The Toughest Final Kilometre In Pro Cycling?! | La Flèche Wallonne 2023 Highlights - Men

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La Flèche Wallonne is the second in the trio of races known as the Ardennes Classics. At 193.9km, it's not the longest race but its finale is one of the toughest in pro cycling. The Mur de Huy (1.3km at 10%) provides a brutal ending to this spring classic, with ramps of up to 26% in the final kilometre! Here, the world's best puncheurs and climbers do battle to be crowned 2023's King of the Mur.
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@Mike-rm1lb Год назад

Evenepoel vs Pogacar battle next Sunday at LBL. A matchup we haven't seen often enough.

@dannyrose8699 Год назад

Easy match for Pogacar.

@Dani-yy8kx Год назад

This Sunday.

@JoseLuisRodriguez-yq9kt Год назад

EZ victory for Pogi for sure. He is in a completely different level now.

@dukeofistria5712 Год назад

Why Evenepoel didnt ride the monuments?

@michealissa1638 Год назад

@@dukeofistria5712 i think and believe he is and was in preparation for the Giro d'italia.

@junkandcrapamen Год назад

Pog has more wins before May than most riders will see in a career.

@dev1ce888 Год назад

Post race interviews of 2nd and 3rd place rider shows it all. Everyone in the peloton knows they're only really fughting for 2nd place when pogi is in the race. The amount of respect the guys have on pogi is through the roofs

@wattier8218 Год назад

not as impressive as the way he kept his calm before the sprint. That calm saved him to be able to sprint

@dev1ce888 Год назад

@@wattier8218 he is calm because he is confident of what he can do. Lastly he has the heart of a champion

@shepshape2585 Год назад

It really is amazing when you think of it. The slowest rider in this peloton would absolutely smash the fastest riders in your city, it wouldn't even be close. And yet Pogacar is yet another level above those pros, smashing them at will with seemingly endless power. He really is superhuman.

@melissaflick9041 Год назад

I believe the “modern” term is, “super sport.”

@rodrigochaname Год назад

I think really good cyclists like people above 5w/kg can keep up with pros if pros are like taking it chill. Ofc they would destroy them in climbs and shit like that tho. You see amateurs riding w pros in LA or during camps in Spain

@secretagent86 Год назад

well done Mike Woods!! TP is incredible.. different level

@jamaljames2578 Год назад

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@raytheron Год назад

What a rider, TP! Excellent win. Chapeau!

@The2014engineer Год назад

Really would have been nice to see Romain Bardet's attack without having to lose all momentum, unintentionally of course, thanks MikeWoods=/

@mmmbetter55 Год назад

Totally agree. I think he may have had a small chance to take it

@admirbektasevic7670 Год назад

would be to early, like roglic 2 years ago, when alaf won

@The2014engineer Год назад

@@admirbektasevic7670 We'll never know, a climber of his caliber would be a big threat.

@carlrichards9333 Год назад

Too early, he still wouldn't have won it.... POGACAR had everyone in his pocket....

@oliverlennard Год назад

Would’ve been interesting. Definitely think he would have podiumed at least.

@cristianditommaso81 Год назад

The goat is on fire

@sport1349 Год назад

Geit ? Koe? olifant? better great champion

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

Until TP gets 525 pro wins, everyone can STFU about this 'goat' BS.

@rokgrahek6511 Год назад

@@johnandrews3568 why are you put same comment everywhere. ok you dont believe he is clean. your oppinion. why you need to spam and troll around...just have some respect and live life...go out of the basement for fresh air from time to time...

@chevyrydah04 Год назад

@@johnandrews3568 I agree! A lot of his wins have been against "watered down" fields too. Also, he only rides one grand tour a year.

@qwerty-rh6ht Год назад

@@chevyrydah04 to be fair, a huge chunk of Merckx "525 pro wins" (and procyclingstats only recognizes 275 of his wins, so not sure whether another 250 were really at pro level) have been against "watered down" fields. But yeah, point remains, at 24 it's too early to take a crown from Mercks and give it to Pogacar. He still has a lot of work to do to earn that status.

