this is already better than giro's first 2 weeks lmao

@mondociaociao

11 ай бұрын

the difference is made by the riders (team managers) attitude, I don't not why, but in the Giro they act like coward speculators. My country offers awesome paths and landscapes, the rest depend on the teams/riders.

@DjelQc

11 ай бұрын

@@mondociaociao it was simply due to the monster ITT on stage 20 that neutralized the aggressive racing...blame the route planner, not the riders.

@mondociaociao

11 ай бұрын

@@DjelQc nahhh... tour de france a lot of times placed a beast tt (climb-tt) in the final stages (for example TdF 2020, stages 20, when pogi defeated Rogla) but in the all previous stages the riders battled... I don't understand why when they arrived to my Italy they act like zombies. I'm very sad.

@tannerslomko

11 ай бұрын

Yeah it is. We had so many cool moments today. So many different dimensions to this stage. If it keeps up like this, we’ll have on of the best tours in a while.

@JPL454

11 ай бұрын

I remember thinking the same thing with still 15 km to go

Absolute blast of a kick-off for the TdF. Excited to follow the LR coverage!

Dudes out here with the best cycling coverage and all the people missing the hype train choo choo. Seriously tho, for me as an not so invested cycling fan your vids make me so exited to watch the races live! Keep up the good work

The brothers pulling for Pogs. Yates genius acquisition.

@haroldbishop22

11 ай бұрын

Slightly made a nonsense of the Yates co leader chat tho. Pog the leader, no two ways about it.

@svtinker

11 ай бұрын

@@haroldbishop22 yes, UAE copy Jumbo strategy of co leaders. Beating them at their own game.

@HH-wm7yi

11 ай бұрын

@@svtinker they will have to drop one late in the tour

Perhaps the most beautiful start to the Tour in its history.

yates bros racing each other for the win is all time stuff

Race with Pogi cannot be boring

That Yates guy and the other Yates guy worked really well together... almost looked like they were in sync and fully trusted each other... how?

@lmao7439

11 ай бұрын

I hope its sarcasm

@Ws_07

11 ай бұрын

​@@lmao7439😂

Honestly the best cycling coverage anywhere. I love how this breaks down.

@grahamberrie2462

11 ай бұрын

100% agree

Best highlights, best podcast, best watch party, humor, good looks, incredible analysis. LR has it all!!!

@grahamberrie2462

11 ай бұрын

A nailed comment

Thanks for showing that picture of the 2 Yates embracing after crossing the line. A shame that they didnt show any brotherly interactions between the two after the line..

@pompeymonkey3271

11 ай бұрын

I thought this too.

@pierremaggi8661

11 ай бұрын

Saw it on the French coverage. Was nice and touching

@vincentwibisono4127

11 ай бұрын

Who's ur favourite identical twins?

Great stage! Thanks for the highlights ❤

Thanks LR and Benji for the live watch along today - I'm visiting the US and can't get access to live racing so the watch along was like listening to the race on the radio 👍😁

There should have been police/stewards on the top of the cote de pike. The fans just tore down the fences and were all over the road. Unbelievable.

@WesternUranus

11 ай бұрын

Yeah wtf right ? I don't know what the fans were thinking either, if you want to see attacks then leave some space for it to happen.

@username8644

11 ай бұрын

Yeah zero space for any attacks. I was thinking that when I was watching live.

Love the content! Loved the watch along!!

Thanks - really enjoyed that. Perfect length summary.

What a first stage this was; the fans (although in some places they were severely restricting the width of the road which made it impossible to overtake on the climb in those areas), the terrain, the series of climbs and descents, winding through the small towns of this majestic part of Spain known as Euskadi (Basque Country), the weather, the views, the discipline and concentration in the peloton, the big teams, the individual brilliance of many riders, the road surface and absence of dangerous road furnuture (for the most part at least) - all made for an unbelievable start to the tour. Such a pity to lose Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz though, I hope they recover well. Pogacar showing he's going to put the pressure on already, which was expected anyway. The icing on the cake was the brilliant final 5k pull away and finish by the Yates twins, Adam and Simon. How can anyone not be a fan of the TdF for life after this mouth-watering opening stage?

