Always said he reminds me of messi. Both develop effortlessly because of visible enjoyment of their game. Both also possess prodigious talent unrivaled. Been watching both sports since late 80s early 90s love reading about coppi that's who tadej id imagine has most in common with. Almost romantic love for the sport and each enigmatic in own ways
a whole bunch of pro riders not willing to pull each other and letting him win is absurd. I can not believe they were actually so weak to not being able to chase a solo break for freaking 80 km
@@PhilosophicalSock sometimes exactly that is a benefit of a solo breakaway. If there is no peloton to chase, as in, no multiple team mates, why would any single rider chase down the best cyclist in the world just to waste his own energy for no chance to win? there are a lot of dynamics going on in cycling apart from pure strength. In Pogacar's case, he has the strength on top of that. With van Aert, van der Poel and multiple favorites in the race, he could not have pulled that move off.
Why TF is there only 26mins of the race coverage on Eurosport Catch up through my Discovery subscription on Amazon TV? £7 per month. 200km race. And I get to watch km 90-80 only because some bozo has screwed up. The whole women’s coverage is there! What’s happened to the men’s? A few weeks into the season and I mourn the passing of GCN+ more and more every day.
Get over it, pal. If you pay for tv subscriptions you are a sucker anyway, not because it can be free, but because it means you certainly waste lots of your life sat on the settee watching crap.
Yeha several times now it became clear that Pogi is actually the absolute best in the cold but has "problems" in really hot conditions. Jonas is much better when its really hot
Wouldn't want to jinx his career but winning like that off the back of Tour of Lombardy victory last year he is moving into Merkcx like territory and I wouldn't say that lightly, truly spectacular.
Agreed, in addition Jonas makes the Tour his top priority because he knows he can't win races like this, Flanders, world champs, etc... so he basically does the Lance/Wiggins/Froome approach of all-in for the TdF. Both are amazing riders but I'd rather have a career like Tadejs than Jonas, much more versatile and exciting.
Totally, totally agree! I don't have much respect for the "all-in for the Tour de France" approach. Pogacar is like the modern day "Cannibal" , bravo for this!@@AndrewDHDavidson
@@jean-pierrebarre4056 Jonas maximizes his chances for the TDF precisely because he has no chance in races like this. He just won the Adriatico and I think last year he could have taken the Vuelta if he really needed to, but it would have been ugly . You may not like him, but I think he deserves respect. I don't think winning TDF is a small feat, no matter if it's your sole objective.
Those of us who cycle know, there are no riders so good (at same level) they can keep riding away from several riders. Being in the front has a huge impact on your speed. He is on some 'next level' sh!t.
For real? I was watching live coverage which started around 100km to go. Tuned out with 64km to go. One of those performances from Pog that has everyone scratching their heads. Exciting racing to the last it was not.
We witnessed a true epic performance of one of the greatest of all time, 81 Km solo in modern cycling! But the race from then on has been boring, please give us back the old parcours. More distance and elevation doesn't necessarily make it more spectacular.
Paris-Roubaix 2025. It's high time to go there, Tadej Pogacar! Tadej already competed there in his junior years on the "Baby Paris-Roubaix", which I think goes partially on the same parcoure ;) The route wouldn't be exactly new for him.
Sorry dude, but Merckx is, at the moment, still the GOAT. But if there is one who could replace him one day, it is Tadej for sure. That sort of win Tadj pulled today, that was pure Merckx-style, precisely.
@@davidfernandez9791 No, it's not even close. Pogacar is not even the best stage racer of his own generation. Any comparsion with Merckx is ridiculous and a mockery to the greatest rider of all time.
@@HolgerDanske874LOL. Not best racer of his generation. Who is then? 😂😂😂 Pls don’t say either Vingeegard a.k.a TDF only guy or MvDP a.k.a classics only guy.
Pogacar is a monster but to be fair there wasnt competition. Apart fron that, if I were his director I would recomend him to not spend too much energy unnecesarily. He could have riden with the group much more kms.
was not competition? Pidcock: Cyclocross World Champion and Strade bianche champion 2023 with a solo, Sepp Kuss, champion of La Vuelta 2023, Laporte, European Champion, Mohoric Gravel World Champion, Attila Walter, the Visma expert in this kind of races.
