Pogacar absolutely deserved to win, but I feel kind of sad for Roglic. I mean what a life story. Former world junior champion in ski jumping, than he started ride professionally when he was 23 (Pogacar is 21 years old now) a he did incredible progress during these 7 years. He didn't do anything wrong during this tour, he was great in mountains, also today in time trial, but still it wasn’t enough. I just hope he will be able to win TDF once in future.
TJV did a mistake - they simply underestimated Pogacar. They should have attacked him and tried to get more time coming into the TT. Could be that they just couldnt get time from him but they didnt even try because they were comfortable with the lead they had.
AG Coarseman I also expected it to be close, but I have always felt Roglic is vastly overrated as a TT rider and I've never really been that impressed with his performance in the TT's, so I definitely think in future Jumbo will have to use their numbers in a different way to maximise that advantage
@@jamessemaj8116 You could see that Roglic had an off-day, struggling to get into a proper rhythm once they hit the mountains. And yet, he wasn't more than a bit over half a minute behind Dumoulin and Porte, and less than 30 seconds behind van Aert. That's not bad for what was clearly an off-day. Pogacar made Roglic seem much worse than he was, as he beat Dumoulin and Porte by a minute and 21 seconds. He beat the best in the world by a 2% margin. That's absolutely insane! Pogacar was simply out of this world. If Roglic had ridden his best TT ever, I think he would've still lost the stage, even if he had kept the jersey.
As a slovenian I am so happy for Pogačar but sad for Roglič.. But overall so very proud of those guys for writing one of the best stories of TdF and finnishing 1st and 2nd. Never in my dreams I even thought that a slovenian would win the Tour.. But to have two competing for the yellow between them.. Out of my mind
well deserved victory for Pogacar, pretty much winning the tour in style of a one-man-army :D he had no assistance from his team in the mountains at all and still managed to win the tour, just an insane accomplishment. While it was probably the biggest upset for the dominating Roglic.. really sad for him
@@J0hn1o1o i feel like roglic could have attaque in the mountains to increase his lead because he looked comfortable in them, but i don't know pogacar was always strong riding in his tail, so maybe even if he tries to escape he can't, u can't say anything now
A total: "What did I just watch" day - such things are so rare in the modern sport. Congratulations to Slovenia - a relatively small nation to have riders in places 1 and 2.
@@jatojo Suspicious that a country full of mountains and valleys might have two good cyclists at once? Is it suspicious that they're one of the top countries in kayaking and judo at the Olympics too or...? Seems pretty damn natural to me.
@@MethodicaGaming Slovenia has 10 times less mountains than france germany austria belgium, and are these countries no 1 in the world? I don't think so
(re)Wacthing this video in December 2024. This TT is the most dramatic ever (no offense to 1989 Lemond-Fignon), especially because Roglic is a specialist and because Tadej was an amazing surprise... He was still fresh on the world level (21 years old, 2nd season as a pro) and he wasn't even scheduled to run the Tour this year initially. UAE Team had no better rider: after he'd won the Volta ao Algarve, the Tour of California and finished 3rd on the GC of the Vuelta with 3 stages wins (and that was his 1st season as a pro)... But despite his so obvious potential for greatness, Tadej managed to stun the world way beyond the world of cycling... we understood that a new titan had just arise... and my God! since then he did not disappoint... When I write that, Tadej Pogacar has just completed the greatest season ever : 25 wins on 57 race days, Giro-Tour Double, World Champion, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia among other races... 39 leader jersays the same season (better than Merckx with 37), 6 stages on the Giro, 6 stages on the Tour... world number 1 for the 4th season in a row. Bro did say "I wanna be the greatest cyclist the world has ever seen". Looks like he's doing it... I wish him 10 more years at this level.
Now i can say it was worth following everyday of the tour after this unexpected wonder. This guy totally 100% deserved this win after all he has done this past 3 weeks. Superhuman
i almost missed that TT,because i thought it was already over. then my father came into my room and asked me if "am seeing what is Happening".i joined, when pogacar was inly 30 sec behind roglic. Crazy finale!
Yesterday I was shocked and sad for Roglic cause I thought he had just a bad day but deserved the tour. But thinking about it again, what a Tour Pogacar did! You all remember he was dropped in the day of the crosswinds and gained 40 seconds the very next day winning the stage. Impressive! He definitely deserved this tour!
Serves them well. Roglic & Jumbo Visma should have secured a bigger time difference long ago. Arrogance of the strong and marvelous Pogacar who wins it all with no team!!!
@@domanibell8361 easy to say in retrospect but TJV also had to contend with making sure Bernal/lopez/other contenders were too far away. Pogacar played his cards well because he was a dark horse and not a favorite so flew under the radar....
Modern science + analysis techniques have sucked the magic out of so much of sport (and society). Everything is calculated. Team Sky made the blue print with leading trains optimized to the W/kg. Then a 21 year old kid turns up and "has a go" alone. He got some early rewards with stage wins but it looked like the all stars had controlled (read: sucked the life out of) the entire Tour. Then comes the final day, when its just man and bike. The kid absolutely smokes their super-domestiques and leader in a TT. Absolutely magic.
