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Absolute respect to Nils Politt..what a machine!

@updot5699

Ай бұрын

Best teeth in the peloton

@cedrickclemente8106

Ай бұрын

2nd best rider of the day next to pogi

@Kenzou-bp3rb

Ай бұрын

nills politt absolutely hammered it

@HegelsBikeMechanic

Ай бұрын

Unsung hero for sure

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

@@joncorbett4021 Tim Wellens wasn’t half bad either.

Spectators in the final climb were a bit over the top in my opinion. Both Pogi and Vingegaard have were visibly annoyed. Pogi had a near collision with a guy waving a flag and Vingegaard had to inhale the smoke of a Bengalo during the climb.

@marquesreyes3287

Ай бұрын

I hate people!

@difoolgc5211

Ай бұрын

Someone also threw chips after both of them.

@leetnor4887

Ай бұрын

It was one dude putting chips in their face, like wtf how big of an asshole you have to be going all the way up there, waiting all day just to ruin it for the riders

@eduardoazeredo6250

Ай бұрын

Without mentioning the idiot who threw snacks on both Pogi and Jonas

@firstlast-ty4di

Ай бұрын

As an American, I am accustomed to watching bouche daggery from sports fans, but I can see that we do not have a monopoly on fumb ducking behavior.

Yates cycling style is so clean I love watching him

@gw3485.

Ай бұрын

Going to UAE is crazy. They have a really really strong team

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

@@gw3485.Climbing power of UAE is nuclear

@sandwich25-k5w

Ай бұрын

Agreed! Love watching Yates!

@fanda6122

Ай бұрын

imagine if majka was here too

@user-en9qd5nx8w

Ай бұрын

Reminds me a bit of Contador, "dancing in the pedals".

Tadej was very impressive today, and so was the whole UAE team, but the one who surprised me the most was Remco. He's doing very well (so far) for his first try at the TDF.

@renevb196

Ай бұрын

True. I hope he is going to be competitive with jonas and tadej in the coming years

@WesternUranus

Ай бұрын

@@renevb196 A podium is a good start ! He's not far behind Vingegaard and may take back some time on the final TT

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

Big balls Remco rode like a true champion, love the kid!

@Mgoblagulkablong

Ай бұрын

Remco wasn't doing well today, barely better time than place 10-12 riders

@Tim-K.

Ай бұрын

@@renevb196he’s a bit younger than Poga, so he might even improve and get closer to his level. Perhaps if he loses some more weight, he can be more competitive in the big mountain stages. More weight loss might make him less good in other aspects though - e.g. ITT’s and LBL might become more difficult for him. Right now he’s very impressive - take away those superhumans in front of him and he’s dominating the TdF -, but, unfortunately, he just doesn’t seem incredible enough to compete with those two (who might very well be the best GC-riders ever)

As a German I’m literally weeping everytime I see Nils shred it on the front in admiration and pain at the same time. Dude’s an absolutely underrated machine - glad he slowly gets his deserved recognition. And at the same I won’t ever understand how Ralf Denk could have been like “naah bro we don’t need him THAT much at Bora to justify his salary. “ Oh yes you do, Ralf, oh yes you do!

@nakawesiabia6311

Ай бұрын

He’s showing him how good he is I love the guy

@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv

Ай бұрын

literally weeping? Really??

@pythor2117

28 күн бұрын

I don’t think Pollitt is underrated. He won a stage in the 2022 Tour and he almost won Omloop this year.

Spectators need to back up and give some space on these climbs. Tadej gets hit in the face, Jonas breathes in smoke from a flare. It's great to see cycling becoming so popular, but there's a fine line there. Loving these stages, it seems like no one is sitting up and taking it easier EVER in this whole tour so far!

@TheHolladiewaldfeee

Ай бұрын

tbh I kinda surprised that this is allowed. U just have to have 1 evil/psycho person and the whole tour is fucked.

