Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[Krokro]

Let's say, clean or not, that he's not really improving cycling image in my very personal opinion at least. Last Tour was almost fun but enough already

 

[BlueRoads]

Do you think there's any chance he gets busted or will this go through for years?

 

[ontheroad]

Even Kirby's normally hysterical commentary is muted after that crushing performance. Brian Smith said it will go down as one of the greatest performances in the history of the Tour de France yet Kirby barely raised his voice in commentary when he is normally shouting and screaming on even a mundane stage of a second rate world tour race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bigger gap than Froome's Finestre raid in less than half the distance. Enough said.

 

[ice&fire]

Do you think there's any chance he gets busted or will this go through for years?

I'm afraid our best hope is that he's the new Fignon

 

[zlev11]

Even Kirby's normally hysterical commentary is muted after that crushing performance. Brian Smith said it will go down as one of the greatest performances in the history of the Tour de France yet Kirby barely raised his voice in commentary when he is normally shouting and screaming on even a mundane stage of a second rate world tour race.

kirby is a tool. how excited did he get during ventoux 2013? he's a homer and a moron.

 

[JosefK]

Still not as bizarre as Froome 2013.

 

[JosefK]

Do you think there's any chance he gets busted or will this go through for years?

Will go for years and years. It's already been done by other nuclear riders/teams.

 

[Ripper]

Even Kirby's normally hysterical commentary is muted after that crushing performance. Brian Smith said it will go down as one of the greatest performances in the history of the Tour de France yet Kirby barely raised his voice in commentary when he is normally shouting and screaming on even a mundane stage of a second rate world tour race.

It's telling when some of the journos just don't know how to react

 

[Ricco']

Sinopharm may not give great covid immunity, but it sure as hell make riders go fast.

 

[Ripper]

kirby is a tool. how excited did he get during ventoux 2013? he's a homer and a moron.

This is true, but that does not negate that his reaction was fairly telling. I wonder what the press room will be like? I wonder how TP and the team will react with the questions of doping that will arise.

 

[BullsFan22]

Glad Pogačar is crushing everyone. I am tired of the usual Sky/Ineos dominance where every season there’s someone from that team winning a GT. It’s not like Pogačar was middling junior racer or someone that was 150th and then all of a sudden started winning tours with that god awful pedaling technique. Pogačar actually has talent.

 

[Red Rick]

Do you think there's any chance he gets busted or will this go through for years?

UAE signed him for a record wage until 2026.

I'm sure they didn't do that without some "assurance"

 

[No_Balls]

I am at a crossroads of how much he does not care, and how much he does not know! As in - sure boss, I'll take whatever this is you're giving me

LOLZ

We’ve seen it all before. Youthful enthusiasm meeting the Infinity gauntlet and suddenly they think its them. Cant stop themselves from there

 

[perico]

Pogacar today = Armstrong Alpe d’huez 2001

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Look; If they still didn't sanction Froome for his 3 min gap epic
they're hardly likely to collar Pog.

sLOVEnia

 

[No_Balls]

Could be watching one of the all time greats considering he is still so young and is quite a way off his physical peak. He could end up with up to 5 white and 10 yellow jerseys.

God help us all.

 

[Red Rick]

Look; If they still didn't sanction Froome for his 3 min gap epic
they're hardly likely to collar Pog.

sLOVEnia

Froome, his Finestre attack was still plausible within the limits of how ridiculous he already was. You can put most of the "blame" for that 3 minute gap on how sick the Finestre is as a climb.

This just breaks everything. I don't remember Armstrong dropping everyone by 3 minutes on 50 minutes of climbing.

And for the ones saying best since Contador.. Contador wouldn't come close to this. Pogacar woudl probably put like 45s at least into Contador on Verbier and Verbier is a *** climb.

 

[lenric]

Froome, his Finestre attack was still plausible within the limits of how ridiculous he already was. You can put most of the "blame" for that 3 minute gap on how sick the Finestre is as a climb.

This just breaks everything. I don't remember Armstrong dropping everyone by 3 minutes on 50 minutes of climbing.

And for the ones saying best since Contador.. Contador wouldn't come close to this. Pogacar woudl probably put like 45s at least into Contador on Verbier and Verbier is a *** climb.

yeah not sure if he could top Contador's Etna

 

[Ilmaestro99]

lol

make ricco look like an overweight amateur

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pogacar now rivalling Chernobyl for the greatest source of radiation to come out of Eastern Europe.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Pogacar now rivalling Chernobyl for the greatest source of radiation to come out of Eastern Europe.

I feel sorry for riders who ride near him in peloton, who knows what they expose themselves to or whether they make it through the controls

 

[Rackham]

Pogacar is Pantani climbing spliced with Indurain (for TT power) & Armstrong sprinkled on top. With an extra 10% just for good measure. It's unheard of.

It's especially spectacular considering anyone in history who ever came close to this sort of massacre is now either dead, disgraced or at least demonstrably proven to have used PED's.

Wild times.

 

[zlev11]

Pogacar today = Armstrong Alpe d’huez 2001

not even close. that was more like Pantani on Galibier/Les Deux Alpes.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

all I can say to cynics around here is, better get used to it, he is only 22 and will only get better

I really like this kid and how he races but I remember a time when Contador and Schleck were supposed to battle it out for 10 years. Ended up being what 2.5? (Tour 11 Contador was hampered by crashes and a giro in his legs and schelck was already somewhat waning in my opinion despite his galibier antics).

you never know what will happen