El juego limpio no se mide en el hecho de esperar y de darle la mano al rival sino en el hecho de correr limpio, sin doping, y este par van cargados hasta el cuello.
@@jorgeamado4899 Without doping, you will never get an entertainment like this. The kind of drug they are taking is legal though so stop with the bullshit complaints.
I won't take anything away for Vingegaard or even Pogacar.......but WVA has had the most impressive performance in any tour I have ever seen. He has done everything that a single cyclist can do to help his team. He is unbelievable!
100%. I wonder what his total watts/kg would look like over the entire tour. Guaranteed he's put out more total power/kg than anybody else in the tour, perhaps double.
Former Danish tour winner and Team Saxobank owner texted one of the Danish commentators that WVA is so insanely good that a team should be built around him as the captain and he could win 6+ stages of the Tour easily. Jonas is lucky to have him for sure.
I like Vingegaard and Pogacar so much as cyclists and personalities in very different ways, and it's been an absolute delight watching them battle it out at the top of the GC.
They've both been showing a lot of good sportsmanship to each other. It's clear that they want to win off of pure cycling, not any dirty tricks. The dirtiest thing I've seen was Vingegaard teaming up to exhaust Pogacar, but that was a part of the game, not anything underhanded. It was brutal to watch but no more than a good passing combo in a soccer game or a good hit in a football game.
@@Crayshack what's dirties on teaming up to drop someone? If u think that's dirty then complain to the officials that team play is dirty, this things happens all of the time and there's not a bit of a dirt in it
@@dib487 I don't mean dirty as in unfair. I meant dirty more in that they were being tough on him. Might be a bit of a linguistic quirk, but to me dirty doesn't necessarily mean unsporting.
@@Scorpion-jv7pc of course, but given the decades long ongoing history of seeing 1 super strong rider after another get popped, can you blame me for being suspicious?
@@bikes7777Yes you can be suspicious, but you can’t accuse any rider of it. Definitely not the two best. It’s such a disgusting accusation. Innocent until proven guilty
@@bikes7777 Yes. I can blame you for peddling agitation propaganda. There is no doping regime that can be hidden while making any athlete all that much better than the next. There are no "super athlete" drug regimes. And even in the days before the extensive testing the ones that made you "super" were just as likely to kill you within a few years. The most obvious dopers of all are never even mentioned by you dogmatic critics.
The behaviour and performances by Pogacar, Vingegaard and WVA have been exactly what cycling needs right now. Its been a good year for cycling overall but good sportsmanship and great performances make such an impact.
In today’s world of sport, that slow down move by Vingegaard after the Pogacar crash was the classiest thing I’ve seen in years! He probably would have got caught but that kid is class. Even his interviews are unassuming, honest and humble.
The most impressive thing in today's stage, was Wout actually be in a position where he could potentially win the polkadot jersey as well. The last and so far only cyclist who managed to win both the green and polkadot jetsey in the same Tour was Eddy Merckx. And not just that, he dropped Pogacar after being on the attack all day.
This dude is replying in every comment thread bashing Wout. Thinking that might just be MvDP's throwaway account. Jokes aside, WvA is nowhere near a "primadonna" as you keep referring to him. He's incredibly talented AND selfless. He's the only person in this race who's good enough to have a genuine chance at winning any stage he wants to.. him being that much better than everyone else and showing it doesn't make him a "primadonna".
WvA is on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. NOT a climber, has already solo attacked and stayed away, on his own, for hundreds of km in the tour, and on Saturday's stage, went as soon as the flag dropped, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his other tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 and STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well.
@@Draregkoeliekalie Oh absolutely, but seeing more of these multi-disciplinary cyclist will hopefully lead to riders in the same vein as Wout down the road.
In my 60's been following and loving the tour for as long as I can remember today was super special and I am in awe of Wout Van Aert what an athlete. Love watching your reports thank you
You mean 'what a drugged up athlete'. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i You seem to know more than the drug testers, perhaps you should offer your assistance to them, rather than repeating the same baseless allegations. As you seem to know it all, could your tell me, who is riding clean this year?
Not beast mode, full on drug mode. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in the tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
Vingegaard knew he is so strong, that he can affort to wait. Those two are real gentlemen of the sport and hopefully we will be able to see more of their fights in the future.
So true, Vingegaard would have had said goodbye to him the last kilometers before the finish line no matter what! These steep Mountains belongs to Vingegaard.
I was really cheering for Tadej to take the Tour again, and was beginning to get desperate after the lack of attacks on the end of Stage 17. But after todays amazing show of sportsmanship and sheer dominance by Jonas, I finally took the time to listen to some of his interviews and hear his side of this Tour. I can only say congrats to the gentleman that is currently sitting in yellow. Let this be a rivalry that lasts for a long time, they both deserve it!
This is sport at its best. Both of them fighting like crazy with huge respect for each other. No matter who wins in Paris they both deserve it, and even though I'm danish, I can't help feeling a little sorry for Pog. He has fought so hard and put up such a show for us - he is a true champion. Those two guys are just amazing!
Awesome stage - a bit of drama, attacks, battles everywhere and even sportsmanship, and a fitting result. Officially have a man-crush on Wout van Aert, so close to winning the green and polka-dot jerseys at the same time! Insane. Vingegaard just too good, comfortably the best climber in the world, hats-off to Pogacar for giving it a shot.
There was reason in waiting, he knew Pog would come back onto his wheel and that in their ensuing duel, he could crash himself, don't forget he almost went seconds earlier. By waiting, however, he ensured his sportsmanship would be enough to neutralise any more downhill attacks and thereby ensure he himself finished the descent in 1 piece.
Can we appreciate how versatile wout is. Top class in cyclo cross, top class in sprint and climbing. I mean last year a win on the double mont ventoux and this year almost a polka dot and green jersey at once
@@cbyod Could you explain further what is meant by "being a Contador"? Genuine question coming from a newbie who started following cycling in the last couple of years.
