The Day Tadej Pogačar HUMILIATED the Pro Peloton | Tour de France 2021 Stage 8
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- Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2021 where the GC battle was particularly one-sided between Tadej Pogacar, Richard Carapaz and the rest.
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Professional road cycling pundit Lanterne Rouge presents highlights of stage 8 / résumé étape 8 / resumen etapa 8 of the Tour de France 2021. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain - Victorious) wins the stage followed by Ion Izagirre (Astana - Premier Tech) and Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation). Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) takes the yellow jersey followed by Wout van Aert (Team Jumbo-Visma) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech). - กีฬา
His attacks remind me of when electric bike commuters pass me on a training ride.
Know that feeling,lol.
😂 Maybe they ought to put the rest of the peleton on e-bikes to even the race up a bit.
@@tinmachine693 Tous les Français partent en signe de protestation, ne travaillent pas pendant une semaine.
Maybe you are right. Motor-doping ;)
"excuse me I'd like to practice some social distancing.." 😂
for 30km...
thank god Movistar worked hard to bring back Carapaz yesterday. Really helped their GC chances.
"Nothing personal, kid"
It did help their GC chances. That way he is closer to carapaz and a podium is still possible for Mas.
Movistar jokes will never end.
true, idiots as usual
@@FIFAandMORE97 Bringing Pogacar too...what a tactic! Very "smart", really! Ineos at least had Van Baarle on the road for support Carapaz.
D Teuns is a pretty good rider, but Thomas would have found a way to nail that bidon.
As I was watching it roll across the road I kept thinking "surely he can see it... Surely.. Fk!"
Heart skipped a beat at the rolling water bottle moment! 😂
I think the incredulity of the riders as Pog overtook them says it all, that absolute stare of omfg you're passing me, really, how?!
more like "nice doping brah" look
Yeah i noticed that too
it doesn't really 'say' anything.
@@aneeshprasobhan get t f outa here with that crap. All riders are equally prepared in the tdf. Grow up
Movistar's El día menos pensado gave us a nice insider look into last year's TdF-defining stage. The incredulity on everyone's faces was very telling.
@3:25 look at Kragh Andersen admiring the power of Pogačar
Guy is so baffled by Pogi's nuclear speed he's smiling on a 10% climb during the rain. Pogi set things in motion that cannot be stopped
Yeah, one commenator on German TV said, he couldn't read lips well, but he was sure SKA said "boah" /wow when Pogi passed him.
On the move Lance just said this was "old school". Too right.
Pogacar is the rider Lance wishes he had been
@@Sills71 doping aside, Lance would have pushed Pogi...word is that Lance had around a 500w ftp
@@Sills71 nope, he is the rider Lance was
@@eddiel7635 Pogo has already won a monument (LBL)... something dope buy never did... Pogo is what like 23? Dope boy could not finish top 50 at the TdF at 23... so not so much there fan boy
@@Sills71 we are talking about the juice you idiot not their results
When one of the commentators says, " the first to do x since Lance Armstrong", you begin to have doubts.
Attacking in the rain on the first mountain stage -- remind anyone of Lance on the Hautacam in 2000 tdf?
Pog is good but I think part of the reason he shines is the lack of quality in the 26-33 yr old gen. The 34+ gen of Froome/Nibali/Thomas/Valverde/Gilbert have shone for so long due to a lack of replacements. Now finally we are getting a new gen.
Seriously. Almost 10 years of sky dominance. I think teams will start putting younger and younger riders out
Unfortunately pogs numbers smash the older gen anyway
We are either witnessing the greatest cyclist since Bernard Hinault or the most doped rider since Lance Armstrong...
Kappa
Messi + Ronaldo + Michael Jordan in one
th-cam.com/video/5VaTuRzIM4U/w-d-xo.html
Bernard Hinault was doped, cmon now.
@@zladam9445 He never failed a test and never heard any rumor.... and EPO was not available so he could not have doped to extent the riders in 90s and forward could...
I feel so bad for Roglic, hard to watch him struggle so much
It is becoming a cluster fuck tour allround for Roglic. He probably needs to withdraw now!
@@mjchecksfield914 he did :)
@@ReinierS true dat
Pogacar is just better than Roglic. Time to let the young generation take the reigns.
He got his fun at la vuelta!
