INEOS Grenadiers CLEAN SWEEP the Podium | Volta a Catalunya Stage 7 2021

[@joejansenvanjorksveld710]

I'm really glad to see Geraint Thomas is wearing the same glasses that he did 10 years ago

[@jamiedwyer3619]

Is there a reason behind that? 🤔🙂

[@happydays8171]

Haha, I noticed that.

[@fhasdame351]

Yeah, look nice to him

[@matthewjam3s]

Surely his sponsors have asked him to step out of 2008.

[@jonpontet]

The reason is that they are his lucky glasses. You probably have lucky socks, well he has his glasses !

[@captainsushi24]

Amazing coverage of Catalunya LR - hell yeah they have to take Yates to TdF

[@thibaultrabiller5961]

I’d say it’ll depend on the form at the Dauphine

[@slahudeenhussain5297]

Can't say anything yet, Yates always has good early season form and is probably better at one week stage races

[@229ss]

When ineos named him for Vuelta they had no idea he would be in this sort of shape - I can’t see him holding this brilliant form until September and so they should put him in tour team instead of Castrojevo or alternatively put Yates in Giro - which would be much easier to win and he could joint lead with Bernal and then he could have a second stab of year at Vuelta

[@slahudeenhussain5297]

@@229ss I think Yates and Bernal should swap Grand tours, Yates should go to the Giro because he is in such good form right now and Bernal should go to the Vuelta so he can have some more time to recover from his back pains from last year.

[@ginkgobiloba2278]

Seeing Mohoric descent must be the most satisfying thing in the world.

[@kelldub78]

Movistar completely stuffing it up on this stage was The Most Expected Day.

[@sammacintyre2623]

Hahaha 👌

[@Pursuitofperformance]

They should share the tapes of whatever they talk about on the bus pre-stage.

[@kelldub78]

@@Pursuitofperformance you will never get this!

[@timcahill609]

The aero-base layers obviously didn't pass customs at the UAE tour

[@kovar2344]

POV: You are in the long breakaway. The gap is looking good. From the corner of your eye you spot the bearded machine. U realize its him. He is glued to your wheel on the climb and isnt droping off. You start to pray.

[@kevinevans6571]

Love we bent

[@Erik291098]

Ineos can attack early on mountain stages in the Tour de France with a quartet of Carapaz, Dennis, Hart and Kwiatkowski, and still have Thomas and Porte marking Pogacar and Roglic.

[@slahudeenhussain5297]

It will be carapaz alongside thomas marking Rog and Pog and Dennis has said he and Ganna will not go to the tdf to focus on the olympics ITT so it will mostly likely be de plus going instead. Their team for the tdf will most likely be: 1. Carapaz 2. Thomas 3. Geogheghan hart 4. Porte 5. Kwiatkowski 6. De Plus 7 Castroviejo 8 Rowe The only rider who might not make the team in that list in the end is De plus depending on what sort of form Bernal or Yates or Martinez are in then.

[@kelldub78]

Carapaz, Yates, Van Aert and Roglič all putting Pogačar under pressure, break 1 if you can, I think

[@jasper8097]

is egan bernal still in ineos?

[@fogelmclovin2694]

@@jasper8097 Yeah bro. Hopefully he is back in form to make the TDF team. With the addition of Adam Yates and Porte, there are so many good GC riders for Ineos that he might be snubbed this year.

[@ianism3]

I mean, if you can afford to have that many contenders (not to mention time trial specialists for the flats), you're probably going to be ok. the team is absolutely ridiculous, even without Froome (who's probably well past his prime now anyways).

[@philliptrzcinski5243]

You're the best lanterne, never should have doubted you.

[@kekemausi02]

Great thing to watch while eating lunch thanks!

[@jonieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Werder!

[@Mark-pt9jy]

Your recaps are as always enjoyable to watch and full of insights. Simply superb! Thanks Lantern!!

[@adammillsindustries.]

