The CURSE of Tadej Pogačar

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[@aglees2b]

"Remco Evenepoel doesn't wait long to hit the knucklehead button" 😂😂😂😂 pure gold. Perhaps your best knuckleheadism of the year

[@robbchastain3036]

The Knucklehead Button needs to be the next big tech innovation. A big red button on the stem like that Staples "that was easy" button. 😀

[@alesksander]

@@robbchastain3036 Maybe Peloton needs knuckled horn on scooters LOL when such knuckleheatisms happen.

[@dadonwelfare]

Remco is still young and has plenty of room to improve

[@milhouse53]

@aglees2b this is not knuckleheads (Chris Horner likes the word c7z it gets him "likes". THERE IS NOTHING Remco could do and Remco knows it and Chris Horner knows it too I think Remco simply tested Tadej's legs. Aren't you tired after being in the wind for 100km a week ago? Then he saw Tadej on the wheel with still 40km to go and he retired into the night. Next try will be soon :)

[@robbchastain3036]

@@alesksander I like the honking of Canadian Geese as they fly south for the winter, it is like all of them in their peloton are honking in approval at the knucklehead in front, like 'keep going, keep going, you're looking good' all the way to Florida or wherever their travels together take them. 😀

[@danroberts007]

A week from now I’ll be at the top of the Ghisallo climb cheering Pogacar on. Rain is predicted, I hope it’s not torrential as I’m gonna have to ride back down it to get to my AirBnB. Can’t wait to see Tadej solo to another Monument victory! 🎉🚴🏆

[@gypsybrother-z8q]

Awesome! Just plan for foul weather, you'll be fine. It's not like you're in a race to get back. Enjoy yourself! I'm so jealous🦋👊💥

[@swisstopia]

Keep the rubber side down. 👍🦋👊

[@GalacticPursuit]

Good to be the part of the history writing. ✌

[@derickcastillo9083]

It is interesting that Matteo said to Quin Simons about trying to follow Pogi after the world championships that "if you fly to close to the sun, you get burned". And then he choose to try to follow Pogi and then destroyed himself. Never the less, I respect that he tried to follow and make it a race.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Sometimes you got to slow to go fast. 👊🦋

[@flyingberserker3965]

The best solution its not to Panic and Ride an steady tempo that could isolate you and others, then to make a chase for pogacar

[@leronharrison1110]

Not only are you a knucklehead, you look just like my dog!!! OMG!!! Chris, you just savaged that poor Astana rider!!!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Well, to be fair. He did have Pogi sitting on his wheel and he did look back many times. 😂👀🦋👊

[@bihlygoat]

I think there could be Tadej Pogacar jokes like there are Chuck Norris jokes. Except they’d be true. “Tadej Pogacar doesn’t have to stand up when he attacks.” “Tadej Pogacar attacks from 100km out. And wins.”

[@GOlone9597]

At this point, every race where Pogacar starts is a battle for 2nd place 🥱🥱🥱

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Right. Someone please just let me have control of a couple strong teams (maybe I would need three ;) that are 2nd and 3rd strongest in the race next time Pogi goes from way far out like at the worlds and I would bet that they catch him. 50k out and I could at least make the racing closer and the leaders of the teams would still do ok but if you gave me a 100% on form Roglic, Jonas, or Remco I could win occasionally with them. 🤔🦋👊

[@markrushton1516]

I can't understand why they just let him go. 2 or 3 teams should be able to reel him back in over a longer distance but it's like a magic trick. Is he really that much faster? Or just able to sustain that power for longer.

[@andreasabels589]

The competition is just stupid. Pogi goes from a distance where conventional wisdom says that he cannot win. Then they panic when they cannot catch him within ~20km. Like, if he went with 20km to go, you would not expect to catch him easily. But they still have 30-70 km to go (in recent races) and they should easily catch him if they ride tempo as a group. Thing is, not everyone wants the peleton to catch. Say you have the 4th or 5th best rider. Do you want to catch? I say no, you want to launch attacks and explode the peleton so that the 2nd and 3rd best grind down their teams so that you can maybe beat them and secure 2nd overall. Think about it. Do you think Pidcock or Woods could get 2nd in a regular race where the peleton works and catches Pogacar? I think not. It will be Remco or Roglic that wins such a race. (Remco still races like a knucklehead, but I can see why random teams try to attack and break up the peleton. Maybe Lidl-Trek thought Ciccone had a shot at a top 5 riding like they did. In a regular race, he certainly cannot get that.)