Pogacar literally breathing normally after 2 hours pushing 600watts, dude is an artificial mutant 🤣🤣
hahaha...for sure..they are always one step ahead of the dope testers
@@joeenglert yeah, when he put his head down and started to fly past everyone i got some heavy armstrong vibes
This year- micro dosing on LSD and red light therapy recovery for hormone levels- shhhh
@@TheUltimateBashboy Only difference is that POGA was destroying the competition since he was a kid in JUNIORS. Lance and Froome came out of nowhere. Food for THOUGHT!
@@beanot2622 so he started earlier?
“Super hard for everyone” except himself 😂
Great content, glad I found your channel. Perfect length videos with on point expert knowledge and glad it all comes wrapped in a familiar accent. Well done.
I've only just come across your channel. 10/10 stuff mate, loving it.
At this point I won't even watch any other TdF highlight video *unless* I watch LR's one first.
Love this content.
Same
Ferrero Rocher of cycling analysis
Tous les Français partent en signe de protestation, ne travaillent pas pendant une semaine.
He’s on the sauce for sure
Unless you have information to support that speculation comments like yours really do nothing for the sport. Rumour, hearsay, suspicion and innuendo does not constitute fact. Were all wondering whether he's doping, but until there's any evideice to support such claims we need riders the benefit of the doubt and its damaging to create baseless speculation
Not only that but the testing nowadays is 1000x more detailed and accurate at picking up even the most subtle markers and masking agents. In other words, the tests are very good, and since he hasnt failed any tests its not fair to make accusations.
@@barrypublow15 hahah is this sarcasm. Don't be so naive.
@@barrypublow15 so the "speculation" on Armstrong did nothing for the sport either on that basis....hes doping..you know it you just doing want to know it
@@spm36 spot on! These fanboys who discovered cycling after their boy started winning want them rest of us to be quiet when all of the red flags say otherwise
Really appreciate your content LR 👍 I watch some of the others covering TDF but you always have something extra for us 🥰
The vastly improved visual editing has put the LR analysis in a different league. Very impressive.
What a generation of great riders at the moment everyone willing to give it a go from anywhere.
So Froome is supposed to bounce back next year and beat the guy who made professionals look like amateurs today?
You never know. People said Cavendish was washed up and here he is contending for the green jersey.
he left ineos he is done lol
@@Samazing01 Cavendish is a wheel-sucking sprinter...not a grand tour contender. There is an appreciable difference between the two. If his physiology was truly otherworldly then he would've recovered to at least something around the second tier of climbers. He's not even that right now. He's had two years. Dygert has come back to the top level in less than a year after nearly getting her leg cut off above the knee...with a significant amount of muscle atrophy in the damaged leg.
@@vrusimov Yep, I know, but I think we should at least give the man a chance to prove himself.
@@Samazing01 idk he might dope a lot again
Just discovered your channel. This is awesome content. Definitely filling a gap here for cycling fans. 👍🏼
Pro editing, pro commentary....THX!
Dylan theuns in the form of his life, just like Caruso, Haig, Mohoric, Padun, Mader, Colbrelli and apparently also Poels
😂😂😂
And not one of them is a contender for the GC
This performance was pretty much in line with the rest of Theuns' career, nothing to worry about imo
Nah nothing to worry about… they just have a new sports psychologist, that’s the reason.
Teuns has been doing this for years.
Strongly reminiscent of Hautacam in 2000
Strongly reminiscent of LA too...
@@mattjacomos2795 Yeah, 18km of doing his best is doping. Who cares if all other GC contenders spend energy on a 200km long breakaway yesterday while Pogačar saved his.
@@Kintabl A point many probably overlook.
Felt more like Landis to me. Same emotions. Excited for a dominant move, then whoa this is getting sus then no fucking way a clean human is that far ahead of the rest of the world
@@Kintabl Only Carapaz attacked yesterday out of the GC group. All the others sat in the wheels
I love your analysis bro! Subbed!
Hi, v good video highlights and editing thank you
100% convinced the dude is on the juice, it's just a matter of years before it all comes to light.
So he is far and above the best time trial it’s and the best climber in the world
Maybe the best combination time trialer/climber, but not the best individual time trialer and probably not the best climber.
Then why does get 1st in all the ITT’s that matter. Hella suspicious if you ask me
@@Foster_B ganna is a better time trialist, but please name a better climber than pogacar please.
@@erickLguzman I mean I think it's plausible he is just a wonder one of a kind and the competition can't do anything about it
@@infiniteyest2939 pedun would nuke pog
Comprehensive as always and many of us have come to expect that! It's been a different Tour this year, but it's exciting! Many thanks!
