Cycling UCI Road World Championships 2011 - Mark Cavendish Elite Race Winner Full HD

[1RadNomad]

Right that's it then, i'm gonna wrap my helmet in cling film too and crush my pals on the Sunday ride.

[TheDoctorPT]

@arklat, he was wearing a skinsuit and a helmet cover. Very aero. They really pulled out all the stops to get Cav this win.

[arklat]

Does anyone know what gear Cavendish was using in the sprint?

[moomoocowpiss]

They're making it rain water bottles



[socorrofilms]

How about Fabu in there at the end?

[SuperColouredPencil]

everytime i watch this, it amazes me how mark can squeeze through in a bunch sprint and still push forward and win, hes a rider who deserves every win he has had so far, here's hoping he has more too

[kapelmuur]

Love him or hate him, you have to admire a guy that can come through that tight mess at 60kph to win it.

[raymito37]

THIS REMIND ME MARIO CIPOLLINI GOOD RACE /////

[JOOREN17]

most boring WC ever!

[itsmemilky]

"cavendish has made his way through!" so epic

[TheMimifur]

I have to watch this every few days because Mark is king. I think he has just won the BBC Spoty. Which would be nice.

[farringtonvids]

@pashut1 mate all golfers do is hit a ball its a pussy sport you may as well do curling he deserves it by a mile he's by far the best on the line up :D

[postcardterry]

The greatest British cyclist of all time - well done Mark,you truly are a British legend!

[pashut1]

PEOPLE don't VOTE BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR FOR HIM BECAUSE HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO WIN HE CAN BE SECOND BUT NOT FIRST I THINK THE GOLFERS DESERVE IT MORE THE LIKES OF CLARKE MUCH MUCH MORE SKILLS THE RIDING A BIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pashut1]

@pashut1 my 3 year old can also ride a bike!!!!!!!

[rejapgee]

@pashut1 Do me two favours, mate - 1. Learn something about cycling 2. Learn how to write in English!!! Idiot...

[adhgkhhgkkgh]

worst reporter ever

[brandawwwwwwwwwg]

That plastic cover on cavs helmet is an aero cover. They have been used on TT helmets for years if you also notice cav isn't wearning a normal jersey shorts kit but an aero skinsuit. The helmet covers are also available for LG, Kask, Casio if your a track guy, and the bell volt should have one by spring time.

[hausken93]

11:34 "That was the most spectacular last two laps you could possibly imagen" ehhh nooo?

[abcdef1234567809ify]

this si why cav needs to be sport personality's of the year and he has green jersey

[kire12344321]

Best world Championship ever by cav

[TheMimifur]

Oh again I watch and cry.l Stannard was magnificent..

[TheMimifur]

It was a McEwenesqe finish. Superb Cav - he learned from the master.

[postcardterry]

Real sport and competitive as ever.Cavendish really is the best athlete in Britain;truly world class!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be voting for him in BBC Sports thing.

[kevinvolkmann]

announcer is a complete faggot...that's all I got....

[earthstick]

Is that cling film around Cav's helmet?

[independentmind1977]

@earthstick It's driving me crazy, I can't figure out what that shell on his helmet is, looks like the Specialized boys have something up their sleeve. Could be to make the road helmet more aero???

[earthstick]

@independentmind1977

My guess is the team it's cling film that the team put on to make it more aero. If Specialized wanted to do that wouldn't they just supply an aero helmet instead of covering up the vents.

[yoplait321]

real shame Hushovd wasn't there in the end to defend his jersey :/

[TheMimifur]

Thank you so much for posting this. I've come here tonight for a different reason - not my normal "let's have a bit of Cav success" but just for a bit of sport is good reason. I just read the news about Dan Wheldon and I have been a fan of his for over a decade cos I think you can like cycling and the motor sports, and Dan has just been killed in an absolutely horrendous accident in racing in the US. To watch this is a little bit stopping of tears.

[87peloton]

Fantastic win by Cav, he will have a great season at Sky

[manxfelipe]

@somland12 That's why I think all types of rider, not just the all rounders, should be able to have a chance at the rainbow jersey at least once in their career. I mean, more often than not the course will be made to suit an all rounder as there are more of them in the peloton and as you say they make for more unpredictable races, but one year the course should be suited to sprinters & another it should be for mountain goats like Joaquim Rodriguez to give them a chance to be World Champion also.