@@cenkcidecio6840 He did not stop/wait when he was in the same position as Vingegaard. He kept going when his rival had a mechanical failure, saying "he did not see him". That was a lie.
Great sportsmanship from Vingegaart. Wouldn't have thought that such a behavior would occur in this day in age. Kudos to Jonas. This was a heart worming scene to me. He now has a fan more.
@@patpat8727 Bruh. There's a difference between not crashing and crashing. Jonas didn't drop back enough to necessitate Pog waiting for him to catch up.
@@Nova-dy6fq True, but had the situation been reversed, what do you think the Pog would've done? I reckon he would've piled on the pressure. However, he may think twice if he's in a similar position in the coming days.
@@deldridg I'm not sure what he would have done. I'd like to think he would have waited but as I don't know him personally I don't think I can realistically speculate with any degree of certainty. I know he's generally well liked and respected in the peloton but that's not necessarily a predictor of behavior.
@@Nova-dy6fq Yes, true. In any case, a gesture like that of Vingegaard's raises the sportsmanship bar everywhere. Such a wonderful example, especially to younger cyclists (and other sports of course). Unlike the kind of unsporting acts we are seeing at the hands of certain individuals - ie. one Aussie tennis player in particular! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
WaA best performance ever. He run whole race by himself. From depart reel pacing so hard no one could follow, scoring 20 points in sprint, getting close to stage win and polkadot jersey by killing everyone in brake, to dropping Pog himself. Imma just speechless I guess tomorrow he'll go for sprint win and TT win stage after
Lmao people just can’t give TJV a break on the doping/cheating thing right? WvA is a worldclass rider, probably the most versitale aswell and it’s a shame people don’t respect that. It’s not like he has never had a bad race It’s such double standards to doubt WvA but give Pog a pass who is imo the best rider atm and in the future (still so young damn). Just to clarify, I DO NOT think either of them cheat
I have been impressed with the quality of the racing. But even more so, I have been impressed with the character of these riders. TP and all of JV have been such class acts. Chapeau to all and thanks.
Watching the rivalry and sportsmanship between Jonas and Tadej is enough to make everyone excited about cycling again and as a Dane it's of course historic and a matter of national pride to witness Jonas coming out on top this year. However, what Wout has shown in this tour honestly leaves me in a state of awe at least as great as that of Jonas' stage victory and exceedingly likely overall win. That green jersey is truly fitting for a guy stronger than Hulk. I have a feeling he will obliterate everyone on Saturday in the TT too.
Class act from Vingegaard ! In a world that seems largely devoid of civility as of late, it's beyond encouraging to see that cycling is, at least sometimes, still a gentleman's sport.
especially considering that Pogacar was going so fast in the first place to kinda provoke a mistake from Vingegaard. Had it happened, he wouldn't have waited for him
especially considering that Pogacar was going so fast in the first place to kinda provoke a mistake from Vingegaard. Had it happened, he wouldn't have waited for him
That's because that green jersey is on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. Just look at yesterday. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
van Aert is the real new Merckx, not so much in terms of results, but in terms of the type of rider he is. If he'd been around in the 70s/80s, he would have won everything several times over.
@@Nytaarsfyrvaerkeri That applies for all riders. Let's not hope Pogacar uses the same methods, let's not hope Sagan uses the same methods, ... There is no reason to link just 1 specific rider towards doping without any form of evidence exept the fact that he is just so incredibly good.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i Are you new to pro cycling? It's well known that it's not always the best climber that wins the mountains jersey. You have to be smart and plan which days you attack and when.
That handshake sealed his Tour victory. It was the right decision, and more than just a nice gesture. Vingegaard had several wobbles himself so he knew neutralizing Pogacar on the decent was in his own best interest.
That was similar my take of the handshake. “Let’s both neutralise this descent before we kill ourselves, then recommence knocking lumps out of each other on the climb”.
And he had 2 teammates less than a minute back. Sitting up and waiting for Pogacar was a tactically wise move as it ultimately allowed those 2 teammates to latch back on a short while later.
Pogacar said to the car ( after the crash) he want just the stage, GC win is over. His DS said '' calm down, calm down, don't panic, may be Vingegaard will drop on Hautacam, the tour is not over '' Pogacar replied again '' i just want the stage, i can't win this tour '' 😉
@@stefanba2029 well said... it taken me a long time to appreciate the pistolero after what he did, attacking Shleck right at the moment he had a technical problem
Staggering sportsmanship and grace from Vingegaard. Almost made me tear up - the world needs more of that. How awesome was WVA??!! Exciting few days ahead.
WVA has been incredible this tour. Quite sure he’ll on and win the Prix de la Competatiité. Boy, oh boy, has he been a blessing to this race. JV and TP battling and just watching each other all the Tour long has been awesome. But WVA has been THE man. Next to Magnus Cort of course (but then COVID happened)… But I’m biased as all heck. What a tour it has been. The scenes in Denmark. The battle between the two favourites. Cort just casually sitting in the breakaway for 6 days straight then claim a win. Then WVA doing his thing, just tanking through everything though it’s not “his terrain”. Breakaway stage wins, photoshoot finishes on sprints… and (again, biased) 4 Danish stage wins. What a tour it has been.
Thanks for showing love to Cort as well. By far the "coolest" rider in the peloton in my opinion. On the other hand, WVA showed today and throughout this tour why he is the greatest rider in the world. Vingegaard and Pog has showed us what true sportsmanship is as well as they have taught us to keep fighting for our dreams no matter how tough it might be. Incredible tour this year.