@@davidfernandez9791 ahahahahahhaha Verified! You know nothing about cycling. I save this comment and will return in the end of July (obviously, if nothing bad like injuries/surgeries stop the training/races of Tadej).
@@mondociaociao There wasnt a proper competition bobo. No VanAert nor VanderPoel nor Evenepoel nor Vingegard. The rest are far behind. And about july... I guess you cant remember what hapened the past two julys. Bobo
A one day monument (basically) and 3-week grand tour with endless mountain passes are not comparable... barring injury, Jonas will keep winning the Tour, he's built better for day after day of ong climbs and puts all his focus on the Tour. Tadej will get a bunch of stage wins and finish 2nd again most likely, but is ultimately the more exciting and well-rounded rider.
@@AndrewDHDavidsonno doubt Jonas will win this year again txs his juicy cocktails! Since last year and the mountain TT, unless you are naive, there is no doubt anymore
Correct. In modern sport, nobody wins by these margins without some special help. Guy is making racing unwatchable. No way can one rider win GTs, Classics, TTs. Not sure why anyone would embrace this. Yeah folks, you can be aggressive when you know you’ve got the ultimate assistance. Nobody consistently can ride away from 180 pros like this.
others teams are really not capable with their support riders, only UAE team has done its objective, other teams, nah, they just make the numbers, but the leaders can do this race on their own, thats what offroad bike racing can do, no big teams seams, important only 1 man show.
I dont think so, not as long as it's the priority for Jonas, who is noticably smaller/lighter than Pogi, which always tips the scales in his favor the deeper the race goes. Jonas has the best team to help him on flat stages and the w/kg to slowly grind Tadej down over 3 weeks. Tadej is still the better rider of the two overall and I would much rather have him on my team than Jonas.
He is very talented there is no doubt about that but one thing I can assure you is he is fuelled on a lot more than just pane e acqua. This can be said about the majority of the peleton.
His ability and joy of riding is other worldly. What an opening to the 2024 season.
the opening was the omloop, het nieuwsblad
@@Mizernyi ok his opening .. sheesh
Always said he reminds me of messi. Both develop effortlessly because of visible enjoyment of their game. Both also possess prodigious talent unrivaled. Been watching both sports since late 80s early 90s love reading about coppi that's who tadej id imagine has most in common with. Almost romantic love for the sport and each enigmatic in own ways
That bike lift celebration is iconic
Van der Poel did the same after winning his cyclo cross title.
I suppose it's in their contract with their bike sponsor now?
Who could resist that smile of Tadej? His riding gives inspiration to so many riders!!
Just like Lance was! Give me a break, this guy is 100% on the juice.
@@vaponte8541 He HAS juice. Slight difference.
I don't believe he takes more substances than the rest of the peloton. Probably less in fact.
@@vaponte8541 Why bother even following if you think they're on the juice, seriously, there's other sport to follow if you think it's all a farce.
It's hard indeed not to admire and like this young man...
Tadej from 80k out?! Legend.
80km solo is absurd. Well done to him.
At 40 km/h...
Doping is absurd.
a whole bunch of pro riders not willing to pull each other and letting him win is absurd.
I can not believe they were actually so weak to not being able to chase a solo break for freaking 80 km
@@PhilosophicalSock sometimes exactly that is a benefit of a solo breakaway. If there is no peloton to chase, as in, no multiple team mates, why would any single rider chase down the best cyclist in the world just to waste his own energy for no chance to win? there are a lot of dynamics going on in cycling apart from pure strength.
In Pogacar's case, he has the strength on top of that. With van Aert, van der Poel and multiple favorites in the race, he could not have pulled that move off.
@@PhilosophicalSockNot the first time it happens..he said he was going to attack 80km to the finish line and he did
Best landscapes in cycling
A true champion and a good boy. I'm happy to see him win here. Maybe we'll meet up on Mangart, sooner or later.
