It was pretty much Lipowitz against Pogacar at the final few km. After Lipowitz took charge for his captain Martinez, the time gap didn't grow any larger. 29 sec. at the end instead of 1 min down, as it seems at 3 km to go when the gap was already over 30 sec.
@stevegriffiths566 never said anything against Thomas. That said, the Giro isn't as hard as the TdF due to the competition. It's easy enough that UAE took away some of Pogi's top domestiques so they're more prepared for the TdF knowing how easy this would be for Pogi. Pogi had no help today and walked away from everyone after a mechanical. And this time gap is significant when you consider the gradient of the final climb only averaged 6.2%. That's why so many people were in the chase group. The easier the climb, the smaller the gaps.
@annmorey9558 Pogi lost the TdF in 2022 solely due to having a lackluster team and making some really bad decisions. He was the strongest rider there. Different story with 2023 though. And keep in mind, Pogi is a classics star. That's an even bigger reason for why he doesn't have more GT wins.
@@cypriano8763 same as Armstrong and all of his competition, just because someone is also on it doesn't mean it's the exact dosages or used exactly correctly, depends who has the best doctor etc. look how it's a known fact everyone during Armstrong's era was on the juice but he still won, he had the better doctor/methods.and for the people that think everyone now is clean lol Armstrong never tested positive.... if he never tested positive, it's possible to do it now as well. perhaps a little bit harder but still possible.
I think someone needs to investigate those aerodynamic enhancements of hair tufts coming out of Pog’s helmet vents! 😂 He seems really dialed into his bike with that weird forward seat position and low handlebars. Looks super comfortable. His whole look is clean, composed, comfortable. His Zone 2 workouts are done at my VO2 Max wattage…astonishing what the human body is capable of achieving. 😊
you see pain from all body language of chase group, while pog just climbing like nothing and looking at the back 😂 this is unreal, watched it with and without sound to focus on their perfomances
@@TheMarkoPollothat's just a conspiary theory bcuz there is no proof at all + have you seen 'van den driesche"? He was the only rides ever being caught with mechinical doping. If you compare his face and speed with these riders and their speeds.... their is a HUUUUUGE difference. And if dope was real than how come they still cant beat the KOM's from 1970/1980's now the sport is much further. Explain me
@@ytmatsenlevi9827 they dont have proof lance was doping untl he admits, 😂🤣 you are delusional if you think top of the top athletes are not doped. think about it million times bru.
@@TheMarkoPollo he doesnt have bike computer he can't see his power and forgot to pretend a bit for the camera. he just go with his real unreal power 😂🤣
No, it's not over already. There are three weeks of racing. It takes one crash, one day of cross winds or injury and the result will change. Stop jumping to conclusions.
@@ryand141 That’s the only way he loses this race. If he crashes out or rides over a cliff. This race is over. He will easily have a 5:00 lead over the field on the final day, and he could make it 10:00 if he wanted to. There are only three cyclists in the world on his level, and none of them are in this race.
I hate the fans - they're out of control and incredibly obnoxious. Something needs to be done to prevent them from invading the road and interfering with the riders.
They’re not fans, they just want to get on TV. Look at the dude in full kit taking a video on the climb, he knew when to get out of the way because he actually knows how to ride a bike himself
Couple of things, I certainly hope he stays away from any crashes, that he protects himself from illness, and very importantly, he doesn't damage his team for the TDF. He can blow Vinegar away this year, but it's a Huge ask, the Giro and TDF double. A massive task for his team more than even Pog.
Not a huge ask at all man. Vindegaard has half his body broken. prowlbly won't even be at the tour and who kows if he will ever get to the same level again.
@@barbaroacosta5335 you got it wrong! To perform at thw highest level in 2 3 week tours in the same year is a huge ask. For any rider, let alone for his team, which has to protect and help him over a total of 6 weeks. How many have done it? Eddy is the only one to have won all 3 tours within a 12 month period, although not the same year. You are underestimating the pbysical toll taken.