That Vingegaard bobble reminded me so much of Kruijswijk’s collapse at the Giro a bunch of years back. This has really been an incredible Tour- the dominance of Pog, JV, and WVA have been awesome to see, but so unfortunate for the breakaway artists
Yellow jersey and white jersey chasing the green jersey on a HC climb, and the yellow jersey and the green jersey are from the same team, wow Pogacar getting dropped during a HC climb by a green jersey, just wow. Something I've never seen before
Jonas rode like a winner of the Tour, and won many more admirers as he waited for Pogacar. Jumbo Visma...what a Team!!! Tactics tactics tactics, and of course, Team' Jumbo's depth - wins the Yellow/ Green and King of the mountain for Jumbo Visma. Still three stages to go. Jonas, Sepp and Wout today...were worldclass (of course).
What a TdF and what a brilliant stage from Jumbo Vista. Van Aert and Kuss.. what a stage you created to Jonas. Congrats to Jonas with being the best in TdF2022. So great to finally see somebody being able to ask the champ Pogacar up for a dance..
Now, in my late sixties, I have been enraptured by this sport since the age of fourteen; but I have never before witnessed a Tour such as this: Anarchic: Beautiful: Cruel: Compulsive: Savage. I have a sense that, in this Tour, the human dimension has, as it were, caught up and superseded the technological dimension. The sport is on the move, it is changing. Thank the Lord that we now have LR and Benji to keep us on the straight and narrow, and to provide access to an arena of advanced perspective. Beautiful, cruel, compulsive: What a ride!
What a stage! It had everything (except for a demonstration). Service car/moto crashes, Wout absolutely killing himself, crazy decents, cross team helps with bidons and showers, and *that* wait. Oh, and Vingegards close call. That could've been really really nasty. Most of all I was afraid for Geraint. He's not crashed YET, so I'm perpetually on the edge of my seat whenever the road tilts downhill
I’d say today was the best climbing performance of Wout Van Aert’s career. What he did today was astounding. If it was possible for him to lose 3-5kg more, he’d be a guaranteed TDF contender I think
@@tonyg3091 His performance was on another level, even compared to what he did on Ventoux last year. Today he didn't have a 10' lead at the start of the climb.
Eh, why ruin your quality of life and fight your genetics just so you can engineer your entire year around the TdF, only for the whole plan to fall apart because you forgot to eat one rice cake on stage 11? Wout is awesome for what he is, the most dangerous and capable rider of any team that he is on. I just don't think enough people stop to understand what it means to be a top-level GC contender in the Tour.
You mean best drugged to the eyeballs performance of his career. When this tdf is analysed, the guy's on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@harrisonroberts3402 go to watch TDF stages or other races until 2019 and you will see the difference... how they can be so much faster in last 3 years and doing much more attacks and effort every day during the stages than before?
As for Pogascar talking to the car, it was about him not having any water left. He dropped the bottle on the top and was getting desperate to get a bottle from the car.
So much can be learned from watching the sequence at 4:10 carefully. Straight-line braking, a high entry, and aiming for the two-thirds apex are so crucial to navigating these crazy downhill runs. Tadej is fortunate that this was only a minor injury incident. And so much class and sportsmanship from Jonas - just an amazing friendship between these two competitors.
Pogacar has already shown he is a great champion on this tour by congratulating Vingegaard when he got ahead of him on GC. Now Vingegaard shows us all he too is a great champion showing wisdom and sportsman ship far beyond his youth by waiting for Pogacar after his crash. Both such great champions, this has been the most AMAZING tour!!!!!
Sepp Kuss coming of age too. Hope the team will let him take a leadership role in some hilly one week races. Great winner potential there. Dropping almost every other climber, except the two...
This Tour is crazy, and your coverage is incredible! I gotta mention one thing for the dejected followers of the relegation battle like myself: Movistar is in BIG trouble now with Mas abysmal performance in the last days and not even a stage win to show for anything.
Forget this, the real news is WVA is potentially the closest rider to Eddy we are ever going to see. He’s definitely got gc potential be very interesting to see if he stays in a team as super domestic or not.
He's a bit heavy to gun for GC. The dude's a monster but he is also tall so he cannot get so light. Good climbing perfomrances on stages for sure but he couldn't survive explosive attacks like those of Pogacar up long climbs, it is simply physics sadly
@@frankburn6312 Pogacar isn't a small guy either. I don't buy that you have to be small to win. Just if you're not, you have to be damn good. But WVA is damn good. But obviously he's never going to have a chance with Jumbo Visma. But he actually gets paid the most on the team, so he may well stick with them.
Amazing riding from both Van Aert and Vingegaard today but I can't help but feel sorry for Geschke lol. Dude would have kept his dotted jersey if not for the Pogacar/Vingegaard rivalry
In retrospect, Roglic crashing on Stage 5 though unfortunate for him helped the TJV campaign overall. It allowed the team to put all its energies into supporting Vingegaard, especially for the crucial mountain stages. Roglic's attacks along with Vingegaard on Stage 11 were instrumental in Pogacar cracking on Col du Granon. On the other hand, imagine if a fully fit Roglic and Vingegaard not only had to fight Pogacar, but also each other. I am not sure if Vingegaard will take part in the Vuelta - I understand that Roglic and Pogacar are likely to. But if that were to happen, it will be interesting to see who would be the No 1 rider for TJV - Roglic, the three-time winner, or Vingegaard the Tour champion (assuming he goes on to win in Paris).
Because his 'weetabix' delivers in ways you could never imagine. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
Wout was an absolute champ today, a massive performance today. He almost lead for 4 hours today, and made the difference on the last clim. Fucking amazing stage
Well done both riders, an absolute pleasure to watch the battle the entire tour and chapeau to Jonas for waiting. Contador would've been off like a shot . . . .
Smart from Vingegaard. He almost crashed during the descent don’t know how he stayed on the bike. Pogačar had no choice to push to the limit and he paid the price. Nothing but respect for Pogačar, he gave his all until the end.
