Jonas Vingegaard crash Itzulia 2024 is one of the worst crashes in cycling in recent years, involving other stars like Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Jay Vine, Mikel Landa the next day or Steff Cras. However, it could have been 100% avoided if the race organization was competent, and Vingegaard had not depended on some old Basque Country dinosaurs in their Tour of the Basque Country 2024. The best of Vingegaard’s recoveries for a Tour de France 2024, where already the main favorite is Tadej Pogacar.
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The organizer, a repeat offender in painful situations for the cyclists, blaming the cyclists for their speed. This only happens in Spain.
Every downhill can be dangerous depending on how you choose to ride it
Those of you who say crashing is just an inevitable part of cycling, can you please explain why the tdf has so many barriers and people with flags warning riders to slow down in dodgy areas, and padding and haybails around risky corners, large warning signs pointing out road furniture etc? You are saying those are not necessary? If they prevent and or reduce crashes, isnt that a good thing? Don't we want the best riders in the world competing for the biggest races to have the best competition and not just who wasn't so injured already from poorly designed and negligent courses?
Awesomely done. Risk is inherent in the sport, but this seemed excessive and the consequence, should that turn create an issue, was medieval…. Guy shouldn’t resign he should be subject to a similar fate…. But, * 6, or however many riders were seriously injured.
R.I.P. Fabio Casartelli
If lesser riders would have fall, no one would have cared. Today I can appreciate the efforts of Pogi last year to try to win the tour despite his injury. He was wise to avoid racing before the giro and tour.
mate nothing but negative words from your cycling highlights
I'd only race cyclo, crit or xc but not road, uts just way too dangerous at high speed and regular road
Cycling Commentary Like No Other ! Cycling Highlights the most informative and entertaining….Thanks Again
The President of the French Professional Cyclist Union just said disc brakes are dangerous and the riders hate them. He also made similar comments on carbon bikes and the tires the riders are forced to use.
Pro riders union threatens to go legal in row over disc brakes in the pro peloton.
Sorry, I don't agree with most of your videos. TBH, they're not highlights, but rather clickbaity negativity about cycling. CYA
Irony of watching this vid the day before the peloton are due to ride over 50km of wet cobbles towards Roubaix.
Well done, this is probably the 'least' negative video I've seen from you in a while. Side question: do you actually hate cycling and riders? I rarely see anything that would make me think otherwise from your channel. In either case, sometimes I can deduce my own useful information from your overly negative videos. So, thanks.
Cycling races are dangerous, descends are highlights and amazing to watch, there's no way to protect 200 km of road, but FFS whoever decided that that corner didn't need 10 meters of barriers should be ashamed of themselves.
“Eraso was/is slightly arrogant” – this sentence is more them mild! They just don’t care as long as money flows.
How about covering the concrete water drainage pits with, uh, I dunno? Anything flat???? The race organizers and the riders previewing the course in training should've pointed out the potential danger. The crash would've been less brutal if they could've scattered across the grass and looked for bailouts.
y al día siguiente se cae Landa y se rompe la clavícula…esta edición está maldita
I weigh almost 90kg and I find the power of hydraulic brakes always intimidating. In dry conditions, tarmac, I can manage. If the road is wet, no matter where, I keep my hand completely away from the front brake. It is a guaranteed fall in case of a sudden grasp to break for an emergency. If I need to break in a bend, wish me good luck.
I can only imagine how hard and risky it is for those featherweight guys!
Thanks, love the content
if Pog wins in Italy and France he must do Spain for a triple like Team Visma last year…
This video was actually good, it would be interesting to have a separate video about the finishing bottle as well. Have seen riders give some legal explanation about what is in there, but would like to hear what the french rider thinks is in there.
Reminds me of the infamous quote from organiser Vernon Cooper when asked about the dangerous Isle Of Man motrocycle TT circuit. He replied "the throttle works both ways"
Calm down, snowflakes
Cycling today seems more dangerous than motorsports, ski jumping and pretty much any sport I can think of. People should be thinking more about the safety.
That's said, the critic aimed at the organizers is fair.
Nice job
Great Video ! You hit the nail !
The race organization is absolutely responsible for what happened it this "slaughter-spot" !
They should have examined this descend much more carefully — it was known already, that there is a rather "bumpy" road, and so one could have talked to all teams before the stage and find a way to brake the peloton down at least about 10-15km per hour only before this very curve.
They did not do this — and even more sloppy they acted when they did not at all cover anything there on the very dangerous outer point of the curve ! Why the hell was there nothing to really cover in a proper way these horrible ( in case of crash ! ) boulders and this "bone and backbreaker" concrete ditch ?
Nothing at all !
Are they so complete idiots in this race organization ?
