The Real Reason Tadej Pogačar WILL NEVER WIN the Tour de France AGAIN 

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Second thing i got baited into watching on this channel and both resulted in not delivering and substandard analysis. Switched to no recommends from the channel as i keep irritating myself!

If the wrist and lack of preparation was key, shouldn't he be better towards the end of the Tour instead of in the beginning? If his preparation was lacking, he should have ridden into better form. Instead he was pretty good in the beginning but broke down in the end.

@@holmbjerg He was undercooked with his training because of the wrist which is why he faltered in the 3rd week. Still an amazing achievement coming 2nd with a lack of sufficient preparation.

​@@holmbjergHe lacked substance in the third week because he did not do a stage race in preparation (a week-long race at least). And apart from the stage where he lost everything, he still won the last mountain stage in the third week.

@@holmbjergPreparation is very, very different from racing.

Pogi has to be careful in his race schedule. He should focus more on stage racing and not include classics or monuments. The more you race the higher the risk of getting injured.

Not as long as Vingegaard is competing for it as well

@@CHRoOMAX Vingegaard is born for TDF but Pogacar is the best rider in the world and he can win everything - that's his blessing and curse because Jonas and TJV will bring all they got to TDF and Pogacar will want to win classics/monuments and all one day races as well. Form wise, Jonas will always be a favorite on TDF because Pogacar is a racer and will compete in every race UAE teams let him participate before TDF - not just preparation races for TDF like Dauphine or Basque country. And even now you can see that - he will race Strade Bianchi, Milan-San Remo, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Giro d'Italia before TDF - he's crazy!

I am French and I am so fed up with the tour de France being the only thing that matters. This is so great to see lots of good riders fighting in the classics, spring races etc.... I prefer to see Pogacar win tour of Flanders (even if I would prefer WVA to win!), Liège Bastogne Liège etc. rather than not seeing him until July for his big win. And still I am pretty confident he will win the Tour de France again.

​@@oliviernoir6669 And TP still looks like he loves racing his bike! The performances in the recent Catalunya race (where his preparation included a podium in Milan San Remo) was impressive (4x first places, and a 2nd)... and if anything, he is now ticking off his list of 2024 goals. If he is able to get a lead in the Giro, and ride the last week on maintenance, it will turn out to be great TdF training!

@@CHRoOMAX Jonas can only dream of winning monuments.. never going to happen.. mark my words ;)

He's heading to the Giro this year, do you consider that a good choice for his changes at a double? Also depends on what kind of Giro we're going to get, if the weather is decent for may standards and he doesn't go for broke as much. (Roglic vs Thomas like) Who knows how he could come out of the Giro.

And how good is this going to be? I pray they will all make it to the start line in strong form

He has more right to be called a "king" of his sport than those who inherit such titles because of their so-called noble blood. Get off your knees.

Maybe.. or Maybe he Will do a Lance.

Dropped Jonas several times” nah, Jonas was just playing with him up until the TT.

@@alaefarmestatesllc this is literally the single most stupid thing I've ever read in terms of race analysis.

You can also turn this around: Tadej never managed to truly drop Jonas on his favourite climbs, short, steep, explosive... and then gets crushed by Jonas on the long climbs at altitude..

@@gerlachsieders4578 sure, I agree. I think Jonas is just a better grand tour rider. I'm just saying that after 2022 I thought Pog didn't stand a chance. Now I think he does. Even if Jonas is inherently better.

@@alaefarmestatesllc Jonas was definitely not playing around when he was dropped by Pogacar on the Tourmalet stage...

But wout could still do the tour de france we have seen that before in the past

He wants to do olympics and Worlds so I don't think the tour fits those ambition, Giro+vuelta would be a better calendar.@@Znoxz

Don’t sleep on Jumbo. They have personnel to replace Wout and Nathan

No. Pogi has aged out of the white jersey. He's an old man of 25-yo. 😆

Easily win? Youre mad.

@@jeffkuzzen easily win meaning that it well in the realm of possibility and not impossible or close to it of course it is not easy to win the Tour

@@jeffkuzzen he said can easily win, not win easily

2024 Visma tour lineup will be a bit weaker than usual, I believe the conditions are met for Tadej to reclaim the Tour.

​@@WesternUranusThat's why I said last three years. I've only watched some of the footage from the '21 Tour and Jonas looked strong there with him taking second on GC but had little teamwork then to make the times stick.

