Disaster for Primoz Roglic after Crash into Hay Bale | Tour de France 2022 Stage 5

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[@ken.95]

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[@finley888888]

best analysis there is and so entertaining

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[@oceanzmat]

Mate, know that the hours put into this are hugely appreciated by us all. Simply peerless stuff. No chance we'd have any where near this insight into the sheer chaos of the day from the other main channels' highlights packages. As slick as their productions might be they pale in comparison to your coverage. Keep up the amazing work sir, you totally smashed it today. LR for the win!

[@mv84gaming14]

I second this ^^^^ I watched the entire stage and was still confused by many incidents, like how Roglic ended up behind vingegaard’s group, even though I saw no actual footage of his crash. Really appreciate Lanterne for putting in the time to solve all the unnoticed mysteries that go into a hectic TDF stage such as this one!

[@DynamiteDB]

LR is the best. I had so many questions after lasts nights stage and I knew I’d have to wait until the following morning to find out what happened via this channel. I can’t stand the SBS broadcasting team, they can be so biased and corny.

[@TheDionysiac]

Seriously. The Eurosport highlights barely mention the Roglic crash, and don't even show what happened. LR otoh, shows in detail how it happened, who was involved, and even catches Rogla popping his shoulder back in.

[@tpeliska]

The absolute best

[@EgeBerkGonul]

@@TheDionysiac I don't know how the broadcasting works in TDF, but they don't mention Roglic's crash probably because it is their mistake. This is also the reason why we don't have the aerial view of the moment.

[@geodesy2009]

A hay bale, which should never have there, hit by a camera bike and dragged into the road takes Roglic down when he’s cruising up front in the GC group. Dislocating his shoulder. Astounding bad luck! Beyond belief.

[@riquelmeone]

Is that bad luck though or partly bad positioning as well? I think the words lucky and unlucky are a bit inflated among cycling fans these days

[@mikkelandersen2167]

@@riquelmeone mate there is literally a hay bale in the middle of the road, what does that have to do with positioning

[@TheKrrn]

@@riquelmeone A hay bale gets randomly dragged in front of the riders, not sure thats a positioning issue...

[@ManWalksDogs]

FWIW Geraint confirmed in an interview with ITV4 that his crash wasn't the Roglic hay bale roundabout one but another, off camera (LR ponders this in this vid).

[@Windinthe...bald5821]

@@riquelmeone the only bad position here is you taking free space in comment section online

[@lucadotto8073]

This was a messy stage, only with this recap I managed to understand what happened to Rogla. Lanterne’s videos are head and shoulders above the rest

[@timvanmonero2720]

tour should have such a stage every week. that's fun.

[@vetertee]

Chris Horner’s analysis is great as well

[@chase.wheeler]

the amount of Cervelos that Jonas flat out dropped on the ground made me wince

[@oceanzmat]

underrated comment sir. i was thinking the same. oooff!!

[@7bombarie]

At first, I read "Cervezas" instead of "Cervelos"...

[@ftsportugal]

Being a Rogla fan is not easy... One day he's destroying, the next day he's on the ground.

[@robbogin482]

Yeah this really sucks!!! He was in the right place, but having Wout on the team is a distraction to a GC win! Primoz has the worst luck in the Tour…. It is nonexistent😭😭

[@ftsportugal]

@@robbogin482 Man, I know how you feel... He deserves a tour so much but year after year something happens to him. I don't know how everything goes wrong for him in France. That damn TT in LPDBF still hurts a lot 😢

[@daxquimm9799]

For real, hearing Rogla dislocated his shoulder ruined any chance of having a good day today.

[@gregorygout]

He started cycling late. I recon despite tremendous physical abilities, maybe he is actually not that comfortable on a bicycle compared to people who have started as a kid. Or he is just incredibly unlucky!

[@kastor7338]

Knowing how much they are behind pogacar already really scares me. In his form its possible he might be able to ride away in the mountians and roglic, i dont hope so, might have lasting effects like last year. I thought this could have been an extremely exciting GC Battle, now im just hoping all recover well. ._.

[@daedalus_20v]

Roglic may have dislocated his shoulder but not his balls! I dislocated my shoulder once before. At no point in the immediate aftermath of that experience did the thought cross my mind to "just jam it back in and go for a 30km ride."

[@ShawnStradamus520]

On cobbles no less…

[@baldyslapnut.]

And that's why he's in the Tour and we're not.

[@oceanzmat]

To be fair to yourself i reckon you'd 've had the cajones if you were riding in the TdF

[@maxkroll7126]

That screenshot of the Wout/Jonas group passing Roglic is extremely high quality analysis.

