The Tactics You NEED to Win a GRAND TOUR

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[@SamuelBlackMetalRider]

I swear Victor Campenaert, the Man of the Chesterfieldians, is throwing attacks just to be mentioned on Chris’s podcast 😸

[@keyboard_g]

25 minutes. I’ll get my glass of milk and kick back on the chesterfield for this one.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

When I woke and turned the race on, I knew right away to start looking for more material for the show. I wasn’t expecting 23min video for a 15 kilometer race but I liked so Garrett edited and posted it. Hopefully you will too. Enjoy 👊🦋🤞

[@keyboard_g]

Always appreciate the tactics and knucklehead coverage 💯

[@xander0901]

I love watching Primoz race when he’s on form because you know his individual tactics are always spot on (aside from his brush with crashes). Stage 4 was a showcase of how Primoz likes to race; explosive when necessary, but otherwise very reserved. I think many other teams (especially UAE) underestimated to difficulty of that climb in addition to the heat, and they lost much more time than expected for a climb of that length. UAE’s major issue is that they tried to run Pogacar tactics without Pogacar on the roster. It feels like this is a common problem with UAE whenever they do a stage race without him. Unless they tighten up the tactics, this Vuelta will be a happy hunting ground for Primoz.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Agreed. UAE blew up their team to pieces on the very first hard climb. I don’t understand how all of them underestimated their fitness. 😱🦋👍

[@bigwave_dave8468]

Did you catch the bit about the finish stripes being confusing do to some existing road paint so Wout got the wrong line. I think WVA has discovered Caden Groves' kryptonite .. He can't last more than 200m so Wout is starting his sprints earlier on purpose, I think. Honorable mention to Matthew Riccitello -- the young American did great on an insanely difficult stage and even attacked. Bravo!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Riccitello is on fine form. 🦋👊🇺🇸💪

[@wazzup105]

I didn't see any extra confusing lines? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZnGkJSYl7Sim68

[@_moda-moda_]

In an interview in Dutch he talked about being confused by the shadows

[@G_Otieno]

Hello Chris, what a Vuelta we're having. That said, one thing is clear that one of these days we want to hear from our man VC on this platform. we would love to listen to the story of you two coz he's part of this family after all 🤣.

[@Aidan-tu4un]

Wow… maybe the ‘crashing-gods’ are smiling on PR in this Vuelta😂😂

[@nunoduarte9805]

I watch the race live, but this analysis is very insightful and entertaining. Thank you Chris!

[@user-gt1wr1vh3i]

Thanks Chris! I look forward to the next stage analysis.

[@Chiller11]

Another great race analysis. I was hoping Wout would get another one but it was another near miss for him. Tomorrow could be exciting.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Agreed. Tomorrow could be. 🤞🦋🔥👊

[@user-en9qd5nx8w]

Victor Campenaerts, always making a showing in some way, so that he is mentioned.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Vic always appears. No matter what the course is like. 😂🦋👊

[@beetrootpro]

Rolic looked fantastic, but he’s not overly dominant. This Vuelta will still be interesting.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I think so to 🤞🦋👊

[@buffalobilly6046]

Against these chumps roglic is dominant. None of the big boys showed up this year

[@nicolas2838]

He looked great in most races this year, for the first couple of days until he suddenly folded. Lets see if it happens again.

[@romanbozic5297]

Primož plays the cat-mouse game. He knows who is who. When the time comes, the cat does its thing....while there is a lot of talking and happening....but when it's time for the cat, she jumps. Ben is not smiling at the end, because he will not be on stage... there are many better than him. PRIMOŽ DEJ JIM VETRA🇸🇮🥇💨

[@cb6866]

Thanks Chris and Garrett...Papillon !!

[@johnshepherd2666]

Excellent summary

[@ludekstepan27]

Pavel Bittner 🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿

[@swisstopia]

I thought Carapaz would have had better legs up that final climb. Matthew Riccitello is a bright, young rising talent, with a superb pedigree; I competed in triathlons against his dad, Jimmy, way back in the early 90’s. 🦋👊

[@pcontiman]

Love these breakdowns!

