What I enjoyed most of Faulkner's win is that she did exactly what we were taught way back: you catch somebody, leave them behind because you have better legs, in most cases. To blow away much more experience riders like Vos and Kopecky, having them looking at each other..., priceless.
Given their experience, I'm still not quite sure why they didn't try harder to chase and reel her back in... there was still some distance. (Not that I wanted her to lose, but I was surprised they 'gave up' so quickly...
Those 3 just looked at each other, none of them wanted to do the work and close the gap, and so, none of them had any chance at winning. I get it, you don't want to pull some others with you, just to have them sprint around you, but at the same time you also have zero chance of winning. Faulkner was really strong late in the race and it paid off.
Kristin Faulkner was the deserved winner. She was the driving force in the pursuit of the duo Vos-Vas. And as the slowest of the four, her only chance of a medal was to attack. Even the smallest child could see that. Vas did react and came within 5 meters, but Vos and Kopecky were eying each other and trying to let the other close the gap. And then the bird would have flown. Kopecky does have a point that Vos, as the fastest, had the most to lose, and it was up to her to react, but not reacting could cost her silver (shades of Wollongong?). Because if they catch Faulkner, it's game over for her, and the sprint for the medals will be between her and Vos and Vas. Kopecky made a serious effort 40 km earlier in the pursuit after the roadblock at that fall on the 1st climb of Montmartre, and in retrospect that costs her (too) much strength. But making that effort is the right choice because she is the only rider who could join the leading group from the background. For the rest (Vollering, Wiebbes, Labous,...) it was game over. What does Vos cost the gold: not reacting to Faulker (see above) but especially: when she was in front with Vas, she clearly did the least leading turns. Vos always plays the sneaky one. If Marianne Vos does more leading work at the moment that the two (Vos, Vas) are fighting against two (Faulkner, Kopecky), then Faulkner and Kopecky probably won't return. And Vos sprints for gold. She outfoxed herself.
I'm Dutch so i was rooting for the ladies in orange but as soon as Kristen went on her attack i was rooting for her, what a hero! It's great to see how women's cycling has gotten so professional!
Maar wat een blunder om Wiebes als optie voor goud te kiezen. Deze wedstrijd was veel te moeilijk voor een pure sprinter. De vier beste rensters zijn allemaal krachtige vrouwen, die klein bergen aankunnen, Wiebes kan dat niet.
Fantastic race, fantastic result. Faulkner earned every inch of this. Basically rode everyone off her wheel up the climb and was the only one with legs when they caught the lead two. Perfect attack, perfect win. If I were her dad I'd be jumping out of my skull. So sad that Vas goes home with nothing after a stellar ride and a few centimeters. That is the cruelty of the Olympics.
Taylor Knibb gave up her road race spot, because her coach told her she had no business in a road race, which is certainly true. She has zero road race experience. Thank goodness for a wise coach. And shame on USA Cycling that they would allow Knibb to even "win" that road spot by winning the national TT. It makes no sense. Knibb's coach saved USA Cycling as well. In fact, you can argue that a triathlete should never be given a road TT spot. Are triathletes prepared for a TT course in the rain with lots of tight, narrow turns? Seems not. Knibb crashed FOUR times in the Olympic road TT. She then came in 19th in the triathlon, when some thought she was a contender for a medal, probably because she was beat up by crashing four times. One could argue that USA Cycling really undermined Knibb by even giving her that TT spot.
Strange management at USA Cycling. I find it odd that they couldn’t find four riders for a full road race squad. And now they pissed off US Triatheletes because they set up Knibb to fail in the time trail.
@@petesjk USA doesn't get to pick how many riders they send. Those spots are earned based on each countries results in UCI races. US only earned two slots per gender.
Congratulations, Kristen Faulkner! 🇺🇸🎇🎉🎆 I got to watch Connie Carpenter win in 1984 (with Rebecca Twigg in second), and it made me proud. Watching Faulkner win left me feeling equally proud.
Vos and Kopecky are looking at each other while Faulkner rides away.🙄Love to know what Vos and Kopecky are saying to each other. Faulkner was the strongest ride at the end well deserved.