[@newsbuster292]

That Jumbo bike exchange clusterf*** was comedy gold. 😂

[@icollectstories5702]

Jonas needs longer legs or at least needs to learn whose bikes he can borrow.

[@JCNvid]

missing benny hill song

[@123_Ed_DPL]

Ja, what it needs is the 'goofy cartoon circus type music with fast forward at 1,5 speed' edit.

[@christopherbicknell8849]

Honestly mate, You're so far above any coverage of the Tour it's mad. Great work and please keep it up.

[@davidspagnolo4870]

Old Aussie domestiques and unexpectedly winning on French cobbles go hand in hand.

[@Glider34]

O Grady

[@charliedillon1400]

@@Glider34 &Hayman

[@daveyboy6210]

Blimey forgot about O'Grady 👌

[@naedynot1]

Durbridge one day?

[@wassillamnaouar4471]

Maybe dumb question: are there much cobbles road in Australia ?

[@QuietLurker]

Man Primoz can't catch a break in the TdF

[@viktorsix4970]

Van Aert his performances are amazing and unbelievable

[@All4Grogg]

Magnus Cort is an absolute unit for nearly pulling Powless into the yellow jersey. Could not figure out why EF was chasing at all from the peloton, they even had position to slow it down on two of the sectors, but didn't. If he had just played it safe near the front I don't think anyone would have been able to touch Wout on this stage, he crashed, chased like hell, dropped back again and then chased all the way back to the GC group after going HARD everyday thus far, especially stage 4. That was the most impressive defenses of the yellow jersey I think I've ever seen. Zero chill the entire stage, this felt like a one day race. If the organizers ever do this again, it should be the day prior to a rest day. Stage 6 is going to be cruel, I wouldn't be surprised to learn of at least a few abandons as a result of that much dust getting in their eyes. What are the odds Magnus goes in the break tomorrow?

[@JDGreen-vj7wx]

Cort will probably go into the break to try and defend his lead in the KOM but all the K's in the breakaway are going to catch up to him eventually.

[@drewcama2488]

@@JDGreen-vj7wx Wout must have had stomach problems is my only guess.

[@onnovanwoensel4542]

I hope both Primoz and the other Jumbo Visma guys keep their heads up in the GC battle. Vingegaard and Primoz putting in attacks in the mountains would still make a great battle for the GC against Pogacar. Nothing is lost yet! :) Just sad that the bad luck hits Primoz most of all of the GC guys.

[@mayalman]

At this point you have to think that him and Geraint are just absent minded bike handlers. Some riders simply never fall, Sagan and Pogacar are simply glued to their bikes unless they are literally knocked off.

[@goteamgaz]

@@mayalman Sagan came off his bike today, no one near him, just took a corner badly.

[@santiagobenites]

Primoz hit hay bale that was knocked into the middle of the road. It hardly has anything to do with his bike handling.

[@santiagobenites]

@erdemc That is totally irrelevant in this situation.

[@seamusmclaughlin7067]

@erdemc l agree he's not a great bike handler, but you must admit that today was bad luck

[@LeStan242]

Van Aert said in a post race interview that he didnt't feel comfortable riding in the peloton. "The streets have just been too dangerous in my opinion." After his crash he was a little confused. Later he "let down the team capitains" and started helping them just at the end.

[@levbobrov1398]

WVA is wearing yellow and green and won a stage. And he had to babysit Jonas. JV kind of looks like a one man army to me at the moment. I suspect that they have burned WVA chances for green today, by making him do all the work.

[@gerhardw.933]

@@levbobrov1398 Not only the babysitting but the crash itself, dropping back, doing (!) the hard work at the front! MvA is much used by the team even wearing yellow a n d green!

[@clementdenis4212]

@@levbobrov1398 : why would have they burned his chances for green ? It's not like he has significant competition at this point.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@levbobrov1398 lol what bullshit statement about losing green.

[@tugpetit2204]

@@clementdenis4212 Fortunately, Cort Nielsen was unable to join the final sprint.

[@Fik0n]

Given the crash being unavoidable and lack of support to get back Im pretty impressed by Roglic. Shame it’s likely all down to Pog crashing or having a mechanical now.

[@vashe9]

It's all on Vingegaard now, I'm sure he won't just follow and will try something in the hills

[@mikegeary9231]

Which never seems to happen to Pog. Certainly seems blessed in terms of luck. You've got to think at some point he'll crash or have a mechanical, and the lack of any semblance of a team will become an issue.

