How Pogacar Won the Fastest Giro d'Italia in History

Tadej Pogacar has won the 2024 Giro d'Italia to no one's surprise. Now he will have to prepare for the Tour de France 2024 against Jonas Vingegaard, but first here is the analysis of the Giro 2024, how Pogacar broke records of dopers like Tony Rominger or Eddy Merckx and how he won 6 stages wearing the maglia rosa for 20 days. How Pogacar won clean, without doping, the fastest Giro d'italia in history.

[@cyclinghighlights]

It's obvious. He won CLEAN.

[@pennyblue6372]

were you clean in your career?

[@cyclinghighlights]

@pennyblue6372 What career?

[@zerog4261]

​@@cyclinghighlights😂😂

[@leonardofabbri7930]

Not Van Rysel-ized, therefore CLEAN.

[@BernardTassart]

Where???sorry mate but you're english is doped🤣😂👌​@@pennyblue6372

[@GarethHailes]

Imagine how fast he could have gone on a Van Rysel

[@hisdadjames4876]

😂

[@allan4922]

"Bolivian cattle rancher who has never seen the sea." 😂😂

[@simoncbr900rr]

That had me in stitches 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@manzo180]

Love this Chanel and the narrator! 😂 cheers from Sweden

[@danielcrawford4311]

Eat clen, tren hard anavar give up

[@RandomDeathChild]

Always test your limits too

[@RandomDeathChild]

And always winn

[@northman77]

Wow 😂 can I use it?

[@BA-cz4is]

@@RandomDeathChildyou know a bit too much chance are you abuse all of the above . Talking abt some win

[@louKushh]

dbol-ish your goals

[@savagepro9060]

Cycling Highlights said: 99% Magic and 0% Drugs. Therefore there was 1% of something UNKNOWN . . . the MOST potent and non-detectable dope.

[@davidbee8178]

that's right :-) excellent nutrition at the right time of day and excellent training :-)

[@1afterthep]

@@davidbee8178 leopard semen, 100% natural

[@davidbee8178]

@@1afterthep Yes it's really amazing . . . I've tried it - works as advertised BUT actually GETTING the stuff is the dangerous part :-)

[@lukewalker1051]

Pogi will probably go down as the fastest clean cyclist in history even eclipsing Lemond. Pogi is only tuning up his diet for the TdF after last year being out rocket fueled by Bond villain Vingegaard.

[@jimdowling7492]

I love Cycling Highlights. How many people are behind it? Definitely somebody who works at a TV station or has access to their archives. Definitely somebody Belgian/French/Dutch who manages answering questions here (grammatical mistakes the Narrator, a Brit, would never make). The Narrator, who's turn of phrase (definitely his, as a English wordsmith) is as good as a top hack. That's it's a group of people is great, means it can keep going longer. Long live @cyclinghighlights!

[@TheRst2001]

The narrator sounds famous to me , reminds of the great british Shakespeare actors 😅

[@v57163]

@@TheRst2001 AI

[@PoetWithPace]

Definitely sounds like a native Brit, but because of grammatical errors, must be AI voice?

[@jimdowling7492]

@@PoetWithPace no, I meant in the comments. It's a person's voice.

[@PoetWithPace]

@@jimdowling7492 ahhh, I see. Thank you for clarifying 👍🏼

[@razm3610]

Chemistry won!!! Pog was even faster than Lance Armstrong.....I wonder what stuff was taken to achieve that....

[@davidbee8178]

That's right :-) excellent blood chemistry achieved with excellent scientific nutrition at the right time of day before the race backed with exceptional training and supported with excellent UAE teammates not to mention good DNA and body type made for bike racing :-)

[@razm3610]

@@davidbee8178 You can't go faster than Lance without some hell of drugs/doping.....But the line between "scientific nutrition" and "drug/doping" is blurry....

[@fangru7294]

​@@razm3610well. Its doping only if its illegal. If he takes some "vitamins" that are not illegal then its not doping. Its almost 20 years since Lance and every scientific field is way different than back then.