@@markhill9275 Froome did is as well. Pog is resting most of his climbers for the Tour. If he's wise he'll do nothing but rest for a week after like Roche did for his giro/tour double
They knew they where from the start. But who knows, things happen, so beeing 2nd may be a good strategy to win in the end. Trying to beat Pogacar is pointless as he is clearly stronger than anyone else.
Absolutely agreed if I was in the peloton I would ahve wasted all my energry trying to chase pogacar and then lost time to everyone like a clown and maybe lose my contract in a couple of years because I have as much sense as jeremymulthup
Haters all over they couldn’t even mention the black ribbon he had on Saturday’s stage in memory of the kid I hate giro commentary I wish Anthony and walker were in commentary box
Pogacar and G.Thomas saying that the tour isnt over just because Pogi is here, is just proof that interviews is a waste of time! 😂(except Mohoric in last years Tour ofc)
Are you saying it's impossible in the next 3200 kms and 21 days for him to crash, get injured, fall sick, etc.? It's not over till it's over, he hasn't won yet until he's crossed the finish line in Rome.
you dont go too early into the lead and give it all away ,that would look to suspicious, all those people on the roadside must know who has the `special stuff` its really well despensed since the festina/armstrong /pantani scandals, now you can`t even tell ,let alone dare question the bravery ,guts, talent superhuman capability ...🤫 who`d want to do commentary on such a ...heroic ummm sport ? 💉⚖🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fahrräder. Es geht sehr schnell mit einem Übersetzungsverhältnis nach oben, das nicht diese Geschwindigkeit bietet, das Gleiche passiert mit Frome, jetzt haben wir mehrere genau so
All the people whining about his performance and if he reminds them of LA, grow up. Life is not fair, people cheat also people work hard amd never get to see the fruit of their labor. Just enjoy the moment and how lucky we are to witness so many great riders at the same time.
Again not balanced commentary. ! First of all -- to claim the Pogacar is the incarnation of Pantani is not at all good ! In many ways ! It is rather stupid and should not be done at all ! If Pogacar was as full with drugs and dope as Pantani was , that would be a horrible shame !! And second : he did for sure dominate, yes , but did not pulverize the competition ! They did not loose too much time, yet it is clear what probably all had been predicting - he is the man to beat, and it perhaps needs a miracle or a real super bad day not to see him win the giro ( or illness or crash, which nobody wants him to face ! ). But -- who knows , the race is 3 weeks on from now and many things can happen !
Just stop the race now...huh...turn off.... Utterly predictable, and utterly boring... That's my Giro done in 48 hours... Thanks cycling and what's with the tongue bath commentary ffs!!!
You've got to give it up to bora hansgrohe rider for pulling the chasing group and limiting the damage after Pog pulled away
Great performance from Lipowitz as well..
It was pretty much Lipowitz against Pogacar at the final few km. After Lipowitz took charge for his captain Martinez, the time gap didn't grow any larger. 29 sec. at the end instead of 1 min down, as it seems at 3 km to go when the gap was already over 30 sec.
Strong performance from Bora!
Nice effort from Lipowitz.
Truly. Not only pulling the chase group but also crossing the line as 4th of the chase group after that effort. Promising young rider.
How about the senior citizen Geraint Thomas looking for back to back podium finishes, the go and help the young guys at the Tour De France. ❤
Congratulations, Pogicar! He was so smooth, confident and powerful.
My friend Pogačar is the beast!! Last year Roglic, this year Tadej. 💪🔥🇸🇮
I kinda doubt this Giro will be as close as last year’s. Pog will leave no chances to the others.
Hommage paid but only 25 secs on the line and what a performance from 37 year old G what an incredible athlete.
It would be way more than 25seconds without the mechanical. And chances are, Pogi didn't actually go all in today
@@veganpotterthevegan that's as maybe but the giro is extremely hard. And my point was there is a huge age difference to G so there
@stevegriffiths566 never said anything against Thomas. That said, the Giro isn't as hard as the TdF due to the competition. It's easy enough that UAE took away some of Pogi's top domestiques so they're more prepared for the TdF knowing how easy this would be for Pogi. Pogi had no help today and walked away from everyone after a mechanical. And this time gap is significant when you consider the gradient of the final climb only averaged 6.2%. That's why so many people were in the chase group. The easier the climb, the smaller the gaps.