@user-en9qd5nx8w

Ай бұрын

I've been watching Le Tour for close to 20 years now. This stuff's been going on for a long time now, the tunnel of dipshits is an age old tradition. The one thing that has changed most is people with their phones out, taking pictures and not paying attention to where they are standing. There has always been lots of arseholes that are more interested in getting on TV running around with their bare asses hanging out, waving flags, tossing stuff on the riders, then just cheering on the guys.

@jacobsimonsen509

Ай бұрын

@@user-en9qd5nx8w totally, and it’s reassuring to hear that the majority of people know how to get out of the way and have been doing that for years. I don’t even mind those acting stupid to get on TV, it’s the touching the riders that gets problematic.

@ThisHandleIsAlreadyTaken839

Ай бұрын

This isn't allowed​@@TheHolladiewaldfeee

@riquelmeone

Ай бұрын

cycling was always popular. look at pictures from any decade of the past, climbs are packed

Day 2 of missing Primoz!

@nikiniki7176

Ай бұрын

Same 😢

@mixa7039

Ай бұрын

@@nikiniki7176 who?

@Calatriste54

Ай бұрын

Primoz is LaVuelta king.

@blazdajcar

Ай бұрын

Day 2 of Primoz not crashing (not confirmed)

@plain-bagel

Ай бұрын

I just wish he was competitive. He clearly wasn't close to contention prior to the crash.

For Pogi fans, this stage was a feast. The guy who threw chips at both Pogi and Jonas should be in jail.

@Flakey101

29 күн бұрын

He spent the night in jail, and is getting charged

Politt absolute crazy today… German machine🇩🇪🚀

@nakawesiabia6311

Ай бұрын

He deserved the combativity award for today’s stage for me

@maxmahlzeit3541

Ай бұрын

​@@nakawesiabia6311 Agreed!

May Potato Chip Man be found and publicly shamed for very bad, dangerous behavior.

@Secretlyanothername

Ай бұрын

Jail

@damienwills8658

Ай бұрын

And flare guy

First, the fans need control and second, as a strong pogi fan i still feel for jonas, coming back from that crash is amasing. Great tour so far

@anomalousresult

Ай бұрын

Would be nice to have a race. Shame he doesn't have Slovenian doctors ;)

@user-ot6ss9zm1f

Ай бұрын

​@@anomalousresult This is an ahh weak comment 😂😂

@ThisHandleIsAlreadyTaken839

Ай бұрын

​@@anomalousresult 😂😂 crazy that you think there's a bigger chance that pogacar is doping rather than jonas

Politt smashing it on the front for so long was really impressive.

Smart maneuvers sending Yates ahead. Pog's punch is his advantage over Jonas, and Yates allows him to recover for a beat and holds the gap. Then Pog can press on and expand the gap while Jonas never closes it down.

At least Primoz didn’t crash today! 🎉

@FabioFerraro76

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@barneybrightbart7080

Ай бұрын

Yes, he was very careful today. And practically invisible.

@peehi2

Ай бұрын

How do you know he wasn't on a bike today?

Love seeing a bit of on-the-road tactical nous, hittin' em with the 1-2 to get away ahead of the more variable terrain! Great stuff.

I dont think Jonas get enough credit for his performance. He was keeping the gap on 10-12 sec and even closing it until the flatsection, which suits Pogacar way better. Tomorrows stage suits Jonas way better and i think it's gonna be one hell of a stage.

@youbetu18

Ай бұрын

the only thing is, HOW will he create a gap. all Pog needs to do now is follow while having the best team to back him up.

@kmdahl1196

Ай бұрын

@@youbetu18 I think the only way Jonas can win is if Pogacar has a off day either tomorrow or on stage 19.

@MikeyAntonakakis

Ай бұрын

Yeah I think tomorrow will be the day we really find out what kind of shape they are both in. Won’t be surprised if Tadej ends up paying for the finishes yesterday and today too… will be a fun one to watch tomorrow no matter what.