[@razm3610]

@@fangru7294 It always possible to have new chemicals/drugs which are not really tested....testing agencies are always going to play catch up... This is my opinion based on watching the performance of the cyclist....human bodies are not capable of what the winners are doing (just my opinion)....

[@denmark2680]

@@razm3610 I’m a Jonas fan, is this something that you can prove. If you can it would be very interesting and helpful to me to hear more of what you know about this topic. It’s always interesting to hear more from an expert…..

[@TheFraudman]

No worries guys, Rabobank will find the boost for the Danish lord

[@EverythingsFine82]

It's too bad, but watching how effortlessly Poggie won everywhere during this Giro is just suspicious.

[@TheGagnonRx]

Zero competition. He’s young and unstoppable on climbs. GT took 3rd at 38 years old.

[@TylerPurcell1]

G hasn't won a GT stage since 2018 and just paces to podium. Martinez has never podiumed, neither has O'Connor. Tiberi has never been leader at a GT. That was the competition. That's it.

[@alandowney5851]

The increase in average speed is interesting when you look back at previous similar jumps. 1983/84 are exceptions given the flat parcours to favour Moser. The next big increase happens with EPO in 1990 and then another with TR and Dr Ferrari in 1995, just around peak Gewiss. There’s a couple of other suspicious jumps along the way but none of them come close to a 41kph average even when we know guys had haematocrit readings of 60% through the mid nineties. Over 2kph faster than Roglic last year or Bernal in 2021?? 2kph extra at 40kph is how many watts? About 40 I would think and maybe 50. Madness.

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

The aero bikes make a big difference.

[@alandowney5851]

@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255Sure. They are 2kph an hour faster at 40kph than the bikes from last year. I must swap my Storck for a 2024 model. I’ll KOM every hill in Wicklow😂

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

Shorter stages. Try doing 240k over a fast 150km. Before u say i dont know what i am talking about, i have raced on the road and can assure u the extra km makes a huge difference in recovery ocer faster short stages

[@alandowney5851]

@@landscapeandmonuments1615I’ve been racing since 1995. I’ve dealt with your theories about the length of the race on your thread.

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

@@alandowney5851 so if u have raced since 1995, and me from 1991, we both know then that what really hurts more is when u start seeing stars on a longer parcours. U should also know that arriving to a climb with more distance in your legs also dramatically reduces climbing speed

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

The most DARING & PROVACATIVE GIRO analysis I've ever heard ..... All of it rings true to me ....I hope you can comment on the upcoming Tour de France ?

[@mb10kx]

finally you realize cycling is clean

[@davess61]

The German snowman 🤣🤣👏

[@edwardojg]

It's just actimel his gut microbiome is in perfect working order to deliver 7 watts per kg that's all 😂 mm Danone

[@davess61]

don't forget his magic bra

[@dilligaf2818]

to the ordinary pleb fan like me it looks pretty obvious that Pog is on something.

[@papalegba6796]

He's on an ebike 😂

[@jonskislo1]

And others aint? Stop being naive

[@Simon-xi8tb]

He is on his bike, busting his ass 6 hours a day. WHat are you on ?

[@papalegba6796]

@@Simon-xi8tb I'm on an ebike too, same as him 😂

[@user-lt7vw7bh3c]

​@@Simon-xi8tb i think i may of heard that one somewhere before.....

[@savagepro9060]

Pogo wins GIRO clean. Yeah right. Tickle me PINK!

[@katiebee266]

💉💉💉💉

[@user-en9qd5nx8w]

When a 38 year old GT is the only competition, it was going to be a blow out and make Pog look to be even more immortal.

[@dh7314]

You know nothing about cycling. Or humour

[@savagepro9060]

@@dh7314 ^^ says the guy dying of laughter

[@nicedoppy2077]

@@user-en9qd5nx8w the second on that giro is younger and a great athlete also.....

[@JimboMauiDownhill]

Every time I saw him attack in the 2021 TDF and in this year’s Giro I was like where the fuck have we seen this before? It’s not fucking normal. Pog is starting to give the sport more life, just like Lance did. It’s fun to watch but it will come crashing down. Everything Mauro Gianetti touches eventually does.