@TheoreticallyNo Год назад

Nice to see Woods up there! Too bad he couldn’t get on the podium. 🇨🇦

@bikeyclown4669 Год назад

Congratulations, Pogicar! Great finish. If Roglic had been there, I think Pogicar would have been tested more thoroughly. He's good at that type of finish.

@nehaojha9094 Год назад

Rogla would have won that battle. He's lethal on these kind of finishes.

@bikeyclown4669 Год назад

@@nehaojha9094 I agree.

@constantin.bobeica Год назад

if Tadej is “The Tornado”, he’s an EF5 for sure… sweeping up every trophy in sight

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

Not San remo

@Thaddeus_Howe Год назад

That final sprint by Pog was just insane

@fj4723 Год назад

drove 190 km in the green than went 100m full gas ;D

@francisrizon2149 Год назад

Tadej Pogacar again. This is the making of a cycling legend ❤ 🙏 💪

@TulaneAve Год назад

"You can see Skjelmose closing in on Pogacar..." Yes, um, as Pog sat up, looked behind and basically coasted across the line.

@Shitinthemorning Год назад

Yeah , betrter to say ' No chance for Skjelmose to close that in any way ..'

@LuisSilva-rr9dh Год назад

He is so goooooood

@AngelPenaRamos Год назад

We are witnessing great times !!

@oldtwinsna8347 Год назад

Said the same thing with LA

@normandduval8472 Год назад

Bravo Michael Woods.

@cbb3062 Год назад

💪🇨🇦 🚲

@BreakawayB Год назад

🧨Looking forward to TP versus RE this weekend.

@gcnracing Год назад

Who do you think will win?

@Acyclingfan Год назад

Pogacar is insane. It must be the San Pellagrino he has after every race.

@XKsavX666 Год назад

Hahaha unfortunately it is something else that the team doctor prescribed

@Acyclingfan Год назад

@@XKsavX666 lol

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

@@XKsavX666 exactly

@aarondcmedia9585 Год назад

Look carefully, he took a swig then spat it all out again.

@tonypapas9854 Год назад

I don't know how much Pog has left in the tank for Sunday, but if anyone can pull off such a trifecta, he could. UAE will need another excellent team effort to give him a chance. Legend.

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

Meh... a fresh blood bag and he'll be good to go.

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

TP's spring performances are unbelievable... because I literally cannot believe he be THAT much better than everyone else on all terrains. To paraphrase Rick James "Peds are a helluva drug."

@charlesjohnson9249 Год назад

2x Tour de France winner, Tour of Flanders, Amstel, Fleche and he makes it look a an Easter walk. WOW, it´s amazing how such a small country like Slowenia seems to have developed a revolutionary way of cycling training.........

@TiFiber Год назад

Holy crap, his doping is dialed in with perfection.

@paulcasey5204 Год назад

At least he had the good grace to look puffed.

@jasonstevenson110 Год назад

Incredible by Pog. Next up is LBL and Remco, I can't call that. Then we can look forward to the rematch with Vingegaard. Oh boy. Also kudos to Woods. Reminded me of his ride in the 2018 worlds. He loves super steep climbs.

@gcnracing Год назад

So many amazing races to look forward to!

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

Pogacar superb, again

@ilfilipo Год назад

So crazy that a guy on a team run by Mauro Gianetti -- you know, the guy who brought us Ricardo Ricco -- would be such an amazing racer. Who would have thought?!

@tiagomendes6475 Год назад

ahah nice to know

@Fabs821 Год назад

I know right? But as always everybody is looking on the other side like all is perfect in the most beautiful world 🤷🏼‍♂️

@tiagomendes6475 Год назад

@@Fabs821 Yeah, usually when is too good to be true.... it is because is too good to be true. what about Remco today?

@apagunaberlari2929 Год назад

Terbaik lah Poggy

@colinmilky Год назад

Way back in 1985 😂😂😂 and now I feel old

@tobiaschurch8848 Год назад

Of course Tadej wins. Dude sat on a finishing hill. Literally an example of the gap

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

Just like Armstrong in the alps. Exactly like that.