Lance Armstrong liked this video 👍
floyd landis too🤣
His opinion doesn't count any longer. Sorry Lance.
@@icejunki Lance×7 .. Dude is a legend. Only Pogi can break his record with whatever juice he is on.
I shouldn't criticize because I wasn't there but........
Thankfully we got to see this stage. Would have been so disappointing if the weather had disrupted the coverage like stage 16 of the Giro for Bernal's solo attack.
Yeah that sucked
It takes my breath away...love it, and so very sorry for Primoz!
Best race summaries on TH-cam, so much more insightful and complete than Eurosport and the likes. Keep it up!
I remember our commentators saying when Armstrong left Ullrich behind.... "They rumour this and that, but even if that is true, this is amazing riding..." I recalled this moment last year already.
Oh my gosh, commentators say similar thing for almost every win of all big contenders here.
And you found out that exactly this prove that Pog us criminal. If I just remember what were saying of Mark Cavendish and Froome and MVDP and VWA…
You are really pity person.
@@markopodganjek845 I actually like the guy a lot.. Just UAE management do not have the best of history. Pls do not take it as an offence on national pride.
I haven’t seen a performance like this since Lance Armstrong 🤷♂️
Landis 2006
Froome 2018
nah. lance was the last time i saw the faces of lost hope. maybe this is a pogacar moment. there isn't an ullrich.
@@GuntherL1 rasmuseen ,contactor, froome
The pirate
6:20 "Going into the Yellow Jersey by a huge margin"
It reminds me of a journalist asking Greg Le Monde, "Is it a good thing to be so far in front this early ?".
Greg said, "You better believe it".
"Excuse me, I'd like to practice some social distancing for the next thirty kilometers."
Classic Lanterne Rouge. Thanks
Better, more informed and more interesting explanation of the days racing than gcn+ "long highlights"
Suspiciously incredible ride, you can't deny that unfortunately
when it is Froome attacking from twice as far you Brits find plain legit.
18km of doing his best is very suspicious right. Who cares if all other GC contenders spend energy on 200km long breakaway yesterday while Pogačar saved his.
Look at the whole tour... don't just take one stage and be all smart about it.
@@simonrano8072 he put more time into the favourites today than Froome has won any of his Tours by. That said I still think he's legit.
@@Fyr35555 even after taking into account the Wiggins package ? SKY TUEs ? Froome Salbutamol case? Yates asthma drug ban ? Freeman testosterone at BC HQ ? the willing crash in London olympics track ? Froome suddenly passing from nobody to at least 2nd of every single GT he finished until his crash ? the fact that UK won GTs with 5 different riders just a few years after they claim intention to take over cycling ? Even UK Parliament admitted that ealry years of team Sky where suspicious when winning with a British citizen at all cost was the only goal. Even Spain during the Blood Bag era or Italy during the EPO days never came close to such results...
@@Kintabl hes been just as active over the first weeks as the other gc contenders when you factor in stage 2, TT, yesterday and now today. And he made the rest look like they were in week 3. All this after having attacks thrown at him all day and doing all the chase work himself. Its impressive im in awe, its just very hard to fathom how someone can be so far ahead of everyone else physically when all of these riders plan there whole year around this one race? Its not like it's their b race and they're coming in over cooked or under done everyone should be peaking yet pog has already essentially won the race in the first week and put 5 mins into the best guys in the world.
Smart thing for Roglic imo is to stop at the restday and prepare for the Vuelta
Great stuff, loved your analysis. Subbed👍
Good video,
Good speech
Good explanation
Good stories
Awesome
You don't outpace 80kg+ riders that train for TTs for months with saliva dingling from their mouths, while you yourself are under 70kg barely breaking a sweat and climb mountains in the big gear while sitting gaining 3 minutes on your closest rivals.
That's the problem I am having with him too. If it was just these insane, almost Pantani-esque climbing performances, it would be one thing. But at the same time destroying elite TTers in 30k TTs is ridiculous. I don't really think it is possible to have it both ways like that, unless...