[@johnandrews3568]

The least he could do is throttle it back a bit and let others win some stages to at least make it look 'real'. That GCN and other media are pooh-poohing any suspicion of doping is just pathetic. So nice to see a channel put tongue firmly in cheek and claim Pog is clean. Well done.

[@tomsmith5216]

All you who are claiming He was doping, just curious...you have proof? You can show concrete evidence? Do you have video of him doping, or other proof, or just spouting an opinion and claiming you are right? I mean, if you are so adamant he is doping, you must have verifiable and indisputable evidence, why don't you present it to the world? I'm sure CNN or Sky Sports, ESPN, or BBC would jump at the chance to report your findings and make you rich and famous. At least share it here for the rest of us...

[@BramStoked-uq4hp]

What’s he taking? You’re so sure of him doping, pray tell us how he’s doing it.

[@wanderingjuniper]

@@BramStoked-uq4hp Someone could.....reinfuse their own blood (if you do it regularly enough your biological passport would be consistent), microdose (proven to work and not show up), novel masking agents and novel drugs. There's no incentive to catch people and create any scandal, the rider/s lose, the sponsors lose, the organisations lose and the sport loses. A lot of the same directors, managers and physios of those known doped teams of the past are all still there performing their roles....

[@mootpointjones8488]

Remember when saying Lance was perhaps doping would get you a writ in the High Court?

[@njs_gc]

​@@BramStoked-uq4hpa combination of EPO and motordoping.

[@christopherstout2586]

Pogi was clean as a whistle!🤣 I could see all the other riders laughing and saying what a joke this is in their team hotels.

[@HeyPaulhasopinions]

I don’t know how many are doping currently in the peloton, but I am sure Pogi doesn’t do more than a lot of others. Just because he is better doesn’t mean his team members or other teams don’t do the same…

[@COLNAGOc40hpWC]

⁠@@HeyPaulhasopinions100%of the peloton is doped.

[@simonrajh]

Let me fix that for you: "I could see all the other riders laughing and saying what a joke this is in their team hotels WHILE GETTING FRESH BLOOD IN THEIR VEINS" ;)

[@bombiedv5356]

If everyone is doped up then it's all fair game... Its like in F1 low budget teams get low budget tech. Low budget teams teams get low budget drugs 🤔😁

[@allan4922]

Imagine Pogi on a Van Helsing 😮😮😮

[@cyclinghighlights]

Pff… Sanremo, Flanders, Roubaix and Liege won in 30 days (among Others, Ghent, Flèche, Amstel etc)

[@drphibes7666]

A thought to give Gianetti nightmares.

[@stiniusdahl9789]

Train hard, Win easy

[@ettio]

They are all clean, really.

[@virag1132]

you know who also raced clean? lance armstrong. and marco pantani. and chris horner. clean as a fukkin' whistle, baby.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Specially Horner in Saunier Duval

[@NightShooter87]

But Horner has a great clean channel.

[@MiguelCyc]

Yeah Pantani and Armstrong were doped but almost the whole peloton were doped, so they were the best in any case.

[@virag1132]

@@MiguelCyc yes, of course. armstrong was a yuge doper but he trained 365 days a year while jan ulrich got fatter and fatter every off season.

[@simoncbr900rr]

If a 38yr old who said every day he felt like shit and didn't have it comes 3rd how bad were the rest of the peloton!!!

[@cyclinghighlights]

Caleb Ewan is feeling very good I guess

[@user-en9qd5nx8w]

Exactly, there was no competition so it will make Pogi look super human and therefore bring out all the doubters. But whatever, apparently in cycling we can't have people stand out without being doubted.

[@rrluthi1]

@@user-en9qd5nx8w his boss is the ultimate dope king ... he didn't have to ride for the dope king's team if he didn't want suspicion.