[@flyingberserker3965]

​@@andreasabels589roglic and remco have the duty to put their teams controling the break way in a controlled manner to not burn their domestiques and even jumbo, but that never happens because there alaways some stupid team like Lidl trek that kamikazes their teams for nothing, and blew most of domestiques, still the GC favourites could work together instead of attacking each other and let other riders get oportunities to counter attacks

[@henrybachri173]

@@andreasabels589 Lidl need to attack cause they cannot win races, is the way for them to get exposure..and other medium team..they just need media exposure..thats what the sponsor hope..imho

[@fabiovalentinuzzi5589]

14:49 the other guy is Giulio Pellizzari, the guy who got caught many times by Pogacar at this year's Giro till Pogacar gave him is pink jersey as a gift 😅

[@jesselobo3213]

Simply stated, Tadej Pogacar has painted a masterpiece this year and with two final races on his race schedule we will soon be able to stand back, admire and analyze all the tones and colors that Tadej has used to redefine the limits of the human condition. My words fail me in describing what I have witnessed this year. I knew we were in for a special season if Tadej could stay healthy and my lord, did he exceed even my wildest expectations. The greatest racer I've ever had the privilidge of watching. Great job Chris, as always you brought it. Even at the end of the racing season you're on point. Thank you.

[@newtoncountry5937]

For someone who claims to have had words fail them, you sure used a lot of words to say very little. You probably love the sound of your own voice lol

[@jesselobo3213]

@@newtoncountry5937 That's fair to say, although inaccurate.

[@MontrealMike]

We had the chance to admire several Tadej colors in 2024: pink, yellow, rainbow 🙂

[@tonyg3091]

Expertly put. The Year of The Pog.

[@bikerbruce1988]

You passed ‘simply stated’ before your first comma.

[@charlestoddsullivanforpres6628]

Looking forward to Tour of Lombardi to see how this season wraps up. He seems to like wearing the rainbow jersey.

[@tonyg3091]

What do you think will happen? On a course tailor made for Pog?😂

[@charlestoddsullivanforpres6628]

@@tonyg3091 I think he will attack.

[@ericvonhellens8822]

Thank you, Chris & Garrett. You two do great and entertaining work with a dose of education.

[@lorenciandrej]

Meanwhile a new generation of young cyclists in Slovenia grows: Pogi's influence on youth is quite positive.

[@bertdaniel1449]

I’m sitting here on my Chesterfield just loving the analysis by MY MAN! (not Victor Campanaerts, Chris Horner) Truth or dare, Chris. What was YOUR most knucklehead moment of your racing career? Knucklehead moments happen to the best of us.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I have so many of them. But I would say that my first TdF in 2005. On the first mountain stage. We were on the first real mountain and attacks were going left, right, and center. It was hard to predict which attack to follow because all of them had strong riders. So I thought, no problem, I will just follow Lance and Jan when they go. Yep, I truly thought that up until one second into their attack. Then I went to plan B. 😂😂😂😂😂😂🦋👊🇫🇷⛰️

[@jean-jacqueslavigne3109]

@@ChrisHornerCyclingand plan B was?

[@Chiller11]

Tadej looked good in the World Champions jersey but I really like the Canadian Champion’s jersey that Michael Woods was wearing. Too bad he didn’t get on the podium but 4th place in that field is an excellent result.

[@MontrealMike]

Word. 🍁

[@adrianyuen]

😅😅😅 "Remco Evanpoel does not wait long to hit the knucklehead button...." 😅😅😅

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

😂🦋👊

[@joebriggs8422]

53 finishers, 110 DNFs including Remco and Primož 🤨

[@devengudinas1649]

Wow

[@bertolaci9509]

Did you see tge conditions?

[@joebriggs8422]

@@bertolaci9509 Yes, rain at times, temp ~13c (55f), wind ~8km/hr (5 mph), fog at times.