You do if you have the right doctor
Guys, just enjoy being able to watch such talent. Until any evidenve of Doping gets known, don't talk about it to much.
yes,
beating the best TT specialists by large margin in flat stages, beating the best climbers by large margin in mountain stages...hard to believe
Hit the nail on the head. Doesn't even look like he's trying
I wanted to enjoy it but something tells me its all very 1999-2005
This is different. Pogacar has proven to be the biggest climbing talent in a long time. And in this tour de France he is competing against people who crashed, had an injury before the tour (van Aert) , or people like Lutsenko, who are great riders but aren't climbing god's. We expected a bit more from Carapaz but he blew himself up trying to follow Pogacar and blowing up 30km from the line in a mountain stage isn't a good idea.
@@joostrombaut679 Faster than 2009 Contador and Schlek up Col de Romme. Maybe I am a cynic but his effortless efforts, incredible recovery and dominance is very similar to someone else I remember watching.
@@joostrombaut679 Regardless of his climbing skill, his TT performance on Wednesday was also incredible.
I wonder he rode the tour of Slovenia to warm up 🤔. All seems pretty obvious now 💉
Because the sport has been totally clean 2005-2019????
In the 2018 Junior World Champs, Remco smashed the field. Tadej's performance today reminded me of that. He made everyone look like amateurs out there.
Will there be a power analysis? Lutsenko uploaded his power files and there is also data from last years Dauphiné. Compared to those times he only put a minute into Sivakov on Col de Romme + Colombiere. Question is if those stages are comparable.
3:27 Andersen's face say it all
Pog was smiling while riding 10% on the maximum rig. This was not natural. No chance.
No man can do what this, much less this dork!
@@SantaCruzCowboy I'm always on the 52 in the mountains, but I don't upset the other cyclo tourists and pass them by on the right so they can't see my prowess. Only on the 3rd climb of the day after about 3 hours of climbing so I'm nice and fresh. Yeah right. I used a 53/12 climbing the Alpe as well.
And who is natural in profesionall cycling? :) Even in Chess they dope these days :D
@@SantaCruzCowboy said the biggest dork, sitting on his couch while feasting on a packet of cheetos. Learn to appreciate talent and not to belittle others due to your shortcomings.
"Cram in climbing overnight,"....made my day
I saw the GC results and change in Yellow Jersey and couldn't believe it. I just had to know what happened in a single stage to change the standings of the GC so drastically. What an incredible ride. The fact that he beat the Schleck Bros. and Contador's time on a wet raining day is unbelievable. I believe if Roglic hadn't crashed so hard or if the whole Pelotón hadn't turfed it half a dozen times, I feel this would be a much closer GC. What seems to be a certainty is Pogacar is strong. I really hope he continues strong so he has a chance to win it twice.
Commentators today sounded so much like the commentators of the L.A era.
But only whit Slovenians. Because Slovenians can be so good, they must be on dope. Right?
@@Kintabl get over your victim complex lol, the commentators do that every time there is some alien shit going on in the race
@@13redlion13 Dude! Since Slovenians start to win stages all I hear and read how they are on dope.
@@archibald3037 Then all are. So it's even Steven.
@@Kintabl you have a victim complex. The commentators reacted even more, when Froome and Thomas were dominating. Except in GBR, but thats obvious.
I reckon Rog would have found something special today to match Pog if he hadn’t fallen. We seen it a few times last year until the final TT!
It wasn't noted in the SBS commentary for a long time, but Pogacar's climbing in the big ring was amazing. I think that's what the other riders were amused as he was passing them all.
Realising he flew up the mountains mostly in the big ring is crazy and shows his fierce determination.
And on sauce
@3:25: The facial expression on the face of Kragh Andersen says it all
I just want bernal back to 2019 form and see that showdown
Pog would still win
Pogacar is significally better
@schwicht d never involved
schwicht d Bernal was not involved with doping.
@schwicht d who tf said he was doping?
Breathtaking performance by Pogacar and also thermohistorical
Jusy watching pog attacking made me breath heavily.amazing hows he doing
Tour is over
For the next 10 years...
Let's try to break the race, he says. And he did: SNAP.
Slightly below record pace on the colombiere, on a good day maybe roglic can keep up. Would love to hear some analysis on how a crash a few days earlier impacts riders abilities to climb. Is it muscular damage sustained during the crash? Psychological?
"Excuse me I want to practice some social distancing for the next 30 kms" LMAO!
This was so scary that it reminded me of Riis's 1996 Hautacam atomic performance.
Mr 60 percent
Welp, today we saw an even more dominant performance from a GC rider. Absolute session from JV.
