Why Pogačar Will Win The Tour + Was Vingegaard’s 1x A Mistake? - Wild Ones Pro Show TdF Stage 4 

the beauty and the tradgedy of a grand tour is that anything can happen at anytime. we have a long way to go.

Good fun talking about bike racing

You should have Chris on daily during the tour podcasts. He clearly adds some depth of knowledge and knows both tactics and tech as well as stats and has some racing pedigree. So he makes the perfect "expert."

I love these updates after a day's TdF racing. Come on Cavendish ! Greetings team from Prague. CZ

Cant see anyone staying with poggy, hes just too good, he can climb, sprint well enough, and has incredible endurance, I think he will have a go at all 3

Jonas knows now how pog felt the last 2 years with his non existent team

Thoroughly appreciate how well everyone is pronouncing Vingegaard!

How can people just assume Vingegaard will definitely be stronger the third week? He may, or he may be just more worn out or miles behind by then, we have no way of knowing how his endurance and recovery have been affected by his crash. Something must give if you lose two months of training

I mean Jonas can always attack to try to win back time, but with Ayuso, Almeida (and Yates who i think is holdingback to week 3 a la Kuss) then Pogi has plenty of allies to help to bring him back or limit the damage to seconds.

You guys are getting monster daily views for these. Well done!

Love your daily stuff guys - keep going!

At last someone who knows what he's talking about when it comes to TdF with a humble smile and soft honesty that is so enduring. AND .... What does he do??? He's on the trainer during the stage!! He's a BEAST and a great man. CHRIS HALL is in the room !!!! Yes! Loved his analysis and opinions. On par with Lanterne Rogue (Patrick) Great guest star ⭐⭐⭐✨✨.

I think Jonas is getting into form. So for the 2 half I think he will be better. And the last 3-4 mountainstages is in the south so they might get really hot. And Pogacar has cracked quite bad in the heat before. So anything can happen still. And Visma doesn't ride Zipp cause they ride Reserve which is Cervelos own wheels. So they haven´t picked the wheels themselves.

Abrahamsen said they only had small sizes for the polkadot. He had problems getting into the skinsuit

Love those daily uploads, keep it up guys

Guys this content is flippen excellent! Bravo

Thanks Chris , Emily , and Jimmi...4 stages , and already buzzing !

This show is amazing thank you for everything

It’s so easy to talk about this triple because none of us are doing it but it’s a tremendous amount of abuse on the body to possibly not win. And then no shot at the Olympics or worlds. He’s made it clear he isn’t doing it

Waiting in anticipation for this next TDF vid! I took a days holiday at work as I had a hope today would be the day! Get in Cav lad!!!!!

Carapaz has been riding is gold bike since he's been with EF. Ironically the colour is more bronze-like than gold...

Alejandro Valverde attempted the 3 Gandtours in 2016 finishing 3rd at the Giro, 6th at the Tour and 12th at the Vuelta ;-)

Absent incident or accident, it's over. Jonas is going to fade, no one else is close. Some day we'll see these two monsters have a good fully prepared battle again. This year isn't it.

Yes Chris Hall ! Almost all of my favorite peeps together.

Triple!!! Hell yeah! I bet Pogacar is waiting to make the announcement until after he wins the Tour. Also, I am really impressed with Remco. It's only stage 4, but he has ridden smart and strong. I'm really excited for the TT. He'll claw back some time on Pogacar is my guess.

Emily's edit on "Fluff up of the day" is too much 😂

Strictly the green jersey is for most consistent finisher as most points are from the finish. Usually sprinters will get this as they are not content to finish in the main bunch (where everyone gets the same time)

Awesome show guys - keep it up! Personally, I don't believe Pog is going for a triple unless he feels exceptionally good after Tour is over (which is highly unlikely). Mind you, Vuelta starts less than a month after. Tour/Vuelta double this year will be much harder than Giro/Tour.

8:04 Chris called it 🎉🎉🎉

Liked the old bike shopesque background! Are y'all in a new location??

Thank you. Its 98 not 88 as some outlets have said instead.

Wtf, 1x? Maybe today, at the pro rider's speed, chain line might be still sorta ok on the relatively shallow climbs today, at the steeper stuff, horrible chainline would cost too much power.

Will be Closer than we all think, stage 9 is the break away stage. This is where every rider will go full beans and push. Be interesting to see how things look after stage 9 in Troyes.

Thing is Jonas doesnt have nearly the same team as in the last 2 editions, he cant put whole visma train a climb or 2 on the front to set a crazy pace to wear Pogi down before he attacks him. Its totally opposite in this tour.

