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1. 

   wayne kavanagh

   3 uur geleden

   Why are Americans such experts when it comes to riders and doping ? .... It took them seven years to work out Lance Armstrong
2. 

   wayne kavanagh

   3 uur geleden

   Social media doesn't win races, excellent performances do. I like Denise Betsema but Lucinda Brand will be the next world champion
3. 

   J C

   7 uur geleden

   Supertuck = good for the sport
4. 

   333wheeler

   18 uur geleden

   Class rider. ! Liked the way she won a few Weeks ago smoking the steep banks.. Got the form now to take full advantage of her fast starts . Anne marie Worst is the one on the slide this season.
5. 

   hansthijs

   19 uur geleden

   Wat een sufferd, die suppoost 😅
6. 

   jan bouwsema

   20 uur geleden

   Her speed is clearly based on a technical fluent style and not on a surplus of (doping-enhanced) power.
7. 

   Paul Cobham

   20 uur geleden

   the hate....dramas
8. 

   t00thygr1n

   21 uur geleden

   Love watching Mike race from all the way back in his amateur days learning the ropes at stage races in New England
9. 

   Ian East

   23 uur geleden

   She's served her ban, and unless she tests positive again she deserves more credit for what she is achieving. She's not enough of a science genius to be systematically taking smart substances designed to evade the tests. She doesn't earn enough to afford to dope on that level of sophistication. And the stakes aren't high enough for her team to organise that for her, because this is just cyclocross, not the Tour de France. Anyway, is there even a drug available that could deliver her the distance she won by in the World Cup? This is a highly technical sport, and there's certainly no drug that can provide you with the handling skills needed to excel in it.
   • 

     Dave Messenheimer

     19 uur geleden

     There are plenty of great technical riders who lack the power to compete at the top end of the sport. Otherwise, mountain bikers would come in and dominate.
10. 

    King Fish

    Dag geleden

    This type of "reporting" is BS. Cycling is corrupt. Money talks.
11. 

    valleyflaneur

    Dag geleden

    Some investigative reporting - or even just some clear explanation of Betema's doping offenses would have been useful. That's not what this is.
    • 

      Dave Messenheimer

      19 uur geleden

      @valleyflaneur They would be two years late in discussing her doping sentence (that's pretty old news), so the only really current story is her perception in the women's field.
    • 

      valleyflaneur

      22 uur geleden

      @Dave Messenheimer A clear explanation of the offences is possible, even if the cases are complicated. You're right to point out the difficulty, but what's the alternative? If you avoid the main issue just because it's complicated then you wind up talking about the less important secondary issues like twitter following without talking about what matters most.
    • 

      Dave Messenheimer

      Dag geleden

      a "clear explanation" when it comes to doping cases isn't possible. That's one of the reason they are controversial. Athletes know that supplement contamination is on them, as it's spelled out in WADA's rules. Many feel that she should have at least had the full minimum doping sentence. This is literally in a WADA "youth quiz": "Question: How can you tell if nutritional supplements are safe to use? a. All nutritional supplements are safe to use b. You cannot tell if nutritional supplements are safe to use c. If the label says that they are safe d. If the doctor gave it to you Answer: b. You cannot tell if nutritional supplements are safe to use Explanation: The supplement industry is not regulated and therefore you cannot be certain what substances/ingredients are in a supplement. Using supplements is always at your own risk. If the claims on the packaging sound too good to be true - it probably contains a substance prohibited in sport!" www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/yq_english.pdf
12. 

    John Senior

    Dag geleden

    Any even vague analysis of Betsemas changed body type and hard to believe improvements in a short time should have been at least sceptical. She has a great back story - in many ways seems an admirable young woman - and she should have been a real asset to CX - but once you get your ‘supplements’ from a Belgian pharmacist - SIS, High5, Clif, etc anyone?- then you can’t expect much sympathy. Haters below should check out cyclings doping history, why would anyone get a Belgian Pharmacist to manufacture a supplement, research fat burning/ muscle building/ training effects of steroids and keep in mind Chris Boardmans axiom - in sport if it looks too good to be true - it probably is. PS Doesn’t help she was totally unapologetic and has never explained herself. PPS No surprise she had an unopened batch of her ‘supplement’. PPS She’s entitled to ride and none of her peers should be less than civil ( Fans are entitled to an opinion) PPS If she wins worlds then it will just be that Valverde feeling when an unapologetic convicted doper wins and all you’re waiting for is for a year to pass and them not wear the journey. With that COME ON Primetime (see CX Hairs) COME ON LUCINDA
    • 

      mwodan

      15 uur geleden

      I understand that and I am not arguing that she shouldn't be punished but in her case there are mitigating circumstances: -She is a relative newbie as a pro-sporter. -She lives off-road so to speak (an island up north) and trains mostly on her own and was not well advised by her team imo (they backed her all the way which is not evident these days). -imo there is no doubt that the supplier screwed up. I know that there a suppliers who guarantee 100% "save products" (extra cleaning vats and all) and I know that Sanne Cant uses them, but I think her team should have been more responsible in this. So there you go. It's not up to WADA to babysit sporters, in the end of the day sporters are responsible for what they take and they definitely should punish Betsema. I just believe in leniency and think she is already punished enough and people should move on, but that's just my opinion. Whatever that opinion is, base it on facts/research (one becomes cynical these days).
    • 

