For the background: "When I crossed the finish line to ride back to the team parking, I sincerely thought that all the riders had arrived, as I wasn’t stopped and there was only one group behind us in the race,” Merlier wrote on social media. “It was by no means my intention to endanger anyone, and I would like to apologize if I did.” After crossing the line, Merlier can be seen at the 200m to go mark scrambling over the barrier alongside the course as a small group of racers bore directly down on him. The Belgian had finished in ninth place in the race won solo by Alexander Kristoff.
To anyone wondering what was happening here Tim Merlier finished in 9th, forty seconds behind. After finishing, he turned around to head to the team cars as he thought that all the participants have cleared the race but suddenly noticed the bunch sprint for 10th was coming right at him.
@@CNW0 Then... she'd do the same thing? But likely the comment section would be filled with people like you laughing at her because she's a woman who made a mistake, and not having a good time with it like we're doing here.
@@Darion350 there are several ways to get back that aren't the track. He purposefully did it to gloat how far ahead he was. He probably lied and said it was to get to the lot, but it wasn't the reason
This guy's form right now..if he sprinted into an incoming group they would fall like bowling pins..he is going really really great and this year has many sprinters showing great early form.. going to be a fantastic year for bike racing
i think they have a limit of 6.5kg per UCI rule, so that's pretty much the weight of each of the bikes. i think in triathlon/ironman they have more freedom, you'll find lighter bikes and different frame shapes there.
In some mountain finishes, the top of mountain aren't accessible by team buses and all, so cyclist have to come back down the mountain to get back to their team, here the cyclist thought that the race had ended so he started going back down but it turns out the race was not finished
He was disappointed after the finish as the best sprinter together with Philipsen in echelon 1 / breakaway, losing to Kristoff who had no teammates at all.. Merlier wanted to get to the team bus asap I guess.. 🙄
He'd finished and was cycling back to the team bus park. I've seen it before at mountain top finishes that have only one way up, but this was a city centre (Schoten, Belgium). He thought all the other riders had finished.
@@ArbitraryLifestyle the man mention in the caption was biking on the road as other riders that were racing were coming at him. He had to lift up his bike and move to get out of the way. Hope that helps since you dont have any comprehension skills
Before my very first race, I inadvertantly crossed over a course while the juniors were racing, ref saw me and DQ'd me. So, I spent my first race watching from the sidelines. Lesson learned.
When you've already won but you go back to spectate
This
bro no way i have this same pfp for my discord
Mariokart?
@@carnos3177 both of you Basic
@@nepnep1149 because we like subaru or because we googled subaru profile pics 😂
He remembered that he was supposed to bring groceries home
For the background:
"When I crossed the finish line to ride back to the team parking, I sincerely thought that all the riders had arrived, as I wasn’t stopped and there was only one group behind us in the race,” Merlier wrote on social media.
“It was by no means my intention to endanger anyone, and I would like to apologize if I did.”
After crossing the line, Merlier can be seen at the 200m to go mark scrambling over the barrier alongside the course as a small group of racers bore directly down on him.
The Belgian had finished in ninth place in the race won solo by Alexander Kristoff.
Watching the video and reading the report, it's like 2 different events happened, video seems calm as all hell
@@TheWeekendWarrior490 Bro there is literally a turn shown in the video 💀
Thanks
Thank you for the background
Thanks, best background info i've every read, very complete
When you’ve already finished and you go back to see where your mates are 😂
😂
Lol you just rephrased another comment
😂😂😂👌
Google: "Go straight ahead"
Bing:
?ITs normal that He wanted to cycle Back to the parking place of the buses. The Finish Line was above
No no, that IS Google... Google SUUUUUUCKS!
@@tommiepattonkendrickiii1617Garmin is the best map, but my Google phones is incredible. Out-performs iPhone by far
This didn't age well 😂
The commentator throwing out mega sass for no reason 😂
No reason?
exactly kkkkkkkk i mean he clearly wasn’t aware about the bikers and that’s an organizer problem. and it’s not like he objectively ruined the race
To anyone wondering what was happening here
Tim Merlier finished in 9th, forty seconds behind. After finishing, he turned around to head to the team cars as he thought that all the participants have cleared the race but suddenly noticed the bunch sprint for 10th was coming right at him.
Even that is normaly No Problem. In the tour der france they cycling down to the Cars while the Race IS still going
Thanks
Ta
Dickhead move
@@NNRedemptionin a Mountain finish not a bunch sprint
When you follow google maps
But google maps never had wrong to me 😂
Google maps is better than ways
NO GOOGLE MAP IS #1
No way people are getting tribal over Google maps 😂 unreal
LOL
I love how calm he is 😂
Imagine if it was a women
I think it’s in slow motion
@@CNW0 Then... she'd do the same thing? But likely the comment section would be filled with people like you laughing at her because she's a woman who made a mistake, and not having a good time with it like we're doing here.
@@CNW0
Small dick syndrom?
@@CNW0 WTF does that supposed to mean?
I like how calm he is
Respect. He took action. Ordinary people just freeze and make a crash scene if they end up in that situation
Disrespect. He did it to gloat and should have never done it in the first place
He caused that situation in the first place in an attempt to gloat. No respect for him from me.
@@ssmith65785 How was he attempting to gloat? He thought all the teams had finished and was riding back to the team parking lot.
@@Darion350 there are several ways to get back that aren't the track. He purposefully did it to gloat how far ahead he was. He probably lied and said it was to get to the lot, but it wasn't the reason
@@ssmith65785 Why gloat about coming in 9th though?
