Cycling - Mountain Bike - Men | London 2012 Olympic Games

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CM02 - Men - Cycling Mountain Bike - 12 August 2012 - London 2012 Olympic Games
Complete coverage of the Men's Mountain Bike from London 2012.
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[@VILLAGERGAMING]

me: "browsing around the tube" KZbin: Olympic cycling from 8 years ago me: yes mi lord

[@eddielee6573]

Oui

[@lianadoom]

I was actually looking for this as I'm pretty sure I was at this event I think it was the mens one I would have been 8 years old (I think I was on that big stand thing behind a guy holding a czech flag idk why I remember that so clearly 😂) although can't find myself as they don't seem to show the balcony bit

[@nklin6]

nostalgia is becoming a powerful drug

[@rock3tcatU233]

@@nklin6 Not as powerful as sniffing glue.

[@nklin6]

@@rock3tcatU233 each to their own no judgement here

[@blizzbee]

6:23 that photographer...

[@r0m0pr0]

Sport photography is hard work

[@bintangalqarni2839]

@@r0m0pr0 Agree🙌🏼

[@rotten2guts]

hahaha doing the swing for some nice shots

[@domt6802]

Thank you KZbin, only 7 years late this time

[@themagicillusions]

Dom T do you even math bro?

[@domt6802]

@@themagicillusions I do mean 8 years

[@goldenspatian517]

London did an amazing job for the 2012 olympics

[@chessdude1977]

This is not London this is in the County of Essex

[@maquettemusic1623]

@@chessdude1977 Still the London Olympics, stop being a nob

[@joshc1821]

London hosted the best Olympics ever.

[@KadaverKurt]

Not as amazing as Berlin did in 1936!!!

[@KadaverKurt]

@@joshc1821 No! BERLIN 1936!

[@liawjiayong]

if u noticed, smartphonees arent really a common thing yet, and many spectators use cameras instead, really amazing to see how far weve come in these 8 years

[@gardenkk243]

I went to watch this with my Dad, the atmosphere was brilliant, so fun to watch! Was gutted for Liam Killeen, the crowd really got behind the athletes in the last group. Great memory.

[@thomasbrown5763]

The guy in third place actually lost his saddle.

[@claudiofarina7502]

They didn’t even notice...

[@caroditsky]

1:29:22

[@jimw8615]

How did the seatpost also fall off?

[@Modrunnermusic]

@1:29:22 third place loses his saddle and Seatpost!

[@nickkaraoke2128]

I am former mtb racer and stuff happens. It happened to me halfway up a climb. Didnt have the tool to fix it. Luckily it was a two lap race so i climbed and descended the rest of the lap without a saddle. Stopped to get a tool, fixed it and still was able to podium. Granted Junior Expert isn't a large category and rider skills can vary widely but it was quite a setback that I pushed through. My only goal was to finish and the 2nd lap I went hard.

[@uquw394u8]

1:29:22

[@dani-elperezroveda4237]

they didn't realise that Fontana did the last lap without the seat?

[@hiranom20]

Same thing I was thinking. There were like "he's paid for his exertions..." no bro, he lost his saddle lol

[@ewraticcreations8277]

@@hiranom20 sorry mate but no bro you too: Fontana gets dropped, saddle still on: 1:28:40 "he's paid for those efforts" Only after that Fontana loses his saddle and seatpost: 1:29:22

[@hiranom20]

@@ewraticcreations8277 The lack of saddle dey still made a difference though..

[@ewraticcreations8277]

@@hiranom20sure, faster with a saddle. Fast enough to make a difference? Loosing speed already before losing his saddle, the others accelerating... He'd have to do a spectacular and miraculous sprint for that. We can't know.

[@VBL-]

1:28:05 those legs! amazing

[@starlightfrontier2218]

It's super interesting for me to watch a more enduro style race. I normally watch more downhill stuff, but I'm rather intrigued by this

[@itzraph9131]

Isn’t this more like cross country

[@starlightfrontier2218]

@@itzraph9131 Yes yes it is

[@alert.272]

Its frustrating when they bring in the network commentators who have no idea what they are doing. Do better.

[@coachrobwille4176]

Tobias Iven I agree they should have people that know the sport

[@elijahjamieson5354]

Tobias Iven thank you I am racing varsity high school for NorCal NICA and am a junior and I know more than them they are clueless

[@coachrobwille4176]

@@elijahjamieson5354 Good luck with your racing this season. Hope to see you ine the Olympics someday. Hopefully by then they will have better commentators

[@alert.272]

@@elijahjamieson5354 No way, I raced socal! Enjoy it! Races probably got canceled this year, but its just time to train for next year. Dont forget to rest a lot too!