      Dave Messenheimer

      19 uur geleden

      @mwodan But you understand that WADA specifically says that athletes are responsible for their own supplements, right? And that is there to avoid the "my supplement was tainted" excuse. My biggest issue is that she should have gotten the full length ban (4 years). As an athlete, when in doubt, you just should opt not to take the "supplement".
    • 

      mwodan

      Dag geleden

      1: Basing your opinions on "vague analysis" sums up your attitude. 2: "Supplements" is just additional special food, generally used by pro-sporters. By your definition you can consider ALL food to be doping. 3: re: "Belgian pharmacist bullshit": whatever 4: Boardman has a point of course but it is not unusual in a small sport for a talent to get tot the top quickly. 5: "Betsema BS": she explained herself at length and the unopened supplement came from the pharmacist not her. I don't care for Betsema (she could be doped to the brim for all I know) and have no patience for dopers in general but in her case there is enough evidence that she is a victim of a contaminated supplement (...but YOU know all about HATERS who think... etc. don't you?).
13. 

    linglingjr

    Dag geleden

    that little intro montage of her is awesome.
14. 

    David Matour

    Dag geleden

    Before she got banned she wasn't at top of the sport, there were about 5 riders that were still ahead of her and she wasn't winning everything and the races she did win are similar to races that she is winning at the moment. Also her riding style hasn't changed because If she was doing before and after you would have seen some sort of change in how she races.
15. 

    farrier53

    Dag geleden

    Bla-bla-bla...Cut the stupid commentaries & show the races!
16. 

    Jaap de Wind

    Dag geleden

    You'd better watch what happens in US instead of worring Denise
17. 

    Josh

    Dag geleden

    Please don’t give her any attention. She cheated. She sucks.
18. 

    Phillip Pitts

    Dag geleden

    Way to try some body in the court of public opinion. I can promise you , I’ll never use Flo as service
19. 

    cx34r

    Dag geleden

    These videos should be canceled.
20. 

    Roger Wilson

    Dag geleden

    Shut up about Denise she did the time given and is tested as much or more then the rest of the group. Sour grapes just make cheap whines..
21. 

    Kosmonooit

    Dag geleden

    Common get over it: it was not a straight up doping case, in all likelihood an inadvertent ingestion of tainted supplements, the case was duly processed by the UCI etc and resolved and has served her time (lost just about a season), she has now recovered and doing well, very well, she has been up there the whole season, with some excellent racing and sportswomenship. You are way off the mark, not sure what Mollly hang up really is but I for one cant watch her going off like this, its really baseless, hurtful, judgemental and in bad taste, and doing your brand no good.
22. 

    Drew Cama

    Dag geleden

    Canceled? What was the substance? How long was she suspended?
    • 

      Jaap de Wind

      23 uur geleden

      Last season, suspention was discussable
23. 

    jeremy claxon

    Dag geleden

    Wow, covid hit you all very hard. There must be some braindamage, i assume. Facts are more important than assumptions.
    • 

      Threefeet Pete

      Dag geleden

      It's the far left wing, speculation, not facts, are facts
24. 

    FosterKid

    Dag geleden

    This was kinda cringe
25. 

    Thomas Ekstrom

    Dag geleden

    She should got a 4 year ban as other dopers.
26. 

    Dirk Jan Engelen

    Dag geleden

    Wow, some impressive investigative journalism based on likes on social media! Hope you're proud of yourselves!
27. 

    parmijo

    Dag geleden

    It was never very clear what exact anabolic steroid was in her system and at what concentration levels. According to the dutch officials "After investigation they found out that her positive test was due to contaminated supplements form a Belgian pharmacist. Luckily she was still in the possession of an unopened bottle, so she was able to proof her ‘innocence’."
    • 

      Donald Nelson

      Dag geleden

      Alejandro Valverde won rainbow jersey after serving a suspension .So if Betsema gets it lets celebrate .who regulates the regulators?
28. 

    goemon4

    Dag geleden

    this was a remarkable tour, best i have ever seen, every stage was remarkable
29. 

    Unaidedfoot3531

    Dag geleden

    Is this what you guys are doing for race coverage racing now? I’m going to assume it is and I’m cancelling my follow, enjoy.
30. 