5:37 that’s me on the right in the KAS cap and Ireland flag! crowd was unreal on Côte de Pike

Huge fan from denmark.. You are my absolute nr 1 KZreadr... Can you talk/tell more about the temperature doing every stage... Anyway... Fantastic work... Go Vindegaard🤞🏼🚴‍♂️

Adam being "co-captain" is just tactically for the media, as he said in interview after the stage win "its all in for pogi the next three weeks" Jonas should, as for now, keep an eye for pogi. If Adam is still in top three in week two he defo should keep an eye on him, but for now jumbo can sit in the shadow and wait for the best moment to attack the yellow. Going to be exciting to see what Skjelmose brings as well after Tour de Swiss, Tom pidcock as well in the mountains, the netflix series really brought that in so good. See you tomorrow

I really enjoyed todays stage. Wasn’t sure if I could recover that fast from watching nearly every giro stage 😂

I live for your TdF videos!!! The best coverage out there!

thank you. rly helpful for a newish fan who can't see these things during the race/official highlights

Excellent clips and commentary 👌🏽 as always 🎉

That was such an enjoyable watch, will be tuning in for the rest of the tour and beyond for sure! Keen to give the podcast a go as well! 🇦🇺

So stoked for your coverage this year.

Le Fey looking back after Pogi looks back as if Pogi isn’t looking back at him. Hilarious.

Jumbo Visma could have closed the gap with the Yates brothers, but they chose not to, because they knew Pocagar would probably win the stage...

@Soli11

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, Jonas isn't stupid. If he closed the gap, Pogacar would just sit on his wheel, attack and win the stage and likely win more time on him. Jonas seemed pretty satisfied after the stage. He definitely preferred Yates winning instead of Pogacar.

@username8644

11 ай бұрын

Still would have been a tough gap to fill. Its not as if the Yates brothers are some random no names lol.

@HvilFred

11 ай бұрын

@@username8644 No, but clearly Jonas remembers Dauphiné

@durbz6657

11 ай бұрын

Agree. It feels like they kept it at the perfect gap. Not too big but also not so small to allow pog to jump across

@clayvianwilliams6125

11 ай бұрын

​@@Soli11pogi and yates gonna gang bang Jonas. If he watch pogi yates gonna attack and take time so at some point he will have to chase and thats when tadej gonna attack. Tadej gonna make Yates do the dirty work.

Vingegaard looking fantastic🎉

@mondociaociao

11 ай бұрын

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

@user-x57620fzmt

11 ай бұрын

Egoistic Pogi fans don't appreciate comments not about how great Pogi is. 👆😂

I thoroughly enjoy your videos bro. Learn sooo much from them. Keep posting!!

Tour de France time is finally here ❤❤❤ Let’s gooooo

Great review and analysis as always. ❤

You do a great job of describing the situation. Thank you sir!

Finallyyy, waited so longgg thank youuu

Exciting coverage LR. Love it.

Thanks. Pogi certainly laying it down that he is going to take every second he can get, Good explanation of the gaps that kept on appearing as riders dropped the wheel of the rider in front of them when not only was the race string out due to sheer speed but also the spectators crowding the roads and making it impossible to go around a slower rider.

UEA team is very exciting to watch. Hope other gc contender are healthy till the rest of the stage.

I hope this channel never ends and keeps spreading happiness.❤😊

Yates boys done a deal I reckon. Nothing wrong with that.

@philipk4475

11 ай бұрын

I think adam was on the radio asking if he could work with Simon. But they're also brothers, and some things go without saying!

@mick727xd

11 ай бұрын

@@philipk4475 it always made sense for them to work together, put pressure on JV and other teams to pull pogacar back to them if they were to catch up.

@onezweithree

11 ай бұрын

@@mick727xd just now realized that Jonas Vingegaard and his team have the same initials... 😅

@busterthomas3563

11 ай бұрын

Not just brothers, TWINS! They know what each other is thinking.

@username8644

11 ай бұрын

​@@busterthomas3563They looked identical to each other today racing side by side. Just different color clothing.

Awesome video!!! 👍😍

Love your thumbnails❤❤

netflix already have enough stuff. what an amazing start. geting hyped

This year is going to be very interesting,Pog has a lot stronger team with him this year. So it will be interesting to see the tactics that both UAE and TJV employ. But my money is on Pogacar this year.