[@toccandocreacanaleulterior176]

Cause they would get lapped, the track was quite short

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Lap after lap viewing the bus, just to hard to continue. 😬😱🦋🚌

[@Pomi3001]

I love your videos, they really reveal a lot of tactical elements I overoook when I watch the race live.

[@bamnguyen7903]

Can you at some point do a vid on your own top 10 knuckle head moves in your race career? 😂 love ur vids and have been a long time fan 😊

[@telapreta9795]

"the curse is on the hol' peloton" probably one of the most acurate lines of the season they just pannick and start to race for second when he attacks, its frustrating but understandable Thanks chris and garret, the finest coverage as always 🦋

[@valiantabello]

My wife thought i was being mean when i called LIDL Trek a knucklehead train but she watched your video Chris and now she understands why lolll

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

All the coaching is paying off. 😂🦋👊

[@autorelight]

What a ride! Definitely some odd decisions in this race, but once again Tadej just taking what they give him.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Just once I would like to see the favorites not name pogi work together to try and bring pogi back. Just one time when pogi goes in a long range attack. 🤪🦋👊🏆🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

Christopher...3 teams working as 1 super team in a pre race arrangement vs UAE. With sectional strategies like you said. I'm not a directuer sportif but they might surprise themselves with 1 kilometre to go and also upset UAI's repetitive dominance by causing them to rethink not knowing what mult teams will do next race.

[@markrushton1516]

I just watch and shake my head. Let's race for second!

[@gypsybrother-z8q]

@@ChrisHornerCycling 💯"Just once" is all it will take, if they succeed. But even if they don't it will shed light on the situation. The definition of crazy 🤪is using the same behavior only expecting different results. 🦋👊🙌🙌Thank you Chris and Garrett!

[@autorelight]

@@ChrisHornerCycling If we look at the women's side, the last few years everyone just let SD Worx do nothing, then beat them on talent at the end. The tail end of last year, and then into this year, other teams started to smarten up and make SD Worx work... and it's worked very, very well. Trek, Caynyon Sram, and others have pulled of fsome major victories this year. Pog is my favourite rider for sure, but when will these other teams start riding smarter? Are they SO set in their old ways that they can't pivot? It's insane.

[@mikemartinez4450]

Like 217 🇵🇭🚴🚴🚴❤️ Poga-CHAMP sure looks great in rainbow 🌈 Topping him off would take a herculean effort and flawless team tactics in order to make it happen. The way he's performing the stage is set to rewrite cycling's history. Let's celebrate him and all the current riders Remco, Jonas, Primoz, MVP WVA all greats in their own rights who continue to entertain us and provide us exciting races every time they don their jersey.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Agreed 👊🦋💪🌈

[@tonyg3091]

Pog is the Chuck Noris of cycling, rainbow jersey doesn’t curse him, he curses whoever happens to be in the same race. Being in the same race with Pog is already a very VERY bad luck.

[@itskwicks]

Damn didn't expect to see my man Frank Schleck in this video :D

[@domestique3954]

Now the curse of the rainbow jersey is for the whole bunch!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👊🦋

[@gbart981]

Tadej'O knows how to put on a show. He looks great in the colors and well deserved.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Yes. He does 👊🦋🌈

[@Zephyr653]

Hoping that Pogi continues to improve in 2025 and beyond. Chris - what do you think Jorg’s upside is?

[@DavidDudley-yy2ui]

Very entertaining analysis !

[@roadrunner1095]

Love the attention to spectators... 😂 little boy running is maybe next pentani 👍

[@ZENmud]

I loved seeing Remco jacking around with Matteo 😂😂😂 ... and Quinn Simmons right behind, smirking with glee... 🎉😂🎉

[@jackwilson8034]

Truth hurts!! Brilliant analysis as usual.Don’t these top DS’s have computers to watch this😊

[@darwinboor1300]

Thanks Chris. Great analysis.

[@dr.merlot1532]

Pog almost lapped the field

[@recrevs963]

That is not good for them nor for people watching is it?

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Yep 🦋💪

[@AhmadDhahnial]

So early, good 👍👍 thank you, Chris...🙏🙏

[@mickelkobeck7376]

Pogi destroyed Jonas in the tour. LOL

[@justliberty4072]

"The easy button", "the knucklehead button", priceless.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