Absolutely magic, until he gets busted. Theres a reason, why in pro sports, science rules. And for one guy to overcome science, alone, there must be some "science" in his veins. He pulverized times by famous dopers so easily and doping gives you a huge advantage.
you are the epitome of stupid. How can you even call this an actual Time Trial ? The road literally goes uphill on the entire race. There is NO point in using a TT bike in this stage because this is not a real TT course. It is the UCI's high horse of "every stage must be 5% + climbing" mentality that has actually ruined the TT stages of this sport. Otherwise you would see an actual advantage.
Oh wow, what a turn of events. Bravo to rodlic and his great team, they performed well and raced in the spirit of the tour. But wow, what an 11th hour comeback and victory from pogacar. Time to rewrite some headlines! Bravo! Also bravo to richie, 3rd is nothing to sneeze at. We in Australia are all.very proud of you!
In Slovenija we didn't know. Should we celebrate or do we feel with Roglič. That was most dramatic ending for us. Off course we are happy for Tadej but we really didn't know how good can be Tadej.
This young man is a very talented natural climber nd time trial cyclists also congrats to this young superstar of cycling I can't bilive he cn over haul the lead of roglic😱
young man slovenia vs slovenia, pogacar vs roglic, the best, the big in the years, pogacar counter attack finally stage ....long long time, colnago is very very happy...
This is crazy. Looking back at it, you could have given Pogacar at least some chance of winning Le Tour, never giving up and winning 2 stages before TT. And yet, nobody thought it likely. TJV have some big questions to answer.
@@gweflj That will certainly be interesting, but I don't think there's a bigger talent than Pogacar. People were saying that Bernal would dominate based on his win last year as the youngest since it began to matter, and with a pseudo stage win at the abandoned stage. Then in the same year, a kid who is 1 1/2 years his junior takes 3 stages at his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta along with a 3rd place GC finish. Then he debuts in the Tour for his second ever Grand Tour, takes 3 stages, wins the mountain classification along with the overall win. And he does this with this finishing performance, and he does it with what is a subpar team compared to Ineos or Jumbo-Visma, who had lost 2 of their most important domestiques for Pogacar, especially Aru. What Pogacar did this year is one of the most impressive performances that I know of in cycling history, and that's without even considering his age. Bernal's victory was impressive more or less only because of his age. After the domination of Merckx, only 3 riders have taken both the GC and a secondary competition (not counting youth, as it is still GC). That makes this victory special just for that. But that the second youngest GC winner ever accomplishes this along with 3 stage wins in his Tour debut is unreal. Pogacar is in a league of his own. He probably has the potential to beat some of Merckx' most impressive records. EDIT: Evenepoel is an insane talent, and he will most likely end up as one of the best in his generation. But he's untested at the highest level. Pogacar has shown that he has what it takes, and even far beyond that. I've got my fingers crossed for a great rivalry between the two, but I honestly cannot see anyone beat what Pogacar just did.
@@DirtyPoul Brilliant comment that I 99% agree with. I never thought Bernal would dominate to be honest. I thought the Tour field was rather weal last year IMO. I agree Pogacar is mega. Easily the best rider in this years race, especially when you consider his team. if it wasn't for Evenepoel's junior Worlds win, and to a lesser extent San Sabastian, I would see nobody troubling Pogacar for a long, long, time. I know it was only a junior race but Evenepoel's road race win was by far the most impressive performance I've ever seen in road cycling. It's still on here if you didn't see it. Utter madness! Landa recently said that they have a year or two max to win races before Evenepoel wins whatever he wants. I guess you can say the same about Pogacar too now. Pretty exciting times. I still want to see Van Aert and Van Der Poel go against each other in a classic.
@@gweflj Evenepoel is utter dominant, but against a far lesser field. I'm not so sure he'll be able to repeat that against the best in the world in the way Pogacar just did. But we'll see. I've got my fingers crossed for an intense rivalry :)
@@thebudgetcyclist4310 Yep. I've still got a Zonda front wheel. I think at least two or three teams are using them, Pog's are. Their not as rich as Shim, so can't sponsor the same amount of teams. I had a Chorus bike for six years and I only had to change the brake blocks twice.
@@sandydennylives1392 My other half said campagnolo was the Rolls Royce of bike gear in the 70s. Chain wheel, brake levers all drilled to within an inch of its life. !!!!
Yes, but the way he tailed off in the past, and what Froome was referring to, is that he did that gradually. In this year's TDF he was very consistent and kept a steady lead. What happened yesterday was shocking to everyone, especially because it is well known that TTs are Roglic's speciality.
Tum Dumoulin is the one to watch in the coming years for Jumbo Visma. As Van Aert has expressed he's not necessarily wanting to be captain of a team for the time being. Dumoulin showed he is back.