Now that's what I call a good sportsman 😁🙏👌😎
All those cyclists got a shock: thought they were in the wrong direction.
This guy's form right now..if he sprinted into an incoming group they would fall like bowling pins..he is going really really great and this year has many sprinters showing great early form.. going to be a fantastic year for bike racing
When Siri said “Turn the F@ck around” than follow by “Recalculating”.
Let's just be thankful no one was harm by Tim reflexes.
You'd be blind to not see dozens of bikes coming towards you lmao
@@thunderarch5951 don’t discredit his Insane reflex’s
I like how calm he was 😂
Smart reaction it’s not what you do it’s how to deal w it
What you said were both similar things fool 💀
Exactly we all make mistakes but its your actions after. Most people would have frozen and panicked, making it worse.
Bet he had a Garmin lol
Haha
This would make f1 interesting
He was actually going to Lidl for Greek Week or something
fr.. lidl should buy that content and use it smhw
Full respect to that guy❤❤❤
That was some quick thinking & reacting 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽📌
No it wasn't it's just common sense
I love how calm he is
The group was like 'holy shit should we avoid him'? 🤣
The joy of becoming a spectator is ❤❤
What a legend
When your biking your way to work and decided to take a short cut
He Corrected the situation SO CHILL
The same thing will surely happn this year after Granon’s stage in the TDF. There is only one way to go back 🤓
It’s different on a mountain top finish. This is clearly a sprint
@@benfried7100but there is still enoguh space.
Amazing job👍
Man that bike is lighter than air
It has to be since cyclist have no upper body strength lol
@@manoz6194 that is silly
i think they have a limit of 6.5kg per UCI rule, so that's pretty much the weight of each of the bikes. i think in triathlon/ironman they have more freedom, you'll find lighter bikes and different frame shapes there.
Wtf was he doing
going back after he finished first
In some mountain finishes, the top of mountain aren't accessible by team buses and all, so cyclist have to come back down the mountain to get back to their team, here the cyclist thought that the race had ended so he started going back down but it turns out the race was not finished
@@jankugler9311false
This is a masterpiece!
When you stay last and decide to proceed in reverse.
Don’t know if it’s just me but every time I watch this, i find it very interesting how he unclips
Effortless 😎
If you need effort to unclip, you need to readjust
Cyclocross skillz.
How calm he is❤️
Google maps vs Bing maps
Dahek is going on
Damn those bikes are feather light
6.8 - 7.9 kgs
He goes like hell were is everyone?? Oh there are 😂😂😂
“Tim, do ya mind?”
Lovely work
Why was he going that direction?
He was disappointed after the finish as the best sprinter together with Philipsen in echelon 1 / breakaway, losing to Kristoff who had no teammates at all.. Merlier wanted to get to the team bus asap I guess.. 🙄
I like how calm he was🤣🤣
Never seen anything like this 😅😅
Full respect to that guy
That right move
I don't understand what's going on here?
He'd finished and was cycling back to the team bus park. I've seen it before at mountain top finishes that have only one way up, but this was a city centre (Schoten, Belgium). He thought all the other riders had finished.
Beautiful work 😢😢❤❤
А тут своя видимо движуха😂
The amount of non cycling commenters in here is surprising. I really don't understand the algorithms these days.
How??!!
He won and was going back to parking but went wrong road.
Thumbs up for this guy
they were like, "lets fuck this guy up even tho theres space. coz he finished before us" XD
Respect to this guys
WTF?
No clue... I downvoted cuz no context.
@@ArbitraryLifestyle the man mention in the caption was biking on the road as other riders that were racing were coming at him. He had to lift up his bike and move to get out of the way. Hope that helps since you dont have any comprehension skills
Bell end
Hahahaha
HAHAHAHA
Thank you for being civilized and intelligent. 👍
🙈🙈🙈🚴🚴🚴🚴🤣🤣🤣
Big respect
Fantastic and excellent 👌👌 workout
Very nice race
Good video 👌
I watched it live, it was funny!
Oh I forgot to take a piss, will u sprinters please excuse me!!!!
He already won it!
#GodBlessNigeria
Tim "I drive where I want" Merlier
Very intelligent sports man
Very wise of Tim
I like the the inclipping technique
Cycling race is the hard work
"Tim, d'ya mind?" 😂😂
How calmly he Did that😂
Good job👍
Bro went back to the starting piont to taunt the beginners😂😂😂
What a close call ❤️
He must have got board waiting at the finish line 😂
I used to do the same in Road Rash, if you can't win, go in the opposite direction and crash into everybody
Good effort
Nice race
great job
Wow. Good thing he's an athlete and was able to jump the barrier 🚧 to get the hell out of the way 😅
When you are the winner but miss your group😅😅😅😅😅
This is Sparta!!
Nice video 👌👌
Before my very first race, I inadvertantly crossed over a course while the juniors were racing, ref saw me and DQ'd me. So, I spent my first race watching from the sidelines. Lesson learned.
Quick thinking, kudos to him
Those race bikes are a real deal. Bro casually lift it up effortlessly.
Good race
He did what i always do when i won a Race in "Go Vacation"
To be fair, Tim may have stumbled across a new, and actually more interesting, form of bicycle racing. Place fences across the course every kilometer.
No harm, no foul.
Very intelligent sportsman
Nice job
Wow, this is soooo me, “Tim, do you mind?” It sounds soooo familiar but then in Dutch
Master class
Nice riding