboost 'If he was ten years younger' - in a way you can see what a young Rog would be like in watching Pogacar
Roglic is underrated. Roglic>Pogacar
I asked for Roglic v Bernal - and I can’t believe we got it! Great stuff from both of them - entertaining, racing, leaving it all out there - and sportsmanship. I take my hat off to Bernal for such a decision, and of course also to Roglic for the performance. He got a Royal Flush and just laid it out there and said - read ‘em and weep gentlemen.
Bernal and Roglic honouring no risk no glory today
To me most iconic is still his victory at Liege To come back from such heartbreak and dissatisfaction at the tour (plus all the shit Belgian fans gave him fir not pulling for WVA at worlds), and win a monument, even with sprint controversy, just shows so much heart and mental fortitude. Roglic truly is a different breed.
Liege was great but I just can't get past the fact that he doesn't win without LouLou's colossal blunder (which I don't view as a controversy). But I really like Roglic and just wish he'd come to the sport younger.
I as a Belgian am sick of people saying Roglic shouldve pulled for WVA. Its a nations competition, Roglic didnt have to do anything just focus on himself. I do still think the other guys couldve paced more to bring back Alaphilippe but both Alaphilippe and WVA wouldve probably beat all the other riders in that chasing group so chasing after Alaphillipe wouldve been a dumb movebc it would cost them strength they could use for a sprint for bronze. It was a frustrating world championship as a Belgian since a WVA win was definitely possible but you cant expect other nations to help you get the gold.
I placed 9th at a local mountain bike race a few weeks ago and my only regret was not having an LR recap of it.
I’m jealous. My mountain bike racing career got cut short when I developed ME/CFS (like long haul covid) when I was 23 (in 1993). I miss being able to put the hammer down. Keep going man. Pretty soon it will be 2nds and 3rds and then wins.
@@keirfarnum6811 Yikes, very sorry to hear that. Mine is certainly not a "career". I'm a 50yo retired triathlete who now dabbles a bit in gravel and mountain bike races for fun.
What an epic stage! Bernal with his 2019 tour winning signature long range attack in the rain , roglic destroying the field and screaming at the line! Kuss stealling bonus seconds. Thats a textbook epic grand tour stage!
I think long-term Bernal was a big winner today. I'm hearing tons of cycling fans saluting that performance, he showed more character today in a loss than we saw over the entire Giro.
I agree with you I'm a newer fan of the sport and only watched the races starting with the Giro, back then there's only so little I know about how the entire thing works but now that I have a pretty firm grasp of everything I I give mad respect to Egan. Looking forward to support him throughout his career
True, to me at the end of this vuelta , i will have much more respect for bernal who is not happy about not winning and tries to shake up things than all the other riders who ride deffensively for a top 5
“than we saw over the entire Giro” totally agree with you, but had we seen more of Passo Giau we might feel differently about the character he’s shown this year.
@@alanpride5884 tottaly agree with you, the giau stage coverage was a f***img shame!
As he got zero second on his closest competitors, it will matter how he responds. If he cracks in the next two days and slips in the standings then this effort will be a colossal mistake. If he retains his non-podium spot it will be a push. If he can replicate this effort and climb up to third (like he was in the virtual standings if he kept Roglic's wheel) then yes, this was a good move. But I'd give him 1:3 odds this will not be a good stage for him moving forward. I agree we can salute his performance but what he does with it over the next couple days will make this stage a win or a loss for him.
Roglic when Egan attacked be like "oh no. Call an ambulance. But not for me."
The best part about this whole break-away was watching two top class riders working together and pulling though like riding partners. Of course one of them was going to win, and it was tough to see Bernal fall off Roglic's pace. In the end it doesn't' matter who won, it was a moment road cycling could be proud of (just took an ex-MTB-er and an ex-ski jumper to make it happen!).
Well well well, today we saw disc brake win. 😛
Roglic is a legend in my book after today. Absolute throw-down hammerfest…the dominance. So satisfying to watch in action.
always waiting for the LR breakdowns, best cycling content out here
really, Rogue, plz don't stop doing them!
LR along with Chris Horner 👌
Watch Cris horner
2 of my favourite riders riding like there's nothing to lose. much respect to Roglic and Bernal.
Great return to form from Egan
"Egan Bernal seated sneak-attack, Froome Style". Oh how he wished to continue like Froomey did in 2018 (Giro, 80ks in stage 19)
80ks solo while having asthma. 🤣🧐
Majka went solo for close to 90 the other day. But he was low on GC…
Bernal has plenty of time in his career to write one of those epics. It's nice to see he has developed a taste for the dramatic.