You’re freakin’ awesome Patrick, I love you man! 🤘🏼

[@viktorgombos4975]

Quick note: Valter didn't only take his first grand tour stage podium, he did it the first time as a Hungarian since 2007.

[@eccehomer8182]

Thomas, Bernal, Carapaz, Geoghegan-Hart... all Grand Tour GC winners. Throw in Yates, Porte, Ganna, Pidcock, Kwiatkowski, Dennis... an embarrassment of riches!

[@bigtime3719]

Yes they only miss Roglič, Pogačar and WVA for GC super dream team.

[@adamdickinson2894]

And Rowe, Siv! Madness, the only problem is none of them seem really strong all-round in the same way Pog and Rog are. It's going to be pretty tough to overhaul them in the TdF imo

[@biglegcatluvr]

Bernal seems kind of washed compared to what he used to be. Hopefully he gets his stride back

[@eccehomer8182]

@@adamdickinson2894 Yeah, some of the support riders are more than a bit handy... Henao, Castroviejo, Moscon, Sosa, Van Baarle... Not sure how long it will be before they snap up Pog... Rog might be a little too old now... but you never know.

[@superjoshows]

@@eccehomer8182 Funny how y'all forgot last years Dauphine winner

[@biggestathlete]

Great coverage and amazing analysis!!! One suggestion for improvement: please don’t add spoilers on the results for highlights takes away from the excitement and suspense watching the video. Thank you!!

[@user-ow1jh8yb5j]

This is the content we need - keep it up mate loving the new vids with the official highlights

[@jacobkilby]

Ineos look very very strong atm - still reckon Adam Yates is still more of a 1 week stage racer than 3 weeks, but is making a hard case to be left out from the Tour squad now

[@FlatSpinMan]

Did we enjoy them? Fuck yeah! Great to see Adam Yates doing so well. I really like Bike Exchange but there seem to be some things holding back top riders.

[@tudidingsapparel7197]

Adam Yates and Carapaz will be the only contender they can match against Pogacar and Roglic in the Tour de France. He needs this kind of performance from Porte and Thomas and maybe with Bernal.

[@loydymacawili8800]

so glad you all made it a a podium..keep goin'.....🇵🇭

[@HeidiLandRover]

Lanterne Rouge re-cap videos are head-and-shoulders above any other cycling content out there.

[@WelshdragonRugby]

Mate will you do an analysis of the Nacer Bouhanni incident?

[@LanterneRougeCycling]

Was planning on talking about it with Benji as a special on the Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast but some unforeseen shit has come up today that I am trying to iron out unfortunately

[@chrisko6439]

@@LanterneRougeCycling There probably will be another good opportunity to make a video once the disciplinary board has made its decision.

[@paddydunne774]

Been a great week of the streams and catching the podcasts to. So looking forward to RVV though

[@nickcolburn8340]

Top notch stuff brother.

[@jackyoung7097]

Really enjoyed this, thanks for putting in the effort this week!

[@BaWsDEwiE]

Fantastic coverage of this race, absolutely loved it. Keep up the great content. Ciao!

[@erickLguzman]

Even super tucking wasn’t going to bring him back! Brilliant

[@davehollingworth5537]

Thanks LR. Great coverage and insight! 😃

[@dougdevine27]

Supertuck loophole: install a saddle on the top tube. Normal riding position is in the saddle, right? You never said which saddle.

[@happydays8171]

Good thinking. But it would rob watts in drag coefficient the 90% of the time he's not in it.

[@dougdevine27]

@@happydays8171 Thought of that: it's a ceremonial saddle anyway so make it a clip on which can be stored in a jersey pocket for that 90% of the time.

[@happydays8171]

@@dougdevine27 Brilliant insight. That might work.

[@lcooperdesign]

Great coverage, as always. As a brit living there/here I can give you a heads up that Montjuic is actually pronounced Mont-ju-wik. Despite them saying "merci" the Catalans don't frenchify things quite as much as you'd expect. Carlton Kirby pronounced it the same as you I noticed.

