Thanks for breaking it down Corey. Like someone said on my earlier comment, it’s hard to know what’s happening in the race resulting in the choices and actions riders take. What seems dramatic on video might actually be quite chill in reality; I guess it looks different when different riders do it. Thanks again!

I get your point but respect is a two way street. Aevolo is one of the best teams in the country yet the Disruptors rider acted like they had no business being near the front. I understand fighting for position, but body checking people is completely uncalled for. Why does he have justification to be at the front and the other riders don’t?

@@jacobbarrick6947 Gavin is smooth af, pretty much ignored each shoulder check.

He absolutely needs to be DQ’d

Creating a “safe space” for his teammates by doing dangerous body checking which is endangering all of the other racers does not seem logical or make sense. It’s one thing to hold your position and lean into a rider who is leaning on you, but to just intentionally body check a rider and completely move them off their line just because you want the wheel they are drafting on, or you feel they don’t deserve to be in that position is not good or ethical racing. It’s dangerous! You don’t see this blatant and dangerous body checking happening in racing in Europe, and those racers are some of the best cycling talent in the world. The UCI would not stand for this, and they would definitely be issuing some DQs. If you want a specific position in a race, you need to earn it by being a better rider than your competition and not by doing dangerous body checking. That’s how you make the racing safer for everyone.

Yeah he seems like he is 10 steps ahead of the race, when he comes up around 3:44 and starts shaking his head at that kid not really sure if he can see something ahead that we cant see or if he is just genuinely amazed that this kid is going to try to ride near him. Maybe it's like a carnivore thing and he can just tell that the young guy is not a wolf.

That's actions are ilegal. ​@@seanreilly6618

Lot of unnecessary elbows from that dude.

Ride harder and smarter and cry less

@@trevorallen9435 wow, you should be a coach 🤦‍♂️

Scrappy white belt for sure lol

Now he’s a mad dawg Aussie

Eamon got that dawg in him

I think some rubbing here and there might be considered normal, but the Disruptor (84) was technically trying to fight everyone 🦌 Deer style... 😅

Yes to both.

Very normal

The guy on the red BMC is a dick. If it’s normal, why is he the only one behaving that way? It’s one thing if somebody’s trying to take your wheel, he went out of his way to elbow people that were clearly holding their line.

That’s just normal riding in the pros. Completely legal and necessary

@@shaunb93291 "Pros" may be a bit strong here

Yeah right. Gord Fraser would've put that dude in a trash can after a race pulling those cheap checks.

That would be awesome! They do have this in MotoGP. With a paid subscription you can actually switch to any front or rear camera of the rider of your choice.

The EXACT same thing happens to me in crits and shimano says they’ve “never heard of that happening”.. clearly a issue they want to ignore

I saw the same issue 5x at a local race with a guy riding 105 Di2, scratched up his crank and cost him positions

Bet Ivan Dominguez will tell you a much different story about that rider

That’s what I’m saying lol

Crash

Crash

Couldn't agree more.

i'd love to see a real study on the number of crashes. I suspect it's equal or worse in lower categories. I think it's the lower categories putting down the higher categories to feel better about themselves

@@hoogabooga9736 Oh I’m sure it’s worse… but I’m also sure 98% of the Cat 5 crashes aren’t from being intentionally physical… more like riders not comfortable with riding close or knowing how to handle their bikes… the amount of intentional bumping in the video is wild cause you rarely see it or know it’s happening (but it does!)… Cory’s rear camera caught all of that… 😂

just a little Nascar bump n grind lol

That guy has been racing pro longer than most commenting have been wiping their asses. Also won tour of Taiwan overall

@@Karlhung still doesn’t change the fact that the body checking is excessive. Especially in a riders hip that’s out the saddle.

@@Mistadonthecyclist corey is defended him for a reason. Mad dawg wasn’t out there head butting people

@@Karlhung so because Corey is defending the action, this makes it cool, got it lol. There is nothing wrong with checking or contact in bike races. That is obviously apart of the sport. But based on the footage. TO ME, it looks excessive. Then when everyone crashes because a rider didn’t react to the bump properly then it’s still cool because that bike racing lmao. I’m amateur racer, what do I know anyway. Emon “spell check” on Mikes Bike checked someone to make room but it for sure didn’t look like the way this rider carries on.

@@Mistadonthecyclist nah, but corey understands what’s going on. What I will say is the guy doing that has mad respect from many racers and longtime pros.He’s raced in Ardennes classics, won some things, and has been at longer than some of this kids have been alive in this video.

Many uci wins under his belt

Ummm he raced at the level

lol, maybe check a few rosters before you make broad statements....and maybe incluede your Euro results ;)

@@MattMcNamara then tell which ones of those in this race has ever made a European podium??

counterpoint - Aevelo, Project Echelon, wins at UCI .2 level races and multiple top 10s.

@@daniluis7777 matthew bostock jim brown robin carpenter kyle murphy scott mcgill tyler williams tyler stites brendan rhim All have UCI podiums in Europe

oh I must add Carlos Emirio Gutierrez who won 3x stages of the Vuelta a Espana plus: Heiner Rodrigo Parra Jonathan Clarke

defo the dude on the red bmc commenting this