It's the classic dilemma. You close the gap I am not going to pull you. Then none of the favorites win because they don't want to pull the rival to victory. Then the gap is created and victory lost.
We were waiting on the chesterfield to see your reaction to this. As a Canadian I was rooting for Allison Jackson but as things unfolded I was blown away by the perfectly timed attack by Faulkner. What a finish!
I got the headline of Faulkner's victory in my RUclips feed and couldn't believe it. What a solid and poised performance from this young woman. Go USA!!!
With my bare minimum research on Faulkner's cycling year thus far, I discovered she placed 12th in the Women's TdF, 17 minutes back. That was 10 places above Marinne Vos who was 27 minutes back. Vos won 2 stages, Faulkner won Stage 4 which was a 140km descent. Faulkner won the USA National Road Road this year, and was 2nd in the TT. She won a stage in the Vuelta, too. She appears not to have ridden in a lot of Euro races, but did OK or Better when she did.
It’s like she didn’t celebrate at the end because she didn’t want to be like the Dutch celebrating last Olympics, not realizing that Kiesenhofer won. 😂 Great ride by Faulkner, she’s got a big engine! Let’s see now how they do on the track!
An awesome, exciting, competitive race....but if Steve Shlanger had told Kirsten Faulkner 's autobiography one more time there would have been a brick going thru my TV all the way from the Chesterfield....
What an awesome race. I had the TV on for the entire time, and was sitting on the edge of the sofa tapping my fists on my thighs for the last 10km. I think that I yelled at the TV a couple of times, too.
Such a good race!! Faulkner was not messing around- when Kopecky couldn't/wouldn't pull and let the gap go back out, Kristen got back on the front right away. She knew she had it. What a victory!
Great analysis, as always! As a hungarian I am very p.ssed off at Vos and Kopecky, especially at Vos. Blanka pulled mostly, Vos was just in the passenger seat when the 2 lead the race....and when the 4 was together, they (Vos, Kopecky) were to afraid to pull back to Faulkner and lose to each other, so they stopped, unfortunate for Blanka. 😥 Congrats to Faulkner! Btw. 4th place in woman and men road race (Vas, Valter), 10th place in woman MTB (Vas), 22nd in men TT (Valter)...not bad, considering, they were the only riders representing Hungary! Chapeau! 👏👏👏
@@RobertTarmac considering the sprint for silver where Vas lost out by a hair, I feel it's safe to say the tank of both sprinters Vos and Kopecky was empty enough
Looks like Blanca Vas' only chance to medal would have been to go with Faulkner, but as Chris Horner noted, she looked back at Vos and Kopecky for help and the chance to go with Faulkner was gone -- maybe she didn't have the energy anyway after working so hard to keep herself and Vos at the front. I suppose it's easy to say that was her best chance now, after the race -- I don't know how the riders make these decisions on the go after riding hard for a long time and without radios.
Still scratching my head at Faulkners EPIC win. Dominating performance against best riders in the world and only been riding competition later than 2017. She's one to watch and this statement was huge, very proud of the Alaskan.
One of the saddest things about it was the AP press release talking about out her winning from the breakaway. Like, at least get someone who watches cycling to write the pieces
Great insights Chris, as usual. You're dead on about when to help a group bridge to a teammate (or sister), and when not to (ex. 15k to go and a good gap). This year was so exciting, there might have been a little luck on Faulkners side, but my god, what a boss display of power, she 100% earned this. When you ride cycling gods like Kopecky and Vos off your wheel, what does that make you? That makes her a rider that I will be keeping my eye on in future races.
Faulkner looked far stronger than Kopecky in the chase of the two leaders. When Kopecky was on the front the gap widened, Faulkner closed the gap, powered the others off her wheel- Victory, Excellent late choice for team USA
What timing and power! I was so worried that Faulkner was using too much energy attacking and closing gaps. I guess she knew what she had under the hood though 😊. Awesome display of how to win a race.
Thanks so much for explaining what happened at the end of the race Chris. Peacock just went from her jump to her winning. What a brilliant move. So smart to realize with enough of a gap they'd let her go and take their chances on a silver versus trying to chase her down and losing any chance at a medal.