[@johnjmccarrick]

TDF................pogajar...roglic.....then a long gap then....yates...thomas..?.......unless bernal does something special......id rather carapaz as my leader at the tour to be honest...more intrigued by remco just coming back to start the giro without any warmups apparently...amazing stuff...thanks as always LR for the great vids

[@LennieNelson55]

Yates has the hot hand, should probably take him to the tour over Tao. I'm really liking the G and Carapaz two-man game. Carapaz can hunt down attacks and go on the offensive, while G can pace himself and stay a proper threat into the 3rd week with excellent TT's. And Porte is the perfect mountain locomotive for them that can stay top 15 on GC without trying.

[@iamtheonenonly250]

splendid coverage

[@alanpride5884]

100% agree - if Skineos don’t take A Yates to the tour then they have rocks in their heads.

[@noseque07]

Excellent coverage. Ciao.

[@pmckeown38]

I agree Adam to the tour, he was able to pressure Pogacar. Just need to be able to recover to last a whole 3 weeks.

[@sldulin]

I'd say it's a no-brainer based on current form. The anti-Yates arguments are speculative that other riders will improve over the course of the season (and Yates' form will remain static?) and suddenly they will become competitive again with Pog, Rog and WVA.

[@louisrobert339]

Fantastic video ... My only two comments would be to speak/edit them in a slightly slowier speed (quite tricky to follow and digest at full speed) and also make the video slightly longer in length (they are a pleasure to watch so let's have it last longer!). Ciao my friend.

[@philipk4475]

Ineos is using a Princeton Carbonworks front wheel by the looks of it. Will be interesting what they go to once SRAM/Zipp does them (Princeton) in for patent infringement

[@lewisjohn2597]

They stopped using Lightweights?

[@pauljansen1137]

that was a serious display of Power...imagine what team they can bring to the Tour de France...kind of scary!!

[@alanpride5884]

Pog v Rog v Ineos - grabs popcorn 🍿

[@pauljansen1137]

@@alanpride5884 indeed!

[@dickmcwienersonIII]

More competition at the tour from the other teams though

[@pauljansen1137]

@@dickmcwienersonIII True.. but still..

[@peterbell8564]

Thoughts on Mike Woods LR? After coming back from injury he did pretty well, 3 top 10 finishes, his form has looked strong this year. Who is likely to be ISNs GC contender for TDF, Froome seems unlikely.

[@happydays8171]

Really? Froome is still the highest paid rider out there at 5.5 million euros. They must see something in him, or just have a big budget.

[@peterbell8564]

@@happydays8171 possibly, he is also great for marketing, even if he can’t win anymore.

[@happydays8171]

@@peterbell8564 I agree. He knows how to lead his team in the peloton, and they did acquire Marc Hirschi. I'm sure they'll work off each other. I feel Hirschi will win 2 stages of tdf on his own.

[@ang3l375]

Another great video!

[@tombladon8064]

Lanterne, is your move to Europe secretly to go and become a movistar DS? The only man who could sort out those tactics. If so would you’d try to bring back Nairoman and Lamda?

[@Pursuitofperformance]

This can't happen, the follies of Movistar are too fun to watch.

[@leoj5659]

I agree 100% take this team to Le Tour and let the TT decide who's boss. A Yates looks to be on another level. My personal hope is S Yates/A Yates battle it out at some stage.

[@tomshackel5315]

Awesome content as always! Got to take him right??

[@MikeAG333]

Just a quick note on pronunciation. Valverde is pronounced Balberde. The Spanish don't pronounce Vs as we do, they pronounce them as Bs.

[@honestmcgyver]

Great content keep it up

[@sammacintyre2623]

Huge huge effort on Catalunya lads, what a race. For Lanterne, I know your a stickler for pronunciation, so I'll correct you: Montjuic is Catalan and c here is pronounced a K, so Mohn-juik (definitely not phonetic alphabet but you get the idea)

[@vonblick8006]

Geraint Bringing out his inner Machoman Randy Savage with those shades

[@ThisIsANameBruh]

Honestly I don't even know how INEOS hasn't already announced Yates for the Tour. Thomas and Bernal got wiped in the mountains at Tirreno by Pogacar. Tao and Porte probably can't compete with him either. Yates is the only one who showed he can keep up.

