Marc Madiot totalement iconique sur RMC pour la médaille de Valentin Madouas. 🇫🇷 #Paris2024 📹Via @ccessieux06
🎥 Obsessed Madiot, Politt's brilliant pee, celebrating Valter (?) and Jeered, crying and dancing Evenepoel
CyclingSunday, 04 August 2024 at 08:37
Remco Evenepoel's imposing solo victory was undoubtedly the climax of the Olympic road race, but plenty of funny things happened in the background. German rider Nils Politt went on a pee break in an exceptional place, Atilla Valter cheered as he crossed the finish line, and the flamboyant Groupama-FDJ team boss Marc Madiot also demanded quite a bit of attention.
Let's start with the latter. We are used to Madiot being very passionate about his riders. In the past, for example, he went completely crazy when his former rider Thibaut Pinot won a Tour stage on the Tourmalet. On Saturday, Madiot had another opportunity to freak out. After all, his Valentin Madouas took silver in the road race behind the unstoppable Evenepoel. In a video, a lyrical Madiot can be seen verbally and non-verbally sharing his joy with whoever wants to hear it from the press stand.
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Politt takes a pee in a Paris cafe
Nils Politt had a leading role in the race for a long time. The German was part of the breakaway, which Evenepoel would eventually join. Like the rest of the pack, Politt tried to follow Evenepoel but soon had to drop back, following which the chance for a medal was gone. Then he thought: a good time for a pee break. He chose the famous Café des 2 Moulins as his location. Because of the enthusiastic spectators that were there, it became a pee break for Politt to remember.
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Pause pipi au célèbre Café des 2 Moulins pour Nils Politt #Paris2024
Did Valter know that he did not win a medal?
Then there is Atilla Valter. The Hungarian rode an impressive road race and finished fourth, first to come in behind the Olympic medalists. You would think he would be pretty bummed, but as it turned out, nothing could be further from the truth. He crossed the finish line cheering. It is unclear if he thought he had won or if he was cheering for his teammate Christophe Laporte's third-place finish. Both riders are under contract with Visma | Lease a Bike.
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😍 Ces images extraordinaires : Remco Evenepoel est sacré champion olympique avec la tour Eiffel en toile de fond, Valentin Madouas et Christophe Laporte l'accompagnent sur le podium de la course en ligne ! #Paris2024, c'est en intégralité sur Eurosport #LesRP
Evenepoel tears up on podium
And to finish, there is such a thing as happy tears. Remco Evenepoel won and although he was extremely happy for most of the race, it hit him on the podium that he was heading for Belgium with a gold medal in both the time trial and the road race. That produced beautiful images, flanked by Frenchmen Valentin Madouas and Christophe Laporte.
🔥🇫🇷 | Tranen bij Remco Evenepoel, tranen bij de... tweevoudig olympisch kampioen! 🥇🇧🇪 #Paris2024 📺 Stream Paris 2024 op HBO Max
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- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024