How Tadej Pogačar Changed the Tour de France 

100% agree. He was a trailblazer who showed the world that racing can be fun and interesting, and that mental health (mind-set) is key.

@@staniaj1154 Sagan a trailblazer? Really? I guess Claudio Chiappucci was just a pack rider?

@@colnagog6026 sorry, what? I'm not here to start a debate or to split hairs. I'm merely agreeing with the comment that we can thank Sagan "in part" for how riders are racing today... 🙄

For real!

@@colnagog6026 Yeah, I am sure Tadej and Jonas got inspiration from a guy that rode 10 years before they were even born...

So evenly matched yet so different. We've got a video coming detailing the rivalry.

No its not…to be the real battle both of riders have to be clean…Jonas is doping which is not ok…even Le Mond said that he is 100% convinced that Pogi is clean…he never said that for Jonas…last year 7 minutes in 2 stages…not realistic..Pogacar this year is in top form, Jonas was injured 4 months ago and he beat him by max of 2 minutes in one stage…Jonas is a doper

@ks-li4ic Not the guy winning everything and breaking all the records? How biased are you? 😂

Do you have proof?

Not really, Pogacar is so much better

No ego? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Thank you!

Much as I love Big Mig…and I love him a lot, about the only reason he has won so many Tours were the crazy long TTs at that time. He could put 3 minutes into the second best in a TT and then just hang on in the mountains. If we had 2 or 3 TTs today, we’d be talking about how great Remco Evenepoel is. But yeah, provided he stays healthy Pog will win at least 3 more Tours. Maybe more.

Thank you

Still UAE is dominating this Tour

The whole train Talk in kinda bs in my opinion. Wiggins won because they were 100km TT and Nibali was not stronger in the mountains... In the end If the Captain does not have it, the best "train" is useless.

Disclaimer: we usually stray away from opinion pieces and focus on the story and lore of cycling, however we thought this was fitting with the year that Pogacar is having. Could he be on the path to become the greatest cyclist the sport has ever seen? (Obviously very early days...)

😂😂😂😂😂 That’s tasteless but funny af 😂

Pog is entering his best years in terms of physical development. Nobody will come even close in the next 3-4 years.

Actually, with current coach he would've done the same even with Vingegaard.

This year we see the UAE train which is very strong with likes of Nils Politt and Adam Yates supporting Pogacar

No everyone does not know that only absolute clueless people think that. He was significantly stronger in the mountains, pogi just has that kick. Pogi before this year was not that impressive in the mountains. People that know about watts, different strentgh in the sport knows Jonas was way stronger in 2022 and 23. Futher more the 2023 UAE was a stronger mountain train than VISMA was. They had even the top 2 and 3 on the podium proving the point.

@@TellusJD Pog can win the TdF without UAE; Jonas can't without Visma. Also, Jonas was stronger in 2023, we saw it in the ITT. But In 22, Pog got wrecked by the Jumbo train. Rewatch the mountain stages that year bro

@@TellusJDcry

@@jimgray3346 Pogi without team would have lost tdf 2023 at stage 5 without a team. Chasing Jonas on the flat and downhill, who was solo attacking 40ks out. 2023 was a Jonas beating pogi with no need for his team really.

Yes! Working on it haha. Thank you

hihihihihi

correct

You mean Jonas, right? No way he's clean, coming back from punctured lungs and broken ribs to beat everyone except Tadej in less than three months.

Wout was good in 2022

Haha thank you for both your comments. We will make changes.

That’s fair. Working on getting a proper teleprompter

@@TrueSportsLoredon’t worry about it, we’re loving the content with or without a teleprompter 💕

Doping in the present

They'll all be doping today. Doesn't take away how impressive the performances of Pog and Jonas are. Its annoying when people suggest it's advances in nutrition and technology being the reason they can achieve such performances

I truly don’t think they are. Besides being much easier to trace, I think they’ve grown into the sport at a time when it’s not only unacceptable professionally, but attitudes have shaped people’s characters to reject doling outright. It’s a massive human failure to seek excellence through doping and no one wants to be associated with it.

@shred3005 what’s it like, still believing in the Easter Bunny, Toothfairy and Santa Claus?

@@shred3005 well have to agree to disagree

Yeah…let’s just forget that was Pog’s home route which he had done 1000s times and knows it like the back of his hand and also that he eased off way before the finish and talk bullcrap…

imagine if it turns out in 10 years that both these guys and many others, were still doping. lance may be a grade A twerp and a bit of a bully but you might want to hold back on the hate..

@@Drippetto Would be horrendous if they have and I’d be gutted. But Lance did, was caught and was a bully. Sorry, but won’t ever forgive. Because of Lance’s legacy we can’t have success in our sport without the best being accused of doping.

@@robertkelly28 It's not just LA, look at the long list of dopers over the last 30 years. It's all these riders who have crapped on the sport and used it for their own gain and contributed to the suspicion. Yes, LA was a bully but I've finally moved on from that (I actually feel better for it). Look at all the previous known dopers or people linked to dopers who are still involved in the sport. I watch it with open eyes these days and do not believe the top contenders are clean and for me I find it much better. I also don't believe the UCI is interested in a clean sport, they want to be seen to be doing the right thing but want the fast speeds and money. There's also big money coming in from the UAE and the UCI have previously shown themselves to be corruptible when they finally cracked the USA market and therefore money.

​@@robertkelly28 Dude, the best have mostly been dopers. What blindfold have you been wearing?

Mountain stages also require work - the Polka Dot Jersey has been almost defunct in the last couple of seasons with GC’s overpowering the Jersey This years TDF was a prime example with hardly anything happening until a random late stage run by Carapaz

hater pov😂😂

Funnily enough Pog and Remco seem to get along real well with one another, reason why Pog refused to help Jonas put any more time into Remco on stage 20.

He doesnt look exhausted at all. For a guy with his level, the giro might have been the prepararion he needed to smoke this tdf

Jonas coming off a punctured lung. Otherwise Pogi would be at 30 min.

@@steggyq8774 grow a pair dude

@@stonedage5087 grow a pair dude

Has it been confirmed if Pog' s weight is 66kg? Last year his weight was 66kg, but this year he looks leaner. It would be interesting to know his actual weight this year vs last year.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 one trick pony cant be the best

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