2010 Tour de France - Fabian Cancellara Reacts to Stage 3

[tommycarstensen]

@messiasVi

A: Contador was a GC contender and 2009 winner.

B: So?

C: So?

D: They have TVs in the cars from the DSs. On stage 15 (and many other stages) the TV in the Astana car was broken. Contador therefore didn't know about Andy's mechanical problem due to poor change of gears.

E: Contador didn't attack on stage 15. He simply followed Sanchez and Menchov. However on stage 3 Cancellara did go at the front of the pack and increased the pace, so Contador couldn't catch up because of the sidewind.

[tommycarstensen]

Why didn't Andy wait for Contador on this stage? I thought he was all about fair play?

[messiasVi]

@tommycarstensen

A: Contador didn't wear the yellow yersey

B: Contador had all his team mates around

C: It was not one of the decicive mountain stages, simply a flat one in the beginning of the Tour

D: How could Andy see everyone that crashed, there were too many riders, the hole peleton!

E: Andy didn't attack, but just continued riding with the peleton

It's a codex in cycling, that you should not take advantage (attack) at the moment when the yellow yersey crashes or has technical problems.

[chsspartan]

i began cracking up at 0:38 as soon as the music played as the window began to roll up... im like dang he is still a badass

[KenSwiss]

What song is this??

[blueberriejellybean]

"Okay the wheels was maybe other wheels" He is so cute...

[LittleGodOfGods]

@blueberriejellybean hes not cute he is a monster on bike :-)

[Bhousm76]

it would have been so cool to see andy win. either way he gained a lot of attention and support through the 2010 TDF. 2011 is your year Luxembourg!!!!!

[baroh2413]

@Bhousm76 Chris Anker Sørensen is going to take it home for Bjarne Riis in 2011... Andy is a spoiled kid who doesn't have what it takes... it shows in the Time Trials

[Bhousm76]

@baroh2413

a spoiled kid? what would have happened if Andys chain never slipped? He could have potentially won the TDF. and i dont care what anybody says, a winner of the TDF deserves respect. unless your landis.

[baroh2413]

@Bhousm76 Andy has never won it

[Bhousm76]

@baroh2413

there was potential. you cant deny

[goodanswergoodanswer]

@baroh2413 Andy is the best rider out there & will conclusively prove it with a TDF 2011 win!

[goodanswergoodanswer]

Well, Fabian; you are just fab!

[wickedout2010]

Love those cows in green and yellow. Way to represent the Grand daddy of them all. The Tour!!

[UnionCityBlue1]

What a nice guy, great manners, great language skills. Great team spokesman. Very impressed.

[XRedburn]

O melhor no time trial de todos os tempos

[ruben3k5]

im gonna be a better cyclist than both of them watch me

[henridvl1994]

fabian seems a really nice person,

would be great to talk to one day.

[sipisipisip]

With all of the discussions about why Andy didn't wait for Contador here: they came onto the cobbles in different positions, so they weren't fighting in a 'duel' in stage 3 - where as they were fighting a duel in stage 15.. So this was simply a different situation.

[emilram]

@sipisipisip you should know better, 8 seconds.

[theglide88]

lkb.... Chavanel was in Yellow on this day, not Cancellara. Chavanel had 3 punctures on this stage and Cancellara and Schleck attacked him, so by the fair-play logic Cancellara got the Yellow unfairly. I think the Saxo boys are using this "fair-play" only when it is convenient for them. Remember the day before (stage 2) that Contador waited for 2 minutes when Schleck crashed, even though Schleck wasn't in Yellow. But then he wasn't given the same courtesy on the cobblestones...

[drk2aps]

@theglide88 ... Yes but Chavanel was never a GC contender so not quite the same issue. See sipisipisips response re. Contador. However I think Contador would have won GC anyway this year with or without that.

[theglide88]

Schleck didn't wait for Contador... where was the fair-play on this stage?

[lkb3rd]

@theglide88

The yellow jersey wasn't involved, making it a different situation. Cancellara was in Yellow at the time. If Cancellara had crashed, and Schleck or Contador attacked and took the yellow jersey, it would be a good comparison.

[siggem]

Why didnt Andy wait for Contador?

[luloops]

Cows=Cute :D

[ramosFTW]

did cancellara even ride to defend his national champ jersey?

[lupitasosa]

The part when Frank closes the window it's great.

[ponchoso]

those cows are huuuge!

[envisioner]

Good job. I like how this video is edited.

[NaapjusuN]

Sorry for Frank Schleck. But, gotta love the cows =D