He has to be the king 🤴 of EPOs how the hell did take off with 50k left? And then kept it? Like I’m surprised his blood wasn’t tested right after this race!
@@thetimeisnow1210 This race is relatively short compared to pretty much all classics and is the one of the hardest to form an effective chase due to the nature of the gravel and terrain... it's not that hard to imagine a top rider being able to do this. If they can drag themselves around Italy/France/Spain for three weeks straight, what's so far-fetched about a 50km breakaway?
Valverde doesn't stop to impress, I'm in my late 30's and I always have a little fear of how much riding/racing I have left, seeing Him still on a podium gives me hope, thank you Alexandro !!!
A 50km break against the entire peloton. I said it before and I will say it again, he is either the greatest rider since Hinault or the most doped one since Armstrong.
@@Sampsonoff Nobody is clean there, the stuff these guys do with not a days rest (lots of them being in their 30s) is hardly possible...the guy just hits better shit.
If you think about it strategically though, going early is a smart move... people aren't as alert and expecting it to go the distance. With all the gravel sections and rolling terrain, it's probably one of the harder races to form an effective chase, so being a solo rider isn't as much of a disadvantage as a typical road race I would think. Either way, I give every rider the benefit until proven guilty.
Alaphilippe, van Aert and van der Poel have a strong opponent joining them for the coming classics, Pogacar. On the other hand I don't know which result was more impressive Poga's victory or Valverde's second place. I think both!
I would really like to have Strade Bianche to gain the status of a monument. As a sixth monument it only needs the permission of the UCI and a roughly 250km course. The gravel sections are giving this race a unique style and atmosphere among the already established and traditional monuments. If another 250km one day race is maybe to much for the early spring season, I would also consider to reschedule Strade Bianche into late summer because currently we only have one monument and the WC after the spring season and another big one day race would round up the calendar very well.
Wow! Pogi is truly a generational talent. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, his ability is remarkable. Excited to see others try to keep up, or even pass him this year.
I dont see how anyone is beating Pog without some sort of bad luck on his side. clearly the strongest in the mountains, TT is exceptional, and he has good positioning/race awareness. Even the dual threat of Vingegaard/Roglic wont be enough I'm afraid.
Epic. Epic. Epic! This race is so brilliant and Pogacar a deserving winner. Was on Le Tolfe today to see him doing his thing. A special athlete we are lucky to witness.
This is not even close. Lance just won the Tour de France, Pogi is winning Grand Tours, Monuments, Classics, One week stage races, almost everything he races.
people need to calm the f down. asgreen did a lot of work to bring back ala, while pogacar was sitting in the slipstream easy in front, and still closed a good junk of the gap in the end and got third and 97 year old valverde 2nd. also no van aert, no mvdp, no roglic, no bernal, , ala out, benoot out...this wasnt as extreme of a win as it seems at first.
The way he seemingly isnt fatigued after monster outputs like this is making me a tad suspicious, too bad the history of the sport has done that to me. I really want to believe he is clean, but it's like hes racing juniors at this point.
A multiple fall clearly triggered by a strong gust of wind from the right. A cyclist fell and then some others behind as in the domino effect. It also happened to me to fall alone for the same reason on April 18, 2019 in Avezzano in Abruzzo due to a gust of side wind from Libeccio from SW. Una caduta multipla innescata chiaramente da una forte folata di vento laterale da destra. E' caduto un ciclista e poi alcuni altri dietro come nell'effetto domino. Anche a me è successo di cadere da solo per lo stesso motivo il 18 Aprile 2019 ad Avezzano in Abruzzo a causa di una folata di vento laterale di Libeccio da SW.
monument races give you 500 UCI points for the win which is more than other normal classics (strade bianche gives the winner 300 to give you an example).....there are other classics that also give 500 points though, such as amstel gold race
@@KBBMX I don't see a "Minimum Distance" for a Monument in a brief search. This edition was 184km with hills on long stretches of gravel - _"The shortest Monument edition was the 1942 Giro di Lombardia. This edition was only 184 km long."_
@@scooter2163 *Strade Bianche is SO MUCH MORE WORTHY than Milan San Remo to be a Monument!* 275-290km of mind-numbing boredom to see who might be able to get away on the last two climbs hardly deserves the classification. _Might as well just park the peloton on Zwift at low tempo for 6 hrs, then hit the Cipressa._
Why does it always seem that Pogacar is soo fresh after his races? It looks like he doesn't even ride in the races, just steps up to the podium to accept the trophies...
