A course that’s designed to make cyclists wipeout
What Happened
At the Cyclocross World Cup in Zan Hovven, Belgium, riders faced a snowy, tactical course with tight hairpin turns and a downhill sand pit where several competitors crashed or had to pick up their bikes and run. Lucinda Brand was leading and going for her 14th win in a row, but Alvarado, who had won on the course the previous
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Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentThis is the Cyclross World Cup in Zan
Hovven, Belgium. This course is known
for being crazy. It's tactical. We're in
the snow. We've got tight turns that you
can't just whip through. We've got the
pit, which is actually called something
else because it's not an English name.
It's called Deool. I don't know if I'm
saying that correctly, but look at this.
Look at this race. So, the top three are
the favorites and they're in first place
and they're just slowly going through
those hairpin turns in the snow and
that's the easy obstacle cuz up next is
the pit of sand and downhill and it's
this clip went viral for a good reason.
It made me belly laugh and it's just the
first person goes, "Nope, not going to
happen. Okay, I'm in first place now.
This is awesome." Oh [ __ ] Okay, I'll
take the lead. Ah man. [laughter] So
then they all get on their bikes and
they run out of it. The person in second
place here that is Lucinda Branch. She
has won 13 in a row. She sits
comfortably at the top of the
leaderboard. And then this one coming
down in third place. The third person to
crash right here into the sideboards.
I'm going to say this wrong, but we'll
say Alvarado just last name. That is
Salind Carman Alvarado. and she is going
to end up winning this thing in third.
She runs out in third. Now, everyone
else comes down and they find their
ridges or find their lines. Never mind.
I mean, that guy got hurt and this guy
goes right into him and it's pretty
funny. It looks like um MXC when there
just it just looks like a a wipeout
course, but it's an actual not a TV
show. That's a joke. Look at this crash
over the handlebars.
And then the the second crash is
actually my favorite. Just wobbling. The
bike goes over her head. And you're
allowed to just pick up your bike and
run because I guess that's like the
cross country part of it because some of
these it's so dangerous. It's bizarre.
I've never seen this before to be
honest,
which is the whole point of the show.
We're showing you stuff you never seen
before. But look at this. They're in the
snow and Brand has it. She's in first
place. She's going to win her 14th in a
row. But Alvarado won on this course
last year, knows how to race this
course, loves it, and takes the lead
when Brand steered off into the snow
into the barrier. And then our our our
rider Alvarado
she picks up her bike, she runs. We'll
fast forward to the rest. The crowd's
there. It's cold. They love it. They
probably just really want people to
fall. It's like Big Daddy going to
Central Park and throwing sticks at the
Rollerbladers.
Nothing else happened. They finished
normal after that. Kaen de Carmen
Alvarado
wins. Oh yeah. And she's pumped about