Shame this highlights package doesn't have the clip of Pog coming up to Pellizzari, giving him a smile, and signalling him to get on his wheel. Or when he grabbed a bottle from the roadside and immediately gave it to a young kid running beside him. Pog is such a champion - in every way.
@@danielsmith7856 So really you just talk shit in RUclips comments even though there's never been a case against Pogacar doping? Do you do the same thing to Vingegaard too?
@@danielsmith7856you been watching any sports at the minute? Football - Man City winning every season.. F1 - Verstappen dominating with most ever wins in a row.. This is no different. Just an incredible gifted athlete. Its only boring if you don't appreciate just how good the man is..
@@samm7876Armstrong only participated in the tour of france..he never won Giro or Vuelta or any of the classic races. Pogacar could be the best in history, if he continous like this, next to Merx
@@tonyg3091 but this year I wouldn't be surprised if he smokes them. Recovering from that nasty accident is not an easy feat, specially to bring back the old form to compete againt a monster named Tadej Pogacar. Pog himself had to skip training last year because of a wrist injury and couldn't compete with Jonas in TdF...
@@lofifordreamers Pog didn't skip training, he just trained indoors. Jonas in his prime is on another level in the mountains, so if he can recover to a decent level, I'd say that it will be a tight race.
@@lofifordreamers I am guessing Jonas has a very specific training schedule leading up to the Tour. He clearly is focused on winning the Tour, whereas Pog is off winning monuments and such. Clearly Jonas is way off schedule to peak for the Tour as he has done in the past, not to mention his physical recovery. With all that said, even if Jonas was on his normal peak this year, with the way Pog has been riding all year, I still think Pog could beat a healthy, peaked out, Jonas this year.
@@NathanLloyd69yep meanwhile he is robbing the sport and years down the road we will look back it and be like, who told you. I was saying the same with Lance but people were furious at me.
Only in a few years we will know whether he is on something. History of sport has shown till now that nobody was clean, however, the hope for the first exception still holds)
If he is, then the racing organization as a whole would be conspiring to let it happen. I'm not so sure they want to risk total destruction of the sport should another Armstrong era be exposed. To me, in all sports there always are those that stand out above the rest. There are always people that are just gifted beyond all the rest and also have everything else going for them (team, training, youth, etc). Myself, I take a positive attitude toward it, they are being checked all the time, the bikes are being checked all the time. So why bother being suspect, I just enjoy it.
He always had freakish cardiovascular levels. This Giro has been weak apart from Pog while he is fully fit after his broken arm last year. Thomas on podium at his age and after all his injuries is an indictment of the others. TdF could be similar as Vin surely cannot possibly have recovered enough from his horror smash in time to compete with Pog
Witnessing one of the GOATs. For men, Merckx acknowledges Pog as his heir. Hinault has done same. Merckx also did track. But Beryl Burton's palmares among women stands up to any comparison as does Voss's. Burton was a complete amateur, mostly solo, competing against shamateur teams from mainland Europe, both east and west.
Wait for Pog being Pog he goes on an early attack tomorrow just to make sure he gets those 10+ minutes…😂 After all he only needs to put 6-7 seconds into Martinez, how hard can it be?
Actually, they can. He had no opposition so he wasn't at 100%. If Vin was fit and in the race, it would have been more interesting. It's an indictment of the rest (despite all the sports science) that Thomas at 38 with his injury history is on the podium
Pogi is a graceful winner... waving and often giving an appreciative bow crossing the line. Riders like Remco, however, not so much... I hate watching that guy thump his chest and giving childish hand symbols.
Final climb the whole lead group gasping for air. Pogi casually eating a gel and talking to the guys on the mic like he’s taking a casual stroll through the park. On a totally different level from the rest. Almost unnatural. I only remember one other guy who climbed so effortlessly
There cannot be any sports without fans, BUT fans gotta have respect for the players and the game. You cannot just pat on the cyclists who are climbing the hill with all their energy!😠😠
@@thedownunderverse All of them xD It contains no proof of motordoping or anything but it discusses the topic. And I don't know. I have a feeling there might be something to it
Arthur Koestler: not a nice person but great writer. Ah! The RUclipsr. I understand that message is mechanical doping is more likely among support riders: not tested, enables them to fetch more bottles and provide protection from wind for longer than without 'help'.
