Cancellara’s Descent « An Ordinary Cyclist

[ARX7ARBALESTZ7]

can't get honked at for going too slow now!

[KevoRidesFit]

This is literally the best video my eyes have ever gazed upon. True Art

[MrDazp1]

This is right up there as one of the most amazing sporting videos ever. fuck me. Ace. fucking ace x 2 Loved it.

[dahgutone]

That man can descend.

[Superiorer]

I really hope to see Boonen and Cancellara dueling for the classics again this year. Doesnt matter who wins for me, those 2 riders arent afraid to ride for the victory. Most dont ride at all to ensure their 7th place.

[octapotamus]

is that the wall that took Wouter at :56 ?

[DestroyTheseWalls]

@octapotamus seriously bro.....what the fuck?

[octapotamus]

@DestroyTheseWalls Language "bro". I meant no disrespect, and I think you'd need to be a bit uptight to infer any from my question.

[DestroyTheseWalls]

@octapotamus you say it like it was nothing. Its like saying wow is that the cross that took out JC? or Wow is that the bullet that KO'd Kennedy?

Show some respect when you ask a question concerning our fallen brothers

[octapotamus]

@DestroyTheseWalls you must be fun at parties. Get a grip boy. When I'm dead I'll be fine with people using normal language re me and my passing. Death is no big deal, this is something we all must come to terms with, hopefully before we go, but definitely after. This cheerless and altogether overly grave attitude you expect is really rather contrived. Preach on you supercilious prat, I'm done.

[octapotamus]

@DestroyTheseWalls I just saw your age. I'm sorry, it all makes sense now. Sorry for calling you a prat, but supercilious definitely. One day you'll understand I'm sure, but for now, feel free to carry on knowing everything and telling others how to speak.

[ChuChuTrainization]

Cancellara was descending the Col de Serra Secca in 2009 and Wouter was descending the Passo del Bocco.

[vjekomirski]

This man is an artist:)

[michalprav]

4:06 to 4:24 is just epic. How even the camera cannot keep up barely. Great bikeriding skills honestly

[michalprav]

simply amazing. When I top 50 mph downhill I have fear i nmy eyes...For him it is just casual business hehe

[innismor11]

Great music with this vid -- very fitting!!! He's a maestro on the descent!! (and the time trial!!)

[Beenom1]

It's even harder for the cameramen on the motorbikes, they have to ride the same speeds on a less agile vehicle, they've got balls

[keennyyy1]

he's a specialist!

[keennyyy1]

hate the music...

[mrsolofeo]

No, An "Extraordinary" Cyclist!

[ikkenienwel]

music made me switch to other vid !!!!

[mrsolofeo]

Wonder how many times Cancellara said "Oh shit!" on this decent?

[JeDaaRe1]

@mrsolofeo Zero.

[fjbutch]

Road got a little crowded for awhile there...good vid...

[MrTmw1966]

Make this available for mobile please.

[johntkooz]

awesome music.

[johntkooz]

@johntkooz gotta love the mozart!

[wespuerta]

fuckn crazy

[zyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

is that fabian cancellara or valentino rossi?

[ekyang531]

My god he's fast....

[Blakcdevill]

this song sucks

Cancellara = GOD



[DeadmausasLTU]

just like me...

[molimhvalaizvoli]

great choice of music! thumbs up if you agree

[ChuChuTrainization]

mozart ftw! Symphony No. 25 1st Movement

[rambopavka]

Where is this race? Nice road ....

[jonesgez]

@rambopavka do u mean what is the race? and if so the yellow jersey gives it away

[rambopavka]

@jonesgez No, where you drove this stretch of the race ?

[xchopp]

Damn cars are in his way!

[strangefacekid]

I love riding my bike soooooooooo much. It really is the most enjoyable thing I have found in life. I've been doing it since I was 4 years old. My Dad took me to the top of a big hill in the park, threw me down it until I could ride. When I got my balance, I didn't stop. Ever since then it has given me the greatest feeling of escape. Everything dissapears & nothing matters. Without access to a bicycle I would be ruined. Best fucking thing since the wheel........

[iambendavis]

i remember this. the reason why he behind the peleton because he was taking a piss. then he was doing close to 100km down the hill :O

[markliversedge]

Anyone whos done A101 at the OU will have listened to this music so many times they will ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! :)

Spartacus rocks tho!

[120buach]

I've watched this so many times that I really got to like the music and bought it, and I don't normally listen to classical.