[@Naustratze]

@@mikegeary9231 I don't remember who said it originally, but the Danish commentators quoted it yesterday "The greatest champions don't crash, get punctures, or get sick" (and they then added "or get dirty" since Pogacar's white shirt magically stayed clean most of the race). It's not all about luck, it's also an ability some riders just have. Of course, regarding punctures and crashes, Pogacar's positioning and bike handling abilities play a large part. Mindset probably also plays a role across all three. As for the original comment, Pogacar was always the clear favourite, but Vingegaard has seemed stronger than Roglic for quite some time, so I don't think yesterday's result has changed much in terms of favourite status. On an unrelated note: Bettiol should be removed from the Tour by his team, should he not? His actions were clearly detrimental to the team and he seemed only to care about Pogacar. Very weird to do it so obviously.

[@baldyslapnut.]

Looks like at least 7 riders "avoided" the crash before Roglic. Just depends where you choose to be in the peloton...

[@stevegreene9389]

There are only 2 analysts worth their salt. Chris Horner and Lanterne Rouge. The insight you bring is next level! Thank you! On another matter, the way Clarkie won that stage was so smart.... he allowed Boassen-Hagen to chase Powless and when B-H caught him, he dropped off his wheel to force Van der Hoorn to close the gap and then tucked in and nipped him to the line. Pure class!!!

[@Se0what]

Jesus jumbo with all the talent and 0 luck. UAE only got Tadej freelancing and escapes day after day.

[@tts937]

They also have Bettiol and Stuyven working for Pog

[@Th31udwig]

@@tts937 what the heck was Bettiol doing tho. Like for real?! I was so confused.

[@seanstephens5299]

Wow what bad luck the ness up with the dropped chain and bike swapping they looked like an amateurish team not pro

[@Jaxck77]

I fucking hate it. Tadej has made the tour unbelievably boring

[@maltefischer6619]

Always luck is skill... if you have a closer look, its amazing how Tadej is minimizing risk by positioning.

[@mikecarter6758]

Just the best race recaps. Thanks for what you do!

[@DynamiteDB]

Such bullshit! Primoz looked so promising sitting at the front of the peloton and then all of a sudden he disappears. At first the live coverage thought Roglic was in between the Pogacar group and the Jonas group so I wasn’t too worried and then they get word that Van Aert and Jonas flew past Roglic at the crash point. It just kept getting worse and worse. Horrible day!

[@Fik0n]

I think Rog crashing any Pog getting a lot of help from other teams was just the worst outcome on this stage. Impressive by Pog but I think it was this particular outcome that makes it feel like a bad idea to have this stage. Any other order on these riders would have created lots of excitement

[@DynamiteDB]

Is hate it that Pog doesn’t loose any time after being caught behind the crash in stage 2 because of the 3 kilometre rule and so he gets to cruise to the finish line knowing he’s safe. Yesterdays stage was a disaster!

[@simon6495]

It does suck but Roglic only losing 2 minutes after dislocating his shoulder is pretty insane. At least the fight for yellow isn’t over. If roglic attacks on a mountain stage he is still somewhat close enough to pogacar that he can’t just let him go up the road I think.

[@larsvisscher0410]

@@simon6495 I was thinking about that to, but now Roglic is more of a thread for Thomas and other p3 tot p5 GC guys so they will probably pace first. So the only way this could work is if on a really hard mountain stage only Pogocar Roglic and Vinegaard are left, and Roglic atacks.

[@simon6495]

@@larsvisscher0410 Yeah that’s probably true, hadn’t really thought about that.

[@nickolaspulsipher2365]

I’m amazed at the details you pick up on that everyone else misses

[@first_namelast_name5139]

You’d think the moto riders would learn how to not make gc guys crash by now

[@icollectstories5702]

They work hard, but do make mistakes on occasion. The moto cameras could be replaced by drones someday, but the neutral service guys are irreplaceable. Would be cool to have drones do water drops, though!

[@fmr1998]

man, what a shame for Rogla. He gets a lot of shit for not being able to stay on his bike, but this time he just got whacked by the TdF gods. Hope he can at least finish the tour and maybe help out Jonas in the mountains

[@rebeccabertrand3335]

Oh Roglic 😫💔 ❤️ LR, thanks so much for these short recaps. I'm isolating with covid in a foreign country with no tv and no wifi, all I have is roaming data to get my updates. You're keeping me sane!!!

