Vuelta Espana's Most Controversial Winner: The Story of Chris Horner
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Published 2023-08-20
00:00-00:28 Intro
00:29-02:53 Early Life
02:53-03:37 Trouble at Astana
03:38-05:16 Before the Vuelta 2013
05:17-07:43 Early Vuelta
07:44-09:05 Later Vuelta
09:06-12:46 Angliru Stage 20
12:47-14:12 Post-Race Controversy
14:13-14:26 Life after Cycling
14:27-15:29 CyclingNews Phone Call
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All Comments (21)
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Hamburgers and hotdogs to everyone who scrolls back up and likes the video...
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I can see Horner ducking out before getting tested and calling the testers Knuckleheads as he drove past them.
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Regardless if he did anything or not, 2013 was the best vuelta I have seen since that edition. He is innocent until proven otherwise!
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Chapeau to Chris Horner - never gave up and was rewarded accordingly - his. Butterfly Effect is probably the best cycling commentary that there is - but his hands always look huge!!! Go Chris gođđđ
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I met Chris while riding on the San Diego County coast road a couple of times. He was always friendly and made some helpful suggestions to help my riding stamina. I was just riding for my health, not with any idea of competing. I'd given that up 40 years before. Listening to him was like listening to a well-trained engineer. He kept on message, explained his reasons and was completely without ego, considering he was a world-class rider.
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Everyone is forgetting something: even doped to the gills, winning a Grand Tour at age 41 is freaking amazing.
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Doping or not. I think his win has to do more with what he explained happened on the angrilu. Something along the lines of motorbikes in the way and obstacles that caused Nibali to have to stop or slow multiple times. The fog kept them out of view so he used the obstacles to his advantage. Itâs not on film cause the motorbike filming was one that crashed. Something to that effect
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Obviously, when you attack too early on a good climb, you will pay the price. Chris Horner took advantage of that mistake. Well done đ Chris Horner.
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Clickbait title with cherry picking elements of the story. I watch the all video and the finale was poor character from the people who wrote it. Chris Horner didnt escape the usada control like you are suggesting, the usada clear chris , why dont mention that? Content searching for drama to get clicks
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I was so into that race that year. His victory is among my favorite cycling moment as a fan. The camera motorbike/crowd chaos was so crazy. Back then I could see all three grand tours on TV. UCI should wake up to this: if they sell rights to smaller and web only channels, sure those channels paid more and won the bid, but you have a lot less people watching it! Less visibility, less sponsors, less media coverage, etc.
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Chris Horner is my favourite doped rider of all time. The fact he managed to escape relatively untainted surely has something to do with his personality. He seems like a nice guy. In retrospect, it's obvious he was toying with everyone regarding doping, and I'm impressed that he never seemed concerned that he would get popped. He appeared equally as confident as Armstrong, but he didn't have the same power and backing. That takes more than one ball.
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I thought the testing agency themselves admitted later that it was their fault or miscommunication regarding the ducking out of the testing. Also leader jersey wearers also have to go past doping checks after every stage, no? Or was that not the case yet?
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As the cycling saying goes...it's not always the strongest rider that wins...it's the smartest...and in this case it's obvious, to me at least, that Chris was the smartest. Period. Chapeau !!!
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I watched this race - it was a nail biter until the end. Bravo.
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Rodriguez finished 3rd in the Tour de France in 2013
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Iâm glad Chris is gaining popularity and subscribers!
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If you think that Horner was the most controversial - then I would like to know what is left for Cobo.
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Itâs not a fair comment you make about hamburgers and hot dogs. B c it omits a key fact During vuelta the teams chef, one guy at that time, jumbo now has 8, was only making food w o fat, thinking fat put on weight. Chris was, rightly, fat starved. The team diet was too strict. So after a few days of this, Horner had his wife make a trip to McDonaldâs for a daily Big Mac. It worked. He needed fat, we all do A chef canât deprive racers during a gt of fat
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If Greg Lemond doesn't question it then I don't. I really enjoyed the retelling of that vuelta.
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Horner is brilliant tactically, and everyone knows it. His intellect and experience in race situations proved to be the winning formula for the Vuelta title. Is this video commentary suggesting that doping made Chris somehow smarter than most pros in peloton on top of making him faster on the bike?Enjoy the Victory Chris!