Well, if both Pog and Merckx clean, Pog should be better in terms of speed etc as he has lighter, more aerodynamic, lower rolling resistance bikes and far better sports science and nutrition behind his team's training programme. But Merckx also did track
The pronunciation of the names doesn't change when Rob Hatch is doing the commentary. He knows how riders pronounce their own names - he asks them. You presumably don't have a clue.
@ehlava most definitely not Lance. Eddy might have doped but Lance doped, lied with a straight face and made millions through Live Strong. If it wasn't for his cycling lies Live Strong would not have been a success. Pog is not Eddy and definitely not Lance.
@@erichweggelaar1320 Eddy doped, lied with a straight face, and is a multi-ten-millionaire. ask ppl with cancer who lance championed for, they dont care. and I dont care about Eddy either. they both had to hammer and risk their lives. get over it.
A joke realty , one man just making every other rider in the peloton look like amateur’s . Don’t get me wrong I love the way he races but just a shame nobody can get near him this year makes the racing boring and let’s hope the Tour de France 🇫🇷 isn’t going to be like this let’s hope he gets challenged . He’s doing wonders for cycling to which is a good thing
reality check in the last three TdF, the 3rd was at more than 7 min, the rest at more than 10 min. Grand Tours right now are just a two men game. And there, they couldn't give it all carelessly because they had to control each other. When there is only one of them (in top form) at the start, instead of the 3rd/4th, it is the 2nd to be left at 10 min
I have said it before, and I will say it againg. Poga is terrible. He is not doing this to win a stage (he has five already) He is not doing this to win the Giro (That is already done with) He is doing this because he thinks it is fun. How can anybody compete with this,
He’s still got the Tour to think of. He’s either not thinking of the accumulated fatigue, which shows immaturity… OR he’s perfectly capable of going after it, which is scary. Either way, this is quite the spectacle to watch.
After watching cycling for over 30 years, Pogacar is further ahead of the rest than anyone I've ever seen, even the Armstrong era, it's difficult not to something something is up.
Yeah... people love a Hero but forget how harsh the real world is. He ain't clean and he'll damage our sport like nothing else. I don't know if the sport would ever recover.
He has not been ahead of Vinegaard for the last two Tour de France, though he did win the two before then. He also won stages in the Vuelta Espana in 2019 when he was 21. It's not like there is a sudden transformation, he has always been exceptional.
@@Dinna-beDaftI couldn't say it better. Armstrong and many others, including Vingegaard, performed well all of a sudden. Pog has always been consistently exceptional. He's even human, referring to last year's TDF
I really hate that Vinnegaard is hurt...it'll just be an excuse when Tadej smokes him at the TDF. Jonas needs to really stock up on his drug supply to even hang with Tadej. What a dominant performance!!!
It's sad with all the trolls in every comment section about the giro. It seems this generation is paying the price of some assholes in the past who've killed the reputation of the sport. I won't blame anyone for not wanting to be burnt twice, but if you cannot believe in good performances i don't see the point in watching. I won't say no'one is cheating. But the idea that pog's doping because he dominates a race without any other top gc contender is just unfair. There's nothing impossible in his performances. The watts he's doing this giro are not extraordinary. Thomas and Martinez struggled to cross 5.5 w-p/kg in the mountains, and pogi did not do a single climb at an unusually high speed. JV on the Loze and Marie Blanque last year was decidedly quicker. All sports have their superstars. In cycling we're lucky to have 5/6 guys at a very high level. Unfortunately, the calendar and injuries means they hardly ever race each other. There's been no suspicion directed towards any of the current lot, and they do seem much more credible than even 10 years ago. Mvdp and WvA, Remco and Pog have been stratospheric talents since youth. They are not random also-rans who suddely become incredible. JV is a freak of nature with his weight and vo2-max being noted since adolescence, and Rog had a long road to develop transitioning from a completely different sport (and while he's consistent and the perfect one week rider, he's arguably never reached the level of the others anyways). Of course, you can never dismiss doping in pro sports. Yet, this is not the 90s. There's no wonder drug everybody's on. In fact, because of the history, cycling has a much more rigorous testing regime than almost any sport except for athletics. So, it's among the least likely sports we're seeing large-scale systematic doping. The teams know the disastrous financial repercussions, and there's not that much money in it anyways. The big team sports are a completely different matter. That's where the money's at, and there the testing is close to non-existent... In cycling, even if some individuals might take something for a marginal gain , the performances we see currently have nothing to do with a systematic issue. The "unnatural" performances are in fact the completely natural development of the sport. Average speeds go up because of substantial aero gains (just look at the jerseys and equipment they were wearing in 2009...) and in-race nutrition meaning riders can go hard all day (they can now take in twice as much carbs per hour as 15 years ago and race in a completely different way). Conditioning better because this generation benefit from training with powermeters from young age, and training science is massively improved. The effects of all these improvements are visible througout the sport, from the top level to the lowest categories everything is substantially faster. The fact that with all these improvements in the sport the top climbers are still not faster than the 75 kg monsters from the 90s tells you how absurdly juiced they all were...