    Micah Gordon

    Dag geleden

    Have you watched the podium body language when she’s on the podium, looks like everyone on the podium is happy to be next to her. As an American who loves bike racing and understands there is more dipping in NFL and MLB I say call out those ppl too, if your not going to then please zip it pal.
    • 

      Micah Gordon

      Dag geleden

      Doping
31. 

    Barry Zellmer

    Dag geleden

    Proof that heads are buried in bs and not bike racing. Coloradoism
32. 

    W

    Dag geleden

    Doper.
33. 

    FosterKid

    2 dagen geleden

    Who wouldn’t say Ganna?
34. 

    Max Caplan

    2 dagen geleden

    Top Ganna
35. 

    Allen B

    3 dagen geleden

    This was brilliant! Thanks for posting the video...had forgotten about this!
36. 

    Sara Northover

    3 dagen geleden

    Love Mathieu van de Poel just poetry in mention to watch. The rest are amazing too.
37. 

    Pieter Rafn

    4 dagen geleden

    all4cille🚲happy dead fish... got the hammer down!!!..all4cille...
38. 

    Dan Pawelec

    4 dagen geleden

    Do you think changing bike to Cervelo (because that's what he is riding on right now, right?) is making any difference for van Aert?
    • 

      Dries Gentjens

      4 dagen geleden

      He still rides his bianchi for cross, it's just painted like a cervelo
39. 

    Leonorexplore

    4 dagen geleden

    Appreciate your honesty about BetSAME....and I agree with you that Honsinger rides smart.
40. 

    Baz

    4 dagen geleden

    I would love my favourite Annemarie Worst to win. I would be made up but I think Lucinda Brand will win. Denise Betsema has been going well this season, she could also win
41. 

    eric Gabelou88

    4 dagen geleden

    Merckx aussi avait eu un grave accident au début de sa carrière. C'est peut être un heureux présage...
42. 

    Cameron Donohue

    4 dagen geleden

    I want Wout Van Aert to win
43. 

    dave kata

    4 dagen geleden

    Love how you mix commentary with video.but increase the videos than your faces..beatiful though
44. 

    FosterKid

    4 dagen geleden

    MVDP is going to win world champs
45. 

    Angus Stoneham

    4 dagen geleden

    No, if podcock and WVA didn’t work against each other, one of them would have won so hopefully not next year🤷
46. 

    thierry nolevaux

    4 dagen geleden

    🇧🇪 loves the mud!
47. 

    Dudley Key

    4 dagen geleden

    Love you 💋💋😘😘❤️💯
48. 

    Mediocre MTBer

    5 dagen geleden

    it's been a year since this video went live, betsema has had a stonking good season, hopefully clean this time,
49. 

    Francisco Moyota

    6 dagen geleden

    Excelente
50. 

    Awakened Bahamut

    6 dagen geleden

    He's never going to win the tour de France. Maybe a few stages.
51. 

    Michael Polkey

    6 dagen geleden

    Bennett
52. 

    Pedro Peralta Elgueta

    7 dagen geleden

    Why are you discounting Alvarado?
    • 

      Dana Rouleau

      4 dagen geleden

      @cx34r Ironically, democrats are big-government-is-our-savior (and mainly responsible for the division over the past decade or so), so maybe get a clue before you try to sound like you have one. So she did well in one race.....the rest have been subpar compared to her last season where she would drop everyone with relative ease.
    • 

      cx34r

      4 dagen geleden

      @Dana Rouleau Typical ignorant fascist can't take a joke, always making everything about division. Perhaps you didn't see Baal just 12 days ago.
    • 

      Dana Rouleau

      5 dagen geleden

      @Emperor of the north & No.#19 Train Typical ignorant democrat, always making everything about race. Perhaps it's because Alvarado hasn't done much for weeks now compared to last year where she dominated, and Brand/Betsema have been pushing the pace at the front most of this season?
    • 

      Emperor of the north & No.#19 Train

      7 dagen geleden

      she is a minority why else would yo leave out the current world champion can it be any clearer flo bikes backs t rump what can you say
53. 

    Kosmonooit

    7 dagen geleden

    I was hoping this would be rant free ..
54. 

    orlando hernandez

    7 dagen geleden

    bien poel
55. 

    Maxi 110703

    8 dagen geleden

    This guy is three time World Champion....
56. 

    Neo Payne

    8 dagen geleden

    when pogacar beat roglic so who is better???
    • 

      Neo Payne

      8 dagen geleden

      @Gurparwaz Singh Dhillon i can only know that they both are great rider/cyclist Unselfish human~~~
    • 

      Gurparwaz Singh Dhillon

      8 dagen geleden

      One performance does not decide that how is better
57. 

    Joze Zupanec

    8 dagen geleden

    I like your last statement :)
58. 

    ston Rizz Riz

    8 dagen geleden

    2:44 Beautiful 💋💋love u💋💋
59. 

    iras LurliLino

    9 dagen geleden

    Need lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️
60. 