@@8paolo96 tue published power numbers say that pog had 350W for the last hour. This is good but not epic. The rest was probably just weakened after a hard day of crashes
Bikers back in the day had to be very bad compared to today's beasts. It is March and the top ones are already fighting. They will keep doing this until late September. Far from what Lemond, Indurain, Higgins and so many others did for years, with just 3 weeks of intense races in 365 days.
Get rid of all those overpriced supplements for your race bottles. Soca River water has all the necessary nutritional elements you need to ride like Pogacar, just ask Roglic, or Wout or Laporte.
EPIC indeed fans, the most beautiful thing in the world , happiness looks just this good fans, except the accident, plizzzzzz be careful champions do not get hurt Ok?
I doubt Pog is doping, remember before he became a pro he had an older brother who never turned pro but who was supposedly stronger than him? I think its just insane genetics, and lets hope there are more talents out there to challenge him soon.
Pogačar is product of special generation in Slovenia...there were more youngsters in that generation, even stronger than Tadej. But Tadej evolved and the rest of them didn't. But let's not forget Primož...he is Tadej's true competitor.
Who took out Alaphilippe? Moving from the raised centre of the road into the dusty gutter, across the wheels of the other riders was unlikely to end well....
Wondering if GCN can do a video about the current level of doping tests in pro cycling. Wondering about the science behind it all.. like what are they checking for, is there any substance that could potentially not be found like the one pogacar could be using? They always hide behind the quantity of tests, but what about the current quality of the tests compared to new arrivals on the market?
Alaphilippe is one stylish rider. He even looks cool while crashing.
Like a true Frenchman. Even crashes in style.
The opposite of cool.
That crash looked horrible and out of control and bizarre, last thing I think of is cool
@@paulsolon6229 Tell us you’re a tightwad without saying you’re a tightwad. Clown.
🤣🤣🤣😅😅 I love this comment
Hopped right back up!
Grand Tours, Stage Races, Monuments/Classics, he can win them all. 🤯 I wouldn’t be surprised if he won even Paris-Roubaix in the future. 😳
Well, the race that favours heavier riders... Him winning that would be amazing.
He has to be the king 🤴 of EPOs how the hell did take off with 50k left? And then kept it? Like I’m surprised his blood wasn’t tested right after this race!
He will also wiin the drug test I suppose. This alien performance looks like the golden EPO era to me
@@rebellis13 lets not jump to conclusions untill proven guilty
@@thetimeisnow1210 This race is relatively short compared to pretty much all classics and is the one of the hardest to form an effective chase due to the nature of the gravel and terrain... it's not that hard to imagine a top rider being able to do this. If they can drag themselves around Italy/France/Spain for three weeks straight, what's so far-fetched about a 50km breakaway?
Only race I'll watch full coverage of every year, what a treat today!
A solo breakaway to win the race is impressive enough, but doing it in 50km and not a large gap to peloton is mind boggling
A little too mind boggling for me.
thats so dope tho
kind of suspicious also
Its a bit different when its a hard course. This would be impossible in a flat course
@@TheTurbulentseas everyone is doping....
Valverde doesn't stop to impress, I'm in my late 30's and I always have a little fear of how much riding/racing I have left, seeing Him still on a podium gives me hope, thank you Alexandro !!!
A 50km break against the entire peloton. I said it before and I will say it again, he is either the greatest rider since Hinault or the most doped one since Armstrong.
For anyone who thinks he’s clean, I’ve got some oceanfront property to sell you in Switzerland
Exactly
I mean, it's starting become a tad crazy yeah. You would assume the favourites in the peleton had helpers left to spare for a chase with 50k to go.
@@Sampsonoff Nobody is clean there, the stuff these guys do with not a days rest (lots of them being in their 30s) is hardly possible...the guy just hits better shit.
