Don’t grab door handles. Don’t compensate for bad position by driving relentlessly to the front. Do attack once and make it stick. Don’t hire these guys to film your velodrome. Oh, right—the boat: https://cyclocosm.com/2013/07/how-the-race-was-won-tour-de-france-2013-stages-1-4/ [iPad/iPhone/m4v]
HTRWW Archive
all of these exist at HowTheRaceWasWon.com, where they are far better indexed, and will load substantially faster on whatever device you use.
How The Race Was Won – Tour of Flanders 2014
Otherwise known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Maybe next year I will use the actual Dutch. There were a lot of crashes, but between Greg VanAvermaet’s animation and OPQS’s over-extension, it turned into a pretty active little race. This week’s outro music: https://soundcloud.com/velobeats/velobeats-cobble-and-bass [iPad/iPhone/m4v or if you’re in Germany, where for some reason, YouTube can’t…
How The Race Was Won – Gent-Wevelgem 2014
What this classic lacks in high-profile obstacles, it makes up for in rich historical appeal. After all, The More You Know™. [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
How The Race Was Won – Milan-Sanremo 2014
New climb, old climb, no climb—it’s a long-ass race and the weather was bad. Can you even really call it a bunch sprint if the “bunch” is less than 30 riders? [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
How The Race Was Won – Paris-Nice 2014
The newly-revamped course for the French spring opener makes for a whole lot of racing for a single HTRWW episode. [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
How The Race Was Won – Strade Bianche 2014
Gravel, splits, crashes, team tactics, bold attacks, Mario Cipollini and a finishing climb into a walled citadel—what more could you ask for? [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
How The Race Was Won – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2014
An absurdly active race for a season-opener, with all the usual classics mayhem in spite if the UCI’s new rules. Omega Pharma’s Niki Terpstra was the most active and Belkin the most aggressive, but the opportunities abounded for all sorts of ambitious opportunists. [iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work]
How The Race Was Won – Santos Tour Down Under 2014
[iPad/iPhone/m4v if the embed doesn’t work] Now Australia can’t say I’ve never done anything for them. The Tour Down Under is definitely an increasingly legit event, well-organized, with challenging, selective courses. But eventually it’s going to have to get a little closer to the rest of the season to really evolve into something more than…
How The Race Was Won x BTB TV – Deschutes Brewery Cup Women
So, I might be in the wrong time zone, at the wrong latitude, and in the wrong weather (Hawaii) but that doesn’t mean I can’t throw together another HTRWW on the women’s race at the Deschutes Brewery Cup. While the men’s race might have been colder, the women experienced much more rapidly changing conditions, putting…
How The Race Was won x BTB – Deschutes Brewery Cup
YES! SNOW! I cannot properly describe how much I love racing in the snow, especially snow like riders experienced at the Deschutes Brewery Cup. Lots of slipping and sliding, body English, little to no group tactics, and a spill or two thrown in for good measure. I just hope Jeremy Durrin’s hands will someday recover