Vingegaard being a real gentleman before going in for kill. And what about van Aart, complete beastmode.
El juego limpio no se mide en el hecho de esperar y de darle la mano al rival sino en el hecho de correr limpio, sin doping, y este par van cargados hasta el cuello.
@@jorgeamado4899 everyone is doping
@@jorgeamado4899 Without doping, you will never get an entertainment like this. The kind of drug they are taking is legal though so stop with the bullshit complaints.
@@jorgeamado4899 youre talking shit
@@tudidingsapparel7197 - How would you know who is taking legal vs. illegal drugs? Are you inspecting all the teams daily?
I won't take anything away for Vingegaard or even Pogacar.......but WVA has had the most impressive performance in any tour I have ever seen. He has done everything that a single cyclist can do to help his team. He is unbelievable!
Wout's a beast, but remember last year, where he won the Ventoux stage, a TT and the sprint in paris, now that's an other worldly hattrick!
@Петро Ґ yup. Not a great team player over 18 stages.
Agreed. Sepp Kuss has been a proper soldier as well.
100%. I wonder what his total watts/kg would look like over the entire tour. Guaranteed he's put out more total power/kg than anybody else in the tour, perhaps double.
Former Danish tour winner and Team Saxobank owner texted one of the Danish commentators that WVA is so insanely good that a team should be built around him as the captain and he could win 6+ stages of the Tour easily. Jonas is lucky to have him for sure.
I like Vingegaard and Pogacar so much as cyclists and personalities in very different ways, and it's been an absolute delight watching them battle it out at the top of the GC.
They've both been showing a lot of good sportsmanship to each other. It's clear that they want to win off of pure cycling, not any dirty tricks. The dirtiest thing I've seen was Vingegaard teaming up to exhaust Pogacar, but that was a part of the game, not anything underhanded. It was brutal to watch but no more than a good passing combo in a soccer game or a good hit in a football game.
100% 🤍
@@Crayshack what's dirties on teaming up to drop someone? If u think that's dirty then complain to the officials that team play is dirty, this things happens all of the time and there's not a bit of a dirt in it
@@dib487
That's what he's saying. You're putting too much in his comment.
@@dib487 I don't mean dirty as in unfair. I meant dirty more in that they were being tough on him. Might be a bit of a linguistic quirk, but to me dirty doesn't necessarily mean unsporting.
Vingegaard is such a deserving winner. This is the tour that just keeps on giving. What a race. How can you not love this sport?
Doping for 1 thing
@@bikes7777 When you can't accept some cyclist just are better
@@Scorpion-jv7pc of course, but given the decades long ongoing history of seeing 1 super strong rider after another get popped, can you blame me for being suspicious?
@@bikes7777Yes you can be suspicious, but you can’t accuse any rider of it. Definitely not the two best. It’s such a disgusting accusation. Innocent until proven guilty
@@bikes7777 Yes. I can blame you for peddling agitation propaganda. There is no doping regime that can be hidden while making any athlete all that much better than the next. There are no "super athlete" drug regimes. And even in the days before the extensive testing the ones that made you "super" were just as likely to kill you within a few years. The most obvious dopers of all are never even mentioned by you dogmatic critics.
The behaviour and performances by Pogacar, Vingegaard and WVA have been exactly what cycling needs right now. Its been a good year for cycling overall but good sportsmanship and great performances make such an impact.
Agreed - it's wonderful to see real sportsmanship and love of racing. I'll admit to crying on several occasions this TDF. Healthy drama :)
Together those 3 have a third of the Tour stage wins and all jerseys
Agreed. This has been the best Tour in many years, and the new generation of riders is just what this beautiful sport needed!.
In today’s world of sport, that slow down move by Vingegaard after the Pogacar crash was the classiest thing I’ve seen in years! He probably would have got caught but that kid is class. Even his interviews are unassuming, honest and humble.
@@dpixvid what i really love about both of them, they can acknowledge the performances of the other without talking them down
The most impressive thing in today's stage, was Wout actually be in a position where he could potentially win the polkadot jersey as well. The last and so far only cyclist who managed to win both the green and polkadot jetsey in the same Tour was Eddy Merckx. And not just that, he dropped Pogacar after being on the attack all day.
@Петро Ґ ?
@Петро Ґ You're as silly as the country in your avatar.
He didn't drop pagacar
This dude is replying in every comment thread bashing Wout. Thinking that might just be MvDP's throwaway account.
Jokes aside, WvA is nowhere near a "primadonna" as you keep referring to him. He's incredibly talented AND selfless. He's the only person in this race who's good enough to have a genuine chance at winning any stage he wants to.. him being that much better than everyone else and showing it doesn't make him a "primadonna".
WvA is on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. NOT a climber, has already solo attacked and stayed away, on his own, for hundreds of km in the tour, and on Saturday's stage, went as soon as the flag dropped, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his other tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 and STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well.
Finally 😂 I refuse going to bed without your review.. ( and I saw the complete race). cheers and keep them coming
Same and I’ve got 7 more hours of work 🥲worth it for this mornings stage though
Same
Exact same
Hahah same🫣😁
same here😂
Great analysis throughout the tour as always. WvA is something else, we need more versatile riders like him.
Yeh well we can only hooe to get a rider like him more often, but this is more thr once in 50 years type of rider.
@@Draregkoeliekalie Oh absolutely, but seeing more of these multi-disciplinary cyclist will hopefully lead to riders in the same vein as Wout down the road.
@Петро Ґ No offence to Sagan, who was amazing at his peak, but he's never been close to WvA's ability
@@Draregkoeliekalie MvdP?
@Петро Ґ He was three times world champion cross cycling against MVP and is a better TT-rider and climber than Sagan.
In my 60's been following and loving the tour for as long as I can remember today was super special and I am in awe of Wout Van Aert what an athlete. Love watching your reports thank you
I’m 64, same interest. Though WVA has a big body fighting against gravity, he’s amazing to watch as a team-mate.
