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How The Race Was Won – Il Lombardia 2014

Posted on 6 October 20144 July 2021 by cosmo

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A new course for the race formerly known as Tour of Lombardy this year, and I think it works pretty well—beating up the riders just as TV coverage kicks on before a furious final four kilometers up, over, and into Bergamo. Warmer temps saw cramps play a role this time around, but it’s pretty hard to complain about how it all wrapped up.

thoughts on “How The Race Was Won – Il Lombardia 2014”

  1. Oli says:
    7 October 2014 at 1:18 pm

    Excellent as ever. Fitting closing music too!

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  2. funny says:
    8 October 2014 at 9:01 am

    Great closing music. Hard to believe how badly Martin torched riders of that skill and experience. It’s like they all had no idea he was there.

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  3. Patrick says:
    8 October 2014 at 4:23 pm

    Cosmo, I love to watch your “how the race was won” series! I do think, however, on this occasion you missed a rather blatant opportunity to rip on Valverde. The race was obviously his to lose and yet if you watch the last 5k he didn’t close the gap a single time. The best part was the post race interview where Valverde claimed that “everyone was looking to him when Martin jumped” yet when you watch the video everyone was just watching in awe as he rode away except Valverde whos head was repeatedly looking around at everyone else.

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  4. cosmic osmo says:
    8 October 2014 at 11:29 pm

    also came to comment on the music haha…

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  5. Hans Jacob says:
    9 October 2014 at 10:57 pm

    Great video(s), but why are the HTRWW series not available on Youtube like it used to be?
    The same goes for the “The Week in Bike” series.

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a headshot of Cosmo Catalano

Best known for his How The Race Was Won® video series, Cosmo Catalano began blogging about pro cycling from a bike shop in 2005. Between then and now, he's designed cycling infographics, built cycling web apps, and supplied cycling content to print and broadcast media, all in the name of backing up his near-endless criticism with proof that it can be done better. He complains about cycling on Twitter at @Cyclocosm.

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