@youbetu18

Ай бұрын

@@kmdahl1196 before today I was certain Vingegaard would win the tour. but today showed how easily UAE can play. Sure Yates lasted for only for a total of 30s drafting Pog after the jump up the mountain. but they can pull that one on every mountain finish until the tour is over. the way for jonas to win the tour in my eyes is to survive that, reel pog back in, and then drop him. but thats one hell of a task. after today im not so sure if he is strong enough for that.

@kmdahl1196

Ай бұрын

@@youbetu18 Forsure what he has to do, and it's forsure gonna be hard, but we never know it's the tour.

So Pogo sprinting yesterday cost him today, huh? Muppets in the comments yesterday...

@petermccafferty9230

Ай бұрын

By their silence, I'd say their parents have confiscated their keyboards today.

@i_guess_i_need_anaccount8708

Ай бұрын

Yup. Was about to say the same thing. Maybe he needed that sprint to get back into his groove after he lost the sprint to Vingegaard. And that gave him the boost in confidence to attack today ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@nakawesiabia6311

Ай бұрын

Still waiting for him to crack tomorrow 😂😂😂that coz tomorrow suits jonas or stage 19 😂😂😂they think tadej came to play 😂😂😂

The whole UAE team looks so strong. Although Jonas isn't hemorrhaging time like Pogacar did last year, Tadej is visibly stronger - despite his loss yesterday. Just looking at how both of them crossed the finish, you can tell Pogi has more in the tank. Still a fantastic battle that hopefully will last until the end. Regardless of the outcome, Vingegaard is a champ for coming back like this.

@riquelmeone

Ай бұрын

Third week has the power to shift things by quite a margin. I would even not count out Evenepoel just yet. He has been the revelation of this Tour for me so far

1min57 is not enough to say the TDF is finished. What Pogacar did today was more tactical than other days, as today he stayed in VGG wheel (and not the other way around), which was a first since the beginning of this TDF. They said this morning they wanted Adam Yates to win the stage. Even if Pogacar was cheeky/joking/smiling during this interview, it might have been true at some point. Then I think he saw a small opportunity, hoping for the best after jumping in Adam's wheel. Tomorrow might be the first stage where we see if VGG is able to win this TDF (and if Pogacar will lose it).

@lukacalov1988

Ай бұрын

Hahaha stop the cap pls?

@paulschmidt3470

29 күн бұрын

Another Pogi win today

@great_live_music

29 күн бұрын

@@paulschmidt3470 Yeah. Same tactics as yesterday (following instead of leading), and it paid quite well. Some former riders think VGG planned his peak form for next week, I don't know what will happen or not. The stage today seemed a bit harder on the UAE team (nobody really helped Pogacar today besides getting bidons), but at the same time VGG only had MJorgenson to make an impact in the final climb. Stage 19 might be the only one left where VGG can get back time on Pogacar. With 3min09 tonight, Pogacar is in a strong position to win this TDF.

Vingo is doing amazingly well considering the lack of training. He’s still not completely out yet.

@WilliamJeffs-vu7nr

Ай бұрын

plus his lack of climbing support.

I'm danish so i'm obviously rooting for Vingegaard, but at the same time Tadej winning this year makes next years tour so much more exciting... I think many of us expecting Jonas to win before his crash, then for a while we didn't even know if he was going to race.

The phantom of Sepp Kuss hovered throughout the final climb...

@g_y.rtz420

Ай бұрын

i was devastated when they announced sepp wont be able to be on this tour but this stage just made my heart break even more. I badly wanted to see sepp on this tour I was looking forward to it for months since the vuelta. And UAE getting the reverse having yates with them is just

@Zawisza499

Ай бұрын

I like sepp but he wouldn't make big diff. Pogacar was crazy strong today

@sergiodemichele6295

Ай бұрын

@@Zawisza499I agree, let's say he would have been useful in limiting the damage...