[@macdara9295]

I get what ur saying but the majority of the viewers wouldn't have ever heard of mountain biking so they have to make is simple

[@sebastianhobert1953]

Que grande Catriel Soto!!!! Te felicito Desde Neuquén Argentina!!!

[@brekdakbanchamek6454]

Kulhavy's Win Was the Best Olympic Cross Country Bike Race ever happened on The History

[@hotdogbuns3818]

My legs hurt watching this

[@hongcongphan5240]

Olympic shows 'no limit' to Human Being's Energy.

[@ferfernando593]

What a beautiful trail!

[@vrbi3380]

Bylo to krásné!!! Děkuji Jardo ✊🥇💪🇨🇿🇨🇿🇨🇿

[@olibrown4270]

I love the fact that someone is riding a lefty at the Olympics

[@rhzalinoureddine4336]

RIP burry stander

[@chasepalpatine170]

Was just thinking the same thing. Wonder how he would have done these past years?

[@brekdakbanchamek6454]

2012 london olympics had it the best to represent Olympics

[@am4230]

Please add Peter Sagan smashing the MTB opening at Rio, thanks!

[@bluegold21]

I dont like the markers but the course is proper modern awesome.

[@onionhat9141]

Man I wanna go back to 2012 so bad. I remember being up at 8 am watching this

[@Jimbob-eu4gd]

How hadleigh has changed since then. Was a top course now it’s been neglected. Sad to see

[@_nicholas_8688]

Why didn’t they do this stuff in the rio Olympic like broadcast all of the sports? Oylmpic channel if you see this please do it for Tokyo 2020

[@arne8835]

Would be great if there was a tokyo 2020

[@coachrobwille4176]

2021

[@OchaFauzan01]

Yeah would be great if Tokyo 2020 really happen. It wont lol thanks China.

[@travis4266]

@@OchaFauzan01 It's not China's fault. It's other countries' response to it, specifically the USA had a very poor response and is still in denial that it even exists.

[@Catcrumbs]

@@travis4266 It is absolutely China's fault. The Wuhan flu emerged there and they were downplaying the outbreak from the start, ignoring the warnings of their own healthcare workers and accusing concerned people from other countries of being racists.

[@gremlinuk1968]

I use to do mountain biking back in the late 80s ,90s,

[@gazelleonwheels]

Robert Forstemann was also in the race. 😂

[@galenkehler]

DNS, I'm sure it's some kind of technicality that they have to sign up

Nice trip!

[@quirri]

Funfact: The name "Kulhavy" means "The limping one" in Czech. He certainly made more than up for it.

[@flaviofdantas]

Waiting Men - Mountain Bike - Rio 2016

[@Kaasgeelheid]

These commentators are oblivious, the 3rd placed guy (Fontana) losing his saddle completely @ 1:29:20 and these guys haven't even noticed

[@arq.carlossanchez]

Narrator: fontana almost sitting there....... dude he lost his seat hahaha

[@Penguen12]

Wow! Lol I went to where they made this today! Apparently it’s in hadleigh!

[@FFE1TB]

Someone's mechanic was fired that day

[@TeodorKubena]

Francesco Savoini It was a tube made out of carbon, which doesn't do well against hard a and fast collisions. Nobody expected this to happen.

[@FFE1TB]

Yes, but this happens more frequently when you put it not enough in the seat tube , usually to save some weight. To this day i don't know if this was the actual reason though.

[@TeodorKubena]

Francesco Savoini I doubt that few cm of carbon tube would have enough weight to risk it. If it would be alu it would maybe make sense.

[@tomgarner5965]

@@TeodorKubena its not because it was carbon 🤣

[@fredocreto9780]

absalon out just 11min after starts, amazing at this level with tyres

[@jessanmarietabisora861]

Is he the boyfriend of Pauline Ferrand? 😅

[@fredocreto9780]

yes , he is his boyfriend and first fan

[@widgetno1]

Needs to be way more technical

[@cmarnold78]

Why do these commentators sound they have read/learned about mountain biking just before the broadcast?

[@redcommando1]

No expert in MTB, but I personally feel Downhill is more exciting to watch and should be in the Olympics.

[@connortaplin2185]

I've participated and raced all sorts disciplines of cycling and downhill undoubtedly is the most fun, dangerous, and entertaining of any of them. XC and cyclocross for second

[@bananasstuff3344]

It should, but xc fits the Olympic image better. That being said it would be super cool if they added dh

[@ggardner5784]

How do you recover without a good start in a race like this?