@1barnet1

11 ай бұрын

My money is on Vingegaard. Mostly due to the lead up. Pogacar just recovered from injury and Vingegaard dominated the Dauphine.

Two GC riders out on the first day is a fat bummer

@andrewlabat9963

11 ай бұрын

Yea, that sucked. But I hate when any rider crashes out..

@rexmundi273

11 ай бұрын

Carapaz was not ready, EF doesn't have the right "gear".

@username8644

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it seems to happen quite often.

@1barnet1

11 ай бұрын

Yeah even though neither of them were in any form to go high places. This does make the fight for 3rd place less interesting.

so hyped for the next 3 weeks. whoop whoop

Great summary!

Thanks brother and welcome to another Grand Tour summer.

Great stage. Feels harsh to criticise Lafay but I'm really not sure why him and Skjelmose didn't go with Dos Yates on the descent. Doubt either incite a big reaction and I think both have a kick to win that stage. GC brain hit Skjelmose hard.

@philgaming3171

11 ай бұрын

I have seen (not in this video in the live coverage) that they tried at least Lafay but pog or vingegaard didnt let them (it was just in the background for a few secounds)

@lostcosmonaut3966

11 ай бұрын

@@philgaming3171 If that is true I take it back re: Lafay! Unreal performance so don't want to be critical of him.

@daniellinanmolina1044

11 ай бұрын

i was going nuts when i saw adam, pogi, jonas and then fucking victor lafay

What a great start! That was epic!

Perfect stage for Jumbo Visma. Now UAE has to work harder defending yellow.

So awful to prepare for the event for months or a year and to only crash out on stage one. Sport can be so cruel. Lots of jousting on the stage. Riders checking each other out, it seems. Great effort by "Team Yates"! Ha ha😁😁 Thanks for your great coverage, mate. 👍 M 🦘🏏😎

@jendralhxr

11 ай бұрын

I remember the Schleck brothers pulling up on Galibier on 2011's Tour. Go, Team Yates!

@markdowse3572

11 ай бұрын

@@jendralhxr Do "Team Yates" share secrets between other teams? Ha ha ha Of course they don't. It was just superb to see TWIN Brothers making such a result.

👥 Epic opening stage!

Last week I wondered about the poetic justice that might occur if UAE put the pincher movement on Jumbo in a reversal of last year. And it has already happened ! It was not particularly impactful, but the longer Yates stays in GC contention, the more likely it is to happen again - and with much greater consequences. Jumbo not bringing Roglic might really cost them here.

Rui and Ivo Oliveira watching your comments and thinking they can do it too next year

@diogo10borges

11 ай бұрын

They did already in the nationals 😁

@bernardo9202

11 ай бұрын

@@diogo10borges not the same is it. Maybe listen what Patrick said again 🤣

@diogo10borges

11 ай бұрын

@@bernardo9202 ahah yes true

@marfranc726

11 ай бұрын

Or Tim and Mick Van Dijke...😉

this is d best fights..cant wait for the mountain stages😁

Casually calling out the yates bros giant domes 😂

@thebr0wnhornet

11 ай бұрын

They look like the mushroom people from Mario

Great team tactics by UAE. Yates attacks, Jonas can not follow because he has always pogi on his wheel. So Pogi and Jonas neutralize each other a bit. And so Yates can probably attack several times during this TDF and gain time. And if there is no attack, Pogi can always win bonus seconds.. so Jonas will have to crush Pogi on a difficult stage to win the tour ( like he did last year )

@martinhudobivnik5895

11 ай бұрын

That stage TJV destroyed Pogacar by attacking him on the flats. Looking good for UAE with Yates and no Roglic.

@Calabria23

11 ай бұрын

No roglic in tour the France no win for Jumbo visma in the tour

@methilda2927

11 ай бұрын

@@Calabria23 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kid_gen

11 ай бұрын

It's basically the reverse of what happened last year with TJV and Roglic. It's going to be a very interesting tour.

@petermihacerar1137

11 ай бұрын

@@martinhudobivnik5895 that stage was mostly done by rogla not the visma jumbo team. Get your facts straight ! And pogi will win, because rogla is not here! Kuss is not enough for Jonas.

Greatest 1st stage ever !

What a memorable finish congrats 👍

Sick stage!

@savagepro9060

11 ай бұрын

Dr LR just treated the sick stage

Wonderful things happen in the basque region Spain.