After watching this Giro and the early season I have to conclude that it is once again a two speed peloton. I have been watching pro cycling for over thirty years and whilst he has been drug tested many times something is amiss. These performances are glorious but unnatural. My eyes do not lie.
Shame this highlights package doesn't have the clip of Pog coming up to Pellizzari, giving him a smile, and signalling him to get on his wheel. Or when he grabbed a bottle from the roadside and immediately gave it to a young kid running beside him. Pog is such a champion - in every way.
I fully agree. He is not just a cold hearted Sky or Jumbo champion.
@@danielsmith7856 Blah blah blah. Just enjoy the cycling.
@@danielsmith7856 Oh stuff it. Until there is evidence, you're just being a troll.
@@danielsmith7856 So really you just talk shit in RUclips comments even though there's never been a case against Pogacar doping? Do you do the same thing to Vingegaard too?
@@danielsmith7856you been watching any sports at the minute? Football - Man City winning every season.. F1 - Verstappen dominating with most ever wins in a row.. This is no different. Just an incredible gifted athlete. Its only boring if you don't appreciate just how good the man is..
Dude is toying with them😅
dude looks fresh at the finish
@@SB-nh7uv yeahh like liver king he is natty
Bro, none of these guys is natty..
Bro is suspiciuos 🤔
@@felrobertobro everyone on this list lost the TdF by the same margin, it’s just that there isn’t anyone competing at TPs level….
What a great talent. I just hope all these great athletes are clean.
my biggest fear is that we find out years later that every single one of these dudes is on some revolutionary new form of doping...
I wonder what it’s like when the team radios to tell you Pogi is making his move? Does the Jaws music start playing in your head?
Same as when they tell you Max Verstappen got out of the pit 7 seconds behind you with 20 laps to go. Not pretty.
🦈😂
You cannot hold down Pogi, just like his air sprouting through his helmet.
Armstrong of this generation
@@samm7876Armstrong only participated in the tour of france..he never won Giro or Vuelta or any of the classic races. Pogacar could be the best in history, if he continous like this, next to Merx
@@samm7876 u mean juiced like him
But we know someone who will in the TDF EH?? 🤔
@@donroxitheoverthinkerall riders at this level are juiced
SPOILER BLOCKER
What spoiler, everyone who follow cycle racing know who is more then likely will win today stage? which planet you come from?
Bro the is no spoiler block needed when Pogacar is racing 😂😂 you already know the outcome on stages like this
@@mracer8😢😢
@@f1nnp hahahaha i would write the exactly same comment
Guess who won
Totally dominated. Remco, Roglic and Jonas really are going to have to bring their A game to the TdF to stop it been a one man show.
Only Jonas could stop Pog
@@tonyg3091 but this year I wouldn't be surprised if he smokes them. Recovering from that nasty accident is not an easy feat, specially to bring back the old form to compete againt a monster named Tadej Pogacar. Pog himself had to skip training last year because of a wrist injury and couldn't compete with Jonas in TdF...
@@lofifordreamers Pog didn't skip training, he just trained indoors. Jonas in his prime is on another level in the mountains, so if he can recover to a decent level, I'd say that it will be a tight race.