Pogacar is just wow
Pogi being Pogi .. but I’m so happy for Toms! Dude has been chipping away and it’s starting to pay off. Nice race gentlemen!
His descending skills are otherworldly and the video where he overtakes everyone descending and in a corner is just soo good
The Italians seem to award the best looking trophy’s
The Giro gc trophy is my favorite. What a beauty.
And the trident of Tirreno Adriatico trophy too!!
The organizer of these races is the same...called RCS, they own italy's biggest sport newspaper
@@egidius3 The trident... if there is a cooler trophy in all of sports, I'd love to see it!
That moment with your bike aloft. Sponsors dream.
That was for Italians !
Enve wheels!!
@@duje7787Yes but also for everyone to see..it is great publicity..This guy is pure marketing.
Tadej is a very agressive rider . I absolutely love it.
Huge congratulations for Toms, such a milestone, just amazing, support from Lithuania! Epic performance of Tadej 😯
Pogi is of another level of performance and ability
Incredible 🚀
Indeed. Incredible is the world.
This man is something else.
Superb result for Toms! Ar tevi vienmēr var lepoties!
Why TF is there only 26mins of the race coverage on Eurosport Catch up through my Discovery subscription on Amazon TV? £7 per month. 200km race. And I get to watch km 90-80 only because some bozo has screwed up. The whole women’s coverage is there! What’s happened to the men’s?
A few weeks into the season and I mourn the passing of GCN+ more and more every day.
Get over it, pal. If you pay for tv subscriptions you are a sucker anyway, not because it can be free, but because it means you certainly waste lots of your life sat on the settee watching crap.
@@SteveNinetyskibe nice
@@Mizernyi I find it hard sometimes when I read certain things. "I mourn the loss" What a wet flannel.
@@SteveNinetyski Each comment you make betrays the fact you’re an imbecile.
Me too Mann. 5 mins on UA-cam or the full race on catch up via GCN.
As for the guy who says get off the couch while commenting on here, says it all.
He is incredible
Very impressive win.Congrats,Pogi.
What a performance! Pog just kills it in cold weather/bad conditions. Tells everyone what he’s going to do and then goes out and does it.
Yeha several times now it became clear that Pogi is actually the absolute best in the cold but has "problems" in really hot conditions. Jonas is much better when its really hot
@@lordad yup agreed…that’s his kryptonite in the tour but it takes a gang of JV attacking him in the heat to beat him up.
What a great race, big loving hug all riders, never stop believe in fans, cycling makes life worth living ❤🎉❤
Pre Race:
Q: can you tell us where you’re going to attack?
A: on Sante Marie
81km to go
attacks on Monte Sante Marie 🔥🔥🔥🔥
pog deserves his status. very aggressive style. saving cycling from evil team sky.
You mean NL postal 🥴
Great start to surely an exciting season.
It will be Pog's TdF this year for sure
At least he showed everyone who he owed this victory after crossing the line. His Wonder bike. 😜
This will be his year !!!
Wouldn't want to jinx his career but winning like that off the back of Tour of Lombardy victory last year he is moving into Merkcx like territory and I wouldn't say that lightly, truly spectacular.
He without a doubt is the modern Merckx. There is nobody else like him.... He even challenges for sprints. Please be clean Tadej
He's the greatest, however, Jonas has a 9kg advantage in 3 weeks races. Cycling has never been so competitive.
Agreed, in addition Jonas makes the Tour his top priority because he knows he can't win races like this, Flanders, world champs, etc... so he basically does the Lance/Wiggins/Froome approach of all-in for the TdF. Both are amazing riders but I'd rather have a career like Tadejs than Jonas, much more versatile and exciting.
Totally, totally agree! I don't have much respect for the "all-in for the Tour de France" approach. Pogacar is like the modern day "Cannibal" , bravo for this!@@AndrewDHDavidson
@@jean-pierrebarre4056 Jonas maximizes his chances for the TDF precisely because he has no chance in races like this. He just won the Adriatico and I think last year he could have taken the Vuelta if he really needed to, but it would have been ugly . You may not like him, but I think he deserves respect. I don't think winning TDF is a small feat, no matter if it's your sole objective.
and he did it on road tires (30c Conti Grand Prixs which probably were actual 28-29c).