@plakor6133

Ай бұрын

Given Jonas recent history, hats off for his performance, amazing comeback. He beat the wunderkind young guy who was taunting him earlier.

@MrJohnnyTN

Ай бұрын

SK would have made zero difference

“Adam Jates” kills me every time 😂

@brandonrittenour5905

Ай бұрын

Caught that too :)

@laurenjaffe5493

Ай бұрын

I notice that he says it this way, what’s it about? Is this a joke or allusion to something?

@nickzaffino471

28 күн бұрын

@@laurenjaffe5493 not sure but I think it’s an allusion to the accents of some European cycling commentators

They say "It ain't over until the Fat Lady sings" but Tadej looks strong and Jonas probably is now feeling the effects of his previous crash and lack of preparation. Get well soon Primoz!

Don’t spoil the result in the title in the video

Was rooting for Healy 😢

@peterross1071

Ай бұрын

The break never had enough time

When Adam Yates attack it seems team UAE send him to won stage. Meanwhile Tadej Pogaćar also attacks they work hard and smart to make some difference of time from Jonas and Evenepoel. At last 4km Yates left him and then Pogaćar make difference of 39sec and won. Best UAE team work and Great ride from Tadej Pogaćar!....

@rmsc22

Ай бұрын

Exactly! I was thinking the same, seing Adam Yates attack looked like they were going for the stage win and also a good reason to save Almeida from pulling in the main group, but they had bigger plans! Master class from UAE today

@LadyBird-n2t

Ай бұрын

So happy they start racing smarter

@siroliver9889

Ай бұрын

After the race Adam Yates explained what happened. He was talking to Poggi. Adam told Poggi that he felt good and could attack. Poggi told him (not the UAE team) if he felt good he should try to attack. Poggi waited to see the reaction of the other cyclists to Adam Yates' escape attempt. No one tried to close the gap to Adam and that was the signal for Poggi to try to attack 4.6 km before the finish line. The key moment happened a few hundred meters before the mark (2km to the finish) when Poggi recovered to ride with Yates. Immediately after the 2 km mark, Poggi repeated his attack and increased his lead from 9 seconds to 39 seconds. The role of Adam Yates was to try to attack and after that he helped a few hundred meters for Poggi to recover. That was the driver's tactic, not the UAE team's. The UAE team had a similar scenario but the drivers decided when and how to attack.

@rmsc22

Ай бұрын

@@siroliver9889thank you for the explanation! Even more impressive I would say, having the brains to pull this tatics in the final of a stage like this is crazy

@siroliver9889

Ай бұрын

@@rmsc22 Cyclists know their form better than team managers. There was an option to try something similar but in this case it was a deal between Adam Yates and Poggi. Right after the race Adam Yates gave an interview. He explained what he had discussed with Poggi. If you followed the race 10km before the finish, you can see that Adam Yates and Poggi are talking. And he said exactly what I wrote. Poggi told him if he felt good to attack. At the end of the race, Poggi thanked everyone in the team for today's success. He said this was a team win.

"This victory is for all my teammates" Tadej

@5508Vanderdekken

Ай бұрын

As he gets all the praise, recognition, and adoration for the win

@peehi2

Ай бұрын

@@5508Vanderdekken Yeah because he won it? lol

Enric Mas disappoints on a regular basis.

@andrasszabo1570

Ай бұрын

Regular Vuelta 2nd place incoming!

@plain-bagel

Ай бұрын

Was bound to happen after being anointed the next Contador

@Acyclingfan

Ай бұрын

His Achilles heel has been the Tour for sure. And I always kinda liked the guy.