@yogawithandy Год назад

Really nice highlights clip. Thank you.

@whothefoxcares Год назад

Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop it down with the edge of my hand Well, I pick up all the pieces and make an island Might even raise a little sand Yeah

@albandb9366 Год назад

Unstoppable

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

Not at San remo

@daveandrew589 Год назад

I wonder who's the favorite at LBL???

@PeakTorque Год назад

Just imagine if any of these pros turned up to your local TT they would destroy you. Then there's Pog, making them look shit.

@rustyschimelpfening3899 Год назад

He's a monster

@obiseankenobi2056 Год назад

it's pretty incredible how one little dude can just ride away from every other elite professional cyclist in the world like it's nothing day after day after day after day ..

@mmmbetter55 Год назад

It's tactics and timing as much as anything (obviously he is also an incredibly strong and talented rider as well). But he's not alone, and his team is undoubtedly stronger this year than in years past

@wattier8218 Год назад

@@mmmbetter55 100% agreed. He won becaus he stayed calm while all others blew their legs attacking too early on that climb

@martinhumphreys2578 Год назад

Yes, incredible..just like Lance…

@Christopherlewis9277 Год назад

What's people's opinion on alpine climbing? If I've stopped and unclipped on Alpe Du Huez because I've bonked and still got up have I actually completed a climb?

@cooldog2116 Год назад

yes

@Enigma71559 Год назад

If you make it to the top...you completed the climb.

@Shitinthemorning Год назад

@@Enigma71559 Thats good to know, I have terrible backproblems since I was 20Y old, I love climbing with the bike, or I schould love it if I hadn't those horrible back blokage pain that makes it a hell and unhuman to push the bike uphill or same for flat against wind, same story. But I want to climb once in my life something like Alpe D huez.

@Enigma71559 Год назад

@@Shitinthemorning I feel what you're saying. Literally. I too have low back pain that will really kick in when I'm doing a lot of climbing. Especially short, steep ones where I have to get out of the saddle. And the real issue is when it flares, it sends pain down my right leg that really takes the power out of that leg, making EVERYTHING on the bike more difficult. I wish you the best!

@danielsmith7856 Год назад

His hair through the helmet helped this time

@charlessalaun7961 Год назад

Victor Lafay 👏

@Bong17 Год назад

Guy is beast man. The only way to beat Pogi is to gang up the attacks on him like what Roglic and Vinge did last year. Roglic and Vinge will be in TDF this year?

@domenkoracin1028 Год назад

Only Vinge. Rogla i doing Giron and Vuelta.

@Bong17 Год назад

Wow then it’s going to be very hard for Vinge to repeat, going to be a boring TDF this year then:

@mmmbetter55 Год назад

Also UAE is a lot stronger w/ team dynamics this year than last year

@Bong17 Год назад

@@mmmbetter55 yes but it would be harder for them if Roglic and Vinge will be riding together in TDF next year and it would make an exciting TDF again.

@tonypapas9854 Год назад

If the UAE team doesn't fall apart in the TDF like they did last year, and Pog doesn't have another nutrition brain cramp on a tough mountain climb again, I don't see anyone beating Pog unless he crashes out.

@josechinonino071 Год назад

💪🏾👏🏾

@larrylem3582 Год назад

2:08, I'm dropping your bike cuz' I gotta go!

@petermihacerar1137 Год назад

20%? There are many steeper climbs in plethora roads!

@Bryan__X__ Год назад

Remco the world champ is waiting for you, Tadej.

@DonACtS Год назад

no match

@Bryan__X__ Год назад

@@DonACtS we’ll see

@ml2299 Год назад

Remco has almost nothing to show to Pogacar. Maybe in few years but for now i think there is still a huge gap in between these two.

@wattier8218 Год назад

@@ml2299 he has one and only one big thing over Pog and thats rest

@andyz3925 Год назад

At least give Pog the hardest time ever to win.