Beautiful descent. I wish I was even half this good :-)

[petetube99]

No poor quality rock music or tacky dance music?

At last a video with some taste.

[dafb3ta]

Go Spartacus!

[MrLymer]

the best... there's nothing to say : it's just beautiful !

can anyone tell me what is the title of the music please ? Thanks

Quelqu'un connait le nom de la musique svp ? merci

[hari4270]

Aaaaannnnnndddddd back in the race.

[TyRaidd]

Last time I did this in a race, some guy right next to me went into the back of a team car at 60k/hr.

[innismor11]

How to get like this. Easy. Spend 5-7 hours a day on your bike in the mountains for decades. You just may get there. Away you go. Amazing.

[getplaning]

Still the most beautiful sport in the world.

[MrBeboopman]

le monster..... amazing control.

[yapmadur]

treatise on cornering

[KeithFlint350]

Motorcyclist and cameraman are also amazing

[ClockCutter]

Wow. Cancellara looks terrible. That's surprising. Ordinary, indeed. 

[Shahe5]

If one realizes the POTENTIAL a bicycle has... You'll love your bike like you have never before... Some look at it as that "thing" in their garage... Some look at it as their BEST asset... Like these guys... I consider mine one of my favourite assets, too... I love biking.

[conorcurran1]

A true graceful rider

[mekore]

i really wish i commute like this everyday.....

[thepatternsrepeat]

Lol i was yelling at the SAG wagons and camera men to get the fuck out of the way as i was watching this...

[patsfan1244]

the schlecks are thinking " i wish i could descend better" when watching this video

[00great226]

3:34 that was close!

[KVanAcker1]

I live in Flanders (northside of Belgium). The landscape is so damn flat... But I'm addicted to riding in the Belgian Ardennes and the French cols... It's soooo damn satifying to suffer from doing a hard and seamingly endless climb and then descend at +60 km/h... ADRENALINE AND ENDORFINE!!!! I take a deep bow to all pro-riders such as Cancellara who make descending look like a walk in the park ;) If you ever do major descends, be carefull. xx rest in peace Wouter Weylandt... xx

[ERICELM]

That looks awesome but I find it ridiculous that has to weave through traffic, what a scandal! And what about all the exhaust he is forced so suck in too?? geez I would bug out.

[iReVoLuTioNzZzZ]

@ERICELM the "traffic" was team cars from the event, and they are entitled to be there:)

[bcook1670]

if this is not poetry in motion i dont know what is.

[juanton37x]

Thiiiisss nigggaa iss booookin.



[slaphaddalztick]

awesome if just a little scary to watch!

[graysonfromohio]

Cancellara is a MACHINE!

[elveezultra]

@graysonfromohio

no he used the machine watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVE

[DLYX5]

he make it looks so easy. Great riding skills

[eXPerienceyeah]

Wow, the Euro Sport Live coverage is far better than ITV4

[hennnnerz]

@eXPerienceyeah they both use the same images, only the commentary + ad breaks are different

[mearkb]

Bike handling masterclass... what a legend that man (machine) is!

[Teghead]

Should the title not read "Cancellara's descent >> An ordinary cyclist"

rather than CD << aOC ?

[innismor11]

"Welcome back, Fabian," they said. Lol! Beautiful to watch.

[Bobs482]

But man, what a beast. I have so much respect for Fabian.

[Bobs482]

If I listened to music while I rode, this would be perfect for descents, as well as Wagner.

[kjbarca10717]

motorcyclist can't keep up

[tanto23]

vaya avión! es dios este tio

[tmz1007]

4:00 - 4:25 looks like fast forward

[Xoooley]

and how much time did he win in this descen? He was obviously faster than the others because he catched up to the others, but how much seconds was he faster than the others?

[Xoooley]

How come he was 11minutes behind the Peloton? Did he have a puncture or something?

[shmana]

What happened here? Why was he so far back? ad what does the 11'13" mean?

[fishandsteak]

@shmana He punctured near the top of the climb, and when his team mates dropped back he waved them on - obviously saying "I'll catch you up later". The 11'13" is how far the yellow jersey was to a small escape group ahead of the main peloton.

Spartacus is probably the best bike handler in the pro peloton at speed.

[shmana]

@fishandsteak Ahh ok. Thanks man.

[markcaver1]

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....

[ffiaux]

@ErisTheVorta LOL he was envious at the time anyway LOL

[donotlookatthesun]

2:17 - casually checks out the scenary...