[@TheRst2001]

Yes no competition . It was still the quickest giro ever . However pogo never looked tired after finishing winning huge stages

[@flyingberserker3965]

The problem its not having competition or pogacar wins, but the monstruous difference between him and others, its just ridiculous, its above of being on other league, its just too much of gap betwen him and others

[@HeadPack]

Reminiscent of the Pantani, Simoni and Basso days. Good entertainment. However they are doing it these days, it is fascinating that they can keep a rider on such form for so long.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Basso wasn’t funny Probably you’re talking about Birillo

[@hisdadjames4876]

What do you mean, such form? He was only taking it easy on a three week training programme for the TdF. 😂

[@HeadPack]

@@hisdadjames4876 So you are assuming he will be even better at the Tour?

[@hisdadjames4876]

@@HeadPack I expect so, yes. Despite his quick times, Pogi did not seem to be racing full-out in the Giro. In mountain stages, he wasn’t even breathless at the finish line!

[@brockjennings]

Congratulation to tadEj POgacar!

[@davess61]

brilliant !!! 😀

[@chrisrichardson5023]

I see what you did there 😂

[@nischleranton5665]

Funny

[@deanwaring6100]

Some incredible performance enhancements recently designed 🤔

[@Kawaiiraiden]

maybe the slovenians people are not offended like the danish people. We don't see a lot of slovenians saying how you can say tadej is on drug, but when we say vingegaard is on drug a lot of danish people say to me and to us, How on earth can you say a danish perfection like jonas ('because all the danish are perfect and honest) use illicit methods or illicit products. So danish people think one second maybe even in your country everything is not clear and clean... Sorry for my bad english i'm from belgium and i was lazy at school (for english) but an open minded belgium because i don't think belgium cyclism are less on drug than other countrys.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Denmark is the most hypocrisy country of the world (but we have a lot of Friends there)

[@sebastianlauri9622]

​@@cyclinghighlightsTadej is almost equally as popular in Denmark as Jonas because of the "jantelov" .. People doesn't like too much when fellow danes suceed So it's not that all danes are hypocrytes

[@DomestiqueKoch]

If i was a dane i would be doping too. easy choice to make

[@michiem9903]

so this year we had the fastest MSR, Flanders, Roubaix and Giro in history 🤣 these bikes are really fast

[@ktob1000]

That moment when you almost choked saying Big Mig did it totally clean 😂

[@plantbasedsniper]

Pogi eating more danish anchovies this year

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

😆😆

[@Sills71]

I like Pog and his wins are impressive... BUT if you think he is clean, then I have a bridge to sell you

[@cyclinghighlights]

For 0 euros I could buy you it

[@Falaxuper]

This joke is unfunny, harmful and detrimental to the whole picture… bridge salesmen run honest, transparent businesses :P

[@homerunhomeshow7201]

Dude, I luv these humorous, uncynical, videos about un-doped cycling stars and aliens. Ha ha ha...

[@333wheeler]

I bet if he played darts down at the pub he would beat that Luke guy as well. Talent is an asset .

[@jamisonr]

This was a ridiculous race. I remember very well "watching" Basso do the same thing in the Giro 2006. He could win anyway you wanted. Sprint, climb, TT. Pick your poison. You know what followed in the weeks after? Operation Puerto. Back in 2006 I could only follow the race via cycling news race ticker, which existed even then.

[@cyclinghighlights]

No. Operation Puerto was just before the show of Aprica/baby pic

[@Panos_Sfa_Gr]

Is there any possibility that uae share the win money with the organizers just to hide any positive doping tests etc?

[@nakenfaan]

We will have to wait then to see if what youre implying will happen then. History will either be repeated or be made. I put my money on him being clean, as a Pogi fan my heart will break if not.

[@virag1132]

@@nakenfaan lol

[@BernardTassart]

Absolutely,great analogy with the 2006 edition with a out of this WORLD Ivan Basso...ridiculous,😎again and again ...👀😉😂

[@marcmetrobuen9887]

daddy martinez 🤣🤣

[@zerog4261]

Definitely looking leaner in the face is Poggi

[@goansunborn]

I was debating this with someone the other day and they told me to just focus on the racing and to stop being negative. My thoughts are that these people are full of shit and are liars. It's hard to watch when you know they are lying!