You mean 'what a drugged up athlete'. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i You seem to know more than the drug testers, perhaps you should offer your assistance to them, rather than repeating the same baseless allegations. As you seem to know it all, could your tell me, who is riding clean this year?
Wout van Aert`s perfomance was completely beast mode today..crazy
crazy unbelievable, like a robot
Not beast mode, full on drug mode. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in the tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i C O P I U M
it’s called doping, bro
@@bennnzzzz What you're doing is called being a sore loser.
Vingegaard knew he is so strong, that he can affort to wait. Those two are real gentlemen of the sport and hopefully we will be able to see more of their fights in the future.
So true, Vingegaard would have had said goodbye to him the last kilometers before the finish line no matter what! These steep Mountains belongs to Vingegaard.
I have gained so much respect for Pog this tour, he has fought and fought.
I was really cheering for Tadej to take the Tour again, and was beginning to get desperate after the lack of attacks on the end of Stage 17. But after todays amazing show of sportsmanship and sheer dominance by Jonas, I finally took the time to listen to some of his interviews and hear his side of this Tour. I can only say congrats to the gentleman that is currently sitting in yellow. Let this be a rivalry that lasts for a long time, they both deserve it!
This is sport at its best. Both of them fighting like crazy with huge respect for each other. No matter who wins in Paris they both deserve it, and even though I'm danish, I can't help feeling a little sorry for Pog. He has fought so hard and put up such a show for us - he is a true champion. Those two guys are just amazing!
Awesome stage - a bit of drama, attacks, battles everywhere and even sportsmanship, and a fitting result. Officially have a man-crush on Wout van Aert, so close to winning the green and polka-dot jerseys at the same time! Insane. Vingegaard just too good, comfortably the best climber in the world, hats-off to Pogacar for giving it a shot.
This Tour is just wow
This tour is just wout
@@vcliable WHO ?
Vingegaard waiting for his crashed competitor was simply amazing
- I wish all mankind would act in such a manner!
There was reason in waiting, he knew Pog would come back onto his wheel and that in their ensuing duel, he could crash himself, don't forget he almost went seconds earlier. By waiting, however, he ensured his sportsmanship would be enough to neutralise any more downhill attacks and thereby ensure he himself finished the descent in 1 piece.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i blah blah blah
@@user-ui6kv2np8i Maybe you right.. But all in all that was great sportsmanship and you cant argument! All other is just suspicious..
Lanterne the real Tour MVP with these daily highlights. Chapeau!
Vingegaard and Pogacar made this year tour exciting. I love the competition between this two.
Can we appreciate how versatile wout is. Top class in cyclo cross, top class in sprint and climbing. I mean last year a win on the double mont ventoux and this year almost a polka dot and green jersey at once
What Jonas did was simply beautiful
It was a tribute to Lance and Ulrich. No one want to be a Contador.
@@cbyod 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@cbyod Could you explain further what is meant by "being a Contador"? Genuine question coming from a newbie who started following cycling in the last couple of years.
@@cenkcidecio6840 Contador attacked andy shleck after he had problems with his chain
@@cenkcidecio6840 He did not stop/wait when he was in the same position as Vingegaard. He kept going when his rival had a mechanical failure, saying "he did not see him". That was a lie.
Great sportsmanship from Vingegaart. Wouldn't have thought that such a behavior would occur in this day in age. Kudos to Jonas. This was a heart worming scene to me. He now has a fan more.
He's danish - from Jutland. Even in Copenhagen we are the most desired workers.
love watching this rivalry, cant wait to see Vingegaard win in Paris
That was a class gesture the gentleman’s rules of road racing.
Except Pogacar didn't do that when it looked like Vingegaard was going down.
@@patpat8727 Bruh. There's a difference between not crashing and crashing. Jonas didn't drop back enough to necessitate Pog waiting for him to catch up.
@@Nova-dy6fq True, but had the situation been reversed, what do you think the Pog would've done? I reckon he would've piled on the pressure. However, he may think twice if he's in a similar position in the coming days.
@@deldridg I'm not sure what he would have done. I'd like to think he would have waited but as I don't know him personally I don't think I can realistically speculate with any degree of certainty. I know he's generally well liked and respected in the peloton but that's not necessarily a predictor of behavior.
@@Nova-dy6fq Yes, true. In any case, a gesture like that of Vingegaard's raises the sportsmanship bar everywhere. Such a wonderful example, especially to younger cyclists (and other sports of course). Unlike the kind of unsporting acts we are seeing at the hands of certain individuals - ie. one Aussie tennis player in particular! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
WaA best performance ever. He run whole race by himself.
From depart reel pacing so hard no one could follow, scoring 20 points in sprint, getting close to stage win and polkadot jersey by killing everyone in brake, to dropping Pog himself. Imma just speechless
I guess tomorrow he'll go for sprint win and TT win stage after
and you believe all this he is doing EVERY day without single bad day is possible without cheating?
@@MarshallGA12 Yeah im suspicious of the motordoping
Lmao people just can’t give TJV a break on the doping/cheating thing right? WvA is a worldclass rider, probably the most versitale aswell and it’s a shame people don’t respect that. It’s not like he has never had a bad race
It’s such double standards to doubt WvA but give Pog a pass who is imo the best rider atm and in the future (still so young damn). Just to clarify, I DO NOT think either of them cheat
@@landerdhaen5853 but why Van Aert was not good in mountains in 2019 and in 2020 suddenly he was great climber too?
He didn't drop Pagacar, he finished behind him.
I have been impressed with the quality of the racing. But even more so, I have been impressed with the character of these riders. TP and all of JV have been such class acts. Chapeau to all and thanks.