[manxfelipe]

@somland12 I hear what you're saying and don't disagree that courses like Varese and Geelong clearly produce more exciting races than the pan flat course in Copenhagen, and let's face it the race that Cadel Evans won 2 years ago on the hilly Mendrisio course was one of the best days of racing that season, but if you love cycling I think you got to be able to appreciate all the different aspects of it and part of that is the sprint finishes and a team working together to deliver their man.

[MrCinealta]

06:16 "Cavendish has made it through,  Oh he's Done it, Cavendish has done it!"

[MrCinealta]

I leapt from my sofa and shouted yes! when i was watching this live. it felt special, for me it's the greatest team performance ever in any sporting event by a team from the UK. And it was truly from the UK with Englishmen, a Scotsman and Welshman (and a Kenyan) all playing their part. What makes it so special is that anyone who knows cycling, knows its the ultimate team sport, and this team competed against the best riders and teams in the world, and on that day they beat them all.

[Holmenkollen11]

@MrCinealta ..And Wiggins the Belgian:) but do you seriously consider this better than winning the World Championships in football or rugby, better than winning the Champions League in '68? For me it was just business as usual, only this time Cav had no standard leadout.

[MrCinealta]

@Holmenkollen11

yes mate 'cause it was 3 years of planning, putting old disputes behind them and pledging to one single cause. Only one member of the team will ever wear the rainbow jersey but true to word every team member showed the sort of self sacrifice on the day to take Cav to the last 500m that made it truly epic. You mention Wiggins, his turn was incredible. If its business as usual, how come it's not happened since 1965. Youmake it sound like no one else was trying to win the race.

[Holmenkollen11]

@MrCinealta Business as usual = Cav winning a sprint.

Reason why GB haven't won a WC since '65 = Rubbish cyclists and no Cav.

It was expected of GB to put down the worka, and they did so very well, especially Froome and Wiggins. That last turn on the front by Wiggins was close to superhuman. And of course the other teams tried to win, don't think I implied it. But there was really no other outcome than a Cav win, as it was close too impossible to escape on this rather uninteresting course.

[MrCinealta]

@Holmenkollen11

Fair points. Although I still think its way better than kicking or chucking a ball about.

[Holmenkollen11]

@MrCinealta Agreed, and hopefully this win will bring about more respect for the sport in GB.

[catbells69]

@Holmenkollen11 Sadly, I doubt it.

[MrCinealta]

@Holmenkollen11 and really because I believe that cycling at this level is the greatest sport in the world, mainly for all the nuances unique to bike riding that are obvious to anyone who knows it but are hidden to the poor saps that have never taken the time to get to know it.

[richard10661066]

THE GREATEST DAY IN UK CYCLING.

TEAM GB...NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD.

ITS ABOUT TIME.

[TheMimifur]

They can do whatever they think but it doesn't work, Cav just wins.

[exor92]

greipel was more fast, but start in bad position

[TheMimifur]

You see? Mark finds the gap whatever. He wins even if he doesn't have Renshaw or Bernie. It's time that people stopped being nasty about Cav. He is simply the fastest sprinter on the planet.

[CynicalLoner]

This was an exemplary example of an elite road sprint.

Cavendish fortified his status as one of the best road sprinters of all time.

He was boxed in, Accelerated like a squirrel in a moments worth of free space and rocketed by everyone to take the win by a wheel.

Amazing top end speed. Awesome Cavendish.

[Serutos]

Fabian did great, hes not a sprinter and still was able to keep up. Too bad no third place. Congrats to the other teams.

[Gambocontorto]

The winner isn't Cavendish, but it's the British team...

[thomasjohntucker]

i could watch this all day! yes cav, yes british cycling! nice to see the first bloke to pat him on the arm was greipel. rainbow jersey UK!!! Awesome!

[minimefilms]

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cheers!

watch?v=ppnE7CJchJI

[EscapadesBikeTours]

Man I Love watching this stuff. Can't wait for next TDF, this years just made me hungrier for more.

[shaunbaxter91]

Funny to see where Griepel sprinted from to get third..If only he had a better leadout

[TheRelentlessRT]

As a Fabian fan, i would have really liked to see Cancellara leave with both bronze medals. My applause to the podium winners.

[24sebaf1]

amazing, just amazing

[Veloracer100]

Cav soon to be Olympic Champion!!!