Bernal is good, is pretty good actually, but what Pogacar did on this tour de france is one of a kind, very special, I personally think remco and Pogacar will fight the nexts tour de france for a lot of years.
Saw an interview with Chris Froome a few weeks ago (just before the tour). He obviously went for Bernal, but he said "Roglic blows up near the end"... well he was half right.
THAT was fantastic, some of the greatest sport I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. How many jerseys can you pick up in 1 day?! I actually feel a bit sorry for Rogilic & Lopez. But feel more happy for Porte & Pogacar. Fate. Really makes one think.
I will no doubt get a lot of angry comments rain down on me but I really really hope that this will stand the test of time as a clean victory. Forgive me for losing all faith in cycling, I was one of those folks that defended Lance. Then we had the unknown Jiffy bag and Froome’s crazy test result. I see a GC rider smashing a TT world champion and every body else by over a minute after 3 weeks of hard racing and alarm bells start ringing. I hope I’m wrong
Those thoughts will be on everybody's mind thats just the way the sport was for yrs it was great to watch it yesterday eurosport covered it great great television
What a supernatural performance by Pogačar, relagating Dumoulin to 2nd place with a 81-second deficit! In 2021 pro Teams will hold their training camps in the beautiful country of Slovenia, riders will drink the local schnapps for recovery. Tour de Force or Tour de Farce?
Such a big gap to the other riders is really strange...if he is not physically doped, using a hidden Lipo-cell and a brushless motor with around 50 watts in the tt-bike lets him get fresh in the climb...the resulting fact: RIDER IS CLEAN...this drivetrain weighs less than 200 gramm...blood sample is within regulations...WIN !!! Simple...
To dominate like this raises questions ?? Last year, Bernal had a team helping and was conservative. This year, Pogatar without a team, attacks on various stages, and dominate Roglic by 1.30min in a time trial ??? Too good to be true ?
He took the lead on the last stage. Thats not to dominate. He could just stay on the back of the jumbo team. Its no magic behind that tactic. He was lucky that jumbo or ineos didnt have more riders near the lead. If they had two riders near the lead and send them out on different times he would have to do much more job and they would break him. He was just very lucky by how the event play out this year. He could just follow jumbo like they are his own team because they just ride like a train anyway
I am new to tour de france so forgive my question but why is pogacar already claimed the winner of tdf? If he would crash and be very hurt or something similar happens today than roglic could be one minute quicker than him and win the tour de france right? Or is there something i misunderstood?
How do you go from getting beaten in La Vuelta, and scraping a win in the Slovenian TT, to dominating everyone in the tour and blowing away the best time trialists in the world? In such a short space of time, At 21? I don't understand
@@larslosh5598 But beating a former giro winner, 2nd place in de tour and a world champion time trial rider by more than 1 minute in your first tour...
@@Nino0o for sure its strange. Im suspicious too. I just felt the logic of the original commenter is flawed. Its not like Pogacars success came without warning.
Pogacar was absolutely bizarre. How does one young kid, on his first Tour de France, win two stages, win the yellow, polka dot and white jerseys and beat some of the best time trialists in the world by a whopping 1:21? All in the same tour? It's impossible. I'm flummoxed.
Campagnolo wins the TDF! After like just 3 teams using it!😎 Top 2 bikes Italian Top 2 "Rim Brakes" 😀 Okay it's been said already the young guy did it on his own.
My predictions: Giro:L-Carapaz+L-Tao G,SD- Richie Porte Tour:L-Bernal, L-Thomas(if he will be on the form), SD-Adam Yates, SD- Richie Porte Vuelta: L-Carapaz, L-Yates, SD-Myb Tao G, and SD/debut-Tom Pidcock. *myb Porte will be given co-leader role in a GT bc at the end he did podium the tour this year. L-leader SD- super domestique Good chance in the Giro, Vuelta depending on the riders who will take part, high podium chances in Tour if riders will be on the form( considering how much they have some must will ), but still I think there is jo chance of winning the Tour over Roglic or Pogacar except if Ineos put all of their best GC GT riders in the tour( which they obviously wont ), We need to remember Roglic will still progress since he didnt start cycling as a kid and is showing constant improvements, not to mention how hungry he will be, also, consider Roglic crashed in the Dauphine and wasnt able to ride a bike for a week before heading to the tour. And Pogacar, I think he speaks for himself, almost won the Tour at age 21, very aggressive, and he is just too superior in recovering and riding in the 3rd week of a grand tour compared to most of his rivals.
Pogacar absolutely deserved to win, but I feel kind of sad for Roglic. I mean what a life story. Former world junior champion in ski jumping, than he started ride professionally when he was 23 (Pogacar is 21 years old now) a he did incredible progress during these 7 years. He didn't do anything wrong during this tour, he was great in mountains, also today in time trial, but still it wasn’t enough. I just hope he will be able to win TDF once in future.