Watching the rivalry and sportsmanship between Jonas and Tadej is enough to make everyone excited about cycling again and as a Dane it's of course historic and a matter of national pride to witness Jonas coming out on top this year. However, what Wout has shown in this tour honestly leaves me in a state of awe at least as great as that of Jonas' stage victory and exceedingly likely overall win. That green jersey is truly fitting for a guy stronger than Hulk. I have a feeling he will obliterate everyone on Saturday in the TT too.
I love whenever i miss the tour because of work, i can count on you to make a video before i go to bed. Thanks, love from Denmark
Glad to see that sportmanship is well and alive, Vingegaard, I tip my hat off
Class act from Vingegaard !
In a world that seems largely devoid of civility as of late, it's beyond encouraging to see that cycling is, at least sometimes, still a gentleman's sport.
Well said - I felt ver similarly. When asked why I "waste my time watching Lycra clad men ride bicycles - it's for moments like today.
especially considering that Pogacar was going so fast in the first place to kinda provoke a mistake from Vingegaard. Had it happened, he wouldn't have waited for him
especially considering that Pogacar was going so fast in the first place to kinda provoke a mistake from Vingegaard. Had it happened, he wouldn't have waited for him
There are tons of good people - they just don't sell news as well as fx stolen elections aso...
@@GuillaumeG-oz3hz How do you know?
I have never seen a sportsmanship like this before ! Wow Congratulations Sir👏👏
I think that is the first time I saw green Jersey pull the GC up a HC mountain, they are normally 10 or more minutes behind
That's because that green jersey is on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. Just look at yesterday. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i At this point it's getting quite pathetic
@@Tibovl 100%. I'm under no illusions, all the riders are on something, but CLEARLY whatever mixture he's taking is next level shit.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i Then go tell the drug testers what to look for, baseless, repeated allegations don't convict.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i uhh sure mate, whatever you believe.
van Aert is the real new Merckx, not so much in terms of results, but in terms of the type of rider he is. If he'd been around in the 70s/80s, he would have won everything several times over.
But lets not hope that WVA use same methods 🫠
@@Nytaarsfyrvaerkeri That applies for all riders. Let's not hope Pogacar uses the same methods, let's not hope Sagan uses the same methods, ... There is no reason to link just 1 specific rider towards doping without any form of evidence exept the fact that he is just so incredibly good.
This is one of the most entertaining Tour de France I've ever seen. Great attitude and sportsmanship from both leaders Vingegaard and Pogacar.
Pogacar tried to leave JV behind when he nearly crashed.
@@patpat8727 i dont think he noticed, as i would assume one would not dare to look back while going 60 km/h on a descent
@@srensndergaard2445 fair point.
Sad Geschke couldn't hold on to the kom jersey. Somehow he's in the form of his life at 36, which is insane.
It's cause he's vegan.
He isn't a mountain climber and doesn't deserve the jersey. He got most of his points up small ascents or climbs near the start of the day.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i So what?
@@user-ui6kv2np8i Are you new to pro cycling? It's well known that it's not always the best climber that wins the mountains jersey. You have to be smart and plan which days you attack and when.
And some people say that vegans are weak !
That handshake sealed his Tour victory. It was the right decision, and more than just a nice gesture. Vingegaard had several wobbles himself so he knew neutralizing Pogacar on the decent was in his own best interest.
That was similar my take of the handshake. “Let’s both neutralise this descent before we kill ourselves, then recommence knocking lumps out of each other on the climb”.
And he had 2 teammates less than a minute back. Sitting up and waiting for Pogacar was a tactically wise move as it ultimately allowed those 2 teammates to latch back on a short while later.
Pogacar shakes his hand to thank him. Then Vingegaard asks if he's okay and Pogacar gives him the thumbs up. Anything else is just pure speculation.
@@DonGroggy fact is Pogacar didnt attack anymore after that handshake. I think it was the decisive moment.
@@DonGroggy NO
Loved todays race and the sportsmanship from both contenders. Highlight of this Tour
The best TDF in a while
You’r so right
Pogacar said to the car ( after the crash) he want just the stage, GC win is over.
His DS said '' calm down, calm down, don't panic, may be Vingegaard will drop on Hautacam, the tour is not over ''
Pogacar replied again '' i just want the stage, i can't win this tour ''
😉
Vingegaard when he was asked on Danish about Pogacar's crash. It would not be fair to attack him at that moment, I don't want to be that guy.
@@timdouglas620 even him had not attack Ulrich in that situation
That is what gentlemen do.
@@timdouglas620 Contador rather
@@stefanba2029 well said... it taken me a long time to appreciate the pistolero after what he did, attacking Shleck right at the moment he had a technical problem
Staggering sportsmanship and grace from Vingegaard. Almost made me tear up - the world needs more of that. How awesome was WVA??!! Exciting few days ahead.
Sportsmanship and fairplay, Jonas Vingegaard is a true champion
One of the most moving moments of all time in the tour ...
This is amazing sportsmanship and chivalry. Impressed with the Tour this year has been a feast!
Most amazing sportsmanship I have ever seen...Both REAL men.
Love rewatching this TDF. Crazy. Wout was a beast the whole tour
Yes, Vingegaard should wait as he did. He could've won bigger, but that doesn't matter. This way he won both the race and his competitors' respect.
WVA has been incredible this tour. Quite sure he’ll on and win the Prix de la Competatiité. Boy, oh boy, has he been a blessing to this race. JV and TP battling and just watching each other all the Tour long has been awesome. But WVA has been THE man. Next to Magnus Cort of course (but then COVID happened)… But I’m biased as all heck. What a tour it has been. The scenes in Denmark. The battle between the two favourites. Cort just casually sitting in the breakaway for 6 days straight then claim a win. Then WVA doing his thing, just tanking through everything though it’s not “his terrain”. Breakaway stage wins, photoshoot finishes on sprints… and (again, biased) 4 Danish stage wins. What a tour it has been.