Pog did a Landis!
I doubt Pogi is a heavy wiskey drinker 😅
*Let's be honest, he could have won by **3:30** if he put his head down and gave it the coals.*
He wanted his procession that he earned.
We are definitely back to the 80's and 90's era of doping!
🙄🙄🙄
Insane
This is a statement!
Those of us who cycle know, there are no riders so good (at same level) they can keep riding away from several riders. Being in the front has a huge impact on your speed. He is on some 'next level' sh!t.
I want GCN +!!!!!!
How to watch it live in India?
I hope he doesnt crash / get injured before the Tour and starts fully fit!
Probably enough of he gets tested 😂
@@Bendersnatchling You misspelled Cringegaard.
One word. Juice.
If there is a statistical outlier AMONG STATISTICAL OUTLIERS then questions should be asked.
Absolutely too good to be true
Where are the extended highlights?
For real? I was watching live coverage which started around 100km to go. Tuned out with 64km to go. One of those performances from Pog that has everyone scratching their heads. Exciting racing to the last it was not.
Isaac looking good at front.
Dear me this is epic.
Terbaik lah Poggy
We witnessed a true epic performance of one of the greatest of all time, 81 Km solo in modern cycling! But the race from then on has been boring, please give us back the old parcours. More distance and elevation doesn't necessarily make it more spectacular.
Tadej is back for buisness in 2024!
Indeed and really looking forward to see him challeging Vingegaard i TDF
vamos pogi
The drugs are workin❤❤❤❤
@@SergiuSalcau00 bro what he is not doping
@@SergiuSalcau00 la droga tuya parece que no funciona amigo ..... cambia de narco
Gibt es davon irgendwo ein Recording?
Ass kicking of epic proportions 😂
I smell something fishy and I don’t mean the contents of Baldricks apple crumble.
Čestitke Tadej, boš se zapisal v zgodovino.
Bravo Tadej🙂🙂🙂
King is Back🎉
Pogačar, wow.
Paris-Roubaix 2025. It's high time to go there, Tadej Pogacar! Tadej already competed there in his junior years on the "Baby Paris-Roubaix", which I think goes partially on the same parcoure ;) The route wouldn't be exactly new for him.
His bold prediction is similar to the time Babe Ruth pointed out where his home run would land.
Unbelievable
Parece inteiro, nem cansou😳🤔
The Goat 🐐
Sorry dude, but Merckx is, at the moment, still the GOAT. But if there is one who could replace him one day, it is Tadej for sure. That sort of win Tadj pulled today, that was pure Merckx-style, precisely.
Goat? More like an ant.Ever heard of Eddy Merckx?
You cant compare times. In Merckx times cycling was almost an amateur sport. What Pogacar does is more impresive in these times.
@@davidfernandez9791 No, it's not even close. Pogacar is not even the best stage racer of his own generation. Any comparsion with Merckx is ridiculous and a mockery to the greatest rider of all time.
@@HolgerDanske874LOL. Not best racer of his generation. Who is then? 😂😂😂
Pls don’t say either Vingeegard a.k.a TDF only guy or MvDP a.k.a classics only guy.
Good~ Great pogi~
the champion
Pogacar is a monster but to be fair there wasnt competition.
Apart fron that, if I were his director I would recomend him to not spend too much energy unnecesarily. He could have riden with the group much more kms.
@@josephsong8911
Who can win Pogacar in the Giro?
Him going to the Giro is a sign of fear to Vingegard.
was not competition? Pidcock: Cyclocross World Champion and Strade bianche champion 2023 with a solo, Sepp Kuss, champion of La Vuelta 2023, Laporte, European Champion, Mohoric Gravel World Champion, Attila Walter, the Visma expert in this kind of races.
@@davidfernandez9791 ahahahahahhaha Verified! You know nothing about cycling. I save this comment and will return in the end of July (obviously, if nothing bad like injuries/surgeries stop the training/races of Tadej).