I feel exactly the same. Such a bitter sweet moment for me as a Slovenian...
TJV did a mistake - they simply underestimated Pogacar. They should have attacked him and tried to get more time coming into the TT. Could be that they just couldnt get time from him but they didnt even try because they were comfortable with the lead they had.
AG Coarseman I also expected it to be close, but I have always felt Roglic is vastly overrated as a TT rider and I've never really been that impressed with his performance in the TT's, so I definitely think in future Jumbo will have to use their numbers in a different way to maximise that advantage
@@jamessemaj8116 You could see that Roglic had an off-day, struggling to get into a proper rhythm once they hit the mountains. And yet, he wasn't more than a bit over half a minute behind Dumoulin and Porte, and less than 30 seconds behind van Aert. That's not bad for what was clearly an off-day. Pogacar made Roglic seem much worse than he was, as he beat Dumoulin and Porte by a minute and 21 seconds. He beat the best in the world by a 2% margin. That's absolutely insane! Pogacar was simply out of this world. If Roglic had ridden his best TT ever, I think he would've still lost the stage, even if he had kept the jersey.
You already have half of your career over if you start riding at 23 years.
Shocking result, the best TT for a long time
Some of the greatest sport I've ever seen
The best time trial since LeMond vs Fignon lol
He has beat the best TT riders in the world by 1.21 over a very short distance. I think they said 33k ish. 1+1 doesn’t = 7. This result makes no sense
But i think rogliz was better in the whole tour but only this day he was bad but ya this is the sport.
Lars Hegyi he was far from being bad, just Tadej smashing all of them.
As a slovenian I am so happy for Pogačar but sad for Roglič.. But overall so very proud of those guys for writing one of the best stories of TdF and finnishing 1st and 2nd. Never in my dreams I even thought that a slovenian would win the Tour.. But to have two competing for the yellow between them.. Out of my mind
We should not forget about other members of Slovenian mafia in TdF: Polanc, Mohoric, Mezgec. Moje čestitke! Cheers from Poland!
Agreed!
unbelievable day for slovenians
@@pawelkarpinski7961 "We should not forget"
Why not?
I am from croatia, and I am very happy because our neighbours slovenians are on top of cycling world
well deserved victory for Pogacar, pretty much winning the tour in style of a one-man-army :D he had no assistance from his team in the mountains at all and still managed to win the tour, just an insane accomplishment. While it was probably the biggest upset for the dominating Roglic.. really sad for him
That is true the guy just rode solo all tour long. Also won a stage in the mountains and smashed the time trial ❤️👏👏
roglic and jumbo-visma underestimated pogacar big time
@@YoutubSUCKZ maybe because he is always solo🤔
@@YoutubSUCKZ how do you know? What would Jumbo have done different, If they knew pogacar was strong?
@@J0hn1o1o i feel like roglic could have attaque in the mountains to increase his lead because he looked comfortable in them, but i don't know pogacar was always strong riding in his tail, so maybe even if he tries to escape he can't, u can't say anything now
A total: "What did I just watch" day - such things are so rare in the modern sport.
Congratulations to Slovenia - a relatively small nation to have riders in places 1 and 2.
Yeah, suspicious.
@@jatojo Suspicious that a country full of mountains and valleys might have two good cyclists at once?
Is it suspicious that they're one of the top countries in kayaking and judo at the Olympics too or...?
Seems pretty damn natural to me.
@@MethodicaGaming Two? Many, all within 5-6 years. And a good number of doping cases.
@@MethodicaGaming Slovenia has 10 times less mountains than france germany austria belgium, and are these countries no 1 in the world? I don't think so
@@stackarih3622 In far less space, with most of the 2 million population living near mountains and rivers and engaging in sports relevant to them...
What a one-man army this tour. Pogacar deserves it, yet it's so so sad for Roglic😩💔my heart's torn apart
(re)Wacthing this video in December 2024. This TT is the most dramatic ever (no offense to 1989 Lemond-Fignon), especially because Roglic is a specialist and because Tadej was an amazing surprise... He was still fresh on the world level (21 years old, 2nd season as a pro) and he wasn't even scheduled to run the Tour this year initially. UAE Team had no better rider: after he'd won the Volta ao Algarve, the Tour of California and finished 3rd on the GC of the Vuelta with 3 stages wins (and that was his 1st season as a pro)... But despite his so obvious potential for greatness, Tadej managed to stun the world way beyond the world of cycling... we understood that a new titan had just arise... and my God! since then he did not disappoint... When I write that, Tadej Pogacar has just completed the greatest season ever : 25 wins on 57 race days, Giro-Tour Double, World Champion, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia among other races... 39 leader jersays the same season (better than Merckx with 37), 6 stages on the Giro, 6 stages on the Tour... world number 1 for the 4th season in a row. Bro did say "I wanna be the greatest cyclist the world has ever seen". Looks like he's doing it... I wish him 10 more years at this level.