[@norman-gregory]

Congratulations Simon Clarke/ 20 years in the making at 36 years young...well done. So much carnage and a very tough stage. Congratulations from Australia.

[@davidbarnes5283]

Boring boring boring

[@john_djr]

The last two days of racing were really special in my opinion. And I love these recaps for even more detail and insight in the aftermath. Keep it up, and thanks!

[@kathyljohnson6203]

That was mind-boggling! Also the perfect illustration of why as a team you have to take every opportunity on the day, and not "save it" for tomorrow. TJV had a really bad day, but they already have a stage win, days in yellow and podiums, and a solid lead on green, which is more than anyone else can say. S*** happens in big ways at le Tour. I miss MVDP and so far it seems the Giro-Tour double is too much to ask. I do believe WVA is the better grand tour rider between those two. Agreed, Pidcock (look, another CX World Champ!) was awesome. I swear he has a man-crush on WVA and aspires to be his mini-me. No disrespect intended.

[@larsvisscher0410]

@@patrickbateman7444 I cant hate on him for abandoning the tour because of wanting to ride in the Olympics, that he crashes out because he was uprepaired and didn't jump is on him. But last year he came for stage win and wearing yellow for a couple of days that was a great success. But the Giro Tour combi looks to much or is ill or something, that what he said at least in a interview.

[@xx765]

I have to say Pogacar is a smart and lucky rider. He doesn't have a strong team around him so he freelances around Ineos like the Dumoulin in the old Sunweb days. He always stays very near the front of the peloton so he is least likely to be affect by the mayhem that goes down. But still, anyone could have a mechanical in the cobbles. If that happens to Pogacar it's game over for him.

[@stoneyyg]

Has he ever had a mechanical tho? In all the races he rode i only saw him „crash“ once, he is first of all extremely good on his bike but also has a little guardian angel above his head.

[@lucblain7957]

Pogacar is the smartest rider of the tour. Always on a good position. Imcredible rider.

[@YOURTECHFRIEND]

Great work putting the video together - you spot everything PLUS some more than the entire Danish TV production team does! They didn't spot the Primoz exit to right on the street for instance. Then again they are only 3 commentators, 2 in the studio plus the production team and on-site team. Maybe they should give you a call! :-D

[@glennh8811]

Gc positions if u just look at the GC favorites after today: Pog Vingegaard - 0:21 A. Yates - 0:29 G. Thomas - 0:31 Vlasov - 0:37 Martinez - 0:50 Bardet - 0:51 Quintana - 0:55 Gaudu - 0:56 Fuglsang - 1:01 Mas - 1:02 Küng - 1:35 G. Martin - 1:48 Uran - 1:57 Pinot - 2:04 Roglic - 2:15 O'Connor - 4:03 Froome - 4:58 🤭

[@DavidGutierrez-kq7pu]

In which universe are froome, quintana or pinot favourites? Like I will give you mas but, bardet?

[@l.d.t.6327]

​@@DavidGutierrez-kq7pu GC positions = riders who could do a top 10. Glenn didn't say 'favourites' (you imagined this). So by the definition of top 10 contenders: Quintana for sure is GC material, and Bardet as well. Pinot indicated he won't go for GC, but if he is in good shape, why wouldn't he be a GC contender (as in: top 10?). Agreed Froome is laughable, but you forgot to mention Kung: no way he will ever be top 10 in GC.

[@DavidGutierrez-kq7pu]

@@l.d.t.6327 The original message says GC favourites, I am seeing it right now. Half the list is laughable but saying them all seemed excesive.

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@DavidGutierrez-kq7pu The thing is, those are probably the best picks for a top 10 (bar Kung and Froome). There isn't much else.

[@vinniamsterdam700]

Nairoman on the podium, mark my words!

[@qopiqq3629]

The only youtube channel where you get to see roglic's crash. Instant sub, keep this up man!

[@jasonmcgowan8417]

Another great video! Thank you! hope we get some answers on why the EF and Trek riders road like that... seems a little fishy.... Hope there is something I am missing

[@jf7243]

Brilliant coverage, it took some unravelling, but well done! I think there is Caleb Ewan on the left footpath with medicos in the video when Roglic is walking to reinsert shoulder.

[@cyclemike5182]

Excellent coverage and insight as usual, plus your tactical knowledge is second to none. This is a crazy Tour so far.

[@nikhilsai9613]

My heart aches for Primoz!

[@mar_man813]

You missed the crazy Gogl crash that sent him to the hospital with a broken pelvis and collarbone. Insane video of more spectators leaning into the cobblestones causing this one. French fans are the worst -- rarely see this in La Vuelta and certainly not in Denmark earlier this Tour.

