The music chosen is PERFECT! SO EXCELLENT! I am SO glad this clip got saved for future views! Cancellara's descending skills are superb - and that is an understatement. In this clip, we see him use several different techniques in a recognizable way. HUGELY valuable to a bike racer! THANK YOU!
Toda una clase de técnica en descenso. Todos tenemos nuestra manera, pero la forma de colocar la bici y el cuerpo en las curvas es perfecta. Siempre veo este vídeo para recordar maneras... Grande Cancellara!!
Having suffered a crash downhill at a mere 35 mph and separating my shoulder in addition to concussion and a chipped pelvis i watched this open mouthed with my palms sweating What a bike handler you run out of superlatives, totally unfazed, spartacus indeed!
they are total badasses just watching this gives me a buzz the way he skims so close to the rock face and cars it's not just about power in roadcycling but the skill and bravery aswell truly amazing
imagine trying to hold that wheel! i don't think that too many pro's would fancy it, or for that matter, managed it. truly awesome footage of an awesome cyclist!
I was at the top of the Serra Seca's coll that year. The group took the climb very relaxed. Altough it is a first category mountain pass, they climbed together, the group was so compacted that some riders had to put their feet on the road before the mountain pass. So I suppose Cancellara stopped to piss and then he caught the group relaxed, whitout taking risks. But is amazing to see a professional rider playing and enjoying
His form is amazing, and the way he finds the line through the apex of each curve is a freakin clinic. What I find incredible is his concentration, especially through the bits crowded with support cars or with sheer rock faces a metre from his face. A second of distraction and he's a dead man.
And this with the 25mm tyres of the time and no disk breakes.. Beside, I live not far away from him, and he is the lovliest father to his two girls you can imagine, which is even more important to me, Such a great, strong, sympathic man..
@@giorgiogrlj Me too, cant people think for themselves rather than be swayed by latest marketing gimmicks..Cancellara amazing rider though, will never forget Paris Roubaix and he rode Tom Boonen off his back wheel , think it was P-R , had cobbles.
While I was watching the Oly TT and knowing that Wiggins was well ahead there is a shot of Spartacus going full steam to finish the last KM of the TT. He was injured from the bonehead crash the day before and still giving it his all and Wiggins was just a bit worried and maybe it was for dramatic effect but still paying tribute to one of the true TT masters. God bless Cancellara and his family. One of the best.
He was in the yellow jersey and had colour co-ordinated his bike to match. He'd had a puncture, and was not happy that the replacement tyre was not colour co-ordinated with the bike. He stopped to change it. The video has been up before, but was deleted due to infringing some UCI licence - surprised/delighted to find it again actually!
The line he takes where the road narrows as it leads into the tunnel is terrifying (4.05 onward) and then just after that he shakes out his legs in typical fashion moments after a speed wobble. The guy is a savage.
I hit 50 mph once on my bike, happily it was a straight road. But i was terrified the whole time. Not a lot off time to react if there is an obstruction.
Darren Lindsay ***** Totalavulsion Yes, he's probably the illegitimate father of Danny Hart. Then Cancellara would, at one point, have had Danny Hart in his balls.
You must not have seen Jens Voigt in action then. In 2011 he crashed twice on the same descent, was hurting in every bit of his body, bleeding everywhere, and yet he sped up his descent so he could be at the front aiding his team leaders and keeping with the favorites. That is class right there.
hes the only cyclist that i can think of that is strong, big and heavy enough to get that bike right over and get it to chnge direction at that speed that quick, every other cyclist would be SOL because they just dont have the mass to make that drastic of a change!!!! wicked vid, never seen this one before!!!!
@mrsolofeo Me too, right around 40 something happens and it stops just being exhilarating. I start thinking of all the stuff that can go wrong, a wet spot, some loose gravel, a stick laying on the road, a deer, a spoke pop....the list is endless.