[gzg1215]

with team trial coming back to the tour this year.....andy schleck will greatly benefit!

[fozzie111]

@gzg1215 sure as hell he did. Geez, he and his brother didn't do anything, yet still saxo went so fking fast =0

[jackwills101]

i'm in tears watching this...........

[ashatbracks]

The 4 people who disliked this listen to Justin Bieber l0lz

[Triple777ER]

@ashatbracks What does this video have anything to do with Justin Bieber cocksnob

[pizzagorgonzola]

@Triple777ER think :)

[SwampThizzle]

Do you faggots understand how silly and stupid bicycle racing is? Faggy little tights and a gay little helmet? Eurotrash homosexuals, the whole lot of you.

[Sammyfest]

@SwampThizzle Commenting on a cycling video makes you the king!

[Tardigrades1]

@SwampThizzle Do you have a banjo and a secret longing for your own "little piggy"? You only comment like that because it turns you on.

[Andythefunkman]

a master for descents

[jeemahn]

@JaDaaRe1 Pretty sure he had just made a "nature" stop. Would've been about 1 - 2 mins behind the peloton by the time he took off after them.

[fahim113]

This isnt sport....its art!

[JeDaaRe1]

How did he get such a big disadvantage before this descent? Anyone?

[paxplayalong]

@JeDaaRe1 He punctured the tire

[JeDaaRe1]

@paxplayalong Thanks ;-)

[Ice2watcher]

Swiss people know how to handle mountains.

[vojkovicb]

Time difference stays the same... 

[NPP62]

AWESOME.....nothing more to be said really.

[NPP62]

AWESOME.....nothing more to be said really.

[93nikolas93]

its an art..

[ffiaux]

Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck and Lance Armstrong hit the dislike button

[skiitswitch]

@ffiaux I think any cyclist can appreciate Fabian's super-human descent ability

[ffiaux]

@skiitswitch sure! but it was a joke.

[Bouchaneusmc]

@ffiaux Don't know why Schleck would hit the dislike after all they are like best friends. Seeing as they have been one what three different teams together? Go Fabian though of course :) But tbh Contador isnt and never has been threatened by Fabian and nor was lance ever worried about him. He is a TT rider and he won't win the tour unless he becomes a climber. With that said that doesn't make him NOT a special rider. After all... I typed his name in on google to watch badass videos of the dude:)

[ffiaux]

@Bouchaneusmc I know... I know... come on guys, it was a joke!

[ffiaux]

@Bouchaneusmc I just started that joke because Andy Schleck, Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador were the 3 yellow jersey contenders in 2009. I wasn't really talking about being jealous on Fabian's bike handling skills. Ok?

[borya2007]

@ffiaux No alberto no !

[sawyerbobby]

@ffiaux the fourth one is cavendish

[kafrovic]

@ffiaux and their girlfriends... (6) :P

[FootballerUS]

@ffiaux cause that makes a lot of sense..

[stilar1]

@ffiaux and now Tony Martin, Tom Boonen and Flecha also

[brouxb]

@ffiaux Tony Martin, Bradley Wiggins, David Millar, David Zabriskie, Gustav Erik Larson, Cadel Evans and Thor Hushovd.  those are the one's who hit dislike.

[geofourletour]

Cancellara's descent<< An extraordinary cyclist

[mheaven26]

4:20mins amazing stuff

[khaderach19]

anyone know if they do amateur bike tours in france, that road is gorgeous.

[thebrainiac1]

his bike control at these speeds is insane. wish I could do that :)

[didj33]

I wish there was a love button!

[TheConejo2011]

man, he has a good set of wings/legs....glad his guardian angel was with him.

[Nnelg9111]

7:25 Caisse d'Epargne Rider: where the hell did he came from?

[ffiaux]

@Nnelg9111 LOL i always think of that every time i watch this. Also think he could be thinking "sh*t, how did he do that?"

[a1robify]

Wow, some commitment through the turns. The motorbike even has trouble keeping as much speed through them and it looks as tho he almost puts it into the wall! 

[MattS6993]

3 people have no balls

[thePonyRabbit]

what an excellent choice of music... masterpiece

[toshmund]

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!

[DanRedeye]

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.

[ffiaux]

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.

[logansites]

@calcons

he just had a flat tire and was catching up on the descent. the 11:13 and 11:18 was to the breakaway up the road.

[calcons]

7:30 to gain a whole 5 seconds back. . . . . he was 11:18 behind at the start of the video and 11:13 behind at the end. Nice to see a solo descent, but he was only keeping up with the pack in front.