@@tonyg3091 Not even close. He is coming off his injury with no preparation. Pogi is in peak condition
@@lofifordreamers I am guessing Jonas has a very specific training schedule leading up to the Tour. He clearly is focused on winning the Tour, whereas Pog is off winning monuments and such. Clearly Jonas is way off schedule to peak for the Tour as he has done in the past, not to mention his physical recovery. With all that said, even if Jonas was on his normal peak this year, with the way Pog has been riding all year, I still think Pog could beat a healthy, peaked out, Jonas this year.
Peppa Pog
underrated
Eurosport Cycling, I really liked this video! I subscribed too!
Crazy that Vingegaard made this guy look human after all
Bravo Tadej!
That classic bow!! Emperor is now returning to Rome.
legendary stage, what else to say..
Top man! Chapeau.
Chapeau, Tadej! Dominance.
I think we'll see pellizzari on a major team soon.
Giulio Pellizzari orgoglio marchigiano! ❤️🇮🇹
I was really rooting for the G to light up today
Geraint has bad genetics. He will never amount to anything.
only thing lighting up is candle on his birthday cake!
One can respect G for topping the GC for sure. To be honest he is past his prime long ago. Exciting to see youngsters like Pog.
G is awesome. I like his chill personality, and it's great to see him holding his own at 38 years.
@@Ryan97beyond 😂😂 ice cold
Great highlights as usual
Pogacar the perfect ride. Thanks Eurosport for the coverage otherwise we would have seen nothing here in New Zealand.
The Pink Cannibal!!!
Doping version.
@@felroberto Merck failed drug tests btw
i wonder if he can be even more pink
If he gets allergies, his nose can get a bit pinker.
Pink Eye slashes would work hahaha
He needs to do pink hair also I'm surprised his brake hoods aren't pink too.
Well I guess pink wheels with white decals instead of just pink decals would be even more pink...
I thought it might be smooth to roll up to the TDF with pink hair.
Good race thanks for the covering and see it, next year 2025, cycling BCF, shafer MTB super 😮 7:45
Sound of disc brakes will make me mad....
10 min... like me in Pro Cycling Manager videogame 😂
Might as well go for everything this year. Giro D'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta Espana. Who's stopping Pogi? No one.
Class from Pogi⭐️🫶🏽
I like his strategy of this year. It will be an entertaining tour de france this year.
Might be similar to Giro unless Vin makes a very good recovery from appalling injuries remarkably quickly
There is something new in the sport, and UAE has got it 😊
Yep
💉
100%! Anyone who's thinking he's clean is living the Armstrong lie all over again. And yep, it's something new and improved!
@@NathanLloyd69yep meanwhile he is robbing the sport and years down the road we will look back it and be like, who told you. I was saying the same with Lance but people were furious at me.
He's called Pogi.
The disc brakes sound so bad in that rain
But they work so well, so much better, in fact.
Pure domination. I hope the coming TDF won't be as one-sided.
Dominante absoluto, sin duda su año para conseguir ganar las tres grandes vueltas.
Ha declarado ya que sólo correrá Giro y Tour desgraciadamente... Aunque si gana también el Tour quién sabe si no lo intentará.
Freedom is essential x
Only in a few years we will know whether he is on something. History of sport has shown till now that nobody was clean, however, the hope for the first exception still holds)
If he is, then the racing organization as a whole would be conspiring to let it happen. I'm not so sure they want to risk total destruction of the sport should another Armstrong era be exposed. To me, in all sports there always are those that stand out above the rest. There are always people that are just gifted beyond all the rest and also have everything else going for them (team, training, youth, etc). Myself, I take a positive attitude toward it, they are being checked all the time, the bikes are being checked all the time. So why bother being suspect, I just enjoy it.
Yes
He always had freakish cardiovascular levels. This Giro has been weak apart from Pog while he is fully fit after his broken arm last year. Thomas on podium at his age and after all his injuries is an indictment of the others. TdF could be similar as Vin surely cannot possibly have recovered enough from his horror smash in time to compete with Pog
@@cuebj no, by stage 8 approx v will be at top form
Otherworldly
Yep,..Wonder how he does it,........