It is a miracle Jonas is even alive after that crash and a miracle that he is riding the race so far at second place in the hardest race in cycling and on a particularly hard stage. Remember Jonas only got on a bike 6 weeks before the start after 10 weeks off. Plus he is missing his top mountain domestique to covid. Pog will win in Nice but even he knows the real contest is hopefully in 2025 with both of them fully fit and with full support teams and maybe as we have just heard it’s possible with Remco riding the 2025 TDF as leader with a fully dedicated Red Bull Bora team

Thank you for the recap, as always ❤🙏🏻

Pog has taken about 25 seconds going uphill, and another minute and a half descending and on rolling terrain. I think it's 90% his now, but it's not truly over 'till the big steep finishes.

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

It is not over till the fat lady sings at the end of the last TT

@MikeyAntonakakis

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I like both of them (though always find myself wanting Jonas to win a little more), but saying Pogi STOMPED Jonas today is a little over the top when it was a 39s lead that grew very slowly and steadily with no bonk from Jonas - won’t be totally surprised if we see Jonas do quite well tomorrow. Also won’t be surprised if Tadej completely cracks Jonas either. Going to be an eventful day tomorrow no matter what!

@michaelgriffiths305

Ай бұрын

@@MikeyAntonakakisPatrick is employed by Visma to help offer strategies for Jonas to beat Pogacar. He’s sandbagging or putting headlines to provoke a reaction and hits… he’s in full war strategy mode hoping Jonas cracks Pogi tomorrow/stage 19…

@MikeyAntonakakis

Ай бұрын

@@michaelgriffiths305 Patrick?

@nakawesiabia6311

Ай бұрын

@@michaelgriffiths305and pogi has Swiss bold guy

UAE Team is so stacked I think it will be really hard for Jonas to create a gap. Praying that it happens though and the GC Difference closes a bit!

@user-dw7cq8wp7w

Ай бұрын

Jaja seguí rezando

Advantage Pogacar for sure, but wouldn't call it just yet - if you look at what's left on the menu, pretty much anything can still happen.

7 watts per kg over 30 minutes CLIMBING...this is unbelievable

@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1

Ай бұрын

That’s Hautacam 96 level honestly and with previous mountains in the legs too!

@jmsytbe

Ай бұрын

Question is: Unbelievable in the good way or the bad way?

@SailFast2007

Ай бұрын

Probably closer to 6.5 W/kg based on VAM of 1822 m/h

@hudsoncrothers3256

Ай бұрын

Unbelievable in a bad way.

@baumann9551

Ай бұрын

@@jmsytbethey are all using

the only video i need after missing a stage. keep going like this.

Go go, go Pogi go, go!

Pog's refuelling issues from Wednesday appeared to be sorted today by soigneur throwing a packet of Salty Vingegaard crisps at him just after his attack on the final climb.

@barriobarranco

Ай бұрын

Jonas has "had his chips" right enough....

Genius move. GC teams now have to mark every move by Yates

@5508Vanderdekken

Ай бұрын

He’s like 8 min down no one cares lol

Lost Ayuso but UAE still stacked with soldiers of fortune mercenaries...

@iansemroc8943

Ай бұрын

Lowkey ayuso leaving helped UAE chemistry💀

@racter4203

Ай бұрын

Tbf Ayuso was refusing to work and stuff so probably more cohesive now

@LadyBird-n2t

Ай бұрын

​@racter4203 agree - might be a better vibe in that bus

@hernanhernandez3861

Ай бұрын

@@racter4203 agree. Unfortunately...

@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1

Ай бұрын

It’s reminding me of the 2009 Astana TDF team honestly I don’t know which team is stronger this 2024 UAE team or the 2009 Astana TDF team

Such a good summary of todays racing 👏👏👏👏

Today Pogi GOTCHA!! 🤙🤙🇸🇮💛🇫🇷

Remember the days when we collectively weighed the merits of pedaling cadence as a race strategy? Yeah...I don't miss that either. Thank god for Tadej, Jonas, Remco, and Primoz (and others!) for lighting up bike racing with genuine passion and energy.