[@emmasloan1489]

can you remember a case in a major pro race where a breakaway has been caught but a rider stays in the peloton and emerges to win the stage in the end?

[@AKlakefront]

Big efforts from some riders on this stage. For the most part, all contenders kept their wheels upright. Those climbs; I’ve never faced a 17+ percent wall. That’s gotta hurt.

[@jerrycornelius4534]

Arrow work is 🔥 tonight Garrett!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Yes it is. 👊🦋🔥

[@paulog6598]

Absolutely and in that 4th stage o even saw Sivakov bringing I 🤔 Kuss or another GC contender of Almeida....those UAE are a sleep....

[@TheMrbrookster]

A couple of interesting top 10's today Stefan Kung mixing it up and Narvaez.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Very. 👊🦋

[@joespinder9093]

Thank you Chris and Garrett! 🏞️Looking forward to tomorrow and the weekend 🙌. Wonder if there could be a bit of a showdown between Sepp and Primoz? Primoz taking Sepp to the woodshed for stealing the Vuelta from him last year 😂

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Roglic has to be looking for payback. 😱🦋👊

[@swisstopia]

I don’t think that it was that Roglic stole the Vuelta from Kuss, as much as it was a gift, as payback for his hard work as their super domestique. At any rate, it will be extremely difficult for someone to take the red jersey away from him, provided that he can stay upright.

[@birdofprey108]

Man Wout neees to get out of that 2nd place mental barrier somehow.

[@gobears6487]

Yay! Waiting!🎉

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

🧸🦋👊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🧸

[@ZENmud]

I'm watching this a day late: already know what happened on Stage 6. Vive la Vuelta!

[@patrickwong4824]

Wout double clutches on the wheel throw must be a first.

[@stevenmeyer9674]

He knows to always stop before the crosswalk.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I thought. Did he just double throw. Then my friend texted me and said Wout just double threw. That’s pretty rare to see. 😱🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@poetjenoetje]

There was a shadow that confused him for the finish line, then he saw he jumped too soon so he jumped again. Might have cost him the victory .

[@padmanabhaprasannasimha5385]

Made myself a PB&J and sat my butt down the Chesterfield after an evening dirt ride for this.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I had PB&J for lunch. Extra crunchy with raspberry jam. 👊🦋

[@Erndogggg]

Has to be crunchy PB & Rasberry preserves but don’t forget to dribble organic honey over the PB!

[@user-ox4lg3gd7c]

Well done!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Thanks. Not much happened before 15k to go. So this morning during the race it was time to find more topics for the video. 👊🦋

[@EITiga]

First time you've got the best Title for it 👏

[@happydays8171]

From my LaZboy, it looks like Wout started his sprint perfect timing, just threw his bike too soon.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

We will never 100% know. But I would love to know why Wout threw his bike early. Too much paint 🎨 😜🦋👊

[@andyeunson270]

@@ChrisHornerCyclingin the slow mo, his back wheel was off the ground. Just from hard sprinting? Didn’t see him bounce off anything. Didn’t look like a chain skip. Odd.

[@danshort10]

It was strange to see wout throw early, when watching it in real time I wasn’t quite sure where the line was, but they probably have a better view than we did 🤷‍♂️

[@pinquisitor9552]

Wout threw his bike to early, got distracted by the shade he said, got confused, saw the finish line wrongly.

[@scullcap357]

Fine job .

[@Eirikkinserdal]

Our man will get important work in visma lease a bike!