The GCN highlights normally come out first, but it's genuinely not worth watching and waiting for LTR commentary. Totally putting them to shame! 👍

Great summary. So much easier to listen to your overview than oh-so many others. That's nothing against the many others, rather compliments to you. Enjoy the race mate. Thanks for your efforts in making racing fun, interesting... and enjoyable to consider in context. - Rob

Ive missed your content ✅️✅️

Lanterne, I apologise for thinking you were wearing a tinfoil hat. Even though you were right about Jonas before tdf 2022 and about remco before Vuelta 2022. Probably would have been right about giro 2023 if TGH didn't crash. I have seen the error of my ways and am fully onboard the Adam Yates train 😂

Pogi needs to save energy for the big mountains he just wasting with these attacks, watch vingeggard just following him he's smart Pogi needs to focus on the 3 weeks

@1barnet1

11 ай бұрын

He saved energy when he had Jumbo working for him chasing down the yates brothers. Good strategy. Also Pogacar needs to make an gap. Vingegaard is the best climber specialist in the peloton.

@dejandoles2683

11 ай бұрын

@@1barnet1 still not as good as Pogi. Pogi will beat the hell out of Jonas in the Alps.

I think that UAE sent a message today, they are the strongest team and Pog is the strongest rider. I can see Pog using his team in the big stages to punish his opponents.

@aiertxuu5310

11 ай бұрын

Agree!

@1barnet1

11 ай бұрын

That's very premature. They had 2 riders at the end Jumbo had 4. They just played their cards really well in the final. Leaving only loss options on the table for Jumbo. That said i am absolutely loving this. Because it seems UAE's strategy is trying to scrap every second they can keeping the pressure on constantly doing short jabs for 3 weeks. While Jumbo is probably looking for another knockout punch in the mountains like last year. This will be proper entertainment for the fans.

Thank you👍

Anyone know why Brandon Mcnulty isn’t riding with UAE? He was putting in some big training before the tour.

Just a hint, the Yates brothers were not the firsts not even the seconds to be 1st and 2nd in a tour de france race... The last ones were the Schelck brothers! Peace and i love your content

Beautiful final

Would love to see the Paret-Peintre brothers do something like this at some point!

LR for the win in TDF coverage!

I love the le tour ❤

amazing stage

One minute I was watching some streamers launching fireworks, next thing I know it’s 4am and I’ve been invested in this world of racing and the complexities behind it the last hour or so. I don’t know half of what’s happening strategy wise even with the commentary. But I’ll continue to nod and agree into more of it.

Choo Choo! TDF off to a fantastic start!

What a great day for Netflix

I went on a 36 mile group ride this morning and thought about the Tour de France riders the whole time! 🚴

@mrmo5895

11 ай бұрын

I went on a 3.6 and thought about u just now after that comment

Omg...BILBAO!! The Beauty of the Basque Land.

Great stage 1! I think the Pog of last year would have gone for the stage win.

Yates killing it

I love the narrator...mega jargon that no one understands but him

The Schleck bros. didn’t go 1-2 at the tour?

Expect the unexpectable in TdF .

Getting onboard 👍🏻

The real winner here for stage 1 is the parents of the twins

Are you consulting for any team this year?

@LanterneRougeCycling

11 ай бұрын

Yes, still for Jumbo Visma

Very classy 💎💎💎

That Jumbo-Visma helmet is beautiful

Good to see UCI remove the pressure to sauce up by making stage 1 so short and easy…

The tour is back!

Bilbao looks soo beatiful and modern.

Yes!

As stated b f, pogacar slightly slower than vingegaard on hc climbs, esp w heat. Stage 17 p loses approx 35 secs to v. P needs time, where? Time bonuses. P can routinely beat v in last 300 m of a climb, more explosive, and routinely in sprints. P goes for every sprint bonus sec he can ( breakaway doesn’t take all the secs) and all finish line bonus secs, every time, b c every time here he can beat v. He’s got 4 secs. Good haul today. He needs about 40 secs bonus to win tour 23 B c They’re roughly equal in tt

Amazing.

This year First will even be more exiting

Yates looks strong for all the way too!

And no mention of dude with the blue surf board?

Would love to know why you think ASO won’t have this hard of a start again?