It's a Party in Paris for the USA! Thanks, Chris, for this report/analysis of the women's race. And O my, that sight, the sight of bike racers on a cobbled city street in a canyon of buildings and dwellings. 😀
I got some Butterfly effect. Check out how relieved Kopecki was getting the bottle after bridging the group by her self. Think this affected the reaction on Faulkner. When digging too deep once it hard to recap. 🦋
more like the most exciting road race at the olympics. We all knew a belgie would win the mens. This is a surprise result, and why cycling is the best sport on the planet.
Reading Yahoo sports today. Found out that Chris has a moonlighting job as head of Red Bull's F1 team. Very well rounded, Chris. Road bikes, M/X, and now F1. LOL
Excellent overview thanks Chris. The Olympic road race is always a crapshoot as you noted in an earlier upload. No race radios and teams of max size 4 of riders who are not used to working together and so don’t have any of the second nature familiarity and trust as you have in a pro-team A very deserved winner of what turned out to be a race of sheer attrition.
Men Brit and USA mechanics have watch your 2012 story and done their homework. They put a little flag on the bike rack to be different from other white car with bike on top. 🦋👊
If you've been following the female peleton for a while, you know Vos always gets some knucklehead to roll the red carpet out for her. Kopecky has been that leadout way to many times, and it probably got in her head.
I think everyone watching knew that when the two favorites just looked at each other instead of chasing, something wasn't right. When the gap really opened up in the next 10 seconds and they were still looking at each other, it was basically gold for Faulkner. Unbelievable. I'm sure that is the word on the people watching Faulkner, including Vos and Lopecky. Great race by Faulkner!
Amazing race. Whoever tried to follow would have risked missing podium. Vos and Kopecky looking at each other in acknowledgement that they're gonna sprint for silver. Blanka Vas deserved a medal as well.
Although I understand the perceptions that the lack of response and working together by the three after Faulkner attacked was some fear that they would help the others win and/or beat them out of a medal, consider that Faulkner appears to be a bigger, stronger rider, she has a track rider’s power and sprinting speed, her explosive attack indicated she was fresh and lit, and perhaps the three other VERY experienced riders were relatively tired and quickly settled for hanging with each other to battle it out out for silver and bronze. Faulkner, btw, will race on the Olympic track soon. 😮😂❤
That was an epic race. Some interesting chat going on at Lantern Rouge around team sizes being key to why these races have been so good. It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on why these races were so good and if you have any similar thoughts on why.
Yes. He does. I don’t hide it. And it didn’t start today. Way back in July of 2019. But during the Vuelta last year when Bob can’t remember who the American was that won, it even though he worked along side me. Everything that happens after that is his fault if he never learned how to race a bike. 😂🦚🦋
Roll try to be way too predictable in his comments way before the races and so many time he feels sorry he was so wrong haha , I have seen that for many years his commentating. It’s shame , you watch beginning of the race the long breakaway of unknown riders and none of them ( commentators ) could tell us who the riders were , instead BS on other subjects.
Well, before criticizing Bob Roll too much, perhaps Chris Horner should take a shot at describing a race in real time. It must be hard to analyze what's happening when the Peacock commentators can't control what they are seeing -- they just get a feed. And it seems that Bob has to spend a good bit of time correcting his "play-by-play" companion, even when it's Phil Liggett.
I think Kopecky burned too many matches catching up after the crash. She was clearly done when her and Faulkner caught Vos. Truly impressive ride and final statement attack by Faulkner 💪💪💪
At 3km to go the Dutch and and Belgian riders would rather not work together to catch the eventual winner only a few seconds ahead. Madness not to risk it all with the gold medal chance within grasp.
Vos and Kopecky were so arrogant. Because they thought they were better anyway, they let Faulkner go. In the end they lost gold. I wonder how can they be so stupid 🙈
@@ChrisHornerCycling Pronounced mon-mart. The first t is silent. The re at the end is not pronounced but just makes the last t pronounced. Great work on the commentary though. Thanks!