And how many grand tours has pogi won in the last 2 years. He's only winning now because all his major competition are injured.
@annmorey9558 Pogi lost the TdF in 2022 solely due to having a lackluster team and making some really bad decisions. He was the strongest rider there. Different story with 2023 though. And keep in mind, Pogi is a classics star. That's an even bigger reason for why he doesn't have more GT wins.
Imagine having a puncture and then just riding away
Got to give the field some headstart or handicap 😆
@@brasso9393 they just need equal juice ;)
@@TheWorldisaLIE2 Exactly. I'm not drinkin the kool-aid anymore.
@@TheWorldisaLIE2keep dreaming buddy. If you think he's on something Thomas isent, get real
@@cypriano8763 same as Armstrong and all of his competition, just because someone is also on it doesn't mean it's the exact dosages or used exactly correctly, depends who has the best doctor etc. look how it's a known fact everyone during Armstrong's era was on the juice but he still won, he had the better doctor/methods.and for the people that think everyone now is clean lol Armstrong never tested positive.... if he never tested positive, it's possible to do it now as well. perhaps a little bit harder but still possible.
Pogi looks like Lance use to look going up the climbs. Ha!
And I'm all here for it
Just came from the video where he got the puncture what tf happened in those 7 km for him to absolutely destroy like this
I think someone needs to investigate those aerodynamic enhancements of hair tufts coming out of Pog’s helmet vents! 😂 He seems really dialed into his bike with that weird forward seat position and low handlebars. Looks super comfortable. His whole look is clean, composed, comfortable. His Zone 2 workouts are done at my VO2 Max wattage…astonishing what the human body is capable of achieving. 😊
Yeah, crazy outlier genetically, to get that kind of vo2max. We could train ten lifetimes and still never get close to him.
@@pierrex3226or just take some choice drugs
Its been how many years complaining about Pogi ability,lets face face it some people is far superior from us
We love the commentary, thank you!
you see pain from all body language of chase group, while pog just climbing like nothing and looking at the back 😂 this is unreal, watched it with and without sound to focus on their perfomances
Gotta love the juice, plus mechanical doping is bigger than most realize
@@TheMarkoPollothat's just a conspiary theory bcuz there is no proof at all + have you seen 'van den driesche"? He was the only rides ever being caught with mechinical doping. If you compare his face and speed with these riders and their speeds.... their is a HUUUUUGE difference. And if dope was real than how come they still cant beat the KOM's from 1970/1980's now the sport is much further. Explain me
@@ytmatsenlevi9827 they dont have proof lance was doping untl he admits, 😂🤣 you are delusional if you think top of the top athletes are not doped. think about it million times bru.
@@TheMarkoPollo he doesnt have bike computer he can't see his power and forgot to pretend a bit for the camera. he just go with his real unreal power 😂🤣
@@FitnessSynthesis but how come they dont even come close to records made 20/30 years ago?
From Colombia: fine Dani but Pogy is of another planet
Remind them
That's the look of a man *in the zone!*
great commentary- thank you
The King is back and ready to conquer a new country! Go Pogi! 💪
Loved Esteban Chavez in top 10 💪💪
As I said yesterday, without Remko, Jonas and Primoz in the race, this Giro was over before it started.
No, it's not over already. There are three weeks of racing. It takes one crash, one day of cross winds or injury and the result will change. Stop jumping to conclusions.
@@ryand141 That’s the only way he loses this race. If he crashes out or rides over a cliff. This race is over. He will easily have a 5:00 lead over the field on the final day, and he could make it 10:00 if he wanted to. There are only three cyclists in the world on his level, and none of them are in this race.
I'll go for jonas only.. roglic and evenepoel will also be dropped..
@@alaincarlos5635 You're probably right.
It's a testimony that he is unbeatable at the Giro, even a puncture can't stop him
He didn't win yesterday....but he won.....TADEJ 😂😂😂 What a legend. Super classy. 🔥🔥
He rode the final climb without his bike computer. Nice.
The cat slaps the mice
It was magnificent.