[@craigbreetzke8035]

We live in a world that hates being confronted with TRUTH - preferring to live in the darkness hiding from truth - haters of the light that exposes their lies.

[@bbradleyism]

Most cyclists including the 525-win Eddy Merckx have doped. I am a cyclist myself and I love the sport but how can you watch the pros?

[@roadcyclist1]

Quit crying. They are all doping so they are all on a level playing field as they always have been. The best cyclists still win.

[@Avianthro]

Sure hope that the UCI doesn't start classifying beer as a doping agent!

[@bombiedv5356]

Doped up athletes develop heart problems im time 😁

[@eless3543]

This was the video I was waiting for. And now we wait for Alien vs Anchovy.

[@pmcmpc]

Motor doping controls were largely absent at the Giro last year, and allegedly blood / urine controls were quite patchy. I'm sure they must have corrected it this year. Wouldn't want to have the fastest edition in history with no fig leaf, that might look bad.

[@roadcyclist1]

You fools, when everyone dopes, the guy with the best fitness wins.

[@cyclinghighlights]

What? Riis best fitness? A dude with less than 69 kg with 1,87 m?

[@GuntherL1]

No. Just look at Riis before and during EPO.

[@GuntherL1]

@@cyclinghighlights I'm just trying to explain that the best doped riders aren't necessarily the best clean riders.

[@marcdaniels9079]

No the best doper wins

[@roadcyclist1]

@@marcdaniels9079 no. The difference in doping methods is very miniscule at the top level. It comes down to the best riders and team tactics.

[@englishteacherdon]

I think Pogi was actually on the front less than 2 hours of the 79 hours raced. It probably has more to do with a flatter and shorter stages of this year's route. However, this was the biggest margin since ADORNI Vittorio in 1965, which is beyond anything from the Eddy Merckx era. People who watched Merckx never saw a show like this. The WWF had more legitimacy.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Birillo was more grotesque. Probably we’ll make a video about that. Or not. Depending on the likes of this comment.

[@englishteacherdon]

@@cyclinghighlights Basso's margin was 9:18 in 2006. He never again was close to that kind of form once they took away his doctor. I wonder what would happen if we took away Pogi's doctors?

[@lukewalker1051]

@@englishteacherdon uh oh.

[@MichaelBoogerd]

@@cyclinghighlights I agree.. Basso was attacking sooner than Pogi did here... and was just smiling riding up the hills quicker than everyone else in the race, while looking like he was on a sunday coffee ride.

[@MiguelCyc]

He's clean until a test is positive. Enjoy the best cyclist of our era or gtfo.

[@lukemedcalf3619]

I'm sure it's because of all those tailwinds.... lol

[@Magnetohydrodynamik]

Friend of the Channel

[@edjack1993]

Who knows. Time will tell. But he does seem like a smart guy. And if you were smart and you were doping, surely you’d win by smaller margins, to disguise the doping..?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Don’t think so. Dopers in history have been won in so many ways..

[@TheRst2001]

Complacency , a belief of being untouchable 😅

[@barryhambly7711]

Been some form of doping for a few years now they have found something that works and is not detected but it may not be an illegal substance but it is something that works. We will find out in years to come what it is. Unless it is a well hid motor and we will know about that perhaps.

[@papalegba6796]

It's a motor & it isn't even well hidden, cos the UCI know all about it & allow it to happen 😂

[@user-en9qd5nx8w]

@@papalegba6796 I call bullshit, you think the UCI is going to risk the entire destruction of the sport should they get exposed. Where's your proof? Winning a Giro against a 38 year old GT isn't proof.

[@MichaelBoogerd]

@@papalegba6796 the most blatant motor was Froome's ridiculous high cadence vs. perceived effort (yet still raw speed at such cadence). e.g. i can also spin my legs at 120rpm, but i'm doing it in such a granny gear i'm still going slow as hell. We've seen advances in equipment, in nutrition, what's to say there's similar advances also in recovery - and if it is not currently on the WADA list, then it's not illegal or breaking the rules! In this arms race, the problem is the testers/governing body are always a few steps behind what is currently popular. Think Tram in the last decade, now on WADA list... Ketones more recently... what exactly is in the finishing bottles? etc.