Tbh this year is clearly not jonas vingegaards year after the big big crash with jonas, but i must say that its impressive that jonas is in second place, and he had so hard with training. But next year if jonas dont crash, and hes teamates isnt sick or dont crash then if u ask me then jonas will win tour de france 2025❤💪 And pogacar is very very strong this year and im proud of him too💪🔥 Hope u come stronger next year jonas Love from denmark❤❤

I'm rooting for Vingegaard, but from the start I thought he had little chance to win this year. He should be quite proud to be competing as well as he is right now. Aside from Vingegaard recovering from injury, it's clear that UAE has the stronger team this year - especially in the mountains. Jorgenson is really strong, but they have to be missing Kuss right now.

@Blog4Justice

Ай бұрын

And UAE is now missing Ayuso. Also, Pogacar is attempting the Giro-Tour double, something which has not been achieved since 1998, so the toll taken by the Giro levels the playing field somewhat.

Terbaik lah Poggy

Jonas was expecting 2min again, so he's doing good lmao.

Well done UAE - great teamwork and support of Tadej, good strategy and commitment from the entire team, especially after losing Aryuso early on.

Fantastic stage - excited for Pogi!

Love this channel 🎉

Excelente video 👏🏼

Vin và Pogacar hai người tôi yêu thích, vì ai dành chiến thắng cũng điều xứng đáng ❤❤

Looking good for Pogacar but not over. Remaining mountain stages will be decisive as well as the TT which could have really big gaps like last year

The best tour de france commentator out there !

Some of the best cycling tactics I have ever seen

Pogi might have decided the Tour today. Tomorrow is the day we'll see it. If there is a day for Vingegaard and Visma to react it is tomorrow.

@AtomikGround

Ай бұрын

Before the Tour started I though Vingegaard could claw back 4-5 minutes from reaching the Pyrenees until Nice. But now he actually lost time on the first of those clawback stages, I think he needs to actually gain time on Pogi for tomorrow. The thing is, Vingegaard loses 2 minutes.

@robert-gq5th

Ай бұрын

It's not over yet, the queen stage is still infront of them and they will need to climb to 2800m

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

@@robert-gq5thThere is no one to carry Jonas up there. The race from now on will be controlled and dictated by UAE.

@eduardoazeredo6250

Ай бұрын

@@AtomikGround One of the hypothesis, at least it was considered in the Brazilian broadcasting, is that Visma could approach these weekend stages as a single one, taking it easy today in order to attack tommorrow. Let's see!

@robert-gq5th

Ай бұрын

@@tonyg3091 I don't think it matters, but also he has Jorgenson. They will let UAE pull and attack when all of them are done

As much as I'd like an underdog to come through and win a stage there is just no denying Pog is one of the GOATS. A big modified bulldozer needs to drive through and take out those crowds too.

Impeccable teamwork by UAE...👍

I think the strategy was mainly to force Jorgenson to pull so that Yates doesn’t creep up on Jonas too much (otherwise he’d become a much more serious threat in week 3). And if Jorgenson pulls, he won’t be able to follow Pogi when he attacks - so Jonas doesn’t have someone to bring him over and has to do it himself. Exactly what happened.

Nearly two minutes is going to be tough to overcome -- it's not over, but it might just be over.

Why you gotta ruin it in the title Mae?

I hope history proves Pogi is clean, he seems like a great young man and an amazing athlete.

I’d love a course profile measured in caloric expenditure. Or wattage.

Superb counter punch from Poggie. Long way from over but always felt the strength of UAE was going to beat Visma this year. Poggie should sit back now and just react. Not in his DNA but needs to consider it.

jonas really needs sepp kuss pulling him up the mountains this year.

Did anyone else see that guy hit Pogi in the face with those chips and latter throw one at Jonas?

@2:11 why the hell did Jumbo make their special jerseys camouflage style????

@JanneBernards

Ай бұрын

Because it's not Jumbo-Visma anymore. It's Visma-Lease-a-bike. Jumbo stopped sponsoring sports, and the yellow is their trademark color.

