Maybe the Worst Bike Change I have SEEN in Pro Cycling | Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 4 2022

[@wanderalmeida9584]

The mechanic tried to take another bike immediately, McNulty refused and asked to unlock the chain... He is a very stressed guy. The delay was his fault.

[@bolloe]

This.

[@neilhollow1732]

Mechs know best 😂

[@holierholer60]

Agreed. McNulty was just stressed and didn't think as clearly as he would have in practice. However why wouldn't it be practiced to just change bikes? It seemed that's what the driver was thinking anyways.

[@slitherhead]

shouldn't have jumped the curb

[@anttitapio4145]

Yep, taking the new bike ain't choose to make by rider. It's directeur sportif who says "change the bike". I bet McNulty had something to hear in race debriefing

[@hestefar2]

Pat, youre such a legend. Doing those comparisons of Jonas' and Primoz' cornering, slow-mo picking out whether the DS gets half a rep on the chain, commenting on the plus 3 secs Garmin swap. Nerd level: super power. I love you.

[@jamesd5241]

100%

[@nils6437]

Can only agree, top 🔝

[@vfnt]

The comparison was great. Wish he will continue showing stuff like that, it’s super interesting

[@ehyouman]

truth man truth

[@lattiure]

I can't stand to see that mistreatment to mechanics, little professionalism.

[@mariusilerd9581]

So u never let ur girl be pissed at u huh?🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mikexkennedy]

I think in that situation the mechanic should've taken the spare off the roof (he already had his hands on it) and laid it down next to McNaulty. McNaulty should have taken his computer off the bike no matter what (stash it up your shorts leg or hell, even hold it in your mouth) when the repair fails it's only a couple of seconds to pickup the spare, mount and clip the computer on. Marginal gains.

[@mariusilerd9581]

@Weimar Gold the mechs are there for the riders tho not the other way around

[@mariusilerd9581]

@Weimar Gold if anything he is pissed at him self after one of his bikes has mechanical

[@mariusilerd9581]

@Weimar Gold during a tt at the limit, yes.

[@Arbitrage90]

Switching to your secondary is always faster than reloading

[@jyllr7486]

are you seriously taking a weapon analogy into cycling

[@junelazuli5009]

@@jyllr7486 is he wrong?

[@jyllr7486]

@@junelazuli5009 it's just plain stupid. I mean go on, compare sex and weapons, food and weapons, whatever. it will remain moronic

[@yoyojones206]

@@junelazuli5009 I'll answer the question, he's not

[@GamblerBE]

@@jyllr7486 it's a quote from a video game that's often used on the internet.

[@pignonefisso]

McNulty could learn from watching top Cyclocross riders like Van Aert, Van der Poel, Iserbyt, Pidcock, Hermans,... they all keep their cool when mechanicals or crashes happen. They know that getting all worked up for something beyond their control is going to make the chase that much harder, or put them out of contention when there is still time. For sure trying to fix the bike was the wrong choice...oh, well. But he wasn't 4min into his ride. If he had kept his cool he could have possibly still come away with a solid placing.

[@sean7098]

tbh he lost a minute with that bike change, i think he was just really frustrated with his bad luck

[@Tibovl]

@@sean7098 And he lost even more due to being in a bad headspace afterwards. All endurance sports are a heavy mental game and not letting a mechanical get you down is definitely something that can be learned.

[@MDP1702]

@@sean7098 If he just switched bikes like the team wanted to do in the first place he'd lost 10-15 sec max, so all on him for insisting they try to fix his bike instead. I don't see why you'd ever try to fix a bike in a TT instead of giving the spare.

[@nk-dw2hm]

@@MDP1702 and teams are going to notice stuff like then when it's time for a new contract. Nobody likes working with a primadonna who loses races because of his own bad drama

[@MDP1702]

@@nk-dw2hm One time is fine, could always just be a moment not thinking straight, but if things like that repeat, yeah that isn't great.

[@steeptachanka2867]

Fantastic editing with the side by side corner analysis, would love to see more of that

[@luiselortondo]

Your editing work, identification of details, etc, is superb and stands you out against the big guys like GCN, Eurosport, and company. Keep it up and congrats!

[@paulelephant9521]

LR absolutely stacks up against the "big boys" of cycling coverage, in fact miles better in just about every respect imo. Is this a niche view or is he going to get an offer from a broadcaster? Would he take it?