When it cuts to Pogi and he’s just sitting down riding so smooth while everyone is struggling behind 😂
Ineos had no business controlling the race, they were drilling it and causing alot of damage only to pave way for an attack from pogi
Not bad...but it's start of hard grand tour.. Waiting for win Thomas!!
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Great performance by Pogacar.👍
Thank you Eurosport for not putting the winner's name in the video title! 👍🏻👍🏻
let's gooo
Yes! Pogača let’s go 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I hate the fans - they're out of control and incredibly obnoxious. Something needs to be done to prevent them from invading the road and interfering with the riders.
They’re not fans, they just want to get on TV. Look at the dude in full kit taking a video on the climb, he knew when to get out of the way because he actually knows how to ride a bike himself
Lipowitz 💪🏻💪🏻. Pogacar is not the one to win the giro. 😅
It’s much harder to control your bike, when you have a front puncture, especially on a corner…Ouch!
I was rooting for Romain Bardets 😢
The Giro is going to be boring. Tadej will finish 1st with a big lead just for podium it will be nice.
boring..?
@@deusexmachinawl Yeah. Pogi with the ez win. So no real GC battle only for podium
Imagine being so good people already assume you’ll win and just guess when you’ll pounce
Pantani DOCET ❤
He won? I thought he would finish behind the Peleton after the video of his puncture 💀
Ineos guys thought they got him but he was preparing them to be cooked
See Thomas' interview after the stage. That wasn't their intention at all. They were just keeping everything safe on the descents.
@@johnwestwell2241 tadej is tadej and G can’t be on his level so we don’t want to hear his lame excuses
Running next to the riders and back tapping must be stooped
Couple of things, I certainly hope he stays away from any crashes, that he protects himself from illness, and very importantly, he doesn't damage his team for the TDF. He can blow Vinegar away this year, but it's a Huge ask, the Giro and TDF double. A massive task for his team more than even Pog.
Amen amen
Jonas might not even be at the tour
Not a huge ask at all man. Vindegaard has half his body broken. prowlbly won't even be at the tour and who kows if he will ever get to the same level again.
@@barbaroacosta5335 you got it wrong! To perform at thw highest level in 2 3 week tours in the same year is a huge ask. For any rider, let alone for his team, which has to protect and help him over a total of 6 weeks. How many have done it? Eddy is the only one to have won all 3 tours within a 12 month period, although not the same year. You are underestimating the pbysical toll taken.
@@markhill9275 Froome did is as well. Pog is resting most of his climbers for the Tour. If he's wise he'll do nothing but rest for a week after like Roche did for his giro/tour double
Pogacar, so good he got a puncture, continued to ride around a corner with said puncture, and fell off.
I do. NOt like comparing Pogacar to Pantani. Pog wayyyy better
There are two races in this Giro: one is Pogi race and the other-everyone else
can anybody ride with this guy?
Easy Giro for Pogacar, we need Jonas back to fight !!!
Yeah, we need the juiced 2 to race their own race and leave the 180 others to race a separate race.
Only to be fair.
Jonas doesn't do Giro. Just TDF and maybe Vuelta.
The best of the rests lack of a proper cohesive chase shows they are already racing for 2nd place.
They knew they where from the start. But who knows, things happen, so beeing 2nd may be a good strategy to win in the end. Trying to beat Pogacar is pointless as he is clearly stronger than anyone else.
Absolutely agreed if I was in the peloton I would ahve wasted all my energry trying to chase pogacar and then lost time to everyone like a clown and maybe lose my contract in a couple of years because I have as much sense as jeremymulthup
5:41 Why is no one talking about this? WTF
Pogacar wanted to win in memory for a young rider of the development team who was killed a few days ago?!
Haters all over they couldn’t even mention the black ribbon he had on Saturday’s stage in memory of the kid I hate giro commentary I wish Anthony and walker were in commentary box
Greatness, pogacar
ITV 4 ( UK) why arent you shoring highlights this year ?