His Vietnam era tiger striped cammo is definitely old school.

thanks Emily for mentioning the sole reason Jonas was running 1x was because of marketing. you're in la la land if you think running 1x gives you any advantage in a TDF mountain stage

I really appreciate the energy and enthusiasm you guys put into this show. I like Patrik and Benji on LRCP but they have so little energy in the way they talk that it makes it a bit of a boring watch at times. You guys keep it fresh with guests each episode and don't get bogged down arguing over speculative tactical decisions for 30 minutes. Love the podcast, keep it up!

With Jonas's ribs can he be strong in that TT position?

you guys are killing it with these digests. thank you.

Mr. Hall. Old school Cade!!

The "GCN racing" and "GCN" YT channels did a run down on the jersey colors and points systems and how the points change based on the category of climb/sprint as well. There are several videos on the topic from overview to more indepth. It was good to watch when a newbie trying to understand.

Good post-stage yarns. 👍

Contador also did the treble. But not in the same calendar year.

No one gets stronger over the course of the Tour. Some riders just degrade more slowly. Vingegaard is likely to have a similar Tour to Pog’s last year.

Where did chris get that awesome tiger stripe jacket, I also in my heart think that if pogi wins the tour the pressure for him to try for the triple will be almost impossible for pogi ti not go fir it

Hello from Ireland! Hey Chris....where did you get your hat?

With JV only going to get better as the tour goes on, I think Pog will actually be disappointed not to be minutes ahead by now.

That's one pretty bike. Like rusty, but gold.

Pogy stated in an interview that he only went full gas in the last 200m of the climb because of the very strong headwind.

Missed out Annemiek van Vleuten’s quadruple in 22 (I think), also became world champ!

I'm surprised Pog didn't go earlier. He seems go always go really late, at least compared to attacks of the past. I mean he smashed it...and who am I...but would he not have made an even bigger gap going early and where the chances of people joining up on the downhill would be less?

Shame on you for not knowing Marc Madiot 😮

Hello garmin sponsored cade media question, after my activity my garmin watch tells me how long it will take to recover, I guess this feature is on head units, so what does a pros say after a tdf stage and how bad will look after the entire tour.

Pog puts another minute in V in the upcoming TT.

Nice shaket.

Great report - but your prediction of Jonas being faster on the TT will prove wrong

Did you see Jonas' face when he crossed the finish line, he was exhausted. He was wasted but both Jonas and Tadej recover pretty amazingly.

That's true. If Sepp Kuss was there, he might have been able to help Jonas down

I personally though Jonas was spun on out the descent.. He could have used a bigger front ring as we was in the 10 from what I could see on the coverage. Plus, I think he was a tad gun shy on the descent as we was not directly behind tadej

UAE look much stronger than Visma this year, I can't see Vingegaard getting the support he would need to win it. Even if Vingegaard was fully fit and didn't have his injury, it would be a huge ask

With that backdrop chris looks like he's about to on a stag hunt. Jonas still has time but i think he hasn't got his mojo back 100% no doubt

After the descent and flat to the finishing line there was many turnings, it doesn't favor the train much on a high speed ... no?

nice job showing some videos from the race even if they were filmed on someone's nokia 👍

yellow bar take looks nice

Giro fatigue to kick in in the latter stages of the tour for Pog as Jonas hits his best form at the same times. If Jumbos team can stay strong deep into the race Jonas is in with a chance to take it late on

Yatessss were so strooong

Another great episode! Easier english guest for a non native listner

UAE have one big flaw... he is called Ayuso. And if they don't settle this thing out ASAP, there will be consequences later in the race.

When you see Grischa in an interview, you need to watch his eyes, smile and tone of voice. It will tell you whether this was their plan and how Jonas feels and how many secrets they hold. They cant show all their cards. That team is as sleazy as it gets

We will know who will win when the winner gets announced.

Spoken too soon. This is not the first time Pogacar has come into the first week of the Tour fighting full blast... only to be depleted--relative to Vingegaard--in week three. That is far more likely this year because he has had very little time to recover since the Giro. Everyone expected Tadej to be ahead after Stage One, and Stage Two was perfectly suited to Pogacar's style and performance. Bingegaard does better with long series of high mountains, which will come in two weeks, by which time Jonas will be even stronger post-Basque-crash than he clearly already is (to everyone's surprise). Visma is definitely missing Kuss and Van Aert is not yet as good as expected, but the latter should also gain progressive strength during the race as well, and I think thus far, UAE has not been as stellar as one would expect on paper.