[@george474747]

I completely agree, especially once you factor in Bernal's showing in last year's Tour. I want to see what Adam Yates can do with elite support. The Tour is a different order of event from the Giro or the Vuelta in terms of global prestige. Having Yates target the Vuelta would be to give up on being a first rate team in order to go after a second rate prize. At least contest the biggest race to the best of your ability. So, they don't have RogPog, but better to lose while trying to win than to not try at all.

[@ThisIsANameBruh]

@@george474747 and if all else fails, fire bernal and thomas and shower pogacar with money.

[@thomwhiffen4867]

Where does Egan&Kwiatko fit? What’s changed between Adam and Simon’s prep this year? 90+s difference at the end

[@LanterneRougeCycling]

Kwiato will be in the team for Tour, there is space. Bernal to lead them at the giro - he is the current favourite

[@sebestyennagy2871]

Hey LR! What did you think about our Hungary boy Valter in this race?

[@imadogsass6717]

Is INEOS’ protected rider still Sal Butamol?

[@maltDiznee]

TdF will be Stacked this year. JBV: Roglic lead into the climbs by Kuss, Kruijswijk; Bennett, Martin doing the pacing; Van Hooydonck in a support role and WVA doing everything. UAE: Pogacar lead up the mountains by Formolo for sure; Trentin, Hirschi as all 'rounders; then it would depend on what the teams ambitions are whether to bring Gaveria and Richeze or more climbing support like Conti, Ulissi, McNulty, Dombrowski. Ineos: (Tough because the team is really stacked) I would start with the best domestic they have in Kwiatkowski: TT Dennis or Ganna but not both; Amador/Castroviejo for early in the climbs; Siviakov/DVB in the flats; Carapaz to cover attacks on the climbs; a combination of Tomas/Porte/Yates/Bernal for GC depending on where their levels and training are at. Every other team should focus on stage wins and getting their up-and-coming GC riders and domestics some experience. I'm sure I'm missing a lot.

[@iminc5498]

I’d like to see Thomas’ power. The guy looks fleshy and 70KG+ & is flogging mountain goats. The power must be of the chart.....

[@stevenagriffiths]

i listened to a podcast with him today discussing his weight. he says he gets down to 68kg for a 8 weeks a year around the tour as he can only maintain the weight for that long being a more natural 75kg.

[@stevenagriffiths]

obviously he's not 75kg here, but i think more in his natural state

[@iminc5498]

He must be pushing some serious numbers, if that is the case!

[@DeepDarkHeavy]

Immensely exciting Ineos team for the GT'S, with Yates' improved TT it can't be too out the question for him to ride as their GC 🇬🇧?

[@Flakey101]

Ineos will probably do what they done reently and have several riders as their GC leaders and let the race itself sort out who becomes their main one

[@RevelCris]

the winner from Lotto, what helmet is he wearing ?

[@jonathanllorente314]

Lotto switched from HJC to eKoi

[@ihzbc]

Of course Adam HAVE TO be in the tour de France startlist

[@JROCKG23]

It’s a bit early to pencil in Yates for the tour.......time will tell

[@marianogamboa1287]

Carapaz should go to the Giro as co-leader and the Catalunya podium and Dennis to the Tour

[@TauxWau]

I think it would be a mistake to not bring Adam Yates to the TDF with how good he looks right now. Then again his brother looked pretty good in the 2018 Giro. The biggest questions for Adam is does he have the endurance for three weeks and will he be consistent in performing this well in the TT. Whatever they do, Ineos really should bring two leaders to the tour. They need to isolate Roglic and Pogacar, and two credible threats would be a good way to do that. They can't just ride in a train to the line and sprint for bonus seconds because both Slovenians have shown they excel in those circumstances. I'd personally like to see them ride for Thomas and Yates, with Porte as a domestique.