[@frederikandersen8402]

It's a 1,5 hour race. Not a Sprint. You have many openings and opportunities

[@Kordz79]

marco fontanas saddle fell...poor guy...you have my respect.

[@StanVanGundy1]

The third guy lost his seat on the last lap there

[@vandersonandrade5848]

Top de mais!!!

[@youtube-kanal2606]

They take off at 3:57.

[@MrLucasDM]

This track is nice. I think the last olympic track that not abuse from technical areas just for entertainment.

[@aMilling]

They should really have slopestyle or downhill MTB for the olympics.

[@unknownboi.]

You’re right

[@beshock3654]

Not many people

[@archiedench3012]

It ain't exactly crankworks😂

[@ghazypangerang6118]

At least it's mtb lmao

[@petarnumber1941]

This is the real mtb

[@dashk97]

I miss sports.....

[@jean-lucdupuis7052]

Do they have DH mtb

[@billbalding3705]

No

[@kalenjifly]

at 1:29:21 Marco Aurelio Fontana breaks and loses his saddle.. probably one of the funniest mechanical injury of the Olympic History :).

[@gweflj]

Watch Kulharvy over the line. He's barely breathing. Fishy...

[@djarvils]

I'm riding road bike. This is something very hard to watch- can't even imagine what is a stress for legs and arms in that kind of track.

[@lolaharwood4702]

I know that this is mountain biking, but they need to be more specific! This is only cross country, but to people who dont mtb it makes it look like this is all there is to the sport! This is nothing like the rest of mountain biking

[@1106Winter]

True. Although; the 'real' mountainbikers are much faster than the cross country / cyclocross specialists. I think the designed the track this way to attract cyclocross bikers, since cyclocross is not an Olympic discipline.

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@1106Winter no, it's an xc track.

[@1106Winter]

@@bananasstuff3344, no. But isn't a real MTB track either. It's an XC / MTB hybrid.

[@galaleo1531]

I love racing here

[@invaderzimrocksify]

The olympics needs to do Enduro racing.

[@cadenhyatt6922]

The two bike racers are in the back

[@MatiasGonzalez-wz4nq]

rio 2016 mtb please

[@annenoir9409]

i'm wondering why they stopped putting olympics online (rio; pyeongchang) sad if this was for financial reasons

[@andriypratama2836]

Anne Noir I think it's because Broadcast right reason.

[@johnvandenberg]

Is the announcer the dude from GMBN? It sounds just like him?

[@ivanboyes9773]

Nope

[@chezzamkd3405]

Definitely not😂😂😂😂

[@chezzamkd3405]

Gmbn aren't lycra wearing pricks

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@chezzamkd3405 but you ARE a prick.

[@thomascookiehead]

I bet you they're all using Strava

[@tomgarner5965]

Most pros don't use strava

[@lincolntrains2639]

And they've got there cadence sensors XD

[@charlieowen1967]

If you are so worried about having the lightest kit and the lightest bike in the race, then why dont you just lose weight yourself. 😂

[@enigmasad2256]

Aun con 26"

[@lucassousa7653]

Bom ver o Nino tomando na cabeça. Hehe

[@nidarasul]

one would assume mountain bikes would be more good looking...

[@laserbeans6898]

this style of riding (XC) is all about being as light as possible, so sometimes less is more

[@thephoenixcycle8854]

The womens race is much better looking.

[@lolaharwood4702]

If you want to see better looking mtb's, watch crankworkz its a dedicated mtb comp not this Olympics trash

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@lolaharwood4702 shut up

[@BikenoTopo]

2020 tokyo please

[@izzulsalihin7056]

Ah yes 2020, what a great year to stream the olympics that will not happen this year. Streamed when?? 7 YeArS aGo

[@MarkWingfield]

poor commentary & strange track ... wonder why they didn't do something round Box Hill and get some natural features / rocks n roots? Great racing tho 👍🏻

[@joshc1821]

The commenter made a false statement about wheels at the beginning

[@christiangerhardt2408]

RIP Burry

[@gilberto200563]

The day 27.5 died.

[@fisabilakbar]

why they dont put the safety (elbow pad and knee pad) ??

[@MatthewPep]

xc racers dont wear em to be lite

[@patwilliam543]

Fisabilakbar Arfian it's not downhill, it's not that dangerous

[@AlphaSkewber]

Patrick have you ridden at hadleigh? They put rocks either side of the technical features and if you crash it would be really bad

[@emilymiller8342]

@@AlphaSkewber I have ridden at hadleigh and done all the features and never worn pads but that might just be me 😂

[@AlphaSkewber]

@@emilymiller8342 when I went to hadleigh I didn’t either but i was responding to the fact he said it’s not that dangerous as there were definitely points were a crash could cause some serious damage.