[10110david]

One thing i really like about the way Cav's win worked out - this came from true teamwork and 100% commitment from the rest of his team. Too often we see a lot of selfish actions that lead to nothing, however, from his actions and words, Cav is a true team player who deserved and earned everything he got. British cycling can only benefit from this attitude.

[ItsBagBag]

@Anomic100 I've never been a cycling enthusiast, I've followed the tour de France on numerous occasions over the years. But nothing makes me prouder than seeing a fellow Manxman at the top of his sport, I know it truly was an incredible team effort and they all played they're part. Cavendish was the first to mention that!

[mathewawood]

Unsung hero was Wiggins. He averaged 50kmh leading out the pelaton for 8mins at the end of a 250km race. Truly awesome!

[Lukey144]

Commentary.. only a little bit bias.

[somland12]

Nothing against Cav, but what a disgraceful course. Give the sprinters a real challenge, like Geelong or Madrid, instead of this prolonged track race. It devalues the World Championships that the winner have to do virtually nothing prior to the last 200 m.

[mirinzyzzbrahcuz]

@somland12 Too right - it was a procession. Gb were never challenged or threatened with the eventuality of anything other than a bunch sprint because there wasn't even so much as a speed bump to create any sort of selection.

[manxfelipe]

@somland12 Disagree, the course for the Worlds should be varied year on year depending on location and kind of terrain available in order to give all types of riders a chance of winning the Rainbow Jersey during their career. It would be boring if every year the course was like the last 2 in Geelong and Varese with the kind of hill that only favours riders like Gilbert, Evans and Hushovd. I mean, why not have a course that finishes up a mountain one year for the likes of Contador & Schleck?

[somland12]

@manxfelipe It will certainly not be boring with courses similar to Varese and Geelong every year. Those races where the among the most exciting races during their respective seasons. I could mention 20+ riders with a realistic opportunity of winning on those kind of courses. They are very unpredictable and the winner "deserves" it. How many riders where in with a good shout before Copenhagen? 4-5, with one HUGE favourite that also won. Predictable and boring.

[Mercianboy]

@trulyloyale

Cavendish is not the first GB Rainbow Jersey winner - that was Tommy Simpson in 1965.

[gobebo123]

great video btw! really good quality!

[gobebo123]

who is the commentator? funniest bit of commentry

[dirtdoggg]

Mark is so BOSS.

[hari4270]

Two bad losers clicked dislike .Oh dear how sad.

Mark Cavendish world champion. You can't argue with that.

[anc6368]

Oh shut up you tart!

[Trulyloyale]

2 times world champion on road , ALL , I'm gonna repeat ALL great classics won some of which even 4 times , 2 times world champ in cross , 260 other wins in Tour and Giro stages and in other classic and lesser stage tours , be smart enough to tell " you don't understand nothing of cycling " to yourselves, 'cos you're stepping the clueless attitude and embarrassing ignorance of the various " internet cycling " experts .

Maybe YOU don't realize how little is what this guy has done till now

[Trulyloyale]

compared to some great LEGENDS ( if you know the meaning ) of cycling history !!

At last I'd invite the same clueless "internet cycling " experts not to mention track cycling at all , in adv of their same dignity , 'cos track cycling since at least 12 years and even more at present days is made by a minority

and it's ALL upon cheating and getting doped ( bradley wiggins and the whole UK track cycling team is a fine example of it ) !!

No need to add more

[aliuk14]

@Trulyloyale Get on your bike and challenge any one of those cyclists, if you dare, name a sport where doping/drugs does not take place. At least in cycling it is well known people have and proberly doping now, however look back at the great cover ups through time. 1988 Seoul Olympics every 100m finalist (males) the whole field have doped? And then 2004 Olympics, and 2006 Winter Olympics - teams running home to avoid court action?

[Trulyloyale]

@aliuk14 I get on my bycicle almost every day since my 10 when I have the chance.

I'm from Italy, like saying along with France Belgium and Netherlands and since over than 100 years the homeland of cycling , so trust me when I tell you that I know cycling and I know what I'm talking about ....

Cycling is not the only sport contaminated by doping use ? Obviously it's not, track & field , swim ,

football are also with different rakns touched too , so what .....?

[Trulyloyale]

No offence, but such an argument is so weak and looks so pathetic : there are sports like f.i. sail or shooting or fencing or diving in which doping is not only unknown but also it would useless and even costly and there are countries like Italy f.i. that since years have enforced their fight to doping , that have the most stringent antidoping parameters and the most advanced law ( a rare exception looking at our corrupt politicians ) on doping in the world and in which doping tests are

[Trulyloyale]

made for true and not for fake and they're taken very seriously ( in fact Di Luca, Basso , Piepoli and other cyclists have all been tested, caught and sanctioned in Italy with no mercy for any of them no matter they're Italian ) .