@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv

Ай бұрын

@@JanneBernards What I mean is - why they made them blend in rather than stand out. A kit should be eye-catching, memorable, and bring attention to the sponsor. Their tour kit does nearly the opposite. Good examples are LIDL and EF.... The current Visma kit is super missable and forgettable

I like your reporting, but you didn't mention it when Yates and Pogacar passed Healey. That was an important bit of information that you let slide. Fortunately, the video coverage showed the event happen, so those who were interested in it recognized when it happened. But if we hadn't seen it, we would all be wondering where Healy was, and when is Pogacar going to catch Healey.

I’m a Jonas fan but chapeau to Tadej. If he wins Le Tour would love to see him go for The Vuelta but I imagine his legs will be shot. 🎉

Pog and Team UAE were amazing, but I was most impressed with Nils Pull-it

💥I have each climb profile on my tablet as I watch each stage and I saw at 7.6km and 4.6km the final climb ramped up to over 12% so I KNEW Pogi would attack at 4.6km and that is the EXACT place he attacked!!! How was Jonas and Visma not ready for that😳?! I'm not a professional nor am I a sports director but I can predict PRECISELY where Pogi will attack on EVERY STAGE!!! I've NOT been wrong one single time. It blows my mind that Jonas and VISMA are not more prepared for these attacks. It's like they had no idea they are coming!!! They not only need to be prepared for these attacks but Jonas needs to attack FIRST so the only explanation for me is that Jonas isn't capable of going on the attack. He's just doing his best to minimize his losses!!! As for Remco, I said he would NOT podium and he dropped a position in the overall today. He's now in 3rd. You would think he's pretty safe in 3rd because the 2 closest riders to him are 3m 39s and 3m 47s down on him but I think he is going to crack in the final week. Maybe even tomorrow so I stand by my prediction that Remco will NOT podium😉 🤘🏻🇬🇧

A few days ago Tadej tried another breakaway but Jonas caught him and out dueled Tadej to the line -- looked like the advantage was shifting towards Jonas. Today Tadej tried another jump and this time it worked and with nearly two minutes on Jonas the tour is in Tadej's hands. It's still not over as there are days left in the mountains and minutes can change hands quickly in the mountains. At this point, however, I'd say Tadej has a 75% chance of winning with Jonas being about 25%, but again, this could change in the coming week.

That was WAY impressive.^

My top-2 were backwards today.

Working as a TEAM poweredr UAE on Top, Pogacar💪

Everything working weel to Jonas catch Pogačar at 4th week

So Remco didn't have the balls to ride with Jonas again!?😂 But he is actually doing better than I expected, however just marginally better at climbing than the next half dozen climbers. He can win a GT though with only 2nd rate climbers due to his time trialing. But let's see in a see years...

Can't help but wonder how a healthy Roglic would have fared, but congrats to Pogacar; well earned win!

@mixa7039

Ай бұрын

Probably the same as the past 3 years, irrelevant and out of the race

@maximosteverlynck9719

Ай бұрын

would have gotten stomped let's be realistic about it

@renevb196

Ай бұрын

Healthy roglic have no chance. It is just so hard to compete with vingegaard and pogi.

The weather is on Pogs side, all his bad days I remember were in heat and contrary to what the clown media tell you it's NOT hot currently, only 20°C today (probably even less on the summit).

@wolfgangnz3

Ай бұрын

Yes. No one has mentioned that so far Pogi has been lucky with the heat.

@5508Vanderdekken

Ай бұрын

Tomorrow is supposed to be 10c hotter I think

Love your channel, but PLEASE, for the love of god, don't put spoliers in the video title!!!

@MrGOOGREEN

Ай бұрын

Why not?

Given UAE staff and their connection to doping, I'm hoping these other worldly performances by Tadej are clean. People question Jonas but somehow Tadej gets a pass? He's coming off a Giro and now in the Tour looks like he has energy to power an entire city. There is a reason why the Giro/Tour double has been so hard to win. We know that the last one to do it was doping. Slovenia has a bad history of doping so it would be a shame if he isn't clean.