    Christopher Brown

    9 dagen geleden

    (I say this as a fan and paid subscriber of FloBikes.) What is the point of this video?
61. 

    christopher shaffner

    10 dagen geleden

    seeing Rory Sutherland here and in the World Tour makes me miss the Nature Valley Grand Prix- North Star Grand Prix in MN even more. Thinking about the talent we used to see on their way up is incredible. Just a few years ago we had Brandon McNulty racing here. And some years before that Rory winning it all here. Now because of a garbage racing scene in the US and MN we have no race. Sad, Stillwater used to be my fathers day celebration w my wife and kids. Boooooooo
    • 

      christopher shaffner

      10 dagen geleden

      not to mention seeing Justin Williams here crushing the sprint finishes, such a badass cyclist
62. 

    joel Delpay

    10 dagen geleden

    Alaphilipe
63. 

    Michael Polkey

    10 dagen geleden

    Sam Bennett went nuts on the final stage of TDF 🤪
64. 

    Maga Bike

    11 dagen geleden

    nlcameras.info/wiki/hZ_Hf32xtYe0tII/video
65. 

    czeckson74

    11 dagen geleden

    it should be like in Soccer - when you have a contract, another team can only buy you free from that contract.
66. 

    Ferdinand Arcinue

    12 dagen geleden

    How are we measuring this? Based on talent and potential, or based on palmares? Based on potential and versatility, Alaphilippe is pretty incredible. Based on palmares, Gilbert has collected an impressive number of big wins and is the closest person since De Vlaemink and Merckx to win all five monuments.
67. 

    Paul Solon

    12 dagen geleden

    Hard to respect Alaphilipe much after he took out Herschi
    • 

      Angus Stoneham

      10 dagen geleden

      I agree, his deliberate swerving, needs more attention and therefore drops a few ranks in my book!
68. 

    Don Adams

    12 dagen geleden

    I know "woulda" and "coulda" don't count, but WOW did he come close to asserting himself not only as the best classics rider in the world last year, but as having had one the great years ever. He lost one monument by a foot, gave away another he had clearly won, and then had a nearly inexplicable crash in a race he was absolutely in contention for. So all that separated him from historic glory was a few inches in two races and a freak crash in another. Obviously he did NOT win those races, so mostly that's that. But I think it is worth arguing that he is good enough -- and rode well enough -- to have won all of them, and if he had, we would be having a very different discussion. A similar "woulda/coulda" argument can be made for WVA. Likely would have won Flanders had he started his sprint a few meters earlier, and rode well enough at the worlds to have won both events in almost any other year. But a road course that suited Alaphilippe perfectly and the arrival of who may turn out to be one of the greatest TT guys of all time kept him in second, and he lost at least one TDF sprint after being nearly knocked off his bike by Sagan. Again, he didn't win any of those, but he was strong enough to have done so under even slightly different circumstances. So I rate those two, along with Hirschi, MVDP, Pogacar, Evenepoel, and Roglic as the best classics riders in the world right now. Who wins any particular race just depends on the course and the legs that day.
69. 

    Hugo van Amerongen

    12 dagen geleden

    No
70. 

    Donavan Mason

    12 dagen geleden

    Love you 💋💋😘😘❤️💯
71. 

    Bruce Julio

    12 dagen geleden

    30:27 Anyone want to do this with me😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
72. 

    Sincere Denzel

    12 dagen geleden

    Hi Guys 😍💋 💝💖
73. 

    anna KatelVien

    12 dagen geleden

    30:27 Anyone want to do this with me😍💋 💝💖♥️❤️
74. 

    luca bonato

    12 dagen geleden

    Wva is way better all around rider, outsprinting Alaphilippe several times last year
    • 

      Tenatious _E

      12 dagen geleden

      And MVP is better than WVA.
    • 

      MAELOB

      12 dagen geleden

      Want to see them on a full season👍🏼
75. 

    William Chris

    12 dagen geleden

    I'm single 😥😥😥😥😥
76. 

    ChrisScottistan

    12 dagen geleden

    Nice nod to WvA regarding the last World Cup and the uncertainty of racing on any given day.
77. 

    Bicycle_Ty

    13 dagen geleden

    Seems like he changed his race style this year a little instead of full gas from the gun it’s more sit on for a couple laps than go
78. 

    BMX Training

    13 dagen geleden

    Brilliant
79. 

    pbt2005

    13 dagen geleden

    I had this bike for one month. Used to stand up in corners and go wide. Horrendous descender. This crash exactly as mine rode. Amazing no one has been killed on one. The revised geometry doesn't work.
80. 

    ISLAM EL MAAROUFI

    13 dagen geleden

    Is van der poel as strong as van aert in mountains ?