Day 2 and they already settle for 2nd 🙈
전스테이지 핑크가 목표였나.. 종합우승은 그냥 옵션…1스테이지 놓친게 아쉽넹 ㅠ
Pog, I'm not Superman and proceeds to do Superman things
Thomas no pulling and still looses 42s says it all
😂😂😂🤔he said tadej is tadej
Can we get a color commentator who doesn't say ' you know' repeatedly?
Has Sean ever said anything other than the bleeding obvious? His comments are dull and without insight.
You can understand him!?!? All I hear is noise
I just hope that years from now, we do not find that Toasty Focaccia was on PE drugs or that he was using a motor.
Remember Lance Armstrong.
Pogacar and G.Thomas saying that the tour isnt over just because Pogi is here, is just proof that interviews is a waste of time! 😂(except Mohoric in last years Tour ofc)
Are you saying it's impossible in the next 3200 kms and 21 days for him to crash, get injured, fall sick, etc.?
It's not over till it's over, he hasn't won yet until he's crossed the finish line in Rome.
Sheesh.....are you new to bike racing?
Pogacar sehe sabettane malasso
So who will finish second?
You gotta give it to Ben o Connor. At least he tried to go for it. Even if he paid a price
Good for us fans, but poison for his chances.
Where is navaez?
I love it that doping has never left the sport. It is intertainin'.
I love it that half-wits still chuck accusations around without any evidence.
Is Israel excluded from the race ?
Boring Giro ... Pogacar leader second day to day 21 ... mountains too early ...
you dont go too early into the lead and give it all
away ,that would look to suspicious, all those
people on the roadside must know who has the
`special stuff` its really well despensed since
the festina/armstrong /pantani scandals, now
you can`t even tell ,let alone dare question the
bravery ,guts, talent superhuman capability ...🤫
who`d want to do commentary on such a
...heroic ummm sport ? 💉⚖🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flamboyant???
We need Jonas
You'll just have to cope.
Fahrräder. Es geht sehr schnell mit einem Übersetzungsverhältnis nach oben, das nicht diese Geschwindigkeit bietet, das Gleiche passiert mit Frome, jetzt haben wir mehrere genau so
All the people whining about his performance and if he reminds them of LA, grow up. Life is not fair, people cheat also people work hard amd never get to see the fruit of their labor. Just enjoy the moment and how lucky we are to witness so many great riders at the same time.
eurosport highlights... where was the highlight on the attack.... eurosport u r stilll very novice in ur video.... im not impressed
this is not the highlights video (which is usually a seperate one) but the "Race finish" video :)
@@tobigm1917 Some people struggle with reading and comprehension.
The commentator is insufferable
Which one? Mali..ah Ros. zah!.
G is doomed no matter what he was spouting out days before.
without his cyclocomp..damn..
Nothing new under the sun,a mechanical at the bottom, just like 25 years ago for the stage winner,sport is scripted.
Grow up.
@@MikeAG333 That is his opinion..you should grow up and respect it.
@@matejvoga8750No. I don't respect accusations of cheating plucked out of someone's arse with absolutely no evidence whatever in support.
I thought the same. Totally ridiculous.
Again not balanced commentary. !
First of all -- to claim the Pogacar is the incarnation of Pantani is not at all good ! In many ways ! It is rather stupid and should not be done at all ! If Pogacar was as full with drugs and dope as Pantani was , that would be a horrible shame !!
And second : he did for sure dominate, yes , but did not pulverize the competition !
They did not loose too much time, yet it is clear what probably all had been predicting - he is the man to beat, and it perhaps needs a miracle or a real super bad day not to see him win the giro ( or illness or crash, which nobody wants him to face ! ).
But -- who knows , the race is 3 weeks on from now and many things can happen !
This is an easy climb. Doesn't mean anything, 30 secs.
AND the giro start to be boring...😕
Just stop the race now...huh...turn off....
Utterly predictable, and utterly boring...
That's my Giro done in 48 hours...
Thanks cycling and what's with the tongue bath commentary ffs!!!
Not even sweating on the climb. Convenient bicycle changes,…ummm
My thought exactly.
If it was programmed he wouldnt have fall off the bike...
What are you saying, troll?
Forza ASTANA BOYS🕶💙💙