[@Flakey101]

It might be even tempting to have a 3 leader situation. Have Carapaz in there too, Get him to do a long range attack which Rog and Pog can not ignore. If it works great if it does not they still have Yates and GT

[@AndrieSurya]

Rimbrake FTW!

[@chrisko6439]

I don't know about A. Yates in a three-week stage race. He seems to lack the ability to recover which is needed to compete for the win, esp. at the Tour against Pogacar. I have more trust in Carapaz. Yates won't be the clear leader at the Tour and maybe he doesn't like it and thus prefers to go to the Vuelta only. And there is the problem whom to leave behind. Geoghegan Hart? To make the defending champion to ride for Bernal at the Giro? ;-D

[@VillageCyclist]

Adam looks good now but I don't think he is anywhere near Tadej in a 3 week race.

[@barrysmith7168]

I imagine if ineos don't have Yates, Porte, Thomas and Carapaz in their tdf lineup and they don't win, then many critics could fairly comment that they dropped the ball by not including Yates.

[@methylmike]

Why does ineos struggle unless it's a very British rider (I count froome as british) in the lead spot

[@stevenagriffiths]

I forgot Eric Bernhurt from London won the tour in 2019

[@methylmike]

@@stevenagriffiths an easy case could be made, that victory fell into bernal's lap. curious, which position would you put him in your 2021 ineos lineup for the tour? 3rd, 4th.. 5th.. maybe even 6th... gtfo

[@alexbiggs71]

I think maybe they should consider taking Yates to TdF, but quite honestly that brings up the question of who they leave then, as a ‘too many cooks’ problem becomes apparent. Porte? TGH? Carapaz? Those are all tough calls to make, leaving out a proven GT winner/podium finisher vs. a great one-week rider who has yet to finish off a GT (barring an under the radar 2016) when Pogacar (and likely Roglic) will simply look to use their train. I suppose Yates could prove useful as a 2-week foil if you think either Carapaz and/or Thomas could outlast Roglic; but they both have very different ITT capabilities, and moreover - I don’t think either can get the edge on the Slovenians. Should be interesting, that’s all I can say.

[@Flakey101]

Porte is an easy one to include at the TDF. Since they specificaly got him to be a super Dom at the TDF he is not going to be a cook there

[@ricksmith6665]

TGH is the easy one to not bring. I think you bring Yates, Porte, Carapaz, G and let the ITT decide the roles. G might have the best ITT of all the GC rides and in yellow. If Carapaz loses more than 2-3 min in the first ITT then he will be the super dom, otherwise, Yates will be the super dom. You can let the first week sort it out. Ineos will need to avoid a situation where Pogacar is up the road putting time on G. They can avoid this by using the train to drop his team and then attacking multiple times with Yates and Carapaz. Each time not working with Pogacar but getting him tired. While G is not working down the road, setting his own pace.

[@theletsgo]

thanks lr

[@jeanlawley6483]

Don't forget 4 Brits in top 10 and another top 10 for Hugh McCarthy ... British road cycling may be even stronger now than ever

[@philliptrzcinski5243]

Still have my doubts about Yates over 3 weeks, and Thomas looks like he could get back to his winning best. Give Yates a tour shot next year if he proves himself at the Vuelta.

[@FlatSpinMan]

Actually that’s not a bad shout, and I am a bit of a fan of the Yates brothers. Their reliability is/has been suspect at crucial times.

[@shelby4225]

@@FlatSpinMan Yeh, I think Yates needs to learn ( and he will learn with Ineos) how to control his efforts, timing and energy expenditures during a 3 week race. I believe the same goes for Roglic. There are times when you have to let your team do the work for you and save your energy for another day.

[@yotamgranot2229]

Will you have giro highlights as well?