Thanks for showing love to Cort as well. By far the "coolest" rider in the peloton in my opinion. On the other hand, WVA showed today and throughout this tour why he is the greatest rider in the world. Vingegaard and Pog has showed us what true sportsmanship is as well as they have taught us to keep fighting for our dreams no matter how tough it might be. Incredible tour this year.
That is an absolutely INCREDIBLE stage by Wout!
vingegaard is a fabulous sportsman - not competing at all costs and he and pogcar seem to have good friendhsip.. both are the best
Not sure it's friendship. I think it's more like mutual respect and sportsmanship.
Thanks LR for all the work you put in getting these together
That Vingegaard bobble reminded me so much of Kruijswijk’s collapse at the Giro a bunch of years back. This has really been an incredible Tour- the dominance of Pog, JV, and WVA have been awesome to see, but so unfortunate for the breakaway artists
Yellow jersey and white jersey chasing the green jersey on a HC climb, and the yellow jersey and the green jersey are from the same team, wow
Pogacar getting dropped during a HC climb by a green jersey, just wow.
Something I've never seen before
Jonas rode like a winner of the Tour, and won many more admirers as he waited for Pogacar. Jumbo Visma...what a Team!!! Tactics tactics tactics, and of course, Team' Jumbo's depth - wins the Yellow/ Green and King of the mountain for Jumbo Visma. Still three stages to go. Jonas, Sepp and Wout today...were worldclass (of course).
What a TdF and what a brilliant stage from Jumbo Vista.
Van Aert and Kuss.. what a stage you created to Jonas.
Congrats to Jonas with being the best in TdF2022.
So great to finally see somebody being able to ask the champ Pogacar up for a dance..
Best stage of the tour de france i've ever seen! GO VINGEGAARD
Best commentary and analysis of TdF by far.
Would love LR to become one of the live race commentators. The current team could do with a breath of fresh air.
Pogacar is truly gifted. He turned a gentle fishmonger into a bloody butcher!
Well whos winning?
It was epic watching Wout van Aart & Jonas Vingegaard leading the race in green and yellow jerseys respectively!
Now, in my late sixties, I have been enraptured by this sport since the age of fourteen; but I have never before witnessed a Tour such as this: Anarchic: Beautiful: Cruel: Compulsive: Savage. I have a sense that, in this Tour, the human dimension has, as it were, caught up and superseded the technological dimension. The sport is on the move, it is changing. Thank the Lord that we now have LR and Benji to keep us on the straight and narrow, and to provide access to an arena of advanced perspective. Beautiful, cruel, compulsive: What a ride!
Honestly, Vingegaard waiting is such a strong act of sportsmanship, these two riders are both excellent
What a stage! It had everything (except for a demonstration). Service car/moto crashes, Wout absolutely killing himself, crazy decents, cross team helps with bidons and showers, and *that* wait. Oh, and Vingegards close call. That could've been really really nasty.
Most of all I was afraid for Geraint. He's not crashed YET, so I'm perpetually on the edge of my seat whenever the road tilts downhill
Great coverage as always. Lovely to see some real sportsmanship.
I’d say today was the best climbing performance of Wout Van Aert’s career. What he did today was astounding. If it was possible for him to lose 3-5kg more, he’d be a guaranteed TDF contender I think
You must have missed last year’s Mt. Ventoux then…
@@tonyg3091 His performance was on another level, even compared to what he did on Ventoux last year. Today he didn't have a 10' lead at the start of the climb.
Eh, why ruin your quality of life and fight your genetics just so you can engineer your entire year around the TdF, only for the whole plan to fall apart because you forgot to eat one rice cake on stage 11? Wout is awesome for what he is, the most dangerous and capable rider of any team that he is on. I just don't think enough people stop to understand what it means to be a top-level GC contender in the Tour.
You mean best drugged to the eyeballs performance of his career. When this tdf is analysed, the guy's on more 'weetabix' than the rest of the peloton combined. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i It’s actually sad how you copy-paste this shit under every comment
Wout Van Aert is a monster this TdF
A very good one, he did well today.
I agree, a drugged up monster.
Once again, a brilliant summary. Thank you!
Needless to say the racing was amazing.
I wish they would do 1 day classics all year so i could watch WvA every week
love the analysis, great videos, some of the best tour de france content on youtube
What admirable sign of spovtivity & friendfip weeten the rival riders during this very mountainous stage! 💙💟❤!
If Wout would have won the stage he would also have had the polkadot if i'm not mistaken... to win green and almost polkadot takes a special cyclist
or a good cheater, it looked very unnatural
@MarshallGA12 you must be fun at parties
@@harrisonroberts3402 go to watch TDF stages or other races until 2019 and you will see the difference... how they can be so much faster in last 3 years and doing much more attacks and effort every day during the stages than before?
@@MarshallGA12 how / when did he cheat?
He would have won d KOM jersey too, but he let jonas win it, because he is a good teammate.
What a great tour this has been.
And wow, that pedal strike at 3:52 - I've done that once and it scared the hell out of me!!!
Legend is born. The riders, the races, the competition, and the sport. TdF this year is beautiful.
Best tour in Decades, and lovely Channel ;)
Ive really appreciated both Vingegaard and Pogacar in how they credit the hard work of their teams when asked about their wins.
Such a sportmanship. Cheer for you Jonas!
Vinegaard totally deserves to win it. He's just too good.
Pedal strike! Well done, no others even mentioned this. I missed it in the replay. Lanterne Rouge at the front again.
It was viewed and replayed many times on the Dutch TV. Maybe you should watch the Dutch NPO coverage with retired TdF competitors commenting.
@@irenehabes-quene2839 also on ITV4 and probably the live feed ......
Love the recap Lanterne Rouge. Thanks and looking forward to the best of the rest.