No matter if they’ve raced this descent Previously, Having slabs of concrete and boulders that close to the road on a high speed descent that aren’t protected by a whole bunch of hay bails and some makeshift barriers is inexcusable. Inexpensive and easy to install and while won’t prevent the crash can prevent the very serious or fatal crash. Dumb shit
You are wrong on this one. You never races a bike and it shows
I live in the area and know the descent fairly well. Is it dangerous? Definitely. Is it especially dangerous? I wouldn't say so, not compared to many other descents in road cycling. The organizers should be sued for not protecting that cement ditch and the rock, that was a death trap.
Also, as an old fart that has been watching cycling since for ever, there was definitely a change in the way the peloton behaves when first Lance and then Sky became obsessed with keeping the front of the pack at all times. With the globalization of cycling, especially to the Anglo-Saxon world, the sport has definitely become more aggressive, and that is also part of what is going own here (crashes have increased in all races, not just the itzulia)
I now stand ready to be torched 😊
Jay Vine by far the worst injuries… but it's all about Vingegard..
Totally agree with you , ex-Pro "Jensi"- Voigt ( Eurosport-commentator) also did not want to criticize the Organizers ! Astonishing ! To say the least !!
And totally agree — Hansen is making an absolute fool out of himself . Where was his critic about the race organization ? About the missing thick covering layers over the boulders and the concrete ditch ? Hey Hansen — I am talking to you !
For a channel that some ridicule, this is the best analysis of the crash I've watched.
Teams and race organizers spend millions in the sport, so there is no reason why they shouldn't invest in proper road maps. With proper I mean a new level of road maps that are present since decades in rallying motorsport, where they drive their cars with maximum speed into blind bends and more. Road maps that inform about obstacles, max. width of roads for riders or speed limits for corners, which of course requires that some riders also need to check the parcours in advance in addition to exact geometrical figures about incline, radius, etc. as the means of communication with the riders within the peloton are altready there.
if crashed not so fameous stars like them, nobady will talking about and that is humiliating and terrible
Even the novice viewer, could see that was a terrible corner, especially with that cement, drainage, diverter☠️
3 elite riders taken out
Only in cycling does this shit happen
Imagine Messi and Ronaldo both injured that bad in a soccer game
Will never happen
Thank goodness there are never any dangerous descents in the TdF…
incredible how social media channels sensationalize crashes for youtube views..
David Lappartient " Fifty percent of the falls are due to their attitude. I'm not here to say it's their fault, it could be a moment of inattention.
That's also why we want to introduce a principle of yellow and red cards, like in soccer, so that dangerous attitudes are better punished "
RIP Gino
if you are going to have AI speak it out, then why don't you include actual subtitles as well???
Your ear is where your balance is. The line up through the head tube is where steering happens. When the ear is on this line the bike can be steered. When the bike is two sizes small because some wind-tunnel dork says it's "faster" he means it's "faster" when on a trainer in a wind tunnel.
A guy in an ambulance with a broken collarbone is also "faster".
Your a bit hypocritical, "we who love cycling" all you ever do is slag cyclists off, no matter what team suggesting they are all pumped high on steroids.
It's a road that is perfectly ridable. Just use your brain – a feature missing in a lot of young riders today.
Meawhile us mtb folk hurtle ourselves down the the shittiest trail conditions for fun….. Ya'all knew what that corner was about, yet Ya'all still charged into it like you're in a final sprint…. WTF did you think was gonna happen…. blaming the organizers for a mix of testosterone, ego, pride, apparent inability to read the track conditions…. lame… aren't professional riders suppesed to have bike handling skills and do track recon…. literally in today's world of instant info, not one of them saw this corner and thought, just maybe for this corner lets dial it back for the less than 2 seconds it will take to clear it…. nah, bruh…. charge hard as…..
I’ve ridden the Blue Ridge Mountains of N.C. for over 30 years. It is my responsibility to select a speed for downhill corners. I have exceeded 55 mph but never crashed. And I use rim brakes. Racing is a different story where risks are taken to win. A single rider mistake can take down half the peleton. Teams scouting a race route should know the danger zones just as I do on my rides. I think disc brakes seduce riders to approach corners too fast then extraordinary bike handling is required to prevent crashes. Not everyone in the peleton is an excellent bike handler. Again, a single mistake wipes out many. The corner involved in the crash should have been protected with hay bales due to boulders and a concrete gutter. You can’t protect an entire race route but this corner was a flashing red light. Aero carbon bikes with disc brakes may be faster but tires have a limit of adhesion. You don’t want to find that limit on a curve in a fast descent.
What about speed limits in certain areas and penalties if riders would ignore?
Hansen is the most inept person in cycling. Absolutely pathetic.
Next year there will be a busy line in order to participate to this race! Better for them to prepare some wild card for Continental teams😂
Ok, the Tour de france is over for vingegaard 😢