[@diogotonelo]

true facts, really don't understand this type fans like and the dudes that brings smoke torches to cycling race....

[@JSBax]

Chris Horner highlighted fans hanging over the apex of corners in the already-perilous TT. But hey, they could have been French?

[@legrandepatrontheplaneteat6241]

So much grinta from the TJV squad and unlike Pog, who was amazing as usual, no help from other teams. WvA was definitely rattled after the fall, but came back to his own putting in so much work. Why was Bettiol pulling the group on 2 different sectors while there were 2 EF riders in the break up ahead? Barrels of Oil probably

[@arthurreyes2632]

Is bettiols contract up? Auditioning for his next team 🤔

[@jordanfrazin6650]

@@arthurreyes2632 He's still under contract at EF next year

[@drunkensailor112]

Uran was in the first group for quite a while and bettiol helped him.

[@julianevans9548]

Yup, there is a reason he's doing that - and none of those reasons don't involve cash.

[@julianevans9548]

And Stuyven?

[@gregknipe8772]

nothing better than an ear to ear Ozzy smile at the Tour de France podium. cheers sir !!!!

[@TheARE316]

You’re my go-to channel for proper race recaps. Keep up the good work!

[@r3drum3k92]

Simon also delivered one of the best winner interviews for a long time. Realy enjoyed that.

[@danielbum912]

Thanks for taking the "hours to piece this all together", I was at a complete loss as to what happened with some of the riders

[@D34dlyTidsy]

After the tour I’d love to hear your thoughts on how it should be covered going forwards. Your analysis is amazing especially given the tv coverage isn’t very clear at all!

[@douglaspate9314]

"Unbeleivalbe win, throroughly deserved". So true! What an amazing summary review. Top!

[@matthewk3233]

Hitting it out of the park with the TDF recaps, always enjoy them but they have been must watch this tour.

[@AKBingo_]

So awesome seeing Powless, a local with strava sectors just down the road, in the running with tier 1 guys

[@ericsaari2901]

Amazing recap and commentary, as always.

[@carlosrosales1712]

The jumbo visma bike switching fiasco was so damn funny even though I felt bad

[@laureeeent]

Lanterne, thanks so much for your excellent coverage of le Tour!

[@roybooth7904]

Really worthwhile, insightful analysis: but for conveying the race itself, I really, really like your admixture of still photographs. They ping the moment into focus. Bravo!

[@Seablack66]

Wow. Absolutely exceptional job editing this all together. thank you!

[@mmmbass6068]

Paris-Roubaix is probably my favourite race, but I’m not sure that challenging pavé belongs in the TDF. Yes it adds another dimension to the race, but the inevitable chaos has too much negative impact on GC, who are only interested in survival, not racing. And all this with 16 stages to go. I’m happy for Simon Clarke, but the GC battle that everyone was anticipating is not going to happen, and some of the best GC guys are now just riding around France (if they are lucky) with little purpose.

[@great_live_music]

And yet, Pogacar demonstrated that he is at the moment the best all around rider of the peloton. You might be disappointed for other riders, but Jumbo tactics were poor today, Roglic hit the ground as always, and the other riders were not able to compete with Pogacar today... I don't care about Pogacar, but he almost never disappoints.

[@swe223]

@@patrickbateman7444 Nobody is denying Pogacar's performance. But do we really need to see Roglic and Thomas crashing for no reason, just by pure bad luck? Just before the first mountains where they can (or could) finally go head to head and show the W/kg they are capable of and trained all season for?

[@mmmbass6068]

@@great_live_music i don’t doubt Pog is the best GC rider in the race - i just want the best competition to take it up to him in the Pyrenees

[@tupolev141]

The ASO has managed to end the GC battle after 5 days. Congratulations.

[@dcollis1239]

@@great_live_music what are you talking about tactics? Roglic literally crashed due to a hay bale being hit out into the road. This stage was a bad idea and the ASO will probably never do it again.

[@jls1337]

coach: "don't chase your team mates" bettiol: "no parlo inglese"

[@TheRhodes76]

The level of information you provide in these videos are quite outstanding 👌

[@eonbart]

Without WvA thin would have been a total mess for Jumbo Visma. Now its just 80% of a mess...

[@jaydeister9305]

Great race summary! Brutal stage, safer to watch from home!

[@KimTumamakMusicPH]

Watched the highlights and waited for this awesome commentary.