[@papalegba6796]

@@MichaelBoogerd yeah, froome on the ventoux, that was me done with pro cycling. Absolute joke 😂

[@tonyc.1544]

I pegged Armstrong, Pogi is in deliberation

[@cvasirocket1401]

That could mean the remaining 1% is 100% motor doping. I seen a stage highlights in this Giro , where he fiddle fondled right handle bar of the velo to engage the equivalent Deflector Shield and Warp drive of the Pro road cycling realm. At the and of the stage , as winner of the stage , he did a hand ritual showing all ,he can count to five. All without breaking a sweat or looking tired , maybe a little bit tired from trying to look tired.

[@papalegba6796]

They been blatantly motor doping since 1998, the UCI know all about it. The sport is a joke 😂

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@papalegba6796Care to explain this one a lil further you think someone like Jan/Basso/Beloki/Hamilton/Botero etc were using motors in their heyday I know Lance had the suspicious shorts pull but that’s about it Do you have any sources I can go read

[@papalegba6796]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 use your eyes eh?

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@papalegba6796 My eyes saw that time post 1998 weren’t quite as fast as times 1994-98 for the most part (although there was some spectacular times here and there) then there was another fall in speed circa 2006 and finally the speed have been getting faster since about 2019 I just was asking if there was some concrete proof you could send in my direction to go read, I’m not denying doping exists but motor doping is another story completely it is cycling not MotoGP

[@papalegba6796]

@@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1 ok blind guy 😂

[@NullUnit2]

The sarcasm is as thick as Pogs monster destroying breakfasts!

[@theodorepapatheodorou4679]

I think that there is a reason why a sprinter can't win 800m runners, why 800m runners can't win 10000m, or why a good 5000/10000 runner cant be a marathon winner, but 10000 specialists can win a marathon or why marathon runners don't destroy records on 10000. Human physiology. And these borders exist even on clean track and field. In cycling we have an athlete doing 21 marathons in 23 days, with different disciplines, climb, endurance, sprint, etc without sweat and he is ready to do it again in less than a month...... I ran a 14 km event off-road with a 600m ascent, just running in my comfort zone, and my watch told me that I had to rest for 28 hours. What he is doing is unhuman

[@TheRst2001]

Correct he is an Alien. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 👾 . People are being duplicated 🤠

[@labbetuss]

Having to rest for 28 hours after just running 14k just means you're nowhere near a top athlete though.

[@user-lz4fu8ku3v]

the analogy is a little off, since cycling involves a bit of all disciplines and the top riders are good at more than one. but i will agree it takes the mickey when the best alpine climbers are also winning time trials on flat stages.

[@antoinevayer7465]

Excellent

[@garymcmanus9946]

The advances of science and tech is truly amazing 🤩🤩

[@lukewalker1051]

It's about the new aero bikes and disc brakes.

[@annetessari1004]

How can everyone be so convinced there is no doping here. Any sporting performance way over and above the best of the rest, when there is a significant difference in performance, I feel you have to ask questions. I think if someone believes there is no doping going on in professional sport today they are delusional.

[@april6rain]

It’s the secret source in domino’s pizza

[@cyclinghighlights]

Vingegaard’s favourite one!

[@hope121107]

Food? No, he is doped to the gills.

[@paulpower2528]

prove it so

[@hope121107]

@@paulpower2528 I don’t have too. History did it for me.

[@TheGagnonRx]

He’s in his 20’s bro. Doping doesn’t make you an instant super human. These guys do more work/training in one week than most of you keyboard warriors do in a year. Their nutrition has come a long way with far more calories per hour. Sure they are all doped, but Lance was MUCH larger a person than Pogi therefore there is no comparison.

[@hope121107]

@@TheGagnonRx I used to be a naïve doe eyed believer also.