A hard earned and well deserved Gold for Faulkner, and a deserved Knucklehead award for Dygart. 😂 Seriously though, I think that’s the best road race I have seen in many years of racing and watching racing. Epic.
Karma exists…KF was robbed because she wore a blood sugar monitor- due to the UCI deciding athlete safety is always a low priority- now she wins the biggest prize in women’s cycling. That’s chapeau to her, to EF Cannondale ( THAT paint scheme..yuk!) and to
That young lady rode a strong, strong race. She legitimately beat the best ladies in the world. Too bad she didn't post up for a lifetime pic of winning the gold in front of the Eiffel Tower, I think that will be a regret in the future but she'll have that gold medal to make her feel better. Well done!!
What I enjoyed most of Faulkner's win is that she did exactly what we were taught way back: you catch somebody, leave them behind because you have better legs, in most cases. To blow away much more experience riders like Vos and Kopecky, having them looking at each other..., priceless.
Given their experience, I'm still not quite sure why they didn't try harder to chase and reel her back in... there was still some distance. (Not that I wanted her to lose, but I was surprised they 'gave up' so quickly...
Those 3 just looked at each other, none of them wanted to do the work and close the gap, and so, none of them had any chance at winning. I get it, you don't want to pull some others with you, just to have them sprint around you, but at the same time you also have zero chance of winning. Faulkner was really strong late in the race and it paid off.
@@andrewzook8648 I know. I was surprised they were perfectly happy to let the gold medal get away. Not like it was a big important race though.
Kristin Faulkner was the deserved winner. She was the driving force in the pursuit of the duo Vos-Vas. And as the slowest of the four, her only chance of a medal was to attack. Even the smallest child could see that. Vas did react and came within 5 meters, but Vos and Kopecky were eying each other and trying to let the other close the gap. And then the bird would have flown. Kopecky does have a point that Vos, as the fastest, had the most to lose, and it was up to her to react, but not reacting could cost her silver (shades of Wollongong?). Because if they catch Faulkner, it's game over for her, and the sprint for the medals will be between her and Vos and Vas.
Kopecky made a serious effort 40 km earlier in the pursuit after the roadblock at that fall on the 1st climb of Montmartre, and in retrospect that costs her (too) much strength. But making that effort is the right choice because she is the only rider who could join the leading group from the background. For the rest (Vollering, Wiebbes, Labous,...) it was game over.
What does Vos cost the gold: not reacting to Faulker (see above) but especially: when she was in front with Vas, she clearly did the least leading turns. Vos always plays the sneaky one. If Marianne Vos does more leading work at the moment that the two (Vos, Vas) are fighting against two (Faulkner, Kopecky), then Faulkner and Kopecky probably won't return. And Vos sprints for gold. She outfoxed herself.
@@classicjetsims They. Couldn't. She was on a level.
I'm Dutch so i was rooting for the ladies in orange but as soon as Kristen went on her attack i was rooting for her, what a hero! It's great to see how women's cycling has gotten so professional!
Maar wat een blunder om Wiebes als optie voor goud te kiezen. Deze wedstrijd was veel te moeilijk voor een pure sprinter. De vier beste rensters zijn allemaal krachtige vrouwen, die klein bergen aankunnen, Wiebes kan dat niet.
The women are riding really strong now. Love it 👊🦋❤️
Such a fun race to watch and spectacular performance by Faulkner
Kristen had some truly good legs today. 👊🦋💪
I'm happy that you covered the woman's race so well Chris. It deserved the attention you gave it and the racing certainly was entertaining.
Fantastic race, fantastic result. Faulkner earned every inch of this. Basically rode everyone off her wheel up the climb and was the only one with legs when they caught the lead two. Perfect attack, perfect win. If I were her dad I'd be jumping out of my skull. So sad that Vas goes home with nothing after a stellar ride and a few centimeters. That is the cruelty of the Olympics.