@@westboundbadger- He’s just a great rider. Get over it.
@@Liofa73 So was Lance Armstong.
@@westboundbadgerso was Eddy Merckx
@@youunculturedswine264 I know.
We knew this wasn't likely to be the most competitive Giro, but Pog has just been so dominant. It was never in doubt.
some of the best riders in the world and Tad asked his team to lift the pace. All I can say is "Clone" this guy, what a Role Model" he is
Pogi... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Dope dope
Witnessing the GOAT, we are truly lucky
Witnessing one of the GOATs. For men, Merckx acknowledges Pog as his heir. Hinault has done same. Merckx also did track. But Beryl Burton's palmares among women stands up to any comparison as does Voss's. Burton was a complete amateur, mostly solo, competing against shamateur teams from mainland Europe, both east and west.
@@cuebj the guy is still 25 years old, just wait and see, enjoy history in the making
pink pink pink 👍👍👍
The new 'Cannibal' surely 😮 or smiling assasin. Sure hope JV can be ready to give him some proper competition in July... we need to see it 👍
Sorry to say Visma Is not jumbo anymore, they will be struggle this year to stop pogacar show
The only one that broke Pogi is Vingegard and we don’t know if he’ll be the same after that crash
Pog is definitely clean
Yeah definitely clean
Yes, he is. Do you have any evidence he is not?
Did you see him in the bath?
@@BrianWelch-vc7xy yeah his performances
Terbaik lah Poggy. Tapau tak ingat punya, berapa tiang yang lain kena tinggal
Menarik utk layan TdF nanti👍
Wait for Pog being Pog he goes on an early attack tomorrow just to make sure he gets those 10+ minutes…😂
After all he only needs to put 6-7 seconds into Martinez, how hard can it be?
Also if he'd won the first stage he'd be there with the bonus seconds!
9:56 💀 hes the fucking goat
Language
Pogi still looked fit at the finish after climbing 4,184 m... not everyone can do that... 👑6 King of the King 6👑
Actually, they can. He had no opposition so he wasn't at 100%. If Vin was fit and in the race, it would have been more interesting. It's an indictment of the rest (despite all the sports science) that Thomas at 38 with his injury history is on the podium
And again pogacar❤❤❤
Pog show
Pogi is a graceful winner... waving and often giving an appreciative bow crossing the line. Riders like Remco, however, not so much... I hate watching that guy thump his chest and giving childish hand symbols.
Pogacar is a Monster ! hahaha WTG 👍
Final climb the whole lead group gasping for air. Pogi casually eating a gel and talking to the guys on the mic like he’s taking a casual stroll through the park. On a totally different level from the rest. Almost unnatural. I only remember one other guy who climbed so effortlessly
Nibali? Bernal? Quintana? Your memory is suspect.
@@BrianWelch-vc7xyI think he meant Lance Amrstrong
@@Fabs821 Pantani
He is on juice. More obvious than Armstrong.
Charly Gaul?
Pogacar y su siguiente objetivo Tour de Francia
포가차 최고야
There cannot be any sports without fans, BUT fans gotta have respect for the players and the game. You cannot just pat on the cyclists who are climbing the hill with all their energy!😠😠
We need a new term in cycling- SUPER CYCLIST
SUPER BULLSHIT, and you know why.
We've always had that. Beryl Burton, Merckx, Hinault, Voss, to name a few
Grande Pogacar
Whatever he's on, I want some.
As far as I know, the Colnago that the Pog rides is custom made. So, probably not gonna happen for you. Oh, did mean something else?
Too late. You have been born to the wrong parents 😂
hyperbarric chamber only ;)
I recommend the "Ghost in the machine" podcast ;)
For what? Which episode
@@thedownunderverse All of them xD It contains no proof of motordoping or anything but it discusses the topic. And I don't know. I have a feeling there might be something to it
Arthur Koestler: not a nice person but great writer. Ah! The RUclipsr. I understand that message is mechanical doping is more likely among support riders: not tested, enables them to fetch more bottles and provide protection from wind for longer than without 'help'.