Well done Richie Porte time to meet your new borne. You should be very proud of yourself with a great TDF ride. Go the Aussies
Tadej Pogačar a one man army. Well deserved👍 and what a joy to watch. Slovenia is looking strong.
OMG I can't believe it!
Słowenia górą!! 1.🇸🇮 2.🇸🇮 Congrats Tadej, Primoz (and Richie 🇦🇺).
Pozdrowienia z Polski 🇵🇱
and two 2nd places of Luka Mezgec.
Słowenia GUROM
He singlehandedly destroyed the Jumbo Visma and Ineos freight train.
What a young talent!
Well done Slovenia. Love from Bosnia
It's the tour which makes me have goose bumps for 3 weeks! This is more glue on my soul then a fifa Worldcup!
Now i can say it was worth following everyday of the tour after this unexpected wonder. This guy totally 100% deserved this win after all he has done this past 3 weeks. Superhuman
Pogacar in this form is unbeatable. Numbers don't lie. I don't see anyone doing almost 7 Watts / kg, or VAM of 1850-1900 m/h.
Indeed and remember he had a disadvantage of 1:30 ever since that windy stage.
7 watts/kg for one hour is inhuman the human limits are around 6,4 watts/kg for one hour
@@jalaladhiri6696 And 6.4 W/KG is only possible when doping anyway... 6 W/KG is the MAX a clean rider can do for an hour
@@garrywallah4966 You are right. time will tell or Pogi is a mutant or a fraud.
Garry Wallah When you make such claims you better come with solid substantiation and evidence.
Better coverage than official TdF channel👍
Amazing, just 21 years of age.
best stage I've ever seen... Pogacar, monster!
i almost missed that TT,because i thought it was already over. then my father came into my room and asked me if "am seeing what is Happening".i joined, when pogacar was inly 30 sec behind roglic. Crazy finale!
Yesterday I was shocked and sad for Roglic cause I thought he had just a bad day but deserved the tour. But thinking about it again, what a Tour Pogacar did! You all remember he was dropped in the day of the crosswinds and gained 40 seconds the very next day winning the stage. Impressive! He definitely deserved this tour!
In perspective Roglic still set the 5th fastest time.... he had a 'bad' day realtive to pogacar but still a very good time!
@@davidngqkalone88 that's true, but at these levels that is enough to lose a grand tour!
I still don’t understand how he took almost 2 minutes out of the worlds best time trial riders?
Top effort Richie ,knew you would be thereabouts in the end
The face of Dumoulin says it all.
Roglic & Jumbo visma got smacked on their face!
Strange... Really Strange Victory..
3:23 Dumoulin's face says it all lol.
Well deserved. That was insane!
The 2nd most dramatic final time trial in tour history. Lemond and Fignon and the 7 sec is THE most dramatic final (IMO)😊
"95% certain they [Jumbo Visma] were going to with the tour" bloody hell
Well, 5% says Pogacar.
Serves them well. Roglic & Jumbo Visma should have secured a bigger time difference long ago. Arrogance of the strong and marvelous Pogacar who wins it all with no team!!!
@@domanibell8361 easy to say in retrospect but TJV also had to contend with making sure Bernal/lopez/other contenders were too far away. Pogacar played his cards well because he was a dark horse and not a favorite so flew under the radar....
This is miracle
Begin of the legend
Great set of highlights here for an amazing day!!! Really told the story, thank you
Wouldn't have been close if Pogacar hadn't been caught out in the cross winds on stage 7. A worthy winner.
But that's cycling.... Cross winds is just like mountains, part of the tour.
If Porte hadn't blown up 1 time he would have been closer too, but he did
He wouldn’t have been allowed so much time the next stage if not of the crosswinds.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schulz-Gebeltzig he would still have won you know
Arthur wijnants Who said he wouldn’t?
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schulz-Gebeltzig Ohw, I’m sorry I thought you meant he just wouldn’t have won it, my apologies
Modern science + analysis techniques have sucked the magic out of so much of sport (and society). Everything is calculated. Team Sky made the blue print with leading trains optimized to the W/kg. Then a 21 year old kid turns up and "has a go" alone. He got some early rewards with stage wins but it looked like the all stars had controlled (read: sucked the life out of) the entire Tour. Then comes the final day, when its just man and bike. The kid absolutely smokes their super-domestiques and leader in a TT. Absolutely magic.
Absolutely magic, until he gets busted. Theres a reason, why in pro sports, science rules. And for one guy to overcome science, alone, there must be some "science" in his veins. He pulverized times by famous dopers so easily and doping gives you a huge advantage.
you are the epitome of stupid. How can you even call this an actual Time Trial ? The road literally goes uphill on the entire race. There is NO point in using a TT bike in this stage because this is not a real TT course. It is the UCI's high horse of "every stage must be 5% + climbing" mentality that has actually ruined the TT stages of this sport. Otherwise you would see an actual advantage.