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That fact that Faulkner wasn’t even supposed to be here and was only in this race because nubin pulled out focus on triathlon is crazy
Taylor Knibb gave up her road race spot, because her coach told her she had no business in a road race, which is certainly true. She has zero road race experience. Thank goodness for a wise coach. And shame on USA Cycling that they would allow Knibb to even "win" that road spot by winning the national TT. It makes no sense. Knibb's coach saved USA Cycling as well. In fact, you can argue that a triathlete should never be given a road TT spot. Are triathletes prepared for a TT course in the rain with lots of tight, narrow turns? Seems not. Knibb crashed FOUR times in the Olympic road TT. She then came in 19th in the triathlon, when some thought she was a contender for a medal, probably because she was beat up by crashing four times. One could argue that USA Cycling really undermined Knibb by even giving her that TT spot.
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Strange management at USA Cycling. I find it odd that they couldn’t find four riders for a full road race squad. And now they pissed off US Triatheletes because they set up Knibb to fail in the time trail.
@@petesjk USA doesn't get to pick how many riders they send. Those spots are earned based on each countries results in UCI races. US only earned two slots per gender.
@@raybaxter4683 Men had three.
When it comes to analysis and narration, Chris Horner is the top best there is
EF is loving this! Along with Alison Jackson at Paris Roubaix, this is an amazing result for the North American ladies!
Don’t forget their great wins at the Vuelta this year.
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Love your style of storytelling. I watched the race early this morning but you brought it back to life again!!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video 👊🦋
always pays of waiting for the BOSS, Chris Horner, the MASTER OF DRAMATURGY
thanks for covering the women's event Chris! saw the highlights and seemed like some interesting tactics going on.
Tactics always get interesting in the women’s race. 👊🦋🔥
Congratulations, Kristen Faulkner! 🇺🇸🎇🎉🎆 I got to watch Connie Carpenter win in 1984 (with Rebecca Twigg in second), and it made me proud. Watching Faulkner win left me feeling equally proud.
Cheers I was there as well.
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Vos and Kopecky are looking at each other while Faulkner rides away.🙄Love to know what Vos and Kopecky are saying to each other. Faulkner was the strongest ride at the end well deserved.
It's the classic dilemma. You close the gap I am not going to pull you. Then none of the favorites win because they don't want to pull the rival to victory. Then the gap is created and victory lost.
To me it looked like they didn't have the legs to close the gap. Kopecky looked dead earlier already.
That was a great moment. Must had been something like, I’m getting that silver before you still. Cause gold was gone. 🥈😜🦋👊
@@stephenmagee3766 Then close half the gap and let the rival finish it. Not really difficult neither strategically nor physicslly.
@@gerrysecure5874 That's what Vas tried when Faulkner went and noone took a turn to help her which probably cost her the podium
No race radios really made the race unpredictable.
💯 No race radio made Remco freak in the men’s race after he had his mechanical near the end. 😂😮 Drama!
We were waiting on the chesterfield to see your reaction to this. As a Canadian I was rooting for Allison Jackson but as things unfolded I was blown away by the perfectly timed attack by Faulkner. What a finish!
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I got the headline of Faulkner's victory in my RUclips feed and couldn't believe it. What a solid and poised performance from this young woman. Go USA!!!
With my bare minimum research on Faulkner's cycling year thus far, I discovered she placed 12th in the Women's TdF, 17 minutes back. That was 10 places above Marinne Vos who was 27 minutes back. Vos won 2 stages, Faulkner won Stage 4 which was a 140km descent. Faulkner won the USA National Road Road this year, and was 2nd in the TT. She won a stage in the Vuelta, too. She appears not to have ridden in a lot of Euro races, but did OK or Better when she did.
It’s like she didn’t celebrate at the end because she didn’t want to be like the Dutch celebrating last Olympics, not realizing that Kiesenhofer won. 😂 Great ride by Faulkner, she’s got a big engine! Let’s see now how they do on the track!
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Gold for Faulkner, Dygert, Williams, and Valente in heart-stopping team pursuit final versus NZ. 🇺🇸🥇
Moment in Paris like LeMond in 1989. Not impossible but very unexpected. Faulkner was so strong, it was fun to watch the last 50km.
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Thank you for covering the women’s race Chris.
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Brilliant commentary! Didn’t watch the race live but listened to this and was on the edge of my Chesterfield!