@segdoc

Ай бұрын

Omg

Let’s gooooo

Let's goooo

4:47 interesting how much out of position remco evenepoel was when pogacar attacked.

@ryanphelan6861

Ай бұрын

smart he was on limit had shirt open for a k before that. Hes not racing tadej he was marking jonas a bit and maintaining white/podium I think. Hes trying not to loose much in mountains and do great ITT on stage 21. Even when yates went landa told hiirt no not there problem and matteo went to the front. Very good ride from remco hes doing incredible. Should be great last week

There are still some strong stages for Jonas coming up ahead. If Pog stays strong through those, I’ll then be convinced.

Where were Jonas's domestiques to help him? Pogi will wipe the floor with him unless he gets better support from his team. Or maybe TVL are planning a big steal of time on another stage, so this was just managing the gap and saving energy for a prime stage to exert advantage later on. Mind you, there wasn't much anyone could do against a UAE masterclass.

@LadyBird-n2t

Ай бұрын

The same Visma did to Pogi last year...

@TalleyrandsPuppet

Ай бұрын

Visma mountain domestiques are at home with COVID or injuries.

@tonyg3091

Ай бұрын

UAE is doing to Jonas what Jumbo did to Pog twice.

@markdonovan1540

Ай бұрын

@@LadyBird-n2t Not really, Jonas didn't blow up like Pogi last year. Also, Pogi pretty much made the gap on his own with just a bit of help from Adam Yates. Both are great GC riders, but looks like Pogi has the bit between the teeth and TVL support to Jonas os far less than last year: no Kuss and no Roglic is going to have an impact, not to mention Jonas's terrible crash in Pais Vasco. So the two years don't compare really.

@karl8805

Ай бұрын

​@markdonovan1540 pog blew up last year because he races a full season.. Not just 1 race with a stacked team. And pog didnt prep last year due to his crash. Lets be hinest, 100% fit jonas wouldnt be in a diffrrent situation to now.. Pogs on another level this year

Why doesn't the World Tour simply offer jersey colours on a first come first serve basis. You send your proposal, they say yes or no. You have until the start of the giro or you're going in brown.

I'm a fan of Team Visma, and I don't want Pogacar to win, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen this time. I think UAE is looking as dominant in this Tour as Sky/Ineos were in their prime.

I'm trying so hard to be a "believer" in the sport I love, but I have to confess that it's difficult sometimes.

Struggling to identify riders in the peloton in a pet peeve of mine as well. The numbers at the bottom of the jerseys are out of date. We need surnames at the tops of the jerseys like other sports.

That UAE Team is TOO DAMN GOOD!

pog is better at the shorter bursts than those long attacks

@karl8805

Ай бұрын

I mean he won bianchi with a 80km attack

@henkkoonstra4014

Ай бұрын

@@karl8805 yh I dont say he's bad at it, but I mean he's better at short bursts than vingegaard where as longer efforts they have been more equal.

Jonas is the favourite on stages 19-21 so the 2 mins is just a buffer for now. Those last 3 stages is where it gets steep and that is Jonas home turf. If anything, this here made the tour a LOT more interesting.

@fangru7294

Ай бұрын

He is not favourite on 21 bro. We can see that Tades is way faster in descent and flat so I do not see Jonas riding over minute on him like last year.

@Xavierfanchris

Ай бұрын

​@@fangru7294and it's Pogi's literal home roads!

I'm pulling for Pog, but I trust Jonas more to have saved rounds for a strong attack tomorrow.

Amazing ride by Pogacar. He”s not a good bullshit artist though - Yates didn’t attack, planned 100%.

Its so weird to me that vingegaard never counters, he always just waits and sits there hoping pogi will break

Adam Yates or Adam Jates?

Awesome plan and kudos to uae

Respect Tadej 👍😍