Love Cancellara in this shape :D Wondering if you (or someone else) also have a image of Fabian descending in the latest Vuelta, on his own. I think this was on 8 september 2014. Would love to see that too again :O :P
aDotFromTheFuture With his age and his lost of speed in the time trials I think next year is his last most likely.. the prologue suits him next year and he will be attempting the hour record too . so it will be his last season which will end with the hour record. I think.velonews.competitor.com/2014/02/news/cancellara-likely-to-retire-after-2016-season_317133
Ye, he's class, he's crazy, but he's not a skilled descender like Cancellara or Nibali who doesn't have to take such crazy chances during descents. You're not descending well, or fast, when you are crashing twice in the same downhill. But I'll easily admit that Voigt is pure class, and gives his all for the team, but that's why everybody loves him, isn't it? :)
That's because you never been on a bike with 23 mm tires with a perfurated helment and a 2 mm skinsuit riding at 100 km/h after a 20+ km climb and the world watching you
Cancellara uses a bike made by Specialized in this video :) (Saxo Bank changed bike manufacturers from Cèrvelo to Specialized prior to that season). The components are probably Shimano, that I'm not sure of that though :)
not sure the timing in the top left is quite right - i suspect that's the gap between the peloton and the breakaway. from memory, and judging by how many cars he passes i reckon he starts at least a good minute down on the peloton. i think the timing gap is done off a motorbike which probably got stuck in front of the peloton on the descent and didn't realise he'd punctured and dropped off the back.
I'm pretty sure given this is the 9th stage, that Cancellara, as a sprinter had accrued the maillot jaune on the flat stages, but as a sprinter, got dropped in the mountains, hence been off the back of the peloton at the start of the descent.
Am i the only one, who just loves the fact that Fabian Cancellara rides the bike , like it's another day on the office, meanwhile the camera-motorcycle almost crashes into the wall at one point ; -P
@MarsManatee I remember seeing this live... He had a rear flat, Saxo didn't really care because they thought he was going to give away the yellow jersey anyway (big mountain stage) and he decided to chase back... had at least 4 or 5 very close calls (Dr.'s car, and few turns) he made back to the peloton tho.
This is 2012 - Can we please get some Speed, watt and HR data! Cavendish was asked what is the fastest he has gone on a bike. He answered 120 km/t downhill, but that was nothing because Cancellara was going 130 km/t on that descent!
Now whenever I'm descending mountains I think of this video. Good to learn how to descend and corner on medium-high speeds (not like him of course lol).
@joerdm1991 You should take a look at Paolo Savoldelli's descending skills... Or Philippe Gilbert who won this year's Giro di Lombardia on a descend. And then there's always Nibali, taking many risks and the occasional crash. Usually the best descenders are sprinters though, but since they can't get up mountains it's not shown on tv(as the tv follows the leaders and most descends have an ascend first :) ).
What you didn't understand is that the timecheckers didn't bother to update his time when he got dropped off the back of the pack because they knew he was coming back anyway. The time you see on top is the time from the main field to the breakaway, not the (misleading) time from the yellow jersey to the breakaway. In reality, he easily made a couple minutes on the pack in that descent...
Not sure why this appeared in my feed in 2024 but glad it did, superb! Vive la Tour!
Not tryna be that guy but it’s actually called Le Tour
@@Nowayfrrrrrrr La Tour du France
The music chosen is PERFECT! SO EXCELLENT! I am SO glad this clip got saved for future views! Cancellara's descending skills are superb - and that is an understatement. In this clip, we see him use several different techniques in a recognizable way. HUGELY valuable to a bike racer! THANK YOU!
Today is the future 😝
All amazing:
- rider,
- drivers
- motorcyclists & camera guys
- chopper pilot & camera guys
- scenery
Lovely soundtrack too. Thank you!
Beautiful lines. A masterclass in how to ride a bend....
just a pure thing of beauty... his skills in bikehandling and cornering... man... envieable... completely.
Totally agree!
Outstanding!!!!. To be so far back and to catch the group is truly amazing.
"The art of descending".
A masterpiece interpreted by Fabian Cancellara.
Toda una clase de técnica en descenso. Todos tenemos nuestra manera, pero la forma de colocar la bici y el cuerpo en las curvas es perfecta. Siempre veo este vídeo para recordar maneras... Grande Cancellara!!
spectacular view furious descent and nice accompanying music, great combination
This is the first time i see the clip since i saw it live, and i remember is so clearly!
amazing stuff!
i sooooo want to do this one day!! it looks so fun and exhilarating. not too many hills where i live, yet alone mountains. such talent!
