Legion’s Into the Lion’s Den had some controversy, comment below and let me know how we can make this sport safer and more fair.
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A little controversy, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Should certain teams be allowed more riders? Should subtle deviations be allowed? Comment below.
my guy in the grey has a leaf in his derailer
What a loser he is.
No one cares about “underrepresented groups” bruh
Leaf on that guy bike made him slow
Glad that crash didn't happened at all, I would've been mad too. Considering the crashing makes you go out of the bike for weeks speaking from experience
Bro, I'm so pissed for you!
Definitely would have crashed into that guy if I was you.
"If you're going to be an asshole, I'm not letting you win that prize money!" is my mentality.
Absolute joke of a cut from that guy. So deliberate too when you see him glancing back at you. I'd be furious enough to tell him what I thought after but you definitely handled it with grace despite the very justified anger at the time.
From Miami should be a clue. many in south Florida cheat. raced all over. common practice there.
If only I could afford a roadie
Play dirty for the money… should have a bigger chute
I would have loved to see some Legion people come in here and defend their cowardly efforts to benefit from cycling by stacking the field and only inviting teams they know they can beat. I love watching those guys race, but this was just a punk move. Also, I wish you'd have just sharpened your elbows and put that guy on the deck. You must outweight him by 20-30 pounds and could have had your way with him. I understand you playing it safe, but I never like to see guys like that succeed in anything.
That dude will crash from karma
If you have to to cheat to win, you didn’t win. Return the money or have your license suspended.
lovell will be there 2022!
Dude that line you took with 400 to go was clutch. You deserved that preme.
that's a very small deviation. you were trying to squeeze through which would have endangered both of you. he closed it off. sprinting so close to the barriers with so little space is nuts.
Poopy course design, narrowing at 200 m to go? Disgrace
Shutting the door while sprinting near the end should be protested
The guy actually looked back and deviated from his line to shut the door on you. Disgusting. I know it happens a lot but it still is disgusting (and dangerous)
It's one thing to deviate a little from your line while sprinting.. it's another thing to look back, seeing an opponent and deliberately deviate to block someone.
Wish I had 4gs to give you, you deserved them instead!
is that a leaf flapping from that guys derailer
You had him, he knew it, d-bag move on his part.
what’s are you using to display the real time data on the screen??
Wait…did you fell off from your bike at the very end of this video??
I wonder if it would have been legal to bang the ribs of that rider with your helmet once chancing line whilst sprinting was legal.
Coming back here after a year ? Has anyone received their 💵 yet?
I think Legion structuring something like this gives a lot of insight into the character of that team. It's not indicating anything positive.
And, no, you're not petty. It's a legitimate beef.
They ever pay anyone yet? LoL , what a bunch of scammers they are turning out to be.
I truly enjoy cycling but these people are why i don't call myself a cyclist. Unreal. The speed. Amazing videos. Thanks.
Yeah, hed hav e been moved if that was me…for 4 grand, were coming down or im winning….
Hate dick heads like that
That squeeze is like every crit finish I did out here in the eastern tri-state area.
Did the two 'teams' work independently or work together?
race wasn't fixed was it
race wasn't fixed was it
@norcalcycle – throw a branch in his spoke. It's an unsanctioned race.
I agree with your frustration 100%. I would have gone and have a word with him after the race, or even during. But being in the same position as the dbag, I might have done the same, move a little bit to the side, leave just enough room and hope that the guy behind me isn't a lunatic that tries to go through it. I mean, you see it enough in the pro races, tdf, where they obviously deviate from their sprint line. But props to you for hitting the brakes, it's the sensible thing to do, I wouldn't want to feed the riders that tried to go through a gap like that and crashed horribly.
word has it a lot of the prize money still hasn't been paid out, but not because Legion is unwilling to pay. Most riders just don't want to accept Justin William's semen instead of cash.
jeff, the only thing to do that come up in my mind in that moment(sprint deviation) that you experienced is literally try to throw your water bottle into his rear wheels 😂if he crash, thats his punishment, if not then probably the rear wheel will be lifted a bit by the bottle and caused him a shocked and maybe stop him from pedalling or pushing you to the barrier 🤣i know its psycho, but what he did is just as psycho, and would probably even cause a lot messier than just throwing your bottle 🤣
5:45 what is that on his rear derailer some type of aero leaf?😅
I'd went right up the middle, bump, bump…like a pin ball.
Legion is a fraud, plain and simple.