[@paulpower2528]

@@hope121107 so because others done it yrs ago...pogacar is guilty ? even though he passes every test known to mankind....they all do ...if they were on drugs they wud be got...

[@timotius]

They said it's because he did lots of zone 2 😜

[@simonsaville9962]

...and 1%? rounding error? Bolivian rancher? gut biome? Van Rysel? Mr Sheen?

[@marcogme]

Lets all dope and see who wins hands down then.

[@cyclinghighlights]

The guy with the better doping?

[@savagepro9060]

“Lets all dope and see who wins hands down then.”

[@rokgutman6487]

Pogi is just on some wu tang joint

[@johnm7938]

Good thing the sprint lads had their last minute bike changes. 🤭🤭🤫

[@stefanjoeres7149]

I mean, they did 42k meters of elevation compared to 53k last year, it's not really surprising that it is the fastest edition.

[@cattycats4]

Charlie Waffles + science fact = winning

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

Eddy junior or Lance junior?

[@doktorkraesch3014]

Eddy Junior, Lance didn't chase the Monuments.

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

The cleanest athlete on the planet

[@allan4922]

Team UK Postal could have Paula Vennells as Director Sportif!

[@stephenarno2032]

Don't forget the magical pomegranate juice apres course for good measure..

[@hbomb65]

just curious what the menu that he's using is, maybe his blood will tell us someday in the future!

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Remember super boy “Dash” in the Incredibles? At least he tried to look like he was part of the peloton

[@onemanfunkband5545]

Does anyone know which animal has the highest vo2 max? I'm interested in which genes Poggi's packing..

[@FaiscaaaH]

It's all about aero bikes and tail winds 😎😎

[@totalrepawns]

pro sports are all natty 😉

[@pascalblackmore8098]

I recommend the "Ghost in the Machine" Podcast

[@user-uc5um3io2j]

How do you know "friend of the channel" Bjarne watches the channel? I wonder what Bjarne would think about this channel? Maybe he would chuckle?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Probably he denied everything, even the friend of the channel thing, as always

[@danielGorski77]

Pogi is a monster!!

[@marccarter1350]

EPO go go go

[@homerunhomeshow7201]

there is, imo, zero pc chance that Pogi was tested in controls, given that the race org spent 2MM to get him to headline the giro. no way a star of his caliber would see the inside of any test booth.

[@HomoSapiensMember]

ah yes, some sort of british accent; must be unquestionable truth and no speculation at all

[@cyclinghighlights]

Marginal gains

[@MrBradfordchild]

I’m curious to know how the spoken English on the clips is absolutely perfect, and yet your replies to questions are not.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Maybe I’m Jan Ullrich

[@raskolnikov1242]

He's spanish dude.

[@Michael_J218]

pogacar is the goat already of cycling that much is clear

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

A really good question for u all. You contradict that modern smooth road surfaces make u go faster, contradict that current bikes , wheels, tyres are faster, also ignore lighter race calendars explain which why more freshness in peloton (as well as way shorter and easier stages in the past). So here we go: explain why my strava times on segments that are resurfaced see my doing 2kph quicker than the older surfaces. Also explain why i go faster on a new trek bike on nearly all segments than my old focus. Do you think people are spiking my water bottle? Regards from an ex 2nd category road racing cyclist

[@cyclinghighlights]

As I said before Big classics like Sanremo, Roubaix, Flanders Same km, same roads, much better times Dude, it isn’t only a factor, there are a lot of them. Even the most important one. And this for all types of sports. Beating disc throw records of RDA full doped clean. Could you imagine someone beating Flo-Jo’s records and then telling is because the shoes or the improvement in nutrition or the best quality of the tracks? Only? It’s hilarious!

[@cyclinghighlights]

I mean, of course you will be faster on a lighter bike or with best nutrition, training methods or with better roads. We didn’t deny that, but only that factors explain improvements in w/kg, speed, stamina… And the only riders who tested positive are Portuguese, southamerican or like you, of 2nd and 3rd category road racing? Only the “losers” dope? Only Hessmann, Bonnamour? The Oil Coconut case with a lot of papers of strange substances? By UCI, that’s what happens today, we’ll have to believe them

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

@@cyclinghighlights weak arguments. You fail to realise theee days riders turn up way fresher to races doing barely any races compared to years ago. You also fail to recognise that bikes, wheels amd tech are faster than decades ago. Its rather ignorant you ignore those facts when saying record speeds in flanders etc. Why are u so stubborn?