Not even. 25!

He won't be one of the two greatest cyclists ever if he can't beat his main rival in the biggest race of the year ...

You don’t understand cycling

@@BenjaminUbayyed-po9tc You don't understand humans

I guess not

The caveat would be poor weather in the mountains ! suddenly game on

@@paulwebster4499 I was thinking more about caveats like breaking a wrist in Tour prep, but you are right, a lot of game day factors can also influence the standings. Not sure if Jonas is really vulnerable in that regard though.

@@stoempert Pog excels in poor weather maybe more than in the heat

Not sure wout rides the TDF 2024

You do know that Vingegaard did have more race days than Pogacar the last few seasons ? And you do know that Vingegaard did already win his first races of the 2023 season in February and that he kept on racing until the end of the Vuelta ? So I am sorry to say that your view on Vingegaard is not entirely correct, he did race the entire season except in the month of May. Not by coincidence Pogacar did not have planned any race either in the month of May, because Liege-Bastogne-Liege was his last race before the Tour de France anyway. After Liege-Bastogne-Liege Pogacar and his girlfriend did have a holiday planned, and only after that the preparations for this years Tour would have started. So when we break down the numbers we do see that Pogacar didn't mis any training or altitude camp. When we do again check the numbers and listen to Pogacars his own comments, we do see that Pogacar was never as good as in this years Tour de France. We can all check that data, because most of it is posted online by the teams or riders. He did never before performe this good and produce these amount of watts. Don't understand me wrong please, I am a huge fan of Pogacar (Like I am a huge fan of 99% of the pro riders), but in Grand Tours Vingegaard has by now proven to be better in the high mountain stages and time trials. When I read your post it is almost like if you are looking for excuses. But Pogacar does not need that, he's a great rider and will win many, many more beautiful races. But he will need luck or crash from Vingegaard if he wants to beat our Danish friend in a Grand Tour. ✌

@@swissbiggy don't "be sorry" (you sound a bit pretentious mr "biggy" lol, you must be a vip in switzerland ). I simply stated #3 facts above (it's a fact Pogacar did miss training intensity w/ broken wrist). Of course Vingegaard was superior at the TdF and Poga cracked on stage #17; he had an ideal preparation to the TdF peak, was backed by a stronger team and certainly did not take the risks that Pogacar did (by racing to win classics @ full gas). A wise choice that paid off. Objectively, Vingegard is deservedly the favorite to win next year's tdf. But the number race days in this case doesn't really change anything, mr "Biggy" (lol). Vingegard raced and won races to peak at the Tour, and was again at an incredible level at the Vuelta. Pogacar won il Lombardia. I actually peg them on a very similar level of absolutely incredible class acts. Have a nice day! : )

No. Cope and seethe, lol

Pogacar likes to sprint to much for his own good. If he stops training these efforts his threshold will improve and he can get the better of Vingegaard on all terrain.

I think yor right , but can poggi hold him self? I agree thats the way .PS im danish so I Hope ofcorce for vinge , but should he never win again he Will stil be the champ thath stopped poggi for some years ❤

The narrator is Ewan and not danish plus a big Pogacar fan :P

@@thecyclingdane still the narrator is reading your script in the end bc he gets paid for it xD Love both riders, such a great rivalry

UAE has never had good strategy. Mauro Gianetti is not qualified for his job and Pogi doesn't have tactical prowess and often makes the wrong move. He often uses energy resources in the beginning and is poor in the end - the 3rd week. He needs to change his mindset and not wear himself down and be very conservative and do very little in the beginning of the race.

@@holmbjerg Makes sense!

man, it's simple, joans is just better on climbs,and has better recovery times than him

@@lostvisualss Your explanation is simple, but reality is never simple.

And the year previous? Btw if you remember in this year your kuss got dropped before Yates every time, so it was always a 1vs2 for Jonas. And this thing that in the 2022 tdf he won just because of the team it’s bullshit for 2 reasons: every time kuss or roglic attacked pogi, Jonas was sprinting too, if the gradient where low Also pogi was gaining form the tow of kuss and roglic. And at gradients like 8% the tow Is Non-existent. So what the fuck we’re talking about?

Tadej will have 3 problems ... and they are from Slovenia, Belgium and Denmark. Don't forget that!

Sure! A bird pooped on my sholder today, therefore Pogi will never win TDF again. I dont think that is real, do you?