[@adamkuenzel1878]

I thought the number two rule is not to leave your teammates if you’re the GC leader of the team. Number one rule, of course is to not allow your race leader to be isolated. Number three rule should be not to attack on the steepest part of the climb. But I’m just a rookie Chesterfieldian, please advise.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

The #1 rule is to never leave your leader and the leader never leaves his team until his team are all done. The #2 rule was made during the classic after knuckleheads kept attacking Wout on the steepest cobbles. 😂🦋👊

[@wazzup105]

Wout said he was confused by the shadows?... hmmm... looks like he was the only one? There's a huge white line on the floor and an arch above it... Ah well

[@ivanj86]

Probably its better to keep sprinting and not throw the bike if you're not sure, but ok in the heat of that moment mistakes can be made. Second finish mistake from a Belgian in two days in a row though :)

[@reedjacksonmaccom]

its like two youtubes in one

[@savagepro9060]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="690">11:30</a>. I swear Chris was about to say ‘gift’

[@francisdayon]

Chris is basically explaining that Sepp couldn’t win last year if he wasn’t gifted that six minute gap. 2023 wind was a gift nothing more nothing less. Everybody wants to hype it up as the next American star he’s not.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Never 😜🦋👊

[@michaelbergfeld8751]

The big guy looses once again with a few decimeters... He must be the one who does most like this... A Roglic kind of problem in a way...

[@dr.merlot1532]

Only tactics you need to know if you are a grand tour rider is how to charm the podium girls (ask George Hincappi) and how to scam sponsors to support and believe in you in the form of millions of Euros (Ask Chris Froome). This is how you win a grand tour.

[@ongeeargos3621]

Wout stopped pedaling thought he crossed the line already.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

Tadej should have raced. 😢

[@GianCRO9597]

Wout might have the most 2nd place finish in the peloton. Not bad, but might be psychologically damaging to him to always come up short.

[@ScottCarlson-cz7wj]

The Big Guy almost took another stage; long live W.V.A.'isms! (It seems like round abouts and road furniture are thinning the ranks about every race. Bad biz.)

[@imalec]

👊🦋❤️

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👊🦋❤️

[@savagepro9060]

The difference between Le Tour de France and La Vuelta Le Tour de France folks line up the route drunk on wine🍷eating cheese🧀 La Vuelta folk stay at home, snoring through a siesta😴🛌

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I remember passing thru some super small towns while I racing it with only a hand full of people watching. But that was 100% of the town. 😜🦋👊🇪🇸

[@savagepro9060]

@@ChrisHornerCycling hahahahaaaa

[@ZENmud]

Those TdF parties, roadside over 1,200m, are worth "crashing" (uninvitedly) 🎉😂🎉 Show up on a bike with a bottle of Bordeaux and those crowds will (usually) enjoy hosting a stranger...

[@johnauvil9664]

Another great sprint play by play! Thanks Chris!

[@st14]

👍

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👊🦋

[@ernestporee3697]

Kuss will have to chip away time? Matteo would have been helpful in this race.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Yes he would be. 👊🦋

[@mtb4life817]

Tf is a chesterfield

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

New euphemism... I didn't have a bike crash, I had a Roglic 🤣

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

😜🦋

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

Jumbo riders all need to attack Rogliz. So they are consistent.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Hope sepp gets a little better. 🤞🦋👊

[@michaelrandall9034]

AI made the podium.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

The Vuelta loves AI right now. 😜🦋🇪🇸

[@michaelrandall9034]

@@ChrisHornerCycling On a race note 🎵 I really enjoyed the slow motion break down of Wout’s rear wheel towards the end of that sprint! Great perspective on UAE’s tactics on stage 4.

[@valiantabello]

FIRST

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Bam 💥 👊🏆🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@francisdayon]

Where was “the American”? No gifts this year…

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

If QS were crazy enough to let Sepp and his teammates go up the road then what happens afterwards is all their fault. Really, how hard is it to know you don’t let a pure climber get tons of time when you are racing in Spain. 😜🦋👊💪🇺🇸

[@mattmuyres7720]

The Chesterfield thing is getting old.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Never 😂🦋🛋️🛋️🛋️🛋️🛋️🛋️🛋️🛋️

[@randallflat2010]

lol at tactics, as if anything in this "sport" is real. All you need is a superior undetectable cheating mechanism and a slightly above average rider and tons of money and you're good to go, there is no tactics to any of this other than getting your doping dosage optimized.

[@rosshole]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="53">0:53</a> "so they must have DID something right" -- oh boy smh Chris, respectfully, I can't share this video with grammar like that.