If you think about it strategically though, going early is a smart move... people aren't as alert and expecting it to go the distance. With all the gravel sections and rolling terrain, it's probably one of the harder races to form an effective chase, so being a solo rider isn't as much of a disadvantage as a typical road race I would think. Either way, I give every rider the benefit until proven guilty.
Pogacar is truly becoming the "Millennial Cannibal"
Except I think he's "Gen Z"
And Valverde well over forty... 💪
He's gen doped
No parler l'Englaise. Millennial es comme "doper"
Pogacar winning is one thing but Valverde getting second? 😳😳😳
Yeah, that’s just as impressive…
Insane. We don’t realize how great this old chap is.
See earlier references to doping...
@@malcolmdunn7875 Is there any evidence in the reference or just saying?
@@malcolmdunn7875 bullshit. You talking about 2006, after he served a 2-year ban. Haters gotta hate. LMAO
Great that LouLou didn't get seriously injured. That crash looked brutal.
Love to see Pogačar solo in front with all cameras on him because it means more screen time of this gorgeous hair streak peaking through his helmet 👏
Alverde grazy guy... He's like a red wine. Older than better. RESPECT
Valverde
Like the kind in the box with the plastic bag.
@@TheLemon333 like in the bottle that has been sitting on a supermarket shelve for years
Thank you to GCN+. great coverage........Peace
Valverde 42 y.o. 2nd only 35” behind a humongous Pogacar. El Bala is out of the charts, out of this world.
Pogačar and Roglič are two slovenian beasts heheeeeeee they are both fenomenal!!!!😍🤗
what a fabulous race … chapeau ✅
Pogacar wining is very nice but not unexpected,but the grandfather Valverd taking second is simply amazing,he will be missed when he retired.
@shani yani dont tink so,not only one.
Well done - one of the legendary races all over the world!
Alaphilippe, van Aert and van der Poel have a strong opponent joining them for the coming classics, Pogacar. On the other hand I don't know which result was more impressive Poga's victory or Valverde's second place. I think both!
Valverde is 42 and still a main player. Such a champ!
!!!! VALVERDE !!!!
It takes 2x TdF champ to break the spirit of world champ at 50km remaining. Crazy race. Inspiring so much.
Pogačar the Great!! 💪💪
Holy smokes that wind swept crash!
Nice win! 🏆
What a crazy crash though 😳
Impressive ride from Tad
I would really like to have Strade Bianche to gain the status of a monument. As a sixth monument it only needs the permission of the UCI and a roughly 250km course. The gravel sections are giving this race a unique style and atmosphere among the already established and traditional monuments. If another 250km one day race is maybe to much for the early spring season, I would also consider to reschedule Strade Bianche into late summer because currently we only have one monument and the WC after the spring season and another big one day race would round up the calendar very well.
Wow! Pogi is truly a generational talent. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, his ability is remarkable. Excited to see others try to keep up, or even pass him this year.
I dont see how anyone is beating Pog without some sort of bad luck on his side. clearly the strongest in the mountains, TT is exceptional, and he has good positioning/race awareness. Even the dual threat of Vingegaard/Roglic wont be enough I'm afraid.
Congratulations, Pogacar! I hope no serious damage was done to Alaphillipe.
Or any of the other riders involved in the crash.
Is there any stopping him ? Has he peaked to early for the tour? He can’t keep it going surly. Awesome none the less.
1:33 Pogacar would find himself all alone, until the end of the race.
-THE END-
Doping anyone? UAE seem to be on another level
Tadej bravisimo 🙂
Epic. Epic. Epic! This race is so brilliant and Pogacar a deserving winner. Was on Le Tolfe today to see him doing his thing. A special athlete we are lucky to witness.
He just trains harder right? 🙄
Hopefully people stop accusing him of being dirty and just enjoy what you’re witnessing. He’s literally in his prime and riding like a mad man.
We don’t know either way, given history in cycling
We do know two top managers on his uae team have decades long history of doping in cycling
It's professional sports these days....everybody dopes.
@@dclark142002 we don’t know, either way
Haven't seen such dominance since Lance Armstrong.
This is not even close. Lance just won the Tour de France, Pogi is winning Grand Tours, Monuments, Classics, One week stage races, almost everything he races.