Oh wow, what a turn of events. Bravo to rodlic and his great team, they performed well and raced in the spirit of the tour. But wow, what an 11th hour comeback and victory from pogacar.
Time to rewrite some headlines! Bravo!
Also bravo to richie, 3rd is nothing to sneeze at. We in Australia are all.very proud of you!
In Slovenija we didn't know. Should we celebrate or do we feel with Roglič. That was most dramatic ending for us. Off course we are happy for Tadej but we really didn't know how good can be Tadej.
Amazing !
It was a tour de force
Both riders deserve to be the winner to be honest. Good competition this year.
This young man is a very talented natural climber nd time trial cyclists also congrats to this young superstar of cycling I can't bilive he cn over haul the lead of roglic😱
young man slovenia vs slovenia, pogacar vs roglic, the best, the big in the years, pogacar counter attack finally stage ....long long time, colnago is very very happy...
Congratulations you deserve to be champion👏💪🍾
Deserving winner. Im glad the stage where he got caught in the crosswinds didnt cost him the Tour
I knew they were good at basketball, but hadn't heard about their cycling pedigree. Good for them.
The best Tour in recent years !!
Roglic still time trialed well getting 5th place but that was exceptional from Pogacar. They looked skeletal on the podium.
This is crazy. Looking back at it, you could have given Pogacar at least some chance of winning Le Tour, never giving up and winning 2 stages before TT. And yet, nobody thought it likely. TJV have some big questions to answer.
My jaw did drop a little during these highlights! Very sorry for Roglič.
Imagine next year Bernal vs pogacar vs remco
@AG Coarseman yeah Bernal is the weakest in tt but we'll hopefully see next year
If there is high altitude next year bernal can crush them. It will be hard for him with his weak tt tho
@AG Coarseman Agree 100%👍
Froomey will be back, too. Maybe he won't win anymore but he will be up for some amazing battles.
@@frodo5882 Still think Froomey got some wins in his legs yet. 🙏
Pogacar has won the tour all by himself,well done Tadej .
Congrats pogacar!! New eddie mercx? Wow 21 years old white and polka jersey as well!!!
Wait for Evenepoel.
@@gweflj That will certainly be interesting, but I don't think there's a bigger talent than Pogacar. People were saying that Bernal would dominate based on his win last year as the youngest since it began to matter, and with a pseudo stage win at the abandoned stage. Then in the same year, a kid who is 1 1/2 years his junior takes 3 stages at his Grand Tour debut in the Vuelta along with a 3rd place GC finish. Then he debuts in the Tour for his second ever Grand Tour, takes 3 stages, wins the mountain classification along with the overall win. And he does this with this finishing performance, and he does it with what is a subpar team compared to Ineos or Jumbo-Visma, who had lost 2 of their most important domestiques for Pogacar, especially Aru.
What Pogacar did this year is one of the most impressive performances that I know of in cycling history, and that's without even considering his age. Bernal's victory was impressive more or less only because of his age. After the domination of Merckx, only 3 riders have taken both the GC and a secondary competition (not counting youth, as it is still GC). That makes this victory special just for that. But that the second youngest GC winner ever accomplishes this along with 3 stage wins in his Tour debut is unreal. Pogacar is in a league of his own. He probably has the potential to beat some of Merckx' most impressive records.
EDIT: Evenepoel is an insane talent, and he will most likely end up as one of the best in his generation. But he's untested at the highest level. Pogacar has shown that he has what it takes, and even far beyond that. I've got my fingers crossed for a great rivalry between the two, but I honestly cannot see anyone beat what Pogacar just did.
@@DirtyPoul Brilliant comment that I 99% agree with. I never thought Bernal would dominate to be honest. I thought the Tour field was rather weal last year IMO. I agree Pogacar is mega. Easily the best rider in this years race, especially when you consider his team. if it wasn't for Evenepoel's junior Worlds win, and to a lesser extent San Sabastian, I would see nobody troubling Pogacar for a long, long, time. I know it was only a junior race but Evenepoel's road race win was by far the most impressive performance I've ever seen in road cycling. It's still on here if you didn't see it. Utter madness! Landa recently said that they have a year or two max to win races before Evenepoel wins whatever he wants. I guess you can say the same about Pogacar too now. Pretty exciting times. I still want to see Van Aert and Van Der Poel go against each other in a classic.
Pogacar is "just" a good climber.
Eddie Merckx could win every race he attended.
@@gweflj Evenepoel is utter dominant, but against a far lesser field. I'm not so sure he'll be able to repeat that against the best in the world in the way Pogacar just did. But we'll see. I've got my fingers crossed for an intense rivalry :)
89 tour will allways be the best finish
Roglic: Slovenia
Pogacar: FASTvenia
Hahah
Damn 😂
A colnago seeing the podium in a very long time
Good old Campisconolo squashing down the endless sodding dura ace as well.