[@ninjaaa09thebasher]

i don't think wout is that strong. he lost the sprint vs Gaudu today AGAIN....

[@IncorrigibleBigotry]

lmao

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

you mean against GOATu

[@epincion]

2 secs is nothing and Ganna can't climb

[@Peaveygrinderr]

Does not matter, top 4 GC is 3/4 Jumbo Visma..

[@umu-san4414]

Well no everyone can be strong at everything. Wout is overall pretty strong, but he'll fall behind the top sprinters at times.

[@lindahudson6685]

The audio on this feed was much better. I could understand every word. Recent videos have been extremely bassy and monotone. I still love all your videos.

[@JTFFIMarcoI79thFS]

You gotta love how the pros are trying to make sure LR keeps having quality "drama" content to comment on, Pichon, Wout, Brandon and UAE as a whole, keep it up boys ! Quality content as always LR thanks. No reason to watch the TT when I can jump on YT only a few hours after and get that level of commentary.

[@texwallis]

McNulty has had some big wins this year, but he's had crap luck with his GC ambitions in 2022. Crash at Paris-Nice, then Itzulia was a big focus but he DNS'd due to covid, then he was their stated GC guy here and now this.

[@matildepiloto2583]

Are you really talking about the same Paris-Nice as I am? The same that McNulty was there to work for his leader who left Quickstep so he would have a team by his side but with guys like McNulty, Soler and Ayuso doesn't happen as those three only seem to respect a leader, an established GC leader if his name is Tadej Pogaçar.

[@Landeirovic]

No you are wrong. Mcnulty was in echelon stage 1e group. Him crashed in that group so lost a lot of time. In romandia bronchittis. Was 8e gc good spot for podium. Yes him have this year a lot of badluck

[@matildepiloto2583]

@@Landeirovic I was only talking about Paris-Nice. McNulty was in the first group if I can remember before he crashed. Apparently Almeida was the leader and the sole leader of the team in big GC races alongside Tadej. If there was a team effort to work for Almeida everyone would have dropped back to pull him but as always he had to pull himself and finished 10th GC if I'm not mistaken with no team by his side. It would do good to some of these young cyclists to calm their ego to ride a season working for their leader and maybe they would appreciate it after.

[@matildepiloto2583]

I know he was sick so he has been unluck though today he was not unlucky, we was stubborn not to change the bike right away.

[@seesharp81321]

I really don't understand why you follow the rider's decision. He can't think straight in a situation like this

[@KeithFlint350]

Precisely! These guys need a radio to take the right turn

[@charlyncorgan1954]

Truly one of your best analytical clips. Thanks!!

[@a6o932]

Absolutely no class. That mechanic was doing exactly what he should have done.

[@bushtucker88]

and he's also a prick for shoving his bike at his poor mechanic.

[@weaselman24]

@@bushtucker88 Agree. Don't abuse the mechanics. Because you're nothing without them working alongside you. He made a bad call.

[@nerfmono1]

Look at how fast McNulty still went in the end. If he immediately accepted the bike change, he would've gained nearly a minute

[@nicecronic7625]

For someone who has no interest in Bikes or racing, I do love to watch these. Absolutely love these videos. Maybe I’ll get into biking one day.

[@SomeOneOneOne]

Riders fault.. should have just gotten a new bike

[@lylewalker5681]

Exactly. Makes zero sense, even for a simple dropped chain.

[@gripen15]

and not ride the curbe

[@swe223]

And specially acting like a dick with his mechanic, throwing the bike around while he's fixing it. 100% at fault and no respect...

[@kovar2344]

Now this is a Time Trial. Not that weak 15k stuff we´ve been getting lately.

[@MrMattie725]

At this point Van Aert could have won every stage is this race :D

[@pawelkarpinski7961]

I noticed that van Aert had to correct his position on the saddle every few seconds as he slided forward (for example this moment can be seen at 18:25 of his time (or 26:03; 26:10; 26:29 etc.)). Did you noticed that? Or I am wrong? Is it normal for TT competition?

[@aapje]

That's pretty common. Tony Martin put a sandpaper-like material on his saddle to prevent this, which caused him to ruin a lot of shorts very quickly.

[@pawelkarpinski7961]

@@aapje many thanks for your insightful comment. I thaught that this can not be too frequent when every watt counts.

[@aapje]

@@pawelkarpinski7961 Aside from a few specialists, most teams and riders don't actually put too much effort into the TT. Wout probably doesn't optimize it too much. He might have won if he did put more effort into TTs, but that would have taken time and effort away from training for normal stages, where he has way more chances to win.