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An awesome, exciting, competitive race....but if Steve Shlanger had told Kirsten Faulkner 's autobiography one more time there would have been a brick going thru my TV all the way from the Chesterfield....
What an awesome race. I had the TV on for the entire time, and was sitting on the edge of the sofa tapping my fists on my thighs for the last 10km. I think that I yelled at the TV a couple of times, too.
Such a good race!! Faulkner was not messing around- when Kopecky couldn't/wouldn't pull and let the gap go back out, Kristen got back on the front right away. She knew she had it. What a victory!
Great analysis, as always! As a hungarian I am very p.ssed off at Vos and Kopecky, especially at Vos. Blanka pulled mostly, Vos was just in the passenger seat when the 2 lead the race....and when the 4 was together, they (Vos, Kopecky) were to afraid to pull back to Faulkner and lose to each other, so they stopped, unfortunate for Blanka. 😥 Congrats to Faulkner!
Btw. 4th place in woman and men road race (Vas, Valter), 10th place in woman MTB (Vas), 22nd in men TT (Valter)...not bad, considering, they were the only riders representing Hungary! Chapeau! 👏👏👏
Strong, love the 2, great riders.
2 stopped collaborating and lost their chance for gold.
@@RobertTarmac considering the sprint for silver where Vas lost out by a hair, I feel it's safe to say the tank of both sprinters Vos and Kopecky was empty enough
Looks like Blanca Vas' only chance to medal would have been to go with Faulkner, but as Chris Horner noted, she looked back at Vos and Kopecky for help and the chance to go with Faulkner was gone -- maybe she didn't have the energy anyway after working so hard to keep herself and Vos at the front. I suppose it's easy to say that was her best chance now, after the race -- I don't know how the riders make these decisions on the go after riding hard for a long time and without radios.
Still scratching my head at Faulkners EPIC win. Dominating performance against best riders in the world and only been riding competition later than 2017. She's one to watch and this statement was huge, very proud of the Alaskan.
timing and work done, it was brilliant tactics and use of matches
Awesome recap. Thanks Chris. what a great race and worthy winner.
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Great coverage of an outstanding bike race!
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One of the saddest things about it was the AP press release talking about out her winning from the breakaway. Like, at least get someone who watches cycling to write the pieces
Vos and Kopecky were literally looking at each other. That's pretty funny.
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Mont Montrais, took me a moment to find it on the map.
Hehehe. That’s why I use pictures 😂🦋👊
What a fantastic breakdown of this race, thank you. Very entertaining. And God bless Faulkner
I remember when you went attacking at the Tour of Utah. 0:44
Great insights Chris, as usual. You're dead on about when to help a group bridge to a teammate (or sister), and when not to (ex. 15k to go and a good gap). This year was so exciting, there might have been a little luck on Faulkners side, but my god, what a boss display of power, she 100% earned this. When you ride cycling gods like Kopecky and Vos off your wheel, what does that make you? That makes her a rider that I will be keeping my eye on in future races.
Faulkner looked far stronger than Kopecky in the chase of the two leaders. When Kopecky was on the front the gap widened, Faulkner closed the gap, powered the others off her wheel- Victory, Excellent late choice for team USA
love you Chris. Great work this summer. thanks for keeping us informed.
I was waiting all day for this, thanks!
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What timing and power! I was so worried that Faulkner was using too much energy attacking and closing gaps. I guess she knew what she had under the hood though 😊. Awesome display of how to win a race.
Thanks so much for explaining what happened at the end of the race Chris. Peacock just went from her jump to her winning. What a brilliant move. So smart to realize with enough of a gap they'd let her go and take their chances on a silver versus trying to chase her down and losing any chance at a medal.
Oh man, thanks for that analysis! I was more excited listening to you call than watching the actual race! Keep it coming!
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It's a Party in Paris for the USA! Thanks, Chris, for this report/analysis of the women's race. And O my, that sight, the sight of bike racers on a cobbled city street in a canyon of buildings and dwellings. 😀
Fantastic Chris. Thanks very much. 👍👍♥️♥️
great video. thanks for covering this race
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@@ChrisHornerCycling Kristen Faulkner’s tactics were spot on…she must watch your videos!