[@davidbarnes5283]

Boring boring boring

[@daxquimm9799]

Dang, I was hoping for a dramatic stage and possible GC shakeup; but not like this… why use hay bales instead of metal or plastic barriers? Shame on the ASO for cutting costs

[@daxquimm9799]

@@patrickbateman7444 well metal barriers are typically hinged together and also taller so the motorcycle would have had less of a chance to run into it causing an obstacle to fall on the course. Why are you trying to start needless drama?

[@mickmartin8975]

Without question, the best coverage online. Subscribed and will be here daily

[@charlyncorgan1954]

Roglic certainly knows how to pull those heart strings. Ugh. Poor guy. Bettiol- no idea there but would love to know what he was thinking. Tadej- he's a beast. Love the fairy tale ending for Simon Clarke. Thanks, Patrick!

[@АнтониоРодригес-ф4т]

I'm amazed by Quintana and his team! They did everything right!!

[@tobiasurey1434]

Could have pulled against videgaard/ineos

[@drunkensailor112]

@@tobiasurey1434 they did. Only fdj and especially bora didn't help them out. Rode like cowards

[@АнтониоРодригес-ф4т]

@@tobiasurey1434 nah, what if Nairo had a mechanical, they just looked after him the best way possible

[@АнтониоРодригес-ф4т]

@@drunkensailor112 yes but the were cautious and making sure that nairo had the support in case of any incident. They rode like savages!! What a great team work!!

[@drunkensailor112]

@@АнтониоРодригес-ф4т quintana is a beast in cobbles anyway for a 50 kg rider. He once rode dwars door Vlaanderen years ago with zero experience and was one of the strongest in that race. Local crowds went mad for him as well. He's also a great echelon rider

[@jamesrobson8907]

Love your work - the best analysis out there. Fascinating stage.

[@cruchot555]

4:12... Who's the general manager of Jumbo-Visma? Inspector Closeau?

[@charlesleeray1784]

Wouldn't surprise me to see Bettiol riding for UAE in the future. Looks like he already received the downpayment. I don't know about Stuyven. Maybe he's still resentful of Van Aert for not telling him in advance that he didnt have the legs at the last year's Worlds? maybe for the points? for the sponsors? Maybe he just like riding on his bike. But it also wouldn't surprise me if he joins UAE eventually by doing the work in advance. I think they both realise that the current UAE team is trash in helping Pog so maybe they can replace them. Don't mind my conspiracy theory, I'm just frustrated at what happened today.

[@kathyljohnson6203]

You're saying what I'm thinking. Are UAE buying in-race assistance for Pog? How bizarre is that with both Bettiol and Stuyven being so blatant in helping Pog in ways that defy their own teams? Seriously, it looks corrupt.

[@beckobert]

There is always the chance of the break playing games and somehow losing 30 seconds in 2km. Stranger things have happened. But yeah, kinda weird that Pogačar receives more help from other teams than his own.

[@charlesleeray1784]

@@kathyljohnson6203 no not at all, I'm just saying that maybe Pog has a gift of gab and a silver tongue that he can magically make people work for him just by being in his vicinity. Besides his physical prowess while riding the bike, no one could deny that he's such a charming young lad. /s

[@charlesleeray1784]

@@beckobert and then you see him pull Pog even after the break went into the finish line

[@FlyingPastilla]

Or it's only to please the sponsors by getting some exposure. Everyone knows cameras will be on him and if your team isn't making moves on this stage helping him is probably your best bet to get some publicity

[@geenee3589]

Excellent summary of many important things going on...seeing Clarke win is what the TDF is all about! Still missing Julian this year though...

[@marcelomenezes8488]

Excellent, I finally understood all the mess.

[@fabiotrieste5481]

minute 4:38, there is a hay bale in the middle of the road and no one in the audience think to move it? There is also a policeman it seems to me, it is absurd that no one among the spectators is aware of this danger....

[@stafgruglnioe5122]

so sick how Pogacar is freelancing every day so far and still only 18 seconds behind. Especially on a critical stage like today. Maybe it was also for the better: if he had a team trying to protect him at the front there would have been more chaos on those narrow roads. Instead he was freelancing with BORA for long stretches of todays stage and it worked out for him to avoid big crashes

[@diogotonelo]

True facts , but Pogacar end the stage beyond his limits he had no more streng for sure at leas was what i read on his face expression...lets see if doesn't pay this effort late in the race...

[@riquelmeone]

@@diogotonelo I think a lot of the favorites went all in today or had to go to the limits for some time. I don’t see Pogacar having used much more energy than his opponents today.