I always thought one team can never win the yellow And the green Jersey. But with Wout things are different. What a rider..
Include polka dot jersey..
Vingegaard doing his cool down on a TT bike. That man is so focused!
The thing people forgot about jumbo losing team members is that wout counts for like 3 riders at least
Wout is super power 🔋 💪
Just watched the Netflix doku about TdF 2022.., and this was NOT in it!! WTF 🤷♂️🤷♂️
As for Pogascar talking to the car, it was about him not having any water left. He dropped the bottle on the top and was getting desperate to get a bottle from the car.
Waiting for him was the ultimate flex "you're not gonna drop me so I'll just wait for you"
Thanks for this coverage and commentary mate, really enjoy every morning.
So much can be learned from watching the sequence at 4:10 carefully. Straight-line braking, a high entry, and aiming for the two-thirds apex are so crucial to navigating these crazy downhill runs. Tadej is fortunate that this was only a minor injury incident. And so much class and sportsmanship from Jonas - just an amazing friendship between these two competitors.
Pogacar has already shown he is a great champion on this tour by congratulating Vingegaard when he got ahead of him on GC. Now Vingegaard shows us all he too is a great champion showing wisdom and sportsman ship far beyond his youth by waiting for Pogacar after his crash. Both such great champions, this has been the most AMAZING tour!!!!!
Sepp Kuss coming of age too. Hope the team will let him take a leadership role in some hilly one week races. Great winner potential there. Dropping almost every other climber, except the two...
This Tour is crazy, and your coverage is incredible!
I gotta mention one thing for the dejected followers of the relegation battle like myself: Movistar is in BIG trouble now with Mas abysmal performance in the last days and not even a stage win to show for anything.
Yes I've been watching that as well. There was talk they were going to get carapaz back but let him go to ef...big mistake as they have no depth.
Maybe one of the finest moments in sports.
Forget this, the real news is WVA is potentially the closest rider to Eddy we are ever going to see. He’s definitely got gc potential be very interesting to see if he stays in a team as super domestic or not.
WVA = 💉
He's a bit heavy to gun for GC.
The dude's a monster but he is also tall so he cannot get so light.
Good climbing perfomrances on stages for sure but he couldn't survive explosive attacks like those of Pogacar up long climbs, it is simply physics sadly
@@FlyingPastilla wasn’t Indurain a big guy?
@@frankburn6312 Pogacar isn't a small guy either. I don't buy that you have to be small to win. Just if you're not, you have to be damn good. But WVA is damn good. But obviously he's never going to have a chance with Jumbo Visma. But he actually gets paid the most on the team, so he may well stick with them.
@@frankburn6312 Indurain was over 80 kilos, but he outclimbed Pantani on a couple of occasions.
So rare today to see this level of respect between sportsman ,
Amazing riding from both Van Aert and Vingegaard today but I can't help but feel sorry for Geschke lol. Dude would have kept his dotted jersey if not for the Pogacar/Vingegaard rivalry
TJV having the mountain, yellow and green jersey is quite impressive.
In retrospect, Roglic crashing on Stage 5 though unfortunate for him helped the TJV campaign overall. It allowed the team to put all its energies into supporting Vingegaard, especially for the crucial mountain stages. Roglic's attacks along with Vingegaard on Stage 11 were instrumental in Pogacar cracking on Col du Granon. On the other hand, imagine if a fully fit Roglic and Vingegaard not only had to fight Pogacar, but also each other.
I am not sure if Vingegaard will take part in the Vuelta - I understand that Roglic and Pogacar are likely to. But if that were to happen, it will be interesting to see who would be the No 1 rider for TJV - Roglic, the three-time winner, or Vingegaard the Tour champion (assuming he goes on to win in Paris).
Considering TJV lost Kruijswijk for the Vuelta, i think Vingegaard (Depending how well he came out of this Tour) will do the Vuelta.
I was unsure before the Tour of Jumbo providing WvA a helper in Laporte. But my Lord, WvA delivers in ways I could never imagine.
Because his 'weetabix' delivers in ways you could never imagine. He's ALREADY rode hundreds of km in this tour on his own, and on stage 18 went from the flag, rode at such a pace (50kph) that no one else could even stay on his wheel, stayed away on his own for 20 plus km, but did that and any of his previous tour exertions tire him, certainly not, got himself in every break thereafter, stayed away ALL day, dropped specialist climbers over 2 HC's and a Cat 1 even though he is a SPRINTER and yet STILL had enough left in the tank to break (a by now sore and bruised) Pogacar up the last ascent as well. Riis took the piss out of the race and the field in 96 with his EPO but WvA with his 'weetabix' is taking the shit out of it/them as well. Contrast that with Berg, after his Wednesday exertions for Tadej he couldn't even take the peloton's wheel at the start of the next day. Don't get me wrong, I'm under no illusions, all of the riders are on 'something', but WvA's 'weetabix' is next level stuff. If he'd been allowed to, he'd have won this tdf by hours.
@@user-ui6kv2np8i Hello, I think your ctrl and v buttons are malfunctioning.
Either that or your brain.
Wout was an absolute champ today, a massive performance today. He almost lead for 4 hours today, and made the difference on the last clim. Fucking amazing stage
Wout Van Aert!!! Out of this world performance.. he’s a beast!!
Well done both riders, an absolute pleasure to watch the battle the entire tour and chapeau to Jonas for waiting. Contador would've been off like a shot . . . .
Incredible athletes and sportsmanship, loved Tadej's interview praising Jonas and being so humble
Smart from Vingegaard. He almost crashed during the descent don’t know how he stayed on the bike. Pogačar had no choice to push to the limit and he paid the price. Nothing but respect for Pogačar, he gave his all until the end.
Incredible recovery! Pedal strikes are not fun.......
Yeah Jonas was lucky not to go down, It was the chain that had jumped off due to the uneven road.