[@samuelparamor3726]

We need DH mtb in the Olympics!!!

[@lolaharwood4702]

Deffo, and some slopestyle! But then again dedicated mtb tournaments provide better courses usually, for instance crankworkz

[@bananasstuff3344]

@@lolaharwood4702 a dh or enduro would still be cool.

[@beshock3654]

Haha noup

[@DHTCF]

Nah

[@gersonFls7]

Ohhh, you know this shiii is about to pop off.

[@ROSE-by5su]

Not technical enough for XC

[@bananasstuff3344]

Ride it then at the speed they ride we'll see what's technical.

[@xorcst]

i dont MTB, but i do run trails. these are BLUE trails at best. its pretty much GREEN. how is this a world class course?

[@bananasstuff3344]

No. They aren't! It's steep, it's rocky, it's loose. You basically explained that you don't know by saying that you don't MTB. You clearly don't know anything. No beginner would ride that.

[@cadenhyatt6922]

There are three bike racers

[@ttnnnaa4500]

I feel like mountain biking and England don't typically go together

[@bananasstuff3344]

I feel like you are completely wrong

[@nelsonglover3963]

I suppose Tom Pidcock, Laurie Greenland, Brendan Fairclough, Kade Edwards and dozens more are names that don't mean much to you then.

[@seanc9801]

Why is the winner wearing rainboots on the podium? LMAO

[@lolgrant]

Why not?

[@Startrooper5555]

Nino would of won that if he chose to ride the 29er.

[@hinderanceinthewoods5893]

Anyone notice Jean cristophe-peraud

[@sekwah1k143]

1:24:49 you see me jumping yeahhh??

[@janzu4336]

Were you in the blue

[@Noobmaster-bc4vm]

They forget to lower their seat

[@TeodorKubena]

Carl_ 101705 LOL.

[@kanu_orb]

50 >> korea?

[@time.signal]

ชอบๆๆ

[@veronicarodriguez8171]

That is dangerous! This is what I wouldn’t do

[@olibrown4270]

yea that is what makes it so much fun the speed and the technical sections give you such a good adrenalin hit

[@JumpingWatermelons]

In road racing, a sprint like that might get you relegated to 2nd place.

[@corvoattano6846]

Is this road racing?

[@JumpingWatermelons]

@@corvoattano6846 thanks

[@ukyo6195]

Nino lost it because his smaller wheel sizes

[@lewiegray491]

Oh man just do downhill for the olympics it’s so much funner and sometimes if it’s a really tech course it’s harder

[@pinarellospeedracer]

Who ever made this course is not a mountain biker. Here in Arizona even a beginner would be board with this course

[@AndresMUy-vd2fy]

Y los colombianos?

[@juanvillalba539]

Atrás :(

[@wideawake914]

If I had a tenner for everytime the word technical is used and in the womens I could buy a better bike.

[@chezzamkd3405]

Mountain biking contests dont get much better than this, Crankworx Swatch rocket air DH world cup Dirtmasters Redbull rampage Redbull hardline Audinines And thats only some Dont say these lyrca xc races is a big event

[@bananasstuff3344]

Of course they are a big event. You named freeride and downhill events. Totally different. This was how MTB started, every type of MTB evolved from bikes like these.

[@petarnumber1941]

Real MAN SPORT

[@maxlishman4187]

2 comments lol

[@annenoir9409]

now its much more

[@xaviergomez415]

@@annenoir9409 and now it's more

[@RoyalRhino]

KZbin be like 2012: NO 2013: NO 2014 : NO 2015: NO 2016 : NO 2017: NO 2018: NO 2019: NO 2020 during the coronacrisis: YES let's recommend this to all the punks that can't go out biking and make them miserable for not being able to do so.

[@rileyukotic8121]

Lefty forks lol

[@randyrandy1727]

Why was he wearing gumboots during the medal ceremony?

[@TheMajk88]

He wears it because it was a part of Czech olympic collection. And I loved it.

[@maxbehrens8197]

Chai wheels 😂😂😂😂

[@lukeon1184]

I clicked on this thinking it was real mountain biking

[@78tamino]

Where's My Home Kde Domov Mum Ceska Republika/ Czech Republic

[@sebastianhobert1953]

El Sircuito es muy feo, esperaba más raíces,árboles subidas tecnicas,senderos.

[@MichaelCaneyJr]

Nino Schurter