[@diogotonelo]

@@riquelmeone true but the face of Pogacar wen crossing the line was something...

[@frankburn6312]

@@riquelmeone jumbo and Ineos riders were sharing duties. Pogacar looked like he had a hard time staying on the other guy’s wheel.

[@suisinghoraceho2403]

Pog did very well. However, if he had a mechanical or other mishaps, things could go down really quickly as he has no team mates for support.

[@adamdickinson2894]

I don't understand why Thomas, Yates and Jonas didn't help WVA pull. As much as Pogacar's rivals had bad luck, he took the situation into his own hands and worked for his time gap, those three didn't

[@anon7789]

Thank you kind Sirs. No one makes clips like these.

[@Jaxck77]

This sucks. The Tour is basically already over on GC. Short of Pog really fucking up, he’s got it. Thomas & Jonas are both serious contenders, as is Roglic, but they’re ALL now fighting with a significant advantage and the first week is almost over.

[@drunkensailor112]

Yeah they lost a massive 12 seconds to pogacar today. Tour over 🙄

[@adventuresona700dollarhard5]

The best coverage and analysis, in sports entertainment!

[@petyrkowalski9887]

I have mixed feelings about these cobbled sections… I guess its a test of the teams and individual skill but the risk of ruining the whole race and taking out top GC contenders is too high IMO. We have seen it before.

[@JCNvid]

the cobbles saw almost no crashes. It was mostly the city roads that caused most of the falls. Today (stage 6) it will be also chaos with 4 miniwalls straight! race to enter well positioned will cause the same type of Havoc.

[@miguelpereira9859]

They should stop doing these pavê stages they are ridiculous, these were also the ones who knocked out Froome in 2014

[@JCNvid]

@@miguelpereira9859 they do it every 5 or so years. What is the problem? They should return to 60km time trials? Just put them in zwift and lets see who wins because skills don't matter anymore. And no big climbs, because its unfair for sprinters.

[@willcoveyou864]

Incredible analysis. Keep it up mate

[@InJor]

Van Aert is the core reactor of the team, aside his personnel record, the number of times he saves the day or has a decisive action for a team mate is amazing. A beast on wheels. ;) Btw, excellent work, one can feel your passion for cycling, keep strong. ;)

[@mikkelandersen2167]

he even said in his post stage interview that he "let the team down", what a hero

[@nunodfes2]

When we thought the french curse was over for Roglic, it strikes again

[@koopalibrary]

Very curious to see how VA and Roglic bodies hold up tomorrow. Wouldn't be surprised if VA would prefer a big bunch to break away so as to take away most points for the green jersey. As he got to be tired and a little bit banged up after today, whilst Jakobson had a relative quiet day.

[@keeve1320]

No way jakobsen gets over those 2 hills at the end for a bunch sprint

[@mynewcolour]

EBH on the podium. I didn’t even know he was still riding. That’s nice.

[@michaelgleason7231]

I just want to see a video about how Pog ran into bad luck and Rogla got inexplicably pulled by a few random teams. Is it too much to ask?

[@clementdenis4212]

Tbf the FDJ/Bora riders were working for their GC leaders against Ineos/O'Connor and so on.

[@MrGrunz]

I could die as a happy man once I've seen this.

[@vashe9]

Roglic is so unlucky... I'm so sad for him, again. He's a good teamplayer and a fantastic rider...

[@framedman]

After watching the entire stage I was looking forward to see how you were going to cut this together. It could have been 20 minutes and you still wouldn't have covered everything. I think you should do a comedy take down of the vingegaard bike change. Don't know how they got through with the peloton coming through so quickly. It was farcical . Also, your doppelganger was organising things at the Van Aert crash. I'm surprised you didn't mention it.

[@noseque07]

Excellent commentary Patrick!

[@Raptorman0909]

Primoz must be cursed, one of the top 3 contenders for GC and I think he may not even start tomorrow. I feel bad for a motorcyclist that clipped the haybale, he did not intend for this to happen but it did.

[@duncanmartin2626]

Fantastic analysis. I'm gonna go listen to the podcast now to see if you go into greater detail on the Bettiol thing - if he hadn't pushed so hard on the cobbles (especially the bit with Pog), would Powless have got yellow? I feel sorry for Rog - a crash that was impossible to avoid, putting his own shoulder back in, and then having to ride for an hour, with a few cobbled sectors thrown in as well. Meanwhile, most of his team were towing his "co-leader" back towards the front after he'd dropped his chain and panicked instead of just fixing it.