@bravethomasyt Год назад

Not even subtle now, is it?

@guirl17 Год назад

Monster Pog!

@ironray123 Год назад

Does Italy have a Flesh-Bologna?

@se9741 Год назад

Ummmbelievable, as Sherwen used to say.

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

because it really isn't believable.

@jonaskdl9478 Год назад

If there is a hill in the last 30k he will win. In one day races all other teams have to ride against him or pogacar will be first. Lol.

@senouestpuceau1597 Год назад

Pogaçar ❤

@PayMeNoMind Год назад

This one man is like… well, there may not be any comparable team in US sports at this moment. It’s the Pogi Dynasty!

@lucassni Год назад

🇧🇷

@leangrypoulet7523 Год назад

Phenomenal rider, phenomenal personality. But, given what he’s winning and how he’s winning, am I wrong in thinking, as a 45yr follower of ALL types of competition cycling (and therefore more than well versed in the nad old doping days) that it’s simply ‘too good to be true’? I hope not. I hope he’s a genuine (albeit nicer) new Cannibal, but wow, the difference between him and the rest - even when ‘the rest’ includes MVDP and WVA - is stark. And every week, to boot. Too stark? Too often? A shame that remains a debate, about someone who looks like a true champion, the real deal, in a sport I’ve loved and followed obsessively for most half a century.

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

Trust your instincts, padawan.

@tonyg3091 Год назад

I am not completely disagreeing with you but remember what MdvP did at Milan-San Remo. Pogi may be the best but he is far from unbeatable.

@leangrypoulet7523 Год назад

@@johnandrews3568 🤣😢

@leangrypoulet7523 Год назад

@@tonyg3091 Agreed. But looking at how strong MVDP and WVA are, both arguably better suited to one day northern classics, having grown up in it, being punchy (rather than GT) climbers, having cyclo-cross backgrounds etc, you'd think they would be winning more against him. That's the problem, it's not just the manner of the wins, but how often and against whom. And every week. Wins on a Sunday, doing it again two days later.....🤔

@tonyg3091 Год назад

@@leangrypoulet7523 Yes true but consider this-at the Fleche the competition was hardly world top level. I bet he will have it much harder at LBL and frankly-he is not my favorite there, I’d bet on Remco. Also-Pogi is a incredibly good allrounder, he is equally good at TTs and multiday events, only thing he is not good at is sprinting. He was a cycling prodigy from a very young age so even if he is on something I can only guess he is on what everybody else is.

@nuttynut722 Год назад

no smile from Landa

@ksduathlete Год назад

Juiced to the gills

@simonorr594 Год назад

Why doesn’t Melanie Trump support her fellow countrymen?

@tasty_fish Год назад

🤐

@renzobonora8796 Год назад

Pogacar e’ di un altro pianeta mi auguro che sia tutto farina di suo sacco

@daetann Год назад

what would’ve happen if Israel wasn’t in the way of Bardet…?

@gcnracing Год назад

He was really flying! Unlucky for Bardet, but it would have taken a lot to beat Pog.

@Riyanable Год назад

New cannibal

@marctrudel9788 Год назад

Woods needs to learn to suck wheel save energy

@manuandre906 Год назад

Came oust

@alrightdave6135 Год назад

Hmmm.

@mondociaociao Год назад

jealousy.

@ceftx2375 Год назад

🥱

@beres2621 Год назад

Pogacar is a beast & he is on 🔥🔥🔥🔥!

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

He's not on fire... he's on a great doping program.

@beres2621 Год назад

@@johnandrews3568 u sound jealous!

@TheLanorth Год назад

A new commentator! What a relief!

@jezcox9430 Год назад

not that new!

@melissaflick9041 Год назад

What a letdown. Somebody create a test for whatever he’s taking, please. Or is he really the best of all the dopers, ala LA?

@JoeBleasdaleReal Год назад

I mean… 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@dilligaf2818 Год назад

its a rort.

@karlstine2065 Год назад

Of course he worked hard. Duh.