Fabián Cancellara un maestro, un verdadero campeón, En este descenso ha dado muestra de ello .
Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱
Whoever chose the music to accompany this is a genius! Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, I Allegro con brio.
I'm also impressed by his physical condition, his bike and the landscape. I'd love to go down on that road too!
Guten Abend zusammen ein sehr gutes Video und sehr gute Musik@@@
Having suffered a crash downhill at a mere 35 mph and separating my shoulder in addition to concussion and a chipped pelvis i watched this open mouthed with my palms sweating
What a bike handler you run out of superlatives, totally unfazed, spartacus indeed!
@Mark Corrigan parody celebrity accounts are never funny
For me, cancellara is the best cyclist ever! And sooo sympatic, BRAVO and gratulation from austria.
Mozart, Symphony No.25 in G Minor.
My heart was racing watching it. Truly awesome descending to music.
they are total badasses just watching this gives me a buzz the way he skims so close to the rock face and cars it's not just about power in roadcycling but the skill and bravery aswell truly amazing
Bravo!!! Beautiful descending and beautiful Port del Compte road
Amazing stuff. Great time trialler and makes descents look easy. A real gent as well.
what an excellent choice of music... masterpiece
imagine trying to hold that wheel! i don't think that too many pro's would fancy it, or for that matter, managed it. truly awesome footage of an awesome cyclist!
great music choice. This video makes me want to ride NOW... also it makes realize what we trust to our tires.
I was at the top of the Serra Seca's coll that year. The group took the climb very relaxed. Altough it is a first category mountain pass, they climbed together, the group was so compacted that some riders had to put their feet on the road before the mountain pass. So I suppose Cancellara stopped to piss and then he caught the group relaxed, whitout taking risks. But is amazing to see a professional rider playing and enjoying
anyone else wondering if the cars could just bugger off?
4:06 to 4:24 is just epic. How even the camera cannot keep up barely. Great bikeriding skills honestly
His form is amazing, and the way he finds the line through the apex of each curve is a freakin clinic. What I find incredible is his concentration, especially through the bits crowded with support cars or with sheer rock faces a metre from his face. A second of distraction and he's a dead man.
😂😅😅😂😂😂
And this with the 25mm tyres of the time and no disk breakes.. Beside, I live not far away from him, and he is the lovliest father to his two girls you can imagine, which is even more important to me, Such a great, strong, sympathic man..
I am still on 23 mm. :)
@@giorgiogrlj Me too, cant people think for themselves rather than be swayed by latest marketing gimmicks..Cancellara amazing rider though, will never forget Paris Roubaix and he rode Tom Boonen off his back wheel , think it was P-R , had cobbles.
@@pinarellolimoncello electric motor on that occasion?
@@giorgiogrlj Yeah it had a 200hp motor and even did a burnout over the finish line for the fans. Awesome moment
@@vivianvandermerwe1380 400W motor in seat tube, more than enough.
And today, he wins the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, for a third time. A true sportsman.
Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor
This is literally the best video my eyes have ever gazed upon. True Art
Anyway, he was strong enough to catch up with the peloton and it was a beautiful descent, great show of skills with a road bike when downhilling.
man he's going around some of those corners pretty damn fast, amazing bike handling skill + balls!
Style and grace personified.
The only man pushing the descents like this this year was Jens Voight, was a pleasure to watch.
While I was watching the Oly TT and knowing that Wiggins was well ahead there is a shot of Spartacus going full steam to finish the last KM of the TT. He was injured from the bonehead crash the day before and still giving it his all and Wiggins was just a bit worried and maybe it was for dramatic effect but still paying tribute to one of the true TT masters. God bless Cancellara and his family. One of the best.
0:33
1:04 Over corner tuck Aero
5:11
5:30 half corner technique
great cycling with grandioso music! couldn't be more awesome
awesome!!!1
smooth as butter
He was in the yellow jersey and had colour co-ordinated his bike to match. He'd had a puncture, and was not happy that the replacement tyre was not colour co-ordinated with the bike. He stopped to change it. The video has been up before, but was deleted due to infringing some UCI licence - surprised/delighted to find it again actually!
Scary to ride so fast next to cliffs. Excellent control and mental focus.
great music choice. This vid makes me want to ride NOW...
The line he takes where the road narrows as it leads into the tunnel is terrifying (4.05 onward) and then just after that he shakes out his legs in typical fashion moments after a speed wobble. The guy is a savage.
awesome how he takes the corners at ridiculous speeds when cars and motorbikes are struggling !!! respect !!!!!!!!
Can't stop watching this thing. A Masterclass for everyone.
I hit 50 mph once on my bike, happily it was a straight road. But i was terrified the whole time. Not a lot off time to react if there is an obstruction.
Jeez, props to the camera bike crew especially with all those crazy support cars jostling for position
I'm amazed he can go so fast with balls that big
***** He could almost be the father of Danny Hart, only needs to be 4-5 years older!
Darren Lindsay ***** Totalavulsion
Yes, he's probably the illegitimate father of Danny Hart. Then Cancellara would, at one point, have had Danny Hart in his balls.
Totalavulsion it is because of the extra weight ;)
+Totalavulsion That's cos steel balls, (mixed with lead) weigh quite a lot, so they carry a lot of momentum..... :-)
+Totalavulsion He got caught cheating; His bike had a hidden electric motor in the frame....
Kudos to the only other guy to keep up with him, the motor bike rider with his cameraman. Big thumbs up so we can watch this video....
every cyclist, every fan respects fabian....Chasing downhill the way he did ,takes some nuts and guts.
Looks amazing. Really. But take a look at the time folks. he drives alone and makes just about 4-5s...
this is the most useful video on youtubes. those who can't descend STUDY THIS.
7:25 Rider is wondering 'Where the hell did he come from?'
Bike handling masterclass... what a legend that man (machine) is!
You must not have seen Jens Voigt in action then. In 2011 he crashed twice on the same descent, was hurting in every bit of his body, bleeding everywhere, and yet he sped up his descent so he could be at the front aiding his team leaders and keeping with the favorites. That is class right there.
Still one of the best cycling clips of all time.
We so need speed, wattage, hr and cadence info onscreen during road raced. That would be über-cool!
hes the only cyclist that i can think of that is strong, big and heavy enough to get that bike right over and get it to chnge direction at that speed that quick, every other cyclist would be SOL because they just dont have the mass to make that drastic of a change!!!! wicked vid, never seen this one before!!!!
his bike control at these speeds is insane. wish I could do that :)
This is a masterclass in how to decend
And now there's Tom Pidcock. This is mediocre.
Motorcyclist and cameraman are also amazing
@mrsolofeo Me too, right around 40 something happens and it stops just being exhilarating. I start thinking of all the stuff that can go wrong, a wet spot, some loose gravel, a stick laying on the road, a deer, a spoke pop....the list is endless.
Love Cancellara in this shape :D
Wondering if you (or someone else) also have a image of Fabian descending in the latest Vuelta, on his own. I think this was on 8 september 2014.
Would love to see that too again :O :P
Cancella later on in an interview: ''Oh yes the nature was nice..''
Too bad about his crash in this years Tour. I wonder if he ever decides to do another one, or was this his last one...
aDotFromTheFuture He can't stop on a crash, i hope.
aDotFromTheFuture With his age and his lost of speed in the time trials I think next year is his last most likely.. the prologue suits him next year and he will be attempting the hour record too . so it will be his last season which will end with the hour record. I think.velonews.competitor.com/2014/02/news/cancellara-likely-to-retire-after-2016-season_317133
+Hugo Roux His plan was that this would be his last tdf anyway. Too bad if he crashed out of his last though.
My eyes watered watching and listening.
While I was watching this video I wanted so badly to go out, climb first mountain and do this while I'm listening this song.
Ye, he's class, he's crazy, but he's not a skilled descender like Cancellara or Nibali who doesn't have to take such crazy chances during descents. You're not descending well, or fast, when you are crashing twice in the same downhill. But I'll easily admit that Voigt is pure class, and gives his all for the team, but that's why everybody loves him, isn't it? :)
I give just as much props to the motorcycle rider and camera man.
