Tadej Pogacar and Mauro Giannetti

[lenric]

 

[Ripper]

Just think of the margin of overall victory if he had not lost time in the crosswinds. He was smoking the flat part of the TT, and then smoked the climb. All good, nothing to see here. His previous results show this progression entirely

 

[macbindle]

Makes Froome look believable

 

[F_Cance]

I bet he does the climb quicker than Carapaz did and wins the dots as well

He climbed 1 minute 12 seconds faster than Carapaz!!!!!

 

[meat puppet]

I bet he does the climb quicker than Carapaz did and wins the dots as well

He was the fastest, by a country mile, obviously.

Good ***.

 

[Ripper]

He climbed 1 minute 12 seconds faster than Carapaz!!!!!

LOL! LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

[saganftw]

big fan of Xmen franchise here, little did i know that was documentary

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

fun fact for you guys:
I actually remember this stage when I watched it in 2007

 

[Ripper]

What's bad is that in my overall believability matrix, this is the most extreme, more than WvA, more than Ski Jumper Power. Not sure if I call it full Froome, given Froome's amazing early promise , but still pretty dang nuts.

 

[hfer07]

Lets call it like it is: a full *** E.T. thermonuclear performance

 

[DFA123]

He's been the strongest climber all race, so I guess it's kind of consistent with his previous performances. But to do that in stage 20 is a seriously high level and shows some pretty amazing recovery.

 

[Bardamu]

Lets call it like it is: a full genius E.T. thermonuclear performance

There's nothing more beautiful.

 

[luckyboy]

What's bad is that in my overall believability matrix, this is the most extreme, more than WvA, more than Ski Jumper Power. Not sure if I call it full Froome, given Froome's amazing early promise , but still pretty dang nuts.

Yeah I can't remember the last time a performance shocked like this

 

[Brullnux]

He's been the strongest climber all race, so I guess it's kind of consistent with his previous performances. But to do that in stage 20 is a seriously high level and shows some pretty amazing recovery.

He was dropped by Roglic and Lopez on the hardest Tour of the stage. I don’t think his climbing third week was anything to shout about really.

 

[gmedina]

i kinda want to see the times for the last climb...does anyone has a link?

 

[Hellyea]

Looks like WvA's doctor missed the door this morning.

 

[Red Rick]

I bet he does the climb quicker than Carapaz did and wins the dots as well

Broke the record

Did 40 minutes of ITT, then did the climb faster than 2012 Sky train WITH A BIKE CHANGE

 

[terribleone]

Fingers crossed the doping control have cast iron piss jugs today.

 

[Red Rick]

From Subiendo Como Una Moto from @jens attacks
La Planche des Belles Filles
2019:7,0 km@8,7%---20:02---average speed 20.97 km/h(Geraint Thomas)
2017:5,9 km@8,5%---16:12---average speed 21.85 km/h(Fabio Aru)
2014:5,9 km@8,5%---16:44---average speed 21.16 km/h(Vincenzo Nibali)
2012:5,9 km@8,5%---16:20---average speed 21.67 km/h(Chris Froome)

 

[jsem94]

What the hell just happened today.. That's just ridiculous. I know WVA has been turning lots of heads, but this is maybe the most unbelievable performance in a long while. I don't believe this for a second. Christ.

 

[Bronstein]

i kinda want to see the times for the last climb...does anyone has a link?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1307352309526126592

View: https://twitter.com/velofacts/status/1307352309526126592

 

[Danskebjerge]

Slovenia is a tiny cycle sport nation. That in itself is suspicious given the spectacular successes of the Slovenian riders. Note that many Slovenian athletes have a doping record.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Thermonuclear, Alien all rolled in one stage. Beats the best TT guys and the best climbers by a huge margin in a single stage after 19 stages of fast racing

 

[Red Rick]

He's been the strongest climber all race, so I guess it's kind of consistent with his previous performances. But to do that in stage 20 is a seriously high level and shows some pretty amazing recovery.

Except he only dropped everyone once and got dropped on the queen stage for half a minute.

Now I'm reminded of the Vuelta last year where he also went nuclear on the penultimate day but I didn't pay attention there cause the VAMs were super low.

 

[Ripper]

He's been the strongest climber all race, so I guess it's kind of consistent with his previous performances. But to do that in stage 20 is a seriously high level and shows some pretty amazing recovery.

Not by that much - that was crazy. Then tag it to a flat portion of the TT that was also pegged and it just makes me laugh. There are a handful of performances over the past 20+ years where I just kind of chuckle and shake my head. This is one of them. It's past the tipping point