The music chosen is PERFECT! SO EXCELLENT! I am SO glad this clip got saved for future views! Cancellara's descending skills are superb - and that is an understatement. In this clip, we see him use several different techniques in a recognizable way. HUGELY valuable to a bike racer! THANK YOU!
Having suffered a crash downhill at a mere 35 mph and separating my shoulder in addition to concussion and a chipped pelvis i watched this open mouthed with my palms sweating What a bike handler you run out of superlatives, totally unfazed, spartacus indeed!
Toda una clase de técnica en descenso. Todos tenemos nuestra manera, pero la forma de colocar la bici y el cuerpo en las curvas es perfecta. Siempre veo este vídeo para recordar maneras... Grande Cancellara!!
And this with the 25mm tyres of the time and no disk breakes.. Beside, I live not far away from him, and he is the lovliest father to his two girls you can imagine, which is even more important to me, Such a great, strong, sympathic man..
@@giorgiogrlj Me too, cant people think for themselves rather than be swayed by latest marketing gimmicks..Cancellara amazing rider though, will never forget Paris Roubaix and he rode Tom Boonen off his back wheel , think it was P-R , had cobbles.
I was at the top of the Serra Seca's coll that year. The group took the climb very relaxed. Altough it is a first category mountain pass, they climbed together, the group was so compacted that some riders had to put their feet on the road before the mountain pass. So I suppose Cancellara stopped to piss and then he caught the group relaxed, whitout taking risks. But is amazing to see a professional rider playing and enjoying
The line he takes where the road narrows as it leads into the tunnel is terrifying (4.05 onward) and then just after that he shakes out his legs in typical fashion moments after a speed wobble. The guy is a savage.
His form is amazing, and the way he finds the line through the apex of each curve is a freakin clinic. What I find incredible is his concentration, especially through the bits crowded with support cars or with sheer rock faces a metre from his face. A second of distraction and he's a dead man.
they are total badasses just watching this gives me a buzz the way he skims so close to the rock face and cars it's not just about power in roadcycling but the skill and bravery aswell truly amazing
That's because you never been on a bike with 23 mm tires with a perfurated helment and a 2 mm skinsuit riding at 100 km/h after a 20+ km climb and the world watching you
Darren Lindsay ***** Totalavulsion Yes, he's probably the illegitimate father of Danny Hart. Then Cancellara would, at one point, have had Danny Hart in his balls.
imagine trying to hold that wheel! i don't think that too many pro's would fancy it, or for that matter, managed it. truly awesome footage of an awesome cyclist!
While I was watching the Oly TT and knowing that Wiggins was well ahead there is a shot of Spartacus going full steam to finish the last KM of the TT. He was injured from the bonehead crash the day before and still giving it his all and Wiggins was just a bit worried and maybe it was for dramatic effect but still paying tribute to one of the true TT masters. God bless Cancellara and his family. One of the best.
I hit 50 mph once on my bike, happily it was a straight road. But i was terrified the whole time. Not a lot off time to react if there is an obstruction.
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!
You must not have seen Jens Voigt in action then. In 2011 he crashed twice on the same descent, was hurting in every bit of his body, bleeding everywhere, and yet he sped up his descent so he could be at the front aiding his team leaders and keeping with the favorites. That is class right there.
The thing for the every day cyclist would be the Pro's have their bikes checked by an expert every day. The main issue I have with descents at 35 MPH plus is wheel wobble and obviously the state of the roads local to me, pot holes not a good thing at any speed :D
Bike not set up properly - slightly loose rear/front wheel bracket, brakes alignment, handle bar's central and how you are positioned on the bike (too far forward/slightly off line). All these contributions add towards wheel wobble and once this happens at high speed....!
Am i the only one, who just loves the fact that Fabian Cancellara rides the bike , like it's another day on the office, meanwhile the camera-motorcycle almost crashes into the wall at one point ; -P
hes the only cyclist that i can think of that is strong, big and heavy enough to get that bike right over and get it to chnge direction at that speed that quick, every other cyclist would be SOL because they just dont have the mass to make that drastic of a change!!!! wicked vid, never seen this one before!!!!
Top tip for safe descending , go wide , follow the inside vanishing point on inside line , don't stray wide unless the road is empty , consistency is everything, better to get to the bottom in one piece than go super fast in places and over cook it...ahhh.
Well he's Swizz. I was amazed that people drive and ride like this in the mountains, into blind turns at insane speeds. It was explained to me: "it's simple, you just go into the turn as if no one else is there." I asked, "but, what happens when there IS someone there???". "well, avoid them, of course." That's it. Jedi reflexes. If you didn't grow up being used to it from an early age, it looks positively insane.
Cancellara uses a bike made by Specialized in this video :) (Saxo Bank changed bike manufacturers from Cèrvelo to Specialized prior to that season). The components are probably Shimano, that I'm not sure of that though :)
@mrsolofeo Me too, right around 40 something happens and it stops just being exhilarating. I start thinking of all the stuff that can go wrong, a wet spot, some loose gravel, a stick laying on the road, a deer, a spoke pop....the list is endless.