It appears from this performance by pogacar today the Tour de France winner looks secure
Especially since the best chance at beating him plowed into a bus last month…
@@stephenboshears4832 hmm, you think Bernal is better than roglic?
And vinegegaard?
Que fuerte que esta Valverde loco, es hasta extraño que se retire este año
An exceptional talent even when most at his age have long hung up the wheels
Maybe he won't retire...
Tadej Pogacar, He's monster!!!!
from another planet
Pogačar
van der Poel
The best of the rest
van Aert
Alaphilippe
Kudos for Alaphilippe for landing this crash with style and nice technique
Pogacar is unbelievable. Too strong.
This is dope!
🤔 ... it probably is! 😂
I was thinking the same.. there's never smoke without fire.🤔
@@eccehomer8182 years later we wil find out. Like we did with the American.
@@marvinsmall5002 who makes smoke?
people need to calm the f down. asgreen did a lot of work to bring back ala, while pogacar was sitting in the slipstream easy in front, and still closed a good junk of the gap in the end and got third and 97 year old valverde 2nd. also no van aert, no mvdp, no roglic, no bernal, , ala out, benoot out...this wasnt as extreme of a win as it seems at first.
Incredible performance by Pog!
Lol that one guy went flying and did a flip
Superhuman feat reminiscent of LA.
The way he seemingly isnt fatigued after monster outputs like this is making me a tad suspicious, too bad the history of the sport has done that to me. I really want to believe he is clean, but it's like hes racing juniors at this point.
50km breakaway..... wow.... super strong rider....
4:20 nice
This is crazy, what a performance 👏👏
Go Durango!!! Great ride, Quin🇺🇸💪🏾
Quinn... Awesome showing!
this dude man insane....
Et dopper
what a beast
yeah i remember this race, i was rather hoping Pogacar would allow Valverde to catch up & take the stage...well never mind..& all the best Valverde
Shit! This guy is a beast. I think only Cancellara could pull of such long range solo attack and win but pogacar is like an hybrid in the Peloton
You are correct, Cancellara was on a hybrid e-bike.
@@PeerensClement there's no evidence.
@@clayvianwilliams6125 I was only joking.
@@PeerensClement 😅😅😅🤣🤣 ok 👍👍
Unstoppable!!
Are there longer highlights on the subscription service? I’m looking for about an hours worth as I don’t have time to watch the entire race.
There is a 32min Highlight Version. Or you can just skip through the whole race and watch the last hour...
Pogacar’s level is far from the packs.. 50km attacked is insane..
Pogacar is unbelievable. I don't believe that is possible.
2022 UCI Road World Championships this year.... Allegedly he will be there.
A multiple fall clearly triggered by a strong gust of wind from the right. A cyclist fell and then some others behind as in the domino effect. It also happened to me to fall alone for the same reason on April 18, 2019 in Avezzano in Abruzzo due to a gust of side wind from Libeccio from SW.
Una caduta multipla innescata chiaramente da una forte folata di vento laterale da destra. E' caduto un ciclista e poi alcuni altri dietro come nell'effetto domino. Anche a me è successo di cadere da solo per lo stesso motivo il 18 Aprile 2019 ad Avezzano in Abruzzo a causa di una folata di vento laterale di Libeccio da SW.
The fan at 2:48 will have one hell of a story to tell!
Maybe they know each other. Doesn't in general look like a good idea - could easily end badly, no?
Is there such thing as an official monument? Isn’t it just label given for five of the oldest and most prestigious races?
No it has to do with the overall distance of the race.. Strada Bianche isn't long enough...
@@scooter2163 there is.... Look into it.
monument races give you 500 UCI points for the win which is more than other normal classics (strade bianche gives the winner 300 to give you an example).....there are other classics that also give 500 points though, such as amstel gold race
@@KBBMX I don't see a "Minimum Distance" for a Monument in a brief search. This edition was 184km with hills on long stretches of gravel - _"The shortest Monument edition was the 1942 Giro di Lombardia. This edition was only 184 km long."_
@@scooter2163 *Strade Bianche is SO MUCH MORE WORTHY than Milan San Remo to be a Monument!* 275-290km of mind-numbing boredom to see who might be able to get away on the last two climbs hardly deserves the classification. _Might as well just park the peloton on Zwift at low tempo for 6 hrs, then hit the Cipressa._
Would be fun to watch even more if MVDP and Wout were here, they would not let him go solo :D
Why does it always seem that Pogacar is soo fresh after his races? It looks like he doesn't even ride in the races, just steps up to the podium to accept the trophies...