Great content
Do not think I've ever seen such a massive "AutoBus" at the end, must have been 3/4 of the field.
“wasn’t able to cram climbing”
Same.
..like he did TT…
I do find it hard to believe that a performance like that is actually possible, especially as the rest of the UAE team seemed to fall apart pretty quickly, leaving him with only one teammate. But I think it's worth seeing if Pogacar does crack at all in the later stages. If he continues to destroy everyone in every stage, then I will definitely be suspicious.
He is just really good, but it certainly helps when many other favourites fall etc. He got quite lucky the first day, and is in amazing form
@@jellevanderree8990 Yeah, I agree that it's possible that he's just in top form, alongside a few things going his way. Time will tell us a bit more, I guess. Regardless, hopefully that result doesn't signal an early end to the GC competition...
He didn't win the atage so presumably the guy in first is doping too
I hope that had far more to do with the entertaining madness the previous day. TP stayed sheltered the entire stage which was the longest in 20 years in the tour & finished 20 minutes ahead of the fastest possible estimate by the organizers.
@@JBLFC92 GC is dead, podium race is on but at this point whoever comes second is the real winner
As Chris Boardman once said to me in the Oakley safehouse at the 2000 Sydney Olympics "If it's too good to be true, it usually is"
Would have loved to see how today would have gone if there hadn't been crashes in the early stages, and if the likes of Bernal and Landa (maybe even Remco) were here in form. Yes, Pogacar is dropping the field, but who is he actually dropping that's surprising? Given the race circumstances and all that's happened up to now, who do we expect to be able to compete with him?
Before the tour, I (and every bookie) expected Roglic and Pogacar to be a level above the rest just like last year, with their closest rival being Thomas. Thomas looked out of sorts from stage 1, and crashed, and Carapaz was never really expected to be on the Pogacar/Roglic level IMHO, and he's had to work harder than Pogacar over the last few days, especially yesterday. Also have to factor in that Pogacar hasn't crashed (as far as I know). Looking at all of that, his performance isn't that unexpected, even though it is amazing.
It's also only stage 8.... I'm having flash backs of the 2018 Giro where Yates dominated everyone for 18 days, and then mega-cracked and lost it all.
My kingdom to know what Soren Kragh said to Pogi as he romped past him.
"Got any more coke?" Lol
That was one of my favorite scenes from yesterday. The look on his face was priceless. Probably matched mine to be quite honest lol.
He said "wow"
This performance just doesn't look right at all. TP's team UAE (formerly Lampre) have a terrible doping history, that they have 2 managers in Gianetti and Matxin with a history of 7 riders in teams they managed banned for doping and then 2019 Aderlass blood doping scandal - UAE rider Durasek was banned for 4 years the ring covered several sports and in cycling centred on Austrian and Slovenian riders - no one failed a dope test or had dubious `biological passport' it was a whistleblower who exposed the scandal, so doping is happening in cycling as a proven fact and dope testing can't catch the cheats. Today Pogacar destroyed a South American climber who lives and trains above 3000 metres, barely breaking into a sweat, he's not even bothering to hide it, ruining this years Tour for me
"Today Pogacar destroyed a South American climber who lives and trains above 3000 metres, barely breaking into a sweat, he's not even bothering to hide it, ruining this years Tour for me" = the same thoughts here
They have mountains in Slovenia mate, he ain't from Kansas. Carapaz is decent but nothing special.
@@Ashok_Regiment Yes Mountains as high as the Valleys in Ecuador.
It ist not comparable.
@@Ashok_Regiment also carapaz isn’t just decent bro he’s won the giro and it takes more than just a random to win any grand tour.
I'm with you, Chris Baldwin. That ride today looked ridiculous. I had to turn the coverage off because it was so blatantly obvious to me. Sad.
Pogacar said in Slovenian Interview, "Carapaz attacked yesterday at the end, when UAE team worked all day, so “pase taksen odgovor danes” roughly translated… feels nice, such is the answer today...
There is a podcast around where Pogacars coach tells why he does what he does. He apparently has a high lactate clearance. So it takes longer compared to other riders before his muscles start burning.
Well he would wouldn't he
It does look a bit dodgy when you see that they’re riding so much quicker now than in the Armstrong days
sport science and new/high tech gear helps
@@kiidgeniius Not that much!