Anyway if you check carefully my comment I said Cavendish is probably the best sprinter in da world , he deserved his victory and he made it right , but don't be ridiculous and clueless in calling him NOW the best sprint rider of all times , 'cos that's a funny joke.

[sammieboy714]

Only one cyclist deserve to become world champion , everyone who follows cycling knows who i mean ;) but the parcours was perfect for cavendish , a tornado with a strong team what helped him a lot.

[Trulyloyale]

For those wasp trolls who stubbornly make fools of themselves by exagerating their

landmate's place in the history of cycling , about which they look even more clueless than they are about cycling itself , and who type utter nonsenses only upon ridiculous chauvinism ......beyond any level of childish ignorance , hands off from true legends of cyclism who won much before cavendish many more races and in much more greater eras of cyclism.

Afetr you have checked , f.i., De Vlaminck's palmares

[manxfelipe]

@Trulyloyale On another note, Mark Cavendish is from an island of ONLY 80000 people, which is famous for motorbike racing not cycling and doesn't have anywhere near the same level of cycling competition or development as the traditional great countries of the sport like Italy, France, Spain and Belgium so his performance and results are equally, if not more, impressive than any of the legends you refer to!

[rds106]

@manxfelipe i think british cyclings development program is as advanced as any other in the world, no to take anything away from a great champion

[AndyElche2]

For those casting doubts on Cav's greatness...20 TdF stage victories will of course increase considerably over the next 4 years. So when hes won his 30 + victories,added to his stages in the GIRO ( 7 ) and La Vuelta ( 3 )..adding to his Rainbow Jersey, and World track championship Golds...maybe then you'll all realise how special this boy is....some people denying this understand nothing about Cycling.

[TheAncientCoil]

Brilliant team effort, great finish by Mark....superb, who'd have thought I'd have lived to see the day a British World Champion would be crowned, Back in the late 70s/80s we only had Robert Millar in the top echelon of riders with a couple of good domestiques in the pro teams.At Goodwood, you just hoped a few British riders might make it round, let alone win. Yet yesterday, the team was dominant, riders on the front nearly the whole of the race, fantastic last lat by Bradley. AMAZING.

[TheAncientCoil]

Brilliant team effort, great finish by Mark....superb, who'd have thought I'd have lived to see the day a British World Champion would be crowned, Back in the late 70s/80s we only had Robert Millar in the top echelon of riders with a couple of good domestiques in the pro teams.At Goodwood, you just hoped a few British riders might make it round, let alone win. Yet yesterday, the team was dominant, riders on the front nearly the whole of the race, fantastic last lat by Bradley. AMAZING.

[Trulyloyale]

It needed the easiest if not the most ridiculous track ever to make a rider from Great Britain win their 1st Pro world title ever ! )))

Hopefully the UCI will not give their approvation anymore to such kinda poor and lacking track because this is trash-cycling and nothing else .

Cavendish the best sprinter in da world ? That's for sure , by the way I strongly recommend a few wasp people not to make fools of themselves by posying their typically clueless asinine comments >>

[Trulyloyale]

>> and funny bs , Caveman has only won a Pro Elite road cycling world race and telling he's the best sprinter of all times, even better than legends of sprint  like De Vlaeminck, Maertens, Sercù, Cipollini, Van Steenbergen and so on is really hilarious ! )))

[blogg33333]

Brilliant!



[aubosc]

Copenhagen FTW!

[Superdriverxx1]

" ..with what's been called ..." correction in my below comment .

[Balloburn]

GB cycling is in a golden age, I'm enjoying the ride.

[MrJmitchell13]

Too bad Gilbert and his team simply weren’t good enough to disrupt the brilliance of Cavendish and his team....

[FoothillsPrepper]

53x11 baby!



[mirinzyzzbrahcuz]

what a shame, after the year he's had, Gilbert really deserves the rainbow bands. Too bad the uci made a course where 265.8 of the 266km may as well not have been there.

[AnEvilScotsman]

YESSS! What a hero!

[pastorniels]

Of course a sprinter wins i Denmark. Our country is about as flat as a pool-table. Well mayby not, but compared to the Alpes or Pyrenes in France/Spain we are.

