Obviously, specialization makes it tough to pick a “best” rider these days. So if I’m going to do it, it’s going to be a comprehensive approach. You can’t just look at who won the most competitive Grand Tour of the year and call it a day. Here’s how I see the competition, and who I see coming out on top this year.
I really want to watch this, but can’t get past the ad. Always is black and stops at 4 seconds left…. I have heard it and clicked on it enough to get some ad dollars….. er cent
I’m having the same issue, using Firefox on OS X
Adam Hansen is all class & was indeed spectacular this season – awesome choice of a most deserving racer and cycling sport advocate. Chapeau!
Hey Cosmo:
I wonder if I’m the only one having this problem. Advert before the new HTSWW video freezes up at 5 seconds to go countdown and the feature won’t load.
Love you long time.
Phil
Doesn’t play in Safari?
Works fine in safari for me.
Great stuff Cosmo, unemployment suits you! How about a retro HTRWW or two next? Roubaix 2001 maybe?
Love your HTRWW’s! Nice cap to a great season!
Fan of the series, and enjoyed watching this, but… what’s with all the emphasis on beer? Maybe it’s an American thing, but for me it comes across as a bit immature/irrelevant. Is this really what sets riders apart now?
If we’re talking about being ambassadors for the sport, I’d put my vote on the riders who emphasized important issues outside of cycling — maybe those that helped with charities, or… I remember the Ukrainian rider talking about the conflict at home, which I found touching. The first Chinese to finish the Tour — that’s something that might be inspiring for millions of people. I feel we undervalue the importance of good citizenship in cycling.
And if we’re just talking about performance, why no mention of Valverde? I’m not a fan of past dopers, but you can’t deny the consistency.
so so good.
you win the commentary season.
Freezes in Chrome too.
Same here, freezing after audio-only add. All browsers (FF, Chrome, Safari).
Video freezes at 4 seconds to go in the ad.
Love the videos, but the hosting site has been so terrible as of late I’m getting close to stop trying.
Nice recap – unbelievable depth and breadth of knowledge. Thanks for this feature! (Nice balance of female/male coverage, as well!)
having same problem with safari. also doesn’t play on my work PC
to those having playback issues, in Safari/Chrome try switching to the HTML5 native player by disabling Flash and reloading the page.
watching in incognito mode seems to fix the advert hangup for me…. It happened again on the latest week in bike too. MacOSX using Google Chrome.
Really? Dr. Strangelove???
Cosmo! Mind bringing all your shows back on youtube or a platform where your videos might load faster? I’m a keen viewer from Malaysia and I’m not sure if it’s just me but all of your videos load mightily slow on the current platform.
yea dude, can’t watch on safari or chrome because of Australian ad… Can you upload to youtube?
Very enjoyable. One thing you didn’t mention but probably know – Hansen makes his own shoes 😉
i like your video about how the race was won, but it seems you’re not uploading again in youtube, so i surf to this website, but i can’t even load the video, i tried to pause my ads block still can’t watch it.. i really suggest you to upload again in youtube.. sorry bad english