1997 Jan Ulrich rode 9kg bikes; 2003 Lance Armstrong rode 7.2kg bikes. idk, it really sucks that you can never really tell for sure. The teamwork and tactics are considerably better now. And some people are saying that recovery science is better. I really hope Tadej Pogacar did this clean. But yeah, there’s always that sneaking suspicion, and it really stinks because i get excited watching live and i feel like a bit of a dummy afterwards cause there’s always a possibility that they did some chemical trick to get that performance.
Disc brakes are faster.
@@durianriders Yeah rim brakes are shitty old tech.
sur le jus
Doper.Doper.Doper.Doper
Pogacar would have gained time on roglic because roglic would have struggled to get his jacket on
Yikes, It’s hard to watch such domination, in my view.
Agree with all the comments on here and IG, this is sus.
one in a century talent
It is what it is. It’s never great for a race to be over before it begins. But that’s why we’ve got. The teams will have to make the calculation. It's going to be an interesting one. And yet ...
If roglic didn't craxh pogacar will not even think of attacking on this stage.
All I can say I really hope nothing like the drug scandal happens to pogacar like happened to froome
Slovenia government is a bit different than UK government.
It’s inevitable. My guess is he’s taking something. Not even because of his performance today but because I simply suspect all pro athletes period. Follow the money. If large money is involved, it’s worth the risk of getting caught. Especially when testing is so poor and unreliable. I’m only speculating of course. Truth is I don’t care either way. I just want to watch good racing and today was awesome.
@@DBxCooper I think the same, but in some sports, doping is much more regulated and it's really hard to get away with it. Cycling is one of those sports. Not saying Pog is clean but it's very tough to get around randomized testing.
@@zladam9445 there was a very relaxed testing regime this year…
But Pogačar is a great talent since he was a teenager and has been riding amazing since the Vuelta 2019. I mean, if he is using doping, he is doing it for quite a long time. Today's performance is not suprising considering the weak competition and the performances he is having since the beggining of the season. No one knows if he is clean or not, but I am much more suscipious of riders that "all of a sudden" have great performances or that when they are 25y or 26y "all of a sudden" become GC contenders. Pogačar is being consistent since a young age and for a long time.
Great ride from Pogacar. He actually took the KOM on the col de romme/columbiere by over 1min. This is basically 1 climb - the back way up the columbiere
DOPER
Y’all, if you’re not down with seeing performances like this because of the doping threat, you better extend that feeling to a hell of a lot more riders and races.
And a lot of other sports
Now tadej pogacar's closest rival is the world anti doping agency😂
3:28 krogh andersen laughing when pogacar storms by
Old school riding by Tadej!
I hope this don't end badly. But it's great to watch at the moment
I don't even care if Pogacar is doping. I just take it for granted that probably every top level rider does. In my mind, Pog is still better than the rest.
@@ThisIsANameBruh But they all have to take doping tests? Sure maybe once or twice it can slip past a test, but the whole peloton?
Best of Pogacar vs best of Bernal in the mountains.. that's what we wanna see.
Bernal has bad days… this boy doesn’t. If Bernal wants to have a chance he’ll have to get on the juice too
at this level Bernal won't have a chance. Unfortunately, this is not a compliment to Pog
I believe there's enough material for a new Inhuman Performances video only from this year.
I'd love to see some lab results from his performance testing.
Roglic and Thomas doing a 500 yard stare. 6:56
Not sure why people are surprised that Pogacar is good in the mountains and TT. He won the mountain classification last year and during the last TT stage of 2020 he also delivered. Pogacar also didnt have a lot of support from his team in 2020, he's always been riding alone at the front, while Roglic had massive team support. Nothing changed. Rogliz is out of the race because his team is hurt from the crash and he cant make it alone.
Because generally it's completely impossible to gain so much muscle to generate the watts to make tt specialists look like complete amateurs on a flat tt, while not gaining more weight that will hurt performance in the mountains.
After this performance, Pog should try for the Giro, Tour, Vuelta triple next year
Attacking in the rain on the first mountain stage -- remind anyone of Lance on the Hautacam?
Didn't look normal but he is clearly a beast. That perfomance did bring back memories of Sestriere 99. Let's see how he recovers after this and if how he fares in the 2nd and 3rd week. Difficult to see how any of the top 5 guys aren't bending the rules in some way or other though. Nature of elite sport these days, unfortunately. Can't see how Ineos how have had such success over the last 9 years on mineral water for example. Sad fact of the sport that you always watch the extraordinary performances with a healthy dose of skepticism.