@paulnestor4649 Год назад

Honestly, TP makes cycling less fun to watch.

@Bong17 Год назад

People keep accusing someone who wins of doping, c’mon man! Pro cycling just got exciting again, it started in last years TDF. Just seat back relax and let’s enjoy the show.

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

Don’t tell me what to do

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

@@Bong17 0

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

Dude, they ALL dope... TP and UAE have just found a better pharmacological concoction than any other team.

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

@@johnandrews3568 cynicism

@johnandrews3568 Год назад

@@paulsolon6229 46 years in this sport, having raced at a very high level... experience.

@eduardomiranda5885 Год назад

Just hoping this is a real story, and not granting the winner medal to the 2nd place guy in a couple of years.

@markadamson969 Год назад

Fuck me, those trips to Denia have served that chap very very well it would seem, going from strength to strength, God and a DS banned for doping can only know how.

@tsaoh5572 Год назад

That whole part of Spain is the nicest region I’ve been to in Europe. It would do any person good to go there

@paulsolon6229 Год назад

Language

@hernanhernandez3861 Год назад

It's true. Aliens walk I mean ride amongst us....

@queenygrande1832 Год назад

UAE EMIRATES is the new USPOSTAL of TOUR de FRANCE 100%

@Fabs821 Год назад

Or the new Festina….

@stevozrepto5558 Год назад

S4 it intro btw Ffs

@MrBobswire Год назад

Since they don't test for PEDs any longer, Armstrong should consider a return.

@conorsmethurst5370 Год назад

First

@whatwelearned Год назад

The amount of cognitive dissonance it takes to claim this guy is clean is truly something

@charliedillon1400 Год назад

I feel the same about the whole pro peloton, but I don't care.

@SuppiesDad Год назад

Lol they're tested almost daily, Ed. You got any proof or just butthurt about him being young and already one of the best ever?

@whatwelearned Год назад

@@SuppiesDad butt hurt? What are you, 12? Lance Armstrong was tested daily. This guy produced results that don't stack up.

@tamasvarga67 Год назад

@@whatwelearned A lot has changed since Lance. If you know something, then raise your suspicions at WADA.

@whatwelearned Год назад

@@tamasvarga67 Has it? How? We know of numerous dirty riders for years post-Lance. If you want to believe a 23 year old guy who weighs 64kg and isn't especially aero can hang with the best time trialists, crush mountain goats and win any kind of race whilst apparent having pretty much no form loss then you do you. But this is an Occam's Razor situation if you know your history

@guitawrizt Год назад

Enough of this 'fly-in-the-ointment' POG.

@adrianholman4842 Год назад

Such domination is terribly boring 😢

@michaelmottlau5941 Год назад

Pas normal..

@raskolnikov1242 Год назад

Bien sûr que si. Pas normal c'eût été s'il n'avait pas gagné vu la concurrence et sa forme. S'il gagne à l'Amstel au bout de sa vie, derrière ils étaient encore 2x plus cramés. Et s'il se dope, ils se dopent tous à micro doses. Les attentes et écarts sont respectés depuis les juniors et sa dominance n'a pas changé depuis les cadets. Armstrong et toutes les chaudières "éclosent" pdt les Tours de france non. Pogacar est l'élu génétique avec ou sans dopage.

@jackh8157 Год назад

He’s on the juice

@the_luki Год назад

The vitamins from the Emirates works well🎉

@jatojo Год назад

No matter what the reasons are, men’s cycling is in the biggest crisis since Armstrong and maybe even since Merckx. The races have become more predictable than I’ve ever seen. It’s like when Benelux dominated women’s cycling for ages.

@adamc2579 Год назад

Most pointless race of the season. Every season. Just find it so difficult to like Flèche.

@PeterKrauss1963 Год назад

Have to agree....it's become an uphill sprinter's race.

@adamc2579 Год назад

@@PeterKrauss1963 can’t bare to watch more than the highlights these days. We all know what it comes down to… I guess you could say the same for MsR, but strangely that has something more enticing. Maybe it’s the scenery? 😂