Cycling masterclass indeed! Great highlight video, too bad I couldn't watch the stage.
The Pog show.💪🍾
They should really put pog’s power numbers on the screen
That was dope!
How crazy would it be if pogi is clean AND better than Eddy Merkx. Crazy world if that is true.
Well, if both Pog and Merckx clean, Pog should be better in terms of speed etc as he has lighter, more aerodynamic, lower rolling resistance bikes and far better sports science and nutrition behind his team's training programme. But Merckx also did track
Jonas destroys history of Tadej.
I wouldn't say so.
One of the greatest grand tours ever ridden?
No
Will Pog or Vin with the TDF?
The most boring Giro I can remember and one of my least watched ones in years and I luv the giro and its surrounds.
just a warm up for the TDF
El nivel de corredores en este giro es bajo , pero tan bajo como para que haya esta diferencia respecto a pogacar ?
Incredible ride from Micheal Storer. His star is rising!!
The UAE team is like a monstars man. Pogi saying let's increase the pace lololol
I'll miss the daily commentary in the style of Inspector Clouseau. No worries though, in July they'll all be called something different.
The pronunciation of the names doesn't change when Rob Hatch is doing the commentary. He knows how riders pronounce their own names - he asks them. You presumably don't have a clue.
Eddy junior or Lance junior ?
Maybe, but certainly a much better person than Lance.
Lance who?
Eddy got caught doping numerous times... so I hope he is more Lance....
@ehlava most definitely not Lance. Eddy might have doped but Lance doped, lied with a straight face and made millions through Live Strong. If it wasn't for his cycling lies Live Strong would not have been a success. Pog is not Eddy and definitely not Lance.
@@erichweggelaar1320 Eddy doped, lied with a straight face, and is a multi-ten-millionaire. ask ppl with cancer who lance championed for, they dont care. and I dont care about Eddy either. they both had to hammer and risk their lives. get over it.
A joke realty , one man just making every other rider in the peloton look like amateur’s . Don’t get me wrong I love the way he races but just a shame nobody can get near him this year makes the racing boring and let’s hope the Tour de France 🇫🇷 isn’t going to be like this let’s hope he gets challenged . He’s doing wonders for cycling to which is a good thing
Right!
I love the way he races. Better than watching the Sky Train. Same with MvDP. Beast mode.
Well, I wasn’t bored when Jonny Milan won 3 out of 3 in the sprints. Why is it different for climbing stages?
Weak opponents this year. No evenpoel, vongegegaard ornguys of that caliber
reality check
in the last three TdF, the 3rd was at more than 7 min, the rest at more than 10 min. Grand Tours right now are just a two men game. And there, they couldn't give it all carelessly because they had to control each other. When there is only one of them (in top form) at the start, instead of the 3rd/4th, it is the 2nd to be left at 10 min
He doesn't seem human. Like an android. Insane riding.
pogi❤🎉
Dude reminds me of Pantani
What do you think the commentators favorite word is? LOL!
I have said it before, and I will say it againg. Poga is terrible. He is not doing this to win a stage (he has five already) He is not doing this to win the Giro (That is already done with) He is doing this because he thinks it is fun. How can anybody compete with this,
Here speaks a loser.
He’s still got the Tour to think of. He’s either not thinking of the accumulated fatigue, which shows immaturity… OR he’s perfectly capable of going after it, which is scary. Either way, this is quite the spectacle to watch.
Terrible? Sorry but you are insulting one of the best riders ever.
Pog's winning races just for funsies??
He's history's greatest monster!!!
@@erichweggelaar1320 Read the full post and not just one word. Less than two lines. Should be manageable.
After watching cycling for over 30 years, Pogacar is further ahead of the rest than anyone I've ever seen, even the Armstrong era, it's difficult not to something something is up.
Yeah... people love a Hero but forget how harsh the real world is. He ain't clean and he'll damage our sport like nothing else. I don't know if the sport would ever recover.
He has not been ahead of Vinegaard for the last two Tour de France, though he did win the two before then. He also won stages in the Vuelta Espana in 2019 when he was 21. It's not like there is a sudden transformation, he has always been exceptional.