Not only is Ving not 100%, but without Kuss and Roglic, and Wout not being 100%, there's no way Ving can beat Pog. Pog has all the guns with him this year, and there's no way they let him lose.

Early days, sometimes the obvious isn't so obvious. Considering what Jonas has been through recovering from a crash, he is playing possum. Wait wait wait, Jonas will be opening that can of Woop arse soon enough.

For Visma to do the triple with three different riders was unheard of last year. Has any one rider ever won all three in the same season?

I was very surprised to see Vingegaard on an S5. I wonder why???

jimmi, you just dress so well

the coming TT i think will be more important than the final TT. Stage 9 should be quite problematic for Vingo, Remco and Roglic. Looking forward to watching MVDP, Wout, Piddy and Pogi go ham in that stage.

Hello!!!

Carapaz’s bike look like heavily patina bronze rather than gold.

ah yes after 4 stages the tour is over!!!!

Don’t be fool, this I only the 4th stage. Realize that today Jonas won big time today.

Couldn’t disagree more on the single chainring. I have two bikes, one with single, one double, and the double definitely performs way better on hilly terrain. The smaller jumps between gears makes a huge difference in being in the right gear and cadence all the time. In a single, you spend more time in no-man’s land between gears and that’s extremely unwise when every pedal stroke counts.

The inception of the TDF is built on marketing. Doesn't surprise me people continue to market stuff and people keep buying that stuff. For the average person... We now have 1x 13 speed. Surely chains just don't last as long as that thinness and angles than 2x 10? Marginal gains...but pretty irrelevant if you're paying more more often just to ride as an average cyclist?

every day is a new day, we've seen time and time again riders who look unbeatable in the beginning of a grandie totally lose it towards the end. pogacar feels different sure, but i can't help but feel he well crack a bit towards the end while jonas will only get stronger

The only option for quality is 360p you might need to sort that out

pogacar can’t even make gap of more than a minute to the lesser prepared jonas and no help and this “guy” with just 4 stage saying it’s pogis crown, such a clown. This gonna be a fun tdf.

I predict Pogi is going to gain time in the time trials.

Everyone is talking about Vinegar and his crash, how he is only going to get better. What all the Vinegar fannyboys forget is that Pog is still recovering from Covid, so he will only get better. I think Vinegar will find his lack of prep telling in the last week and a half.

Seemed odd to me that Vingegaard started to loose time after the decent straightened out.

Roche won the giro tour world's 1987

The reason teams don't want the Yellow jersey too early isn't because of "Media" & "Press" responsibilities! It's simply because if your team leader is in Yellow your team is expected to protect it and lead the Peloton on the road the next day which obviously means more work on the front! Question! Do you guys actually know anything about pro cycling?

Vinegar didn't have the confidence to hit that downhill, which was all downhill to the finish line, which is why they couldn't catch Podge. Plenty of stages remain for Podge to be attacked by Vinegar... It's all to play )cycle, I guess) for...! 😁

Hey it is just the 4th day of 3 weeks...anyrhing could, Go Jonas....

~24‘45“ - sorry, that idea is a bad joke! Pogi less visible? 😆 😅😂 everyone of the other teams is watching him ALL THE TIME - no matter what jersey he is wearing. It’s about recovery time no doubt

Pogi's focus after the tour is world championship... That's his main goal. With super strong Slovenian team and on favourable route. Vuelta is not on his mind.

Stronger team,jonas recovered from puncherd lung with restricted buildup and got exposed in the thin air..dont think it's all over and the great rivalry isn't done.

Chris looks like he's a salt of the earth type of guy

20:18 Shame on you Jimmy. Never been happier for someone to be proved wrong!

Pogi stays upright he wins, no question. Jonas is almost on his level but hasn't had any prep. Rog should be competitive but isn't. For me Remco is the only potential upsetter if he develops into the tour. The fact UAE can do this without super-domestiques like Mcnulty tells all you need to know. They are going to win.

The state sponsored Arab team UAE is of course the “strongest team” at the moment - as THEY’RE SPONSORED BY THE UAE ffs. Stop making it sound like they’re doing something incredible when the matter of a fact is that they bought talent and whipped them all to work for 1 guy. It’ll either be Visma or Red Bull in the upcoming years that’ll truly fight them in terms of top tier riders. Visma ain’t got the DS though, so it’ll probably be Red Bull.