[hagenar]

@calcons At first, he's over 5" behind the last team car. The time gap at top left is generally from the breakaway back to the main peloton, not someone off the back. The yellow jersey symbol was based on he assumption that he was still with the main pack. He likely pulled back a minute on a peloton that was reeling in the breakaway (see Astana pulling at 3:20).

[cfgauss71]

So, basically all that effort just to catch up with the pack?

[marlo916]

@cfgauss71 fool, he's lapping them. on a stage course! thats how good he is

[ffiaux]

@cfgauss71 He was holding the yellow jersey, isn't that enough? Being the last and more than 10 minutes behind isn't a good thing at all and the cyclist can get disqualified depending on how much he makes for a last place.

[ffiaux]

Look for stage 7 tour de france 2009. There's a lot of places like this in France, don't worry about it! Take a look at google maps, find some place else and enjoy!

[howieboy62032914]

Could someone tell me exactly where this is please? I'm going on holiday to the south of France soon and have to go driving around there - it looks fucking incredible!

[hagenar]

@howieboy62032914 At that moment they were descending the Port del Compte towards Organya over the border in Spain.

[rlewie18]

that was amazing!

I noticed at about 5:23 he starts to wobble his legs, i've seen a fair few pro blokes do this on tv, Why do they do it? is it to offset lactic acid or something?

[ffiaux]

@rlewie18 yes sure, i remember watching this live, it was a hard pursuit, he was in the back, the last, and had to chase the peloton. I remember he also uncliped his feet and stretched the muscles which is not on this video. He also reaches for some kind of food with the team car and also in his pocket. I think this is not a full video of the pursuit. He had some problems that day.

[MrScryTech]

that´s pure ART

[MrChangCJ]

a miscalculation at 0:50 and cancellara will be cancelled.

[fryderykchopin]

He doesn't fear death

[willthegiraffe]

So is he averaging 42.3Km/h?

Anyone want to check my maths?

[FlintF]

@willthegiraffe More like 70 and up ... . One wonders how they practice for something like this. It was probably mentioned some posts before, but can anyone put a date on this?

[fransnyblom]

@willthegiraffe

I took the distance between 72,3 and 66,5 (5,8 km), clocking him to 6 min 30 sec (0,10834 hrs). => 5,8/0,10834 = avg speed 53,5 km/h

[samahrax]

@fransnyblom The distance shown at the top is for the leaders, so it doesn't really apply to someone 11 minutes behind.

[TheQualityclips]

one wrong move at 0:50 and no more Cancellara.. even the cameraman got scared

[ffiaux]

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).

[curlygerhard]

Veni Vidi Vici Spartacus Cancellara

[Asterixarcher]

If only it was in hd..... =(

[orecca]

Amazing decent ! Cancellara is the best !

[Rikjanse]

Best decent I've ever seen live on television! By far..

[luckypuckypucky]

3:34 driver says: OMG

[alajet]

brilliant piece of footage. music is perfect.

[jeanajaltouni]

LA CLASSE !

[kirkey99]

Blasted cars are messing up his game!

[SL3Tarmac]

2010 Tour - He catches the peloton in an epic way. What a great cyclist!

[110csw]

You can almost hear him: "Get out of the way. No brakes!"

I bet he called for new shorts at about 50 seconds when the bend tightened up with a long drop to the left. Superb control with not a waver. Over 44 mph. I come down a steep hill near me at 40mph and I couldn't steer like that.

[TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

can't climb but he is good in the flats

[MusicalManchild77]

Many more popular sports in the world...BUT These ARE the Greatest Athletes in the World...Dope or not...take a look at football, baseball, and all the others ...I Rest My Case....Not one of them could survive 1 day of this Tour...

[scattam]

@MusicalManchild77 I agree with you that they're the greatest athletes in the world, but that's not a very good argument. Fabian wouldn't do very well in a boxing ring. That doesn't make boxers the best athletes in the world.

[MusicalManchild77]

Trust in that S Works Steed...

[MusicalManchild77]

Not the greatest climber but this is Poetry Kids...Nobody leans a bike quite like Fab....Downhill and Trials are all part of it too. The Roman Killer....You cud not have picked better music...Epic!

[clayker39]

I love him. but he is absolutely insane

[NunoHD]

The traffic jam delayed him...otherwise he would arrive earlier!!!

[yazzazy0]

SPARTACUS

[manecas771]

he is all but he isnt ordinary...he is the best!