[Superdriverxx1]

ehm ..... to tell the truth the toughest climbs are in Italy , both in Alpes' Italian side and even tougher those of northeast Dolomiti . French climbs also are so tough (  hors catégorie ) , spanish instead are just average that's why Vuelta has always been utter compared to Tour and Giro .

Complaining x the flat circuit is like blaming the downhill x being fast, something bizarre & nonsensed : once in a while periodically they set a world championship race x sprinters ,

[Superdriverxx1]

well that may be a bit tougher and a bit more competitive than this year's race, but the same a race meant x sprinters cant be as tough and selective as some ask !!

So congrats on Cavendish x his victory and x being such a skilled sprinter , but I don't agree with what it's been called " the golden age of GB cycling " since british medals and victories in track cycling are all upon a massive and incredibly allowed use of enhancing substances, otherwise said doping ....!!

London 2012 is coming

[gervais412]

Mark Cavendish.World Champion.

[wwtdd1]

Fastest man in the world is finally going to wear the jersey the fastest man is suppose wear.

[openbath]

I think I could watch this over and over again.

[AndyElche2]

Brad Wiggins, David Millar absolutely brilliant in controlling the race...then lock and load probably the Worlds greatest ever Sprinter...destroys the field without them knowing...What absolute theatre! Well done CAV

[tonyrycyk]

47 years of age and Ive been on a bike for the last two years because of Team GB and Miller, Cav, Bardman,etc well done to you all and Thanks

[mynameisjonnytwotime]

@tonyrycyk you must be getting a sore bo-bo by now tony

[labrossi0517]

without the crash, Arashiro could get a better result :(

[bedatse]

@OldschoolMetalDeath Cycling is a team sport, a true all-rounder also needs a team support to win a cycling classic or cycling tour. Unless the cyclist ride in a superhumanly way, aka doping.

Kudos to GB team's sacrifices and dedication. Kudos to Mark since even he has one of the strongest lead-out train to deliver him to a good position, he still had to have his own prowess to jump away and win.

[kinered]

I wonder which gear ratio did use Cav at finish, his cadence at 6.22 is anormally slow (or maybe the route is soft climb). Look like 54x11.

[nathanong87]

@kinered the finish was a slight* uphill finish.

[OldschoolMetalDeath]

First thing I thought when I heard cavendish won: "oh... how boring". I reckon the course should be for the strongest man, and not for a lead out train.

[OldschoolMetalDeath]

@OldschoolMetalDeath well... i probably should have watched first before I commented... let me qualify: should be for the strongest man means that it shouldnt end in a bunch sprint.

[OldschoolMetalDeath]

Respond to this video... Or you could say: "the strongest man is not usually the fastest man, therefore, a sprinter is not that likely to win it, but a true all rounder".

[davejheath]

Epic win for sure.

Go King Cav!

Great to see the whole UK team doing so well this year.

[stokecfan]

he deserves so much more recognition in Britain, awesome athlete.

[dan32113]

@stokecfan a sprinter is only as good as his team, its Cavendish who wins the title but the whole team deserve part of that rainbow jersey! they rode there ass off for Cavendish, thats the truth.

[Techgeek390]

@stokecfan Definitely, he isn't a footballer though so a lot of people don't care.

[SummerTheFuzzy]

Brilliant win !! Awesome charge at the finish

[0scooters]

Not to mention the fact that the pre menu page has an interview with Cav as the winner right at the top. No big news here except for the fact that 2012 is going to be lackluster for the rainbow jersey unlike Thor's fantastic year in rainbow. Have another one Gruff old pal...

[gruffydd1000]

Shame idiots like you have to put the result in the title. Came here to watch it not knowing the result. You're not the only tool who's done that though. Fuck you very much.

[ZAMENE09]

@gruffydd1000 You are the idiot here. Most of the people do want to know who the winner is and that is why they watch it here in youtube. If you want the whole race why the heck r u here!?!

[VERANCO]

A great victory and he is the best sprinter all time before Cippolini (Italy) and Maertens (Belgium)

A great world champion although Gilbert was the best this year.

[readikus]

GB loves Cav!

[legrandmaitre]

It would be nice to think so, but I expect the BBC has already found a way of fixing the SPOTY so that a darts player wins!

[paulcuthbert]

Hopefully Cav will get some real recognition at home now. Fantastic win!