@@Dinna-beDaftI couldn't say it better. Armstrong and many others, including Vingegaard, performed well all of a sudden. Pog has always been consistently exceptional. He's even human, referring to last year's TDF
U must not have watch Lance in those races he was untouchable not even megadoped Ulhrich could touch him the days when EPO was King
Wtf another masterclass? C'mon man, don't be lazy
Ha ha, I was talking about 10m at the start of the Giro. Nobody believed me...
bring back GC battle please. watching domination like this so boring
UAE is awesome! They ride just like Postal! Haaaaaa!
Only way better than the delivery boys
Poga versus bunch of amateurs again, he's unbeatable
Unbeatable until caught and they will.
Truth is when you are too arrogant and dominant, people and other will find a way to put you down. Lance’s story all over again.
@@Fabs821 LA pretty much only raced TdF. Doping programme could be tailored to that.
Kinda late to say it's over huh?
Its so obvious!
I really hate that Vinnegaard is hurt...it'll just be an excuse when Tadej smokes him at the TDF. Jonas needs to really stock up on his drug supply to even hang with Tadej. What a dominant performance!!!
So he wasted his peak form on the giro and will gas out in the Tour in July again. Although Vingegaard will also not be in peak shape, so who knows
Krótko pisząc... Pogar rozpier.... towarzystwo!
Who even needs drafting???
Poor little Remco is gonna get clowned. But he’ll have a hundred excuses.
It's sad with all the trolls in every comment section about the giro. It seems this generation is paying the price of some assholes in the past who've killed the reputation of the sport. I won't blame anyone for not wanting to be burnt twice, but if you cannot believe in good performances i don't see the point in watching.
I won't say no'one is cheating. But the idea that pog's doping because he dominates a race without any other top gc contender is just unfair. There's nothing impossible in his performances. The watts he's doing this giro are not extraordinary. Thomas and Martinez struggled to cross 5.5 w-p/kg in the mountains, and pogi did not do a single climb at an unusually high speed. JV on the Loze and Marie Blanque last year was decidedly quicker.
All sports have their superstars. In cycling we're lucky to have 5/6 guys at a very high level. Unfortunately, the calendar and injuries means they hardly ever race each other. There's been no suspicion directed towards any of the current lot, and they do seem much more credible than even 10 years ago. Mvdp and WvA, Remco and Pog have been stratospheric talents since youth. They are not random also-rans who suddely become incredible. JV is a freak of nature with his weight and vo2-max being noted since adolescence, and Rog had a long road to develop transitioning from a completely different sport (and while he's consistent and the perfect one week rider, he's arguably never reached the level of the others anyways).
Of course, you can never dismiss doping in pro sports. Yet, this is not the 90s. There's no wonder drug everybody's on. In fact, because of the history, cycling has a much more rigorous testing regime than almost any sport except for athletics. So, it's among the least likely sports we're seeing large-scale systematic doping. The teams know the disastrous financial repercussions, and there's not that much money in it anyways. The big team sports are a completely different matter. That's where the money's at, and there the testing is close to non-existent...
In cycling, even if some individuals might take something for a marginal gain , the performances we see currently have nothing to do with a systematic issue. The "unnatural" performances are in fact the completely natural development of the sport. Average speeds go up because of substantial aero gains (just look at the jerseys and equipment they were wearing in 2009...) and in-race nutrition meaning riders can go hard all day (they can now take in twice as much carbs per hour as 15 years ago and race in a completely different way). Conditioning better because this generation benefit from training with powermeters from young age, and training science is massively improved. The effects of all these improvements are visible througout the sport, from the top level to the lowest categories everything is substantially faster. The fact that with all these improvements in the sport the top climbers are still not faster than the 75 kg monsters from the 90s tells you how absurdly juiced they all were...
Completely predictable from pre-race participant lists.
he has to be on slme secret juice because this is getting ridiculous 😂🔥
I'm convinced it's Pogi's hair tuft that does the trick...
After watching this Giro and the early season I have to conclude that it is once again a two speed peloton. I have been watching pro cycling for over thirty years and whilst he has been drug tested many times something is amiss. These performances are glorious but unnatural. My eyes do not lie.
Any chance they would send me a pink bike like that in 61cm?