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

@@cyclinghighlights u seem to look down on lesser categories of road racing cyclists, what level did u get to? Any idea how hard it is to get to be a 2nd cat? Most people would never get to it if they tried. Cycling is a bloody hard sport reserved for few

[@cyclinghighlights]

Fresher? Pantani’s Alpe D’Huez record was made in a season in which he rode like today’s riders because of crashes and injuries. Riis Hautacam record was made in a season that he only rode full gas since June.. and I’m talking about this only because you talk about those records, Lance didn’t (couldn’t really) made seasons full gas before. Of course materials are better, and I tell you, those materials are better than EPO in 1990? I mean, a full clean rider in 2024 could ride much faster than Riccò, Piepoli, Cobo, Kohl full of MIRCERA in 2008 or Luigi/Boonen era? Now they rode 1 hour faster, full gas from the beginning. Just the materials? Are from NASA those materials that improve chemistry?

[@flachi32]

Glad that bore fest is over zzzzz

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

Utter bore this giro, worst ive ever seen

[@Powerpont]

I can’t tell if this is satire or not 😂

[@joffly]

Of corse he is tunning! But, what he showed was enough to drop Pantani or Lance, both dropped until the ass!

[@greglunderstedt3898]

He’s not on 18th generation epo, and has never experimented with performance enhancing substances…

[@Chris-ho4ki]

Must’ve been the Manziere

[@HollywoodModelling]

I love the cynicism… spot on doped to the brim

[@Spin_stagrams]

No Jonas, Remco, Rog,WvA, MvDP. It’s not like the Peloton brought it’s A-game. He was in a class of his own becuase he was in a class on his own. To me that explains the gap to the rest.

[@nigelduckworth4419]

But not the fastest Giro in history.

[@frogannshits4414]

Cycling will never be clean

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

People seem so sure its down to doping, so what is the substance of choice? I hope there is some certainty given the sureness in the doping taking place

[@cyclinghighlights]

Riccò said “Ali the chemist gave me mircera” He thank that with this we can’t have been caughted.

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

@@cyclinghighlights lets just ignore all the road surfaces and equipment and tech, aero positions, lighter racing calendar, seems u know it all and only one reason

[@davidg2731]

@@landscapeandmonuments1615 He doesn't "know" anything he's just guessing!

[@landscapeandmonuments1615]

@@davidg2731 seems all my arguments are thrown out of the window, only doping is the reason. Quite interesting when i know a fair bit about the sport ha ha

[@cyclinghighlights]

EPO improved the stamina in 10 per cent in 1989, that meaned that one only substance improved around 20 min per stage. With EPO, riders made times hours better than in the 80s. There were better materials and nutrition than in the 80s too. Now all cyclists are just beating that records that smashed the 80s ones. Of course, is just the aero and the trainings. Of course.

[@richardhall4830]

I think pogi etc have come up with a sophisticated method of using blood thinners to beat the passport. The rest are still using old methods, possibly micro dosing but it's small beer in comparison. It's obvious Jonas and pogi have got far better programs.

[@luffyluck]

Shame riders like Pinot will never shine as much as these riders who take the easy route...

[@cyclinghighlights]

Aderlass Pinot you mean?

[@trainingcyclist]

lol for "breakfast of champions"

[@jaysparc]

With all the testing, how can he be doping and not be caught? unless the UCI is in on it... is that what is happening?

[@michaelsteven1090]

There is a huge story behind the pro cycling circus..We'll know in a few years or so..rinse; repeat

[@ferventheat]

Another monster performance by the lithium fueled, but totally clean, bicycle, because it could never be the rider, could it?

[@juansalinasmella2085]

"Clean"........... riiiiiiiight (read with dr.evil voice).