[@sdyoung2008]

Was he riding the soon-to-release Colnago TT1 bike? Marketing nightmare…

[@Karr1711]

no joke about wouts bikethrow in a tt whereas not in a sprint yesterday ?

[@stafgruglnioe5122]

I'm disappointed fr

[@tarmaccio]

He learns fast ;)

[@erikgarfinkel3304]

Good job Lanterne Rouge. Horner said it was DS fault and you picked up that McNulty ordered him to fix the bike. Thanks for the details that matter to this fan.

[@curtisbell1808]

For all the work Jonas did yesterday he smashed it today, now they've got the trident ready for the weekend 🔱

[@DomH1994]

Disappointed we didn't get another rendition of the "oh no" song for the intro

[@marcemery2626]

Imagine if all people at the work place acted the McNulty did when things don't go right, professionalism at a low point

[@antonkjellberg2897]

Imagine if all people worked as hard as McNulty does 🤔

[@iBstii]

10/10 Statement

[@JB-uv4hm]

@@antonkjellberg2897 ‘working’ on dropping his chain, then jamming it in the derailure, then making it harder for the mech to help by acting like a child? Yes, he’s working.

[@11-inch]

Remember when people condemned Mark Cavendish for throwing a tantrum about a bike problem?

[@antonkjellberg2897]

@@JB-uv4hm I think he works on other things too maybe I'm wrong

[@jslute]

Rider has to know the course better hoping curbs with a TT bike never ends well

[@twowheelsandlife6903]

Appreciate the nod to the two team cars with different amounts of bikes on the top, much research into the size of that advantage?

[@KoenMiseur]

that was Brandons own fault it would've taken max 10" if he had taken the sparebike! There is almost no problem that is fixed faster than a bike change! Also feeling bad for Wout, only 2" slower than a TT-machine with fresh legs!

[@janbregar2561]

I love the subtle pointing out of Ineos marginal gains of putting a lot of bikes on the roof of the car for aero advantage lol A shame that people haven't noticed that, it's these details that make this channel as good.

[@ucheucheuche]

Mechanic did exactly what he was asked to do.

[@kcchiok]

2.3s behind Ganna is really impressive for WVA

[@Tibovl]

There were also some wind shenanigans going on in the latter part of the TT's. Wout's time might have actually been faster if he had ridden earlier, but we'll never know.

[@kcchiok]

@@Tibovl this year TDF showdown JV is going to fight for yellow

[@ksadidar]

Pat, would like to hear your thoughts and analysis on all the recent bike issues with UAE

[@duncanmartin2626]

What do you think of Cattanio as a rider - can he fight for a top 5 here?

[@Crone85]

McNulty's chain got stuck, guess he figured it would be easy to get it released. Guess he was wrong 🤷 Edit: The wind favoured the late starters, så Ganna is even more impressive vs Wout

[@jortand]

Imagine he could have been going in less than 20sec if he had just taken the bike change right away, instead of insisting on fixing the bike

[@grantbratrud4949]

Nice commentary. After the patent counter-productive performance with his team mate doubts surge whether Brandon McNulty is just another Phoenix guy. Does McNulty get bike mech at all?

[@jeromejacob]

this is proper analysis. GCN need to sack off their awful commentators and replace with you for them.

[@olivershone2889]

The best analysis available!

[@trinerd]

I really don't know how someone like Gaudu who is 53 kg can average 51 kph on a TT bike.

[@mjokffsgfjs]

Lots of training, of course! *cough

[@minimcewen]

Great commentary on the bike swap b/c it's so easy not to look at what the rider's part in the melee was. Clearly rider should do what the mechanic planned.

[@AaronMcDaid]

Do the teams have enough cars to ensure that can follow all their riders? And is the schedule adjusted in order to spread out the riders in each team?

[@MDP1702]

The schedules is usually just the place in GC ranking, unless it is a first stage. So if you have several riders right after eachother, you better have several cars ready or have some ride without support.

[@AaronMcDaid]

@@MDP1702 my hope is that the GC order isn't strictly followed. Every team would like their riders spread throughout the day, and therefore I hope the organisers allow some rearrangement. I mean, nobody cares about Mark Cavendish's time trial 🙂. So nobody cares if his slot is moved.