If anyone is interested in Roglic power data: 6.4 w/Kg second last climb for 22 mins 6.14 w/ Kg last climb for 26 mins
the sauce picture in the power data perfectly sums it up. (obv they are all on it)
Excited for Bernal, Pogacar, and Roglic on next year's tour. Gonna be epic. 🔥
Well I hear Pog wants to ride Giro next year. And Pog Rog battle is sooooo confusing for cycling fans in Slovenia :D
If there clean yes but no one can tell me pogcar isn't doping
@@neilberry1552 can you name anyone who is clean in this sport?
@@11-inch Sam Bennett Dan Martin Eddie Dunbar I'd also say alaphillipe. I'm sure there's others. But if that's your argument just because some are others shouldn't follow or should it be allowed or ignored. Me personally have a zero tolerance policy towards drugs and I'd ban anyone for life if it regarded doping. Armstrong destroyed the sport
@@neilberry1552 Really, Armstrong destroyed the sport?! First of all, all of Armstrongs competitors took everything they took. Armstrong won the Tour because he was riding up mountains in the Alps and the Pyrenees in December, January & February. While Ullrich was at home in Rostock watching the telly and drinking beer. Because of the early 2000's there was finally a real fight from the UCI towards doping. So, in a way, it was actually Armstrong who helped making professional cycling a lot cleaner. He still became 3rd in the Tour without any PED's and on a very respectable age. Don't forget that all the other big riders before them all took doping as well (Merckx, LeMond, Indurain, Riis to name a few). To later find out that the UCI is not consequent. Contador got stripped and banned. Valverde got banned for admitting that he wanted to take doping during his Illes Balears time. But what did Wiggins and Dopey get?! Oh wait, nothing at all! I guess that you are Irish, well your fellow Anglosaxons from the east of your beautiful country couldn't care less. I bet that the whole UK team with all the money is also doing some very 'sophisticated' program. Look at how Dopey is riding now, since his move to Israel. He is nothing anymore. Even the helpers like Wout Poels are not as good as they were in their Sky/Ineos times. Probably not just because they got older. But hey, keep dreaming in a clean sport (not gonna happen as long as money rules :-( maybe someday it will really be clean and everybody who is stupid enough to take some dope will get stripped with at least 2 years back and a ban for 5 years. Then you can come back in the semi-pro peloton like Davide Rebellin (one person I do have respect for as he clearly loves the sport, he was just unlucky that he drove around in a world where you simply had to take dope)
“Marked by Roglic blue shoes” I was waiting for something along those lines
Roglic is the man who never quits when other people would be mentally out of the game after so many failures, it's quite astounding.
Kuss to win the Gamoniteiru ... Smiling face of course because he is fresh and can control the moves of Movistar TBV and Ineos ... By himself. Crazy eagle 🦅 kuss.
Too much expectation on Kuss but the condor showed who is best. Kuss does not have the watts
You do, in my opinion, the best stage analysis.
It is only after looking back on this stage that we realize that we've witnessed history. Classic.
Chapeau to both Egan and Roglic. Yes, best ride by Roglic. Iconic. Kuss looked great. Loved that grin when he saw Roglic. Hated to see that crash with Vlasov and was surprised when he crossed the line. I figured he would be DNF. Nice to see Mäder on the front! Enjoyed this stage. Concerted effort on the front with a big pay off for Roglic. However, Bernal did what he set out to do and had fun riding his bike. Still in recovery mode from Covid, maybe, but he's a force to be taken seriously! Thanks for the recap!
“Eh, uh, why not eh?”
It's nice eh
it was super hard but super nice eh?
Roglič is an animal! Can't wait till TdF 2022, will be an epic competition if leaders can stay upright before mountains!
Super-human performance from Roglic. Supreme.
That Rogla finish line scream, I felt that deep into my soul. What a crazy ride, so so so impressive
his first stage win at tdf is pretty iconic too... mountain stage and long solo
I'm already looking forward to next years tdf. Imagine Pogi and Rogla on full strength fighting for the win in these huge solos...
I think a fully healthy Bernal can compete on that level next year
That has already happened, Bernal quited and pogacha beat Roglic 🤷♂️
@@inspktr51 Bernal had already his backache
Pogastrong more like. Not even breaking sweat climbing last years tour
Have always wondered how people pick M Landa for doing well in a grand tour. He only rides for himself and even that is questionable. Would love to see Kuss on the podium but he'll have to have freedom tomorrow and do his best ever TT on Sun.
Just so happy that GC Kuss is alive. Go Sepp!
Agree that this is Primoz’ best win ever. Phenomenal performance
Am I the only one frustrated by it? In a sport filled with doping these superhuman performances this year by the 2 Slovenian riders is a bit beyond the pale and hard to root for 🤷♂️
Roglic flaunting his EPO use. Kinda sad.