@@davidfernandez9791he’s still going to the tdf…
@@mondociaociao
There wasnt a proper competition bobo. No VanAert nor VanderPoel nor Evenepoel nor Vingegard. The rest are far behind.
And about july... I guess you cant remember what hapened the past two julys.
Bobo
Pogacar is on form to do the double this year.
A one day monument (basically) and 3-week grand tour with endless mountain passes are not comparable... barring injury, Jonas will keep winning the Tour, he's built better for day after day of ong climbs and puts all his focus on the Tour. Tadej will get a bunch of stage wins and finish 2nd again most likely, but is ultimately the more exciting and well-rounded rider.
@@AndrewDHDavidsonno doubt Jonas will win this year again txs his juicy cocktails! Since last year and the mountain TT, unless you are naive, there is no doubt anymore
Jonas lol. Pogačar is one of the best riders ever can not be compared with Vingegaard. Only with Eddy Mercx and similar.
But an 81 km performance, no concerns about extra juice? Hmmm
(only one word will define..). B - O - R - I - N - G!
Great race 😀I won’t giveaway the result for those about to watch😉
Pogi is underrated
Everyone punting for Pog to win remember Vingo absolutely went nuclear in the last week
Who cares? We are talking about the Strade Bianche and the winner, Pogi. Cringegaard is irrelevant to this discussion
Doesn't exist only tour de France in Cycling. 3 years Pogi finished first at the UCI. Vingegaard is really good but will never come to a one day race
That’s the end of Strade if they don’t scrap this new corsa
Huh?
Did Matthieu not join?
Engage beast mode
Tadej gonna win TdF 2024
Los campeones extraterrestres del dopaje de la inteligencia artificial
Where is vingegard?
4:33 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
yeah. he can say thank you to his bike indeed. Rememnber this image. this will be so ironic in a few years
He has to have some next level dope…
Correct. In modern sport, nobody wins by these margins without some special help. Guy is making racing unwatchable. No way can one rider win GTs, Classics, TTs. Not sure why anyone would embrace this. Yeah folks, you can be aggressive when you know you’ve got the ultimate assistance. Nobody consistently can ride away from 180 pros like this.
Where js jumbo visma?
Pogy The Martian
too bad, you cut right through the final climb, with a human wave around Tadej
no one will remember this race except you. He's riding agains the B-team
looks like a pretty boring race actually. Give them a chance next year Tadej haha
As Pidcock said at finish "WTF happened"?
others teams are really not capable with their support riders, only UAE team has done its objective, other teams, nah, they just make the numbers, but the leaders can do this race on their own, thats what offroad bike racing can do, no big teams seams, important only 1 man show.
A victory all thanks to Matt Stephens
Training ride with onlookers, a stretch to call it a race.
He’s a goat
LOL! Ever heard about Eddy Merckx?
@@HolgerDanske874Pogacar > Merckx.
@@Sk1LLownzu Hahaha, 3rd worlder spotted with no knowledge of history
Wow!
Oh dear, that was a disappointing spectacle. Yeah sure Tadej 80km amazing, respect etc, but he killed this years edition.
Strade bianche Start
Tadej be like : I feel like doing 80k ITT is good in this route
Ardennes Triple inccoming
I think if he cools it thru the classics he wins the tour.
I dont think so, not as long as it's the priority for Jonas, who is noticably smaller/lighter than Pogi, which always tips the scales in his favor the deeper the race goes. Jonas has the best team to help him on flat stages and the w/kg to slowly grind Tadej down over 3 weeks. Tadej is still the better rider of the two overall and I would much rather have him on my team than Jonas.
@@AndrewDHDavidsontadej looks thinner but riding the giro before makes him slower for the tour
Doping is absurd.
Hahaha. A perfect example of clean sport.
He is very talented there is no doubt about that but one thing I can assure you is he is fuelled on a lot more than just pane e acqua. This can be said about the majority of the peleton.
Sure, but not all riders have UAE oil funding. Even with assistance, it’s never a level playing field. Hence the need to keep the dope out.
Doping
Massacre
Tadej
💯🤍 WONDERFUL👱🏻✨💪🏻❤️🔥