[@MrSchuetzendorf]

Did he drop the chain? Normally this can't happen if you drive a narrow-wide-chainring. I don't understand what's going on there...

[@epi2045]

There were three mistakes. 1) McNulty unnecessarily jumped a curb on a TT bike. 2) Mechanic should have stuck to his protocols and replaced the bike. 3) McNulty overwrote the mechanics decision. Outside of cycling (including racing road and mountain myself), I race/rally cars. Regarding to #1 above, how you use your equipment is part of the winning equation. I see so many needless curb jumping in so many races. No different from senseless drifting or wheel spinning in auto racing. This adds stress to the equipment and adds additional risk of failure.

[@Totalavulsion]

DS should’ve insisted on the bike change the moment he started taking it off the roof.

[@tmelendezmia]

That's on McNulty!! Take the certain route, change the freaking bike!!

[@AuroDHikoshi]

Wasn't McNulty the one who went for a cycle through the forest in last year's tour?

[@MaQuGo119]

Cant believe cycling footage still isn't in 4k 60FPS

[@Raptorman0909]

It's understandable that McNulty would want his TT bike fixed if it was going to take about the same time, but what are the odds of that when the replacement bike would have been seconds. I feel bad for him but it was his fault. Lesson learned ... I hope!

[@brennus01]

bad luck mcnulty. Remember when he just ran off the road and crashed for no reason? He's like the Gerald Ford of the peloton.

[@filippocevenini6266]

Well said. I remember : Tour de France 2021. Downhill. Very slow speed. Mc Nulty look on the left and crashed as a potato on the right.....

[@BlueJayGer]

My guess is that he specifically wanted that bike. Maybe a fit or tech issue?

[@imacomputer1234]

mcnulty is definitely not calm under pressure lol

[@Sean-jo6rk]

At least van aert remembered to bike throw this time!

[@ghettoqueue]

This is the first time i saw a TT not doing a bike change

[@tonilauge5786]

Strong performance from Jumbo VISMA 23 Days left?! Dont peak to Early.

[@svitkramarros471]

Roglic isnt peaking though

[@MDP1702]

None of them seem in their best form yet imo.

[@tonilauge5786]

@@svitkramarros471 maybe he has learned Something from 2020?

[@All4Grogg]

Holy hell people are piling on McNulty, we don't know what was said, before, during or after the bike change. We don't know if he was mad at the bike, or mechanic, or HIMSELF. We do know hopping a curb shouldn't be enough to drop a chain on a world tour TT bike, but it did and cost him his shot at GC. Zero hills on this course, close ratio cassette + chain catcher + single ring. No reason not to remove possible points of failure ahead of the start. Could we please stop immediately attacking riders for showing emotion? They are not robots. Also can we call out the groupset that not only dropped the chain, but got to so stuck that the mechanic couldn't unstick it? No? Afraid of offending sponsors?

[@thomasgibbs2791]

Trust an American to shift blame and get pissy with the MECHANIC!!! after taking a corner too aggressively, having a mechanical and then rejecting the spair bike. This isn't football, its cycling, there is no room for behaving like a child.

[@swites]

Super impressed with Hayter.

[@MrMattie725]

Random observation: Ineos driving with Belgian numberplates?

[@MDP1702]

Maybe a result of brexit :p I honestly don't know if that is the case, but I can't really think of many other reasons.

[@StratosTitan]

I assume they have all their logistics in mainland Europe, Belgium in this case. It wouldn’t make much sense to have all of that in the UK, even before Brexit was a thing. From Belgium (or other mainland country) it’s easiest to follow the peloton starting from spring and then progressing through the season.

[@Christian-rx3wz]

Cycling highlights legend 👊

[@razorree]

maybe they should send those cyclist to simple maintanace course? like 'how to put your dropped chain on sprockets/chainring again' ?

[@galenkehler]

Needs to have the Benny Hill music on the BmN wheel change

[@bjornwisse319]

Make a vid on the ZLM TOUR

[@EagleFang48]

This whole team just blew it. Rider and mechanic. Rider could have had the computer off beginning of stop then new bike ready to go and gone.

[@PaulTomblin]

I remember a worse change, I think it was in the worlds? I remember the bike was in the wrong gear, and the mechanic pushed before the rider even had clipped in, so basically it was a useless push.