@@sandydennylives1392 are they still using campagnolo
@@thebudgetcyclist4310 Yep. I've still got a Zonda front wheel. I think at least two or three teams are using them, Pog's are. Their not as rich as Shim, so can't sponsor the same amount of teams. I had a Chorus bike for six years and I only had to change the brake blocks twice.
@@sandydennylives1392 that's actually very little wear have to say
@@sandydennylives1392 My other half said campagnolo was the Rolls Royce of bike gear in the 70s. Chain wheel, brake levers all drilled to within an inch of its life. !!!!
Makes me so proud im Slovenian!!!!
The one who preserves the energy wins the tour
omg. chris froome was right on his prediction on his interview
Not about Bernal xD
What did he say??
He said Pogacar will get it. But i dont think he put much thought in his prediction though.
@@jenueladamvillanueva6235 Cause he said, he's going to be loyal. haha
Do you think roglic faded, as Chris froome hinted at or did he bottle it ? It was an amazing tour for sure .
Congratulations Richie!
Didn't Chris Froome say Roglic is know to tail off towards the end of a tour?
Yes it's his known weakness or at least he did that multiple times in the past.
Weakness did u even see him Thursday? This time trial wasn't his best but still 5th Nd verry decent performance still.
Yes, but the way he tailed off in the past, and what Froome was referring to, is that he did that gradually. In this year's TDF he was very consistent and kept a steady lead. What happened yesterday was shocking to everyone, especially because it is well known that TTs are Roglic's speciality.
Switching to roadbike from the TT bike gave them great advantage on last climbs. I guess, They played with a brain the most.
Gratulation ❤
Looking this in 2023 after roglic won giro d italia. Still crying. 🇸🇮
not really feeling comfortable watching such dominant performance after 3 weeks... has been there before...
oooooh suCh mystery lol
In tennis they say 'Deuce'.....everywhere else it's juice
he did 7w/kg. thats the magic number.
@@brulsmurf who calculated that?
He only doped slightly more then the rest
BRAWO SLOWENIA !!!
What a Historic TT stage. Cheers for Jumbo, Cheers for Pogacar.
What the actual F, 2 Slovenians taking the first 2 positions.
Our guys taking the world by storm!
Tum Dumoulin is the one to watch in the coming years for Jumbo Visma. As Van Aert has expressed he's not necessarily wanting to be captain of a team for the time being. Dumoulin showed he is back.
As long as he doesn't make weird mistakes like riding up a first-category climb on a time trial bike, that is.
Brutal
One side of me is happy because pogaca deserves it but the other side is sad because I was a fan of roglic
i didnt think much of this tour. but pogacar beat jumbo single handedly!!! and he did it wisely. feel sry for roglic thow. respect to both.
Pogacar is insane
Bernal is good, is pretty good actually, but what Pogacar did on this tour de france is one of a kind, very special, I personally think remco and Pogacar will fight the nexts tour de france for a lot of years.
No one cares about Bernal
@@Hugo-cn9no you mean you don't care about bernal
Saw an interview with Chris Froome a few weeks ago (just before the tour). He obviously went for Bernal, but he said "Roglic blows up near the end"... well he was half right.
Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans know what it feels like
By the way Roglic did a great time trial today.
Wonder if he thinks that
no he didnt
It wasn't great...but also not bad..it was just ok...sadly it wasn't enough
He did a good time trial. But not good enough.
THAT was fantastic, some of the greatest sport I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. How many jerseys can you pick up in 1 day?!
I actually feel a bit sorry for Rogilic & Lopez. But feel more happy for Porte & Pogacar. Fate. Really makes one think.
Who the hell is Podjcar? :-) Pogačar
@@dejandoles2683 I stand corrected; I guessed if I got it wrong in spelling it'd be fairly obvious who was meant.
I will no doubt get a lot of angry comments rain down on me but I really really hope that this will stand the test of time as a clean victory. Forgive me for losing all faith in cycling, I was one of those folks that defended Lance. Then we had the unknown Jiffy bag and Froome’s crazy test result. I see a GC rider smashing a TT world champion and every body else by over a minute after 3 weeks of hard racing and alarm bells start ringing. I hope I’m wrong
Those thoughts will be on everybody's mind thats just the way the sport was for yrs it was great to watch it yesterday eurosport covered it great great television
Unbelievable!
waoo im speachelss for what hi achieved very impressed
Pog will win next year as well baring crashing out, he'll be Evan stronger and also have the confidence that comes with wining it before
Just wow
What a supernatural performance by Pogačar, relagating Dumoulin to 2nd place with a 81-second deficit! In 2021 pro Teams will hold their training camps in the beautiful country of Slovenia, riders will drink the local schnapps for recovery. Tour de Force or Tour de Farce?
+1:21 from Doumoulin no way fantastic!
3 Jerseys at the debut tour OMG
And Sam Bennett gets Green.
@@Startrooper5555 isn't it great ??
UAE won all of the jerseys.. think about it...
@@ricardorusso1462 What's Quick Step got to do with UAE?