Dope, my friend, dope.
Roglic is the same way, they do these huge efforts and they’re barely out of breath in end and hop around like it’s a training ride.
background music at start?
Great battle
Eine Mischung aus Coppi und Merckx!
It s not even funny. If he attacks the whole peloton should just work together. Not 2- 3 guys trying to hunt him down separatly
there was a moment when 3 whole teams were working to go after him when the peloton was 1 and a half minutes late. The gap did not change.
@@8paolo96 tue published power numbers say that pog had 350W for the last hour. This is good but not epic. The rest was probably just weakened after a hard day of crashes
thank you!
TheTDF Champion ist schwer zu besiegen Im Sommer kommt der 3TDF Sieg
, how can he really be so much better than such an elite field.
What elite field?
Excellent!
This isn't even funny. It's scary!
Starting to hate pogi for being so dominant
Might be spectacular but damn he makes cycling boring as hell
True as fuck
Shame the GCN app went down in Australia. Was watching until 2am and they couldn't show the finish.
Bikers back in the day had to be very bad compared to today's beasts. It is March and the top ones are already fighting. They will keep doing this until late September. Far from what Lemond, Indurain, Higgins and so many others did for years, with just 3 weeks of intense races in 365 days.
Pogacar is sooooo strong, it’s almost no fun to watch
Get rid of all those overpriced supplements for your race bottles. Soca River water has all the necessary nutritional elements you need to ride like Pogacar, just ask Roglic, or Wout or Laporte.
Wow, what a treacherous Tuscan sun hanging over this race!
Pogacar the type to win the world tt championships, too.
World Road Championships I can see. Also the TT though? Is that even feasible
Another ‘unbelievable’ performance makes another boring finale.
GCN Racing thanks a lot gret video
I will see you later
the best doping winners 1st and 2nd place, period
Phenomenal. End of.
@annag cocl If so then Valverde was even more doped he is 42 years old and only 35 seconds after Pogačar!🙄
Merckx Worthy!
In the style of the old T Rex classic.. "Solid gold easy action"
Never use disc brakes bicycles at strong wind areas.
EPIC indeed fans, the most beautiful thing in the world , happiness looks just this good fans, except the accident, plizzzzzz be careful champions do not get hurt Ok?
Pog doing the Landis ...
100%
I doubt Pog is doping, remember before he became a pro he had an older brother who never turned pro but who was supposedly stronger than him? I think its just insane genetics, and lets hope there are more talents out there to challenge him soon.
LMAO
I think there actually is a Father Christmas
We don’t know
We do know that two top managers of uae team have long history of doping in cycling
Pogačar is product of special generation in Slovenia...there were more youngsters in that generation, even stronger than Tadej. But Tadej evolved and the rest of them didn't. But let's not forget Primož...he is Tadej's true competitor.
thermonuclear attack
Fun fact : The runner ups on both races Men and Women are initial A.V.V
Ridiculous! 1998 is back. Looks like Jacky Durant, Lance Armstrong, Jan Ulrich and Bjarne Riis combined.
Even with 41 year old valverde a mere 30 seconds behind?
@@hibillhotmailcom Pitti!
Anyone curious about him doping?/
50km in the wind solo...what an absolute joke...wake up people
Pogacar means cake in Slovenian, Roglic means croissant
Pogača is a cake,Pogačar is someone who's making cakes :)
Who took out Alaphilippe? Moving from the raised centre of the road into the dusty gutter, across the wheels of the other riders was unlikely to end well....
Wondering if GCN can do a video about the current level of doping tests in pro cycling. Wondering about the science behind it all.. like what are they checking for, is there any substance that could potentially not be found like the one pogacar could be using? They always hide behind the quantity of tests, but what about the current quality of the tests compared to new arrivals on the market?
Stop the doping accusations please. Will Tadej go on vacation now until the Tour? Asgreen for the win in the next races :-)