[@markwilson4535]

Really good analysis, outstanding!!

[@bikerboy7126]

Excellent analysis LR, thanks. 👍👍

[@honestpat7789]

Bollocks luck for the Australian gc riders, and Ewan. Well done, Clarke, that was a stunning sprint finish

[@markdonovan1540]

Firstly, a big shout out to the lead break group who all worked for each other and kept the calamitous peloton at bay. Poor strategy from some teams, surely being first onto the cobblestones should have been a priority. I've looked on several KZbin and news channels, but there doesn't seem to be any video to show how Wout crashed with his team-mate, only of them getting back up. How did that happen? The hay bale incident is unbelievable, with so many people nearby, not one had the presence of mind to pull it back. They just had their cameras/phones out filming a crash. There's even a policeman there chatting to a spectator looking at the loose bale - nobody makes any attempt to hook it out of the way. The guy that leaned over the verge into the path of an oncoming bike just beggars belief. The intelligence or awareness of these fans is at dangerously low levels in some places - they need to be reigned back, by ropes if necessary! Loose hay bale at edge of racing track, whose stupid idea was that anyway? Have the organisers ever heard of risk assessments? Why did team Jumbo-Visma not join up again after the various incidents? Why was Wout leading the peloton group for a long time once they were dropped by the break groups? How did Sagan drop just going around a lane bend? Some strange stuff happened on this stage. The curse of the cobblestones!

[@beermonster1234]

S tier highlights and analysis as always

[@JTS21]

Waited up late so I could watch the recap! Amazing racing today

[@AndyG_64]

Made excellent sense of the chaos. Chapeau.

[@stevenbalderstone709]

Great work - chaotic stage: given you don't have enough work to do, what about a video on the instances in recent seasons where motos have influenced the outcome of races.

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

Wow just found your channel! Subbed immediatly! Great video!

[@paulsolon6229]

V good highlights, way to go.

[@edjesuitas1]

Amazing how Jasper Stuyven acted as a domestique for Pogacar in the crucial closing kms of the stage. Might say that he was after the stage win. Despite not gaining time, still pushed hard with Pogacar on his wheel. TJV not had the best day but showed how great focus on team work and selfless riding can limit losses Who wouldn't want to be in a team like that? Big props to WVA and the rest of the team. Primoz might not be the best bike handler in the world coupled with bad breaks and so you lose time. Hope he can come back with his thermonuclear attacks in the mountaintop finishes.

[@cjkravatz]

I think the real question is, how many zeroes are on the check Pog will have to write Stuyven at the end of the day. No reason for JS to help him otherwise, besides the sponsor exposure associated with sharing pulls with the 2 time champ!

[@laurenjaffe5493]

@@cjkravatz I was gawking at this the whole time, like whaaaat and whyyyy??

[@cjkravatz]

@@laurenjaffe5493 they had to know on the radios the gap wasn't coming down, so it was a means of preserving the GC time gained, which ended up not being substantial. I also have only seen Pog express the painface in full twice prior and definitely not like today. He looked gassed crossing the line.

[@l.d.t.6327]

@@cjkravatz If you have ever raced, you gave it all and you are ahead of a chasing group in the last 5K of a race, you aren't sitting up but you just keep going. The faster you go, the sooner you finish. Even if it doesn't give you any other reward than respect from Pogacar, and that respect will, one day in a (big) race in the future, pay itself back (e.g. Stuyven attacks from a group with Pogacar, everybody looking at Pogacar and Pogacar not chasing... You know why? Think back about this race and you know). It's better to make friends in a race than to sandbag for no good reason. These guys are racers. They, from time to time, like to ride their bikes hard. Especially in the biggest race in the world.

[@edjesuitas1]

@@cjkravatz having friends in the peloton do have its benefits

[@jozetrselic]

thx LR. great recap of chaos stage

[@Psysso]

Im slovenian and this guy is born under an unlucky star, always seem to be where disaster strikes. Some of it goes down to being a late bloomer and not technically superb but most of it is just plain old freak occurences. Totaly grounded and humble but i fear he isnt meant to win a tour due to Pogacar era alligning with his prime.

[@williamsamson2177]

Pogi definitely sending brown envelopes to Bettiol and Stuyven.. super weird that they helped him like that. Unless they're both looking for rides with UAE in the coming seasons?

[@galenkehler]

You praise the cohesion of the breakaway, bit can we get some recognition of the cohesion of the peloton around Pogacar? EF drilling it with bettiol, trek pacing with Stuyven, all for Pog to take more time