@@Sampsonoff ...funny statement. Roglič is riding for a Dutch team and Pogačar for UAE (Italian) team... Or you wanted to say, that both have hidden stuff (brought from home like uranium tablets :-)) ) and the rest of peloton is clean? I believe they are as clean as the rest of peloton.
@@Sampsonoff they are all on the juice, LR even pasted the sauce bottle in the power data..
Thanks for giving us that good good highlight commentary so I could enjoy this stage for the epic race it was after the fact!
Thanks for the great vids LR. The podcast and recaps are amazing
Loving the coverage - thank you!
Go check out Bernal's post-race interview for more proof that he is a class act
where can I find it plz
Finally an answer to the philosophical question of "if I replace every part of a trident is it still the same trident?" The answer is yes.
Maybe with Valverde
many philosophers and physicians would disagree.
Most iconic road stage victory - Yes. Would have to give a nod to his Olympic TT performance as greatest victory ever. These 2 victories came about a month apart!
Oh how epic Pog v Rog should have been at the Tour. They are both on a different planet to the rest right now, as this stage proves.
Yes, but new generation is also coming and could displace Pogačar soon in the future and Roglič will start to feel his age (or maybe because he came to the sport late his "material" in not worn-out. )
Yes. Best victory ever!
Keep em coming LR. Superb content. I suppose you've never been to Slovenia... Pay yourself a trip to the national park of Triglav, take some room in Kranjska Gora and you may find the answer why are Slovenians becoming cycling beasts... 😎 ❤️ from Serbia
Great stage breakdown LR..... Couple of comments: 1. Catalonia pain face 05:33.... LMAO 2. With stages 18, 19, 20 being hilly, it will be interesting if Roglic can hold off rest of the field. 3. Egan made it interesting, too bad he couldn't have followed Roglic's wheel.
For nr 2 i do not think he will lose time on stage 19 maybe 18 and jumbo looks strong enough to control stage 20 so i would say he will hold off the rest of the field.
I would say calling stage 18 "hilly" is a huge understatement
RIP Gino ❤
As an American I'm so stoked for Kuss's future
İ think he can be a gc contender for big tours
Amazing win by an amazing guy. And great action by Bernal!
Great stuff, thanks for analysis 👌🏼🤩
Thank you for these outstanding wallpapers
Go, Primož!❤
Covadonga is very hard. Rode it in 2002. The region is great for cycling holidays. Amazing scenery, and quiet, mountainous roads.
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth from LR. Outstandingly tight analysis with not a word wasted. 👏👏👏
Very well said 👏👍LR keep on going explaining things and that...
Sepp Kuss...making me proud as always! Top domestique!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Pure, controlled power in Roglic, and very dominant. Pure heartbreak for Bernal, who was clearly suffering. Great tete-a-tete action, but I wish Bernal had been a bit stronger, so they could duke it out more. Great coverage as always. 👍
its not controlle power but was totally unfair....suck the wheel and never made a change for just a brief relay....only wait for the moment to change gears at the last climb for the back....
Great review and race analysis 🔥
Thanks for posting , always love your analysis of the job in hand 💪🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Still enjoying this video. So much great content, LR
Thanks for being so amazing!!!
I felt those crashes close to my heart ahaha, crashing in the rain sucks horribly
yeah, but at least the road rash isn't as bad :/
@@iansteelmathesonVery true.
Love the "head on a swivel" comment 😂 Epic win for Rogla and kudos to Bernal for putting up a proper fight. More of this kind of thing!
Check out Yates' knee at 5:28. I can't believe what these guys race through.
A iconic stage and winner. All credits to Bernal and Roglic, two true champions !!
Great job on this video!! So interesting and entertaining!🚴🥵💯
"GC Kuss is alive and well" Oh don't we know it!
All cyclists know the feeling when someone rides away from you like Roglic did -
Bernal would have been thinking. WTF.
happens to me every ride :)
More painful than a sudden attack, especially if you linger for a bit just out of reach.
Roglic superb Shows that he is uninjured from the two crashes and has been able to sleep well last 5-6 nights Bernal smart and tough to try
Epic stages make for epic racing, gotta love the Lagos de Covadonga climb
Like the recap allot!
NO WAY! GOLD COMES 1ST. ALWAYS! #2 L.B.L. But my personal opinion is when we see a ROG - POG duel on the highest mountains in the last stages
he won liege last year
I think Roglic is great, and Sepp staying back to keep an eye on Yates was a good move. Thanks for the coverage, good job, best bit of commentary for a good while.