[@jasmijnariel]

Proud to be a belgian...our tiny country delivered a lot of worlds best riders 💪

[@paulsolon6229]

Wva shows today he is best tt rider in world. Ganna resting stages 1 2 3, Ganna here only to win stage 4 tt Wva post race says he thinks in middle section wind slightly stronger against last riders Wva not in his skin suit Wva can set hr record, no way mvp can set hr record. Wva has surpassed mvp Sad, wva sd not be allowed to shine at tour in July, there to support roglic. So mvp may get some ill-gotten wins at tour

[@Xinergy]

Wout is not going to be working for Roglic in the TDF this year. They said they have plenty of other good riders to do this. WVA's goal will be fully focussing on the green jersey + possibly a TT win. Agree on every other point though, not to mention he also had some rain in the end. All of these things combined, I'd say WVA would easily beat Ganna in the same circumstances today.

[@Elvis68spec]

He shouldn't have jumped the Curb, like that. A Time Trial Bike isn't made for that kind of riding!

[@iminc5498]

These guys will have to seriously up there level if they want to challenge Pogi you’d think

[@demacherius1]

The rider messed up and is blaming the mechanic... good sportsmanship.

[@samson9098]

..yeahhh it's so easy to get angry but try to understand they're doing their best for you

[@timparker9174]

I think the mechanic wanted to change the bike the rider called him off. Rookie

[@007floppyboy]

The mech was gona change his bike then McN shouted to just see to the chain, bike mistake.

[@clarklight2918]

He forgot they work as a team, his job isn't to teach the mechanical supporting crew what to do, his crew is trained to do what is best for their team, he should stick back on performing on what he was trained for too.

[@vinniamsterdam700]

Yep, more then enough spare bikes for Ganna

[@caeyrudy]

A litlle more respect for the mechanic wiil be on is place.

[@tartoras]

this is two instances like this in two weeks, these riders seem petulant af lol

[@simonbailey2151]

Pippo Ganna. Andy Roddick. Are they the same person?

[@nickbayer7847]

I don't see how a change could get much worse unless a camera moto had sideswipes them 😬😬

[@rattatumor]

he just was exited under influence of adrenaline and took wrong decision

[@parekoy736]

That's way there is spare bike to avoid any delay, if bike fails change immediately.

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

Why would you ever not just switch bikes? If you can't fix the bike faster than grabbing one, then fixing it took more time.

[@johnwarren9993]

If he would've grown up and stopped smacking the bike around, he might have gotten his diagnosis an the new bike a bit quicker...

[@peterningelgen278]

Not working electric shifters always makes fun 🤣🤣🤣 noooo 😭😭😭

[@romanengelbrecht6717]

when a grown man throws a hissy fit he looks ridiculous period

[@brentherregodts9092]

If Van Aert shaved his arms i think he would've won...

[@theundead1600]

The stress of competition.

[@toya525]

Thanks for awesome race reviews! Stand with Ukraine

[@LeonidasForLIfe]

We dont need political activities in this comment session!

[@rudipkalris2572]

He thought tht guy gna just snipp his fingers😁

[@Nytaarsfyrvaerkeri]

Roglic in a bigger gear? 👀

[@muhammadshaikh9927]

F's for McNulty here 👇

[@muhammadshaikh9927]

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[@marshallmoussavi7293]

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[@Luk3d411]

Oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no

[@slayer6936]

I do not blame the mechanic!! Just watch the rider!! It is always stressful in a tt to do a change but when the rider is acting like a idiot well to bad for MacNutcase!!

[@cd0u50c9]

Yeah you can't enforce what you believe is the best way to fix it in the heat of the moment then be disappointed when it doesn't work. That mechanic is not a mind reader, he knows the protocol that's proven to be the best way to resume the race with minimum time wasted, and that involves changing bikes, plain and simple. McNulty is a bit of a McNumpty here, done himself no favours. Hope he apologised to the mechanic afterwards.

[@90fif]

WHY DO THEY CHANGE BIKES MORE THAN NASCAR CHANGES TIRES ETC.....??

[@williambrazil3760]

Lol, riders breaking rules and cycling on footpaths again then stupid call on fixing the bike, totally his own fault and the anger is 100% unprofessional, ridiculous person

[@bosselindstrom2158]

His own fault, just change The bike as the mechanic wanted

[@rookie7413]

why the heck would anyone fix the bike on a TT? quicker to switch bikes and go on with it! That is a great mechanic.

[@TweedSuit]

In a TT, you take the new bike without question. Bad team management.

[@Tooby789]

if you can`t handle the pressure, don`t blame others for trying to help you