[@LanterneRougeCycling]

No I don’t have a licensing deal with RCS

[@yotamgranot2229]

@@LanterneRougeCycling too bad :( but your videos are great!! I'm a sub from the dark days of the 144p videos. keep up the good work

[@FlatSpinMan]

@@LanterneRougeCycling Does anybody? That organization seems to be actively against encouraging casual fans.

[@davidcopperfield7648]

Lanterne Rouge is the only organic matter drier than the Atacama desert

[@durianriders]

Imagine how good Sky will be when they can finally afford disc brakes!

[@simonrano8072]

All the money went into the lawyers and labs to save Froome's ass from his asthma drug abuse.

[@simonrano8072]

@Leona Bastet me neither, animals mistreatment is pretty bad. Donkeys are hard workers, no need to abuse them even more.

[@craigpaterson5085]

This team should be theTtour team and the Provence team should be the Giro team

[@brantnuttall]

Quote: this is the last time we'll see the supertuck. Me: Are you sure? The wording seemed a bit vague to me.

[@chrispyy606060606]

Kuss just looks tired...I wonder if Jumbo cooked their riders last year. TD out with exhaustion, Kuss is still obviously super strong but just looks fried to me.

[@farizrd]

Next : Ineos 1 2 3 in TdF

[@hollandtobias4756]

Mybe he gets dropped the latter weeks?

[@KuriReevel]

With rim brakes.

[@frtzkrz3515]

thomas should have attacked porte. only 4 seconds were between them...

[@joumyu3837]

First, good content.

[@alexball6271]

Yeeee

[@jamesrhodes5305]

Yates 👉 TDF 👍

[@mikedickerson3944]

Great coverage. But a boring race. It was over after stage 2.

[@sweatnosweat]

montjuiccccccccccccccccccc

[@molybdnum]

No, no. Ineos should take Simon Yates to the tour.

[@jackfillingham2697]

if yates attacks pogacar at the tour they drop g, no good for ineos if g is numero uno

[@ricksmith6665]

It depends on how Yates ITT goes. If he has a good time in the first week, he could cause Jumbo and Pogacar some trouble. If Yates is up the road, then G and Ineos don't have to work. G can ride his pace and limit losses. Ineos should be on the attack and not waiting for Pogacar or Jumbo. It is a three-week race and the more Jumbo and Pogacar are under pressure the harder for them to stay fresh in week three.

[@jackfillingham2697]

@@ricksmith6665 still think sending yates would be pouring petrol on the fire. ineos will be banking on g's time trial and solid climbing. so sending yates to light up the climbs while thomas is trying to hang on to the slovenians won't help their overall 3 week effort.

[@ricksmith6665]

@@jackfillingham2697 I hear you! G will need to be very strong. TT up a climb in the wheels, instead of stop-start attacks should be faster and it should be better for G in week three. wout van aert showed this at 78 kg, G at 67 kg might be able to do much better. He also has a good attack ability in the last 1-2 km. This is really the only way to win, I think. but I agree with you! G will need to be super strong.

[@erickLguzman]

I though Jumbo was the best team in the world

[@Flakey101]

Jumbo are a very strong team, potentially the strongest, but they can not really wrestle the best team title away from Ineos until they stop making so many tatical mistakes in races.

[@RazDU]

Yates can't three-week. Even an amateur knows that. There ain't no threat for Slovenians in Ineos.

[@ricksmith6665]

They are a clear threat. Jumbo has made many tactical mistakes and rog doesn't do well in week three. Pog has no team and can be isolated easily. This happened very quickly in the UAE tour. Ineo has a clear path to defeating both. G can put time into both in the ITT. Yates can put time into both in the climbs.

[@philiptalisic6900]

i thought UCI banned the supertuck

[@jamesong1316]

1st April onwards

[@captainsushi24]

From 1 April 😊

[@smallhatshatethetruth7933]

Still wearing masks for a phoney pandemic?

[@whatwelearned]

Christ. The quicker their doping gets exposed and they break up the better. So dull to watch.

[@DJ-qi4ry]

Almost as boring as your comment.