We’re so used to seeing the GC leader play defense and have their teams strangle the race with pacing. So JV and Primoz are true heroes of the sport, gambling it all for glory.
That was epic stage, great win from Rogla, big respect to Bernal.
Guys can you imagine the form Roglic had in July? 6 weeks after he smashes the olympic time trial and 8 weeks later he dominates in the mountains...althoug his whole build-up was focused on the TDF...in my personal opinion he would have beaten Pogacar...similar in the mountains while winning the time trials...it´s a pity that he crashed out
True, it would be an epic battle.
It's been over 2 years since that wall trashed Froome so I'd have thought he'd have recovered by now, it'd certainly be interesting to see him go up against Roglic.
Great analysis again LR.
Clash of the friction' titans. Courageous move by Bernal. Courageous move by Roglic to take up the challenge - and take it to him without just trying to rein it in. Definitely feels like they both had something to prove after not having the TdF they wanted.
bernal won the giro? he didnt go tour?
I am loving this new era of cycling where you see GC riders attacking from distances which were nearly impossible to imagine 10 years ago. And thanks to Bernal and Roglic for making up for what it was a pretty uneventful Vuelta so far. Again disappointed with the performance of the Movistar riders, who again seem to be fine with ending up in second place.
Great effort by Bernal. You have to respect him for making a move when he just could have played it safe. I wish he would have gotten a little bit more out of it.
Just a comment for the algoritme because i really enjoy your vids
hi, great videos ! love the channel. Techie question ... how do you do the callous with the rider names, like at 2:24 of this video? Thanks
"Flicking imaginary riders" - That line killed me 😂
Chapeau, Egan! 👏👊
Mad respect for Bernal, feeling sorry for him getting caught. Was a super "panache" move from him (and Roglic too).
More exciting than the Tour! Roglic showed his is the best in a field of world class riders.
The two power data images are identical graphs - show me Bernal's full bore!
Roglic is a MONSTER
Hats off to Bernal. Hope he returns to his best next year, funny saying that even though he won the Giro and got a podium at Strade Bianche this year.
Can you imagine that: Primoz was atop of doping last year and this year he is already left behind!
Watched this live and could only wonder what the lantern video caption would be. It didnt disappoint.
When you showed the power data around 4:05 they are the same, is egan bernals missing?
Epic!
"... Miguel Angel Lopez found legs to attack. No one knows why..." Well he just did what he always does when a fellow Colombian rider is having a better day than him, forcing an attack and making others close the gap to ruin the day
You are doing a wonderful job. So much so, you are getting rid of your competition. The Chris P cycling show is no more. He said he was too busy to make Vuelta content but his next video has him buying fast-food. Yeah too busy!! GCN is one big paid advertisement. Keep up the good work.
No mention of the Blue Shoes??? What sort of in depth analysis video is this, will have to go back to watching GCN+
The most exciting man in any race.
I disagree that Roglic on the final climb was doing Pogacar levels of power. He finished the climb with the same time gap to the other GC riders as at the bottom of it. Sepp Kuss rode it at 6w/kg. Therefore Roglic rode it in similar fashion (since the draft is negligible on such steep gradients). Roglic just held a steady pace, nothing thermonuclear on the Covadonga. What's impressive is that unlike the rest of the GC riders, Roglic did this effort after a big attack with Bernal on Llomena and after motoring through the valley whereas the others just sat in the draft of Bahrain.
Kuss 6.1w/kg in the wheel on Covadonga for 27 minutes. Draft and pacing matters on the climb, it is not that steep
@@LanterneRougeCycling on 9+% I don't think it matters that much. The speeds they were going weren't that great.
@@ThisIsANameBruh The average gradient of the climb is 7.5%. Blocken studied this in "Aerodynamic analysis of uphill drafting in cycling" this year and at around 20km/h speed on a 7.5% slope the power savings are over 5% which is significant
@@LanterneRougeCycling I'm not disagreeing with that. I thought that covadonga was a fake news climb. That the average comes down cause of the downhill parts with most of it being in excess of 8%
Iconic maybe not in the sense that Rog is not known to employ long range tactics. So this was more of a “Formidable” and memorable… take you’re fate in your own legs and drive the victory home. The weather, the athletes and the scene made for a dramatic and powerful career defining win. Iconic no, Fantastic and exceptional, Hard YES. VERY good videos by the LR, many hurrays 🖖🏻
The power data from Roglic is nuts. Even better than Pogacar
You have a link of the data?
It's telling that in the comments a lot of people (most of them) were calling Pogacar a doper and now they rave about Roglic.
@@Ashok_Regiment look at the power data in this video. notice the juice bottle. LR knows they are all on the juice
If we forget about Eiking and Martin 😂