She showed breakaway *POWER*
She has that college rowing core strength
That was a great race! Thanks Chris
I got some Butterfly effect. Check out how relieved Kopecki was getting the bottle after bridging the group by her self.
Think this affected the reaction on Faulkner. When digging too deep once it hard to recap.
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Dang not only was she born same year as me, she started racing in central park same year as me! She's living my dang hopes and dreams!
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Great job Chris👍👍👍
These OLYMPIC races were so exciting. I know as a pro Chris is probably against ditching radios but for the fans this was awesome to watch!
My woMAN Kristen Faulkner!!!!
The girl Stomped the field!! What an awesome performance.. 🚵🏻♂️👍🏼🥇💯🇺🇲
How does chris not have more subscribers? Love these race narratives.
Dygart’s crash to split the peloton was a stroke of genius.
I truly wanted to say that in the video but I went soft. Glad you said it though. 😂🦋👊
Isn’t it not cool to attack during a crash?
No race radios would have made it hard to know up ahead.
@@mgrieseryou can hear a crash that close to you. No need for a radio
@@ChrisHornerCyclingso you are saying Dygart did that on purpose?
18:51 ~ HUGE style points for Faulkner's fingernail paint-job
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One of the most exciting races in history🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely brilliant
more like the most exciting road race at the olympics. We all knew a belgie would win the mens. This is a surprise result, and why cycling is the best sport on the planet.
Great analysis, Chris🙂
Reading Yahoo sports today. Found out that Chris has a moonlighting job as head of Red Bull's F1 team. Very well rounded, Chris. Road bikes, M/X, and now F1. LOL
Great race and great review. Thanks Chris!🎉
Excellent overview thanks Chris. The Olympic road race is always a crapshoot as you noted in an earlier upload. No race radios and teams of max size 4 of riders who are not used to working together and so don’t have any of the second nature familiarity and trust as you have in a pro-team
A very deserved winner of what turned out to be a race of sheer attrition.
Thanks, Chris. Go USA!
I don't know racing, but you did a great job explaining the race.
Men Brit and USA mechanics have watch your 2012 story and done their homework. They put a little flag on the bike rack to be different from other white car with bike on top. 🦋👊
we are not in New Zealand... Chris made my day!
Congratulations!
Last 60km was some of the best racing I've seen in a long time. Non stop attacks!!
it was crazy. loved the race
Thanks for the break down
If you've been following the female peleton for a while, you know Vos always gets some knucklehead to roll the red carpet out for her. Kopecky has been that leadout way to many times, and it probably got in her head.
A classic, replacement bike no shifter battery. What I'm telling folks for years why I stay mechanical happened at olypics 😂😂😂😂
Sorry Chris, you pronounce the hill Mont Mart. Just for future reference.
Love the show
A beautiful victory. I was screaming for joy!
I think everyone watching knew that when the two favorites just looked at each other instead of chasing, something wasn't right. When the gap really opened up in the next 10 seconds and they were still looking at each other, it was basically gold for Faulkner. Unbelievable. I'm sure that is the word on the people watching Faulkner, including Vos and Lopecky.
Great race by Faulkner!
I was screaming for Kristen!!! Thank you Chris so much!!!
Mon -mon-trai…..it took me a while to figure it out. Maybe because I am French🙂
I love your show !
Three cheers for Kristen Faulkner! Yay Alaska!
Amazing race. Whoever tried to follow would have risked missing podium. Vos and Kopecky looking at each other in acknowledgement that they're gonna sprint for silver. Blanka Vas deserved a medal as well.
Dygart was a strategic crash to propel the USA to victory, ya knuckleheads.😄😄😄
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My thoughts exactly! Strategic masterpiece! 😂
It's called 'taking one for the team...' 😉
Although I understand the perceptions that the lack of response and working together by the three after Faulkner attacked was some fear that they would help the others win and/or beat them out of a medal, consider that Faulkner appears to be a bigger, stronger rider, she has a track rider’s power and sprinting speed, her explosive attack indicated she was fresh and lit, and perhaps the three other VERY experienced riders were relatively tired and quickly settled for hanging with each other to battle it out out for silver and bronze.