@@ricardorusso1462 that would be crazy
Then I think every Team UAE rider would got a lambo from the sheikhs
Such a big gap to the other riders is really strange...if he is not physically doped, using a hidden Lipo-cell and a brushless motor with around 50 watts in the tt-bike lets him get fresh in the climb...the resulting fact: RIDER IS CLEAN...this drivetrain weighs less than 200 gramm...blood sample is within regulations...WIN !!! Simple...
To dominate like this raises questions ?? Last year, Bernal had a team helping and was conservative. This year, Pogatar without a team, attacks on various stages, and dominate Roglic by 1.30min in a time trial ??? Too good to be true ?
Tadej nothing to lose ,not so roglic. Tadej was motivated, roglic afraid od him. Roglic tt today was weak for shat he can do in tt
He took the lead on the last stage. Thats not to dominate. He could just stay on the back of the jumbo team. Its no magic behind that tactic. He was lucky that jumbo or ineos didnt have more riders near the lead. If they had two riders near the lead and send them out on different times he would have to do much more job and they would break him.
He was just very lucky by how the event play out this year. He could just follow jumbo like they are his own team because they just ride like a train anyway
Juiced up doing a Landis, maybe he will try to do the same this year. Let's hope they catch him this time.
Port the best
What an exciting finish.
I still say they should just go for it on the last day. YOLO.
I am new to tour de france so forgive my question but why is pogacar already claimed the winner of tdf? If he would crash and be very hurt or something similar happens today than roglic could be one minute quicker than him and win the tour de france right? Or is there something i misunderstood?
Yes you are right however it's nearly impossible that something will happen like 1 in a billion
When your nation provides you with newest types of drug enchacements which are best by far this year, you have allmost no chance of losing
Really hard to watch as a Dutch person
Did u need subtitles??or can u even read this.....
Waarom?
@@bundybir2684 Jumbo heeft net niet gewonnen en Tom heeft net niet gewonnen
Is it in black and white in Holland?
@@spencer.kissack.the.author what do you mean?
OMG LES GOO
One of the best Surprise stage!
Anyway, is Eurosport going to finish & release the last Stage 21 highlight coverage!!!??? 😬😬😬
How do you go from getting beaten in La Vuelta, and scraping a win in the Slovenian TT, to dominating everyone in the tour and blowing away the best time trialists in the world? In such a short space of time, At 21?
I don't understand
Because of the use of illegal substance, thats why.
Uhm...He was sensational in the vuelta and winning the slovenian TT is not easy at all
@@larslosh5598 that's my point. It went from not easy, to easy in less than a year.
@@larslosh5598 But beating a former giro winner, 2nd place in de tour and a world champion time trial rider by more than 1 minute in your first tour...
@@Nino0o for sure its strange. Im suspicious too. I just felt the logic of the original commenter is flawed. Its not like Pogacars success came without warning.
Polgachar is the new tour de France champion
Pogačar
Both are changing bike...
Pogacar yellow Jersey!
Pogacar was absolutely bizarre. How does one young kid, on his first Tour de France, win two stages, win the yellow, polka dot and white jerseys and beat some of the best time trialists in the world by a whopping 1:21? All in the same tour? It's impossible. I'm flummoxed.
Campagnolo wins the TDF! After like just 3 teams using it!😎
Top 2 bikes Italian
Top 2 "Rim Brakes" 😀
Okay it's been said already the young guy did it on his own.
Remember the Name "Tadej Pogacar"
My predictions:
Giro:L-Carapaz+L-Tao G,SD- Richie Porte
Tour:L-Bernal, L-Thomas(if he will be on the form), SD-Adam Yates, SD- Richie Porte
Vuelta: L-Carapaz, L-Yates, SD-Myb Tao G, and SD/debut-Tom Pidcock.
*myb Porte will be given co-leader role in a GT bc at the end he did podium the tour this year.
L-leader
SD- super domestique
Good chance in the Giro, Vuelta depending on the riders who will take part, high podium chances in Tour if riders will be on the form( considering how much they have some must will ), but still I think there is jo chance of winning the Tour over Roglic or Pogacar except if Ineos put all of their best GC GT riders in the tour( which they obviously wont ), We need to remember Roglic will still progress since he didnt start cycling as a kid and is showing constant improvements, not to mention how hungry he will be, also, consider Roglic crashed in the Dauphine and wasnt able to ride a bike for a week before heading to the tour. And Pogacar, I think he speaks for himself, almost won the Tour at age 21, very aggressive, and he is just too superior in recovering and riding in the 3rd week of a grand tour compared to most of his rivals.
What a dramatic stage and end to the tour. But how do the commentary on the highlights manager to make it sound so boring.
Pogacar thanking his team is the best joke ever. His team barely done anything during the entire 3 weeks. Pogacar will be bought by Ineos I'd reckon.
No, he's got a contract till 2026 and now he has the likes of Hirschi on his team so he's not leaving anytime soon.
Which is better, chasing or being chased?
Salute to both Slovenian!🙏