That's because you never been on a bike with 23 mm tires with a perfurated helment and a 2 mm skinsuit riding at 100 km/h after a 20+ km climb and the world watching you
Cancellara uses a bike made by Specialized in this video :) (Saxo Bank changed bike manufacturers from Cèrvelo to Specialized prior to that season). The components are probably Shimano, that I'm not sure of that though :)
Abundant talent and skill. Does anyone know the name of the symphony music?
not sure the timing in the top left is quite right - i suspect that's the gap between the peloton and the breakaway. from memory, and judging by how many cars he passes i reckon he starts at least a good minute down on the peloton. i think the timing gap is done off a motorbike which probably got stuck in front of the peloton on the descent and didn't realise he'd punctured and dropped off the back.
Cancellara was descending the Col de Serra Secca in 2009 and Wouter was descending the Passo del Bocco.
I have a feeling my pulse was probably higher from just watching this than Fabian's pulse was when de did the descent...
that was Awsome, my decent skills have almost gotten me killed a few times, clearly not this riders weakness.
I'm pretty sure given this is the 9th stage, that Cancellara, as a sprinter had accrued the maillot jaune on the flat stages, but as a sprinter, got dropped in the mountains, hence been off the back of the peloton at the start of the descent.
I was about to give you hell for mixing in the music. But it works so damn well.
Cancellara’s Descent « An Ordinary Cyclist
sehr gute ab fahr so fahren ist freiheit supper gruss RINALTO
so fahren mit der musik ich selber fahre immer mit musik RINALTO
And the rider at 7:25 doing a "where did he come from?!" double-take.
Am i the only one, who just loves the fact that Fabian Cancellara rides the bike , like it's another day on the office, meanwhile the camera-motorcycle almost crashes into the wall at one point ; -P
Love the dedication to the racing line.
Jens Voigt is crazy, but he's also scared shitless of decents - and crashes often. Nibali, Hushovd and Sammy Sanchez are the true descent masters ;)
@MarsManatee I remember seeing this live... He had a rear flat, Saxo didn't really care because they thought he was going to give away the yellow jersey anyway (big mountain stage) and he decided to chase back... had at least 4 or 5 very close calls (Dr.'s car, and few turns) he made back to the peloton tho.
Fabi is faster going uphill than most of us going downhill. And when it is time to descend, he is FEARLESS
@jonesgez No, where you drove this stretch of the race ?
A masterful performance!
It is Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183. As is description.
I have a feeling that the cameraman viewed the odometer on his bike and it was somewhere in the 80s kmh can't remember it was 2007 brilliant rider
This is 2012 - Can we please get some Speed, watt and HR data! Cavendish was asked what is the fastest he has gone on a bike. He answered 120 km/t downhill, but that was nothing because Cancellara was going 130 km/t on that descent!
This is the descent from stage 7 of the 2009 TDF off the Port de Comte in Spain. Cancellara sliced it up like a fine "Swiss" knife.
I don't think I could ride like that. Impressive stuff. He rides as if the mountains are made of padded foam and it doesn't matter if he fell off.
Music is Mozart, Symphony No.25 in G Minor. Enjoy!
I remember Thor Hushovd when he went solo to gain points for the green jersey in the Pyrenee-stages!
Now whenever I'm descending mountains I think of this video. Good to learn how to descend and corner on medium-high speeds (not like him of course lol).
This is absolutely fucking awesome! What a badass, he dominated that descent!
@joerdm1991
You should take a look at Paolo Savoldelli's descending skills... Or Philippe Gilbert who won this year's Giro di Lombardia on a descend. And then there's always Nibali, taking many risks and the occasional crash.
Usually the best descenders are sprinters though, but since they can't get up mountains it's not shown on tv(as the tv follows the leaders and most descends have an ascend first :) ).
Amazing skill and concentration.
What you didn't understand is that the timecheckers didn't bother to update his time when he got dropped off the back of the pack because they knew he was coming back anyway. The time you see on top is the time from the main field to the breakaway, not the (misleading) time from the yellow jersey to the breakaway. In reality, he easily made a couple minutes on the pack in that descent...