Faulkner, btw, will race on the Olympic track soon. 😮😂❤
Fantastic race. ❤
Mont Montrey - I thought you covered a different race for a while..
What an amazing ride by Faulkner ! Unexpected Gold for us right there.
Vos means fox. Vas means iron.
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@@ChrisHornerCycling and Hungarian S is SH, so it's Vash
That was an epic race. Some interesting chat going on at Lantern Rouge around team sizes being key to why these races have been so good. It'd be interesting to hear your thoughts on why these races were so good and if you have any similar thoughts on why.
I wonder if Bob Roll knows how much Chris disses him…
Yes. He does. I don’t hide it. And it didn’t start today. Way back in July of 2019. But during the Vuelta last year when Bob can’t remember who the American was that won, it even though he worked along side me. Everything that happens after that is his fault if he never learned how to race a bike. 😂🦚🦋
Why would Bobke care?
@@ChrisHornerCycling Well, he would know, but I don't think Bobke has much clue of what's going on around him
Roll try to be way too predictable in his comments way before the races and so many time he feels sorry he was so wrong haha , I have seen that for many years his commentating.
It’s shame , you watch beginning of the race the long breakaway of unknown riders and none of them ( commentators ) could tell us who the riders were , instead BS on other subjects.
Well, before criticizing Bob Roll too much, perhaps Chris Horner should take a shot at describing a race in real time. It must be hard to analyze what's happening when the Peacock commentators can't control what they are seeing -- they just get a feed. And it seems that Bob has to spend a good bit of time correcting his "play-by-play" companion, even when it's Phil Liggett.
No radio in races is the way to go.
That race for silver was wild
I think Kopecky burned too many matches catching up after the crash. She was clearly done when her and Faulkner caught Vos. Truly impressive ride and final statement attack by Faulkner 💪💪💪
You were right... 8am watching 😂👍🦋👊
At 3km to go the Dutch and and Belgian riders would rather not work together to catch the eventual winner only a few seconds ahead. Madness not to risk it all with the gold medal chance within grasp.
Poor Blanka Vas. She was perfect to let Kristen go. But then nothing from Vos and Kopecky.😱🦋
Vos and Kopecky were so arrogant. Because they thought they were better anyway, they let Faulkner go. In the end they lost gold. I wonder how can they be so stupid 🙈
Extremely smart and tactical race by Faulkner. Very happy for her. She rode a perfect race.
What a heroic and smart move to jump at 3.2km. Bravo.... ❤🎉🎉🎉
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Friendly correction: it's "Butte Montmartre", not "Mount Monterey".
What do you expect from a hick high school dropout?
I had so many problems with that name.👊🦋
@@ChrisHornerCycling Pronounced mon-mart. The first t is silent. The re at the end is not pronounced but just makes the last t pronounced. Great work on the commentary though. Thanks!
A hard earned and well deserved Gold for Faulkner, and a deserved Knucklehead award for Dygart. 😂 Seriously though, I think that’s the best road race I have seen in many years of racing and watching racing. Epic.
Great ride Kristen!
Karma exists…KF was robbed because she wore a blood sugar monitor- due to the UCI deciding athlete safety is always a low priority- now she wins the biggest prize in women’s cycling. That’s chapeau to her, to EF Cannondale ( THAT paint scheme..yuk!) and to
Faulkner attacks, the rest 3 be like: hold on, we are not in a hurry, lemme tell you a funny story-so just the other day…..😂😂😂😂
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Marianne Vos is pronounced "Fuss". V in Dutch means F 😊
I enter Hungaria after every +3 hour ride.
How fun was that! Scared the cat when I started yelling at the TV GO..GO..GO!!!! And the second the other 3 stared at each other……game over!
That young lady rode a strong, strong race. She legitimately beat the best ladies in the world. Too bad she didn't post up for a lifetime pic of winning the gold in front of the Eiffel Tower, I think that will be a regret in the future but she'll have that gold medal to make her feel better. Well done!!
I know right that’s what I was thinking. Maybe not post up remco style, but at least sit up a bit and hands up for a pic