Comments on: How The Race Was Won – 2009 Vuelta A Espana, Stage 13

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:42:58 +0000

Evans was robbed. Conspirational. 9 days into the Tour ’11- say nothing!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:24:40 +0000

I had heard that the neutral service vehicle was unsure whether he had an 11 or 10 speed cassette—-couldn’t Cadel have made that a lot easier for them by telling them which he required?
I don’t put this all on them—Mr. Whiny Aussie should communicate a little better, rather than just crying about the neutral service team.

By: Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:17:03 +0000

No cosmo, I’m not sarcastic about it. Well, I don’t mind you talking fast in your videos, but I guess kinered (who wrote that comment on youtube) actually has a point. Sorry, my bad.

By: John

John — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:33:35 +0000

while cadel evans is a bit of an ass, for some reason i just have to cheer for the guy

if he gets 45-50 seconds on valverde in the TT, then this whole vuelta could be a joke for this one incident, although i doubt he will since valverde can TT, on another note,

go Canada for ryder winning his stage up in the mountains

By: cosmo

cosmo — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:54:22 +0000

@Psychlist, I've been wondering about the Shimano service guys since The '05 Wevelgem, when Nico Mattan came through Juan Antonio Flecha suspiciously quickly, and with a near-inexplicable amount of speed after possibly receiving a tow from the Shimano "neutral" service car. Turns out, the same guy also made a mess of the '06 Dwaars. It really makes me think the service teams are just local knuckleheads with some tenuous Shimano affiliation—dealers, well-liked ex-racers, etc., rather than a crack squad of expert wrenches who follow pro bike racing around Europe. @Al, it's not a cold. I had to do a lot of filtering on the audio because my refrigerator was unusually loud on Saturday. @Jack Daniels, are you being sarcastic? Generally the complaint is I talk too fast. I'll try to pick it up a bit in the next video—hopefully reducing the audio filtering will make my diction more clear.

By: Psychlist

Psychlist — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:48:10 +0000

I enjoyed that. Thanks.

Just on Evans…on his website he talked about the ‘imbeciles’ on the neutral Shimano service who couldn’t change his wheel.

I understand him being pissed, but Evans is not exactly endearing himself to quicker changes in the future is he?

The professional cycling community is too small to go around making enemies of people.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:30:28 +0000

Another great jorb. Hope you get over that cold soon.

By: Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:35:05 +0000

Come on Cosmo, you can talk faster than that. The video is good, but the way you talk makes me sleepy!

By: John

John — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:18:17 +0000

Feel really bad for Cadel evans, if it wasnt for that disaster hed be sitting in 2nd with only 15 seconds or so behind valverde and evans can probably get that on a decent length time trial

By: Nickel

Nickel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:46:16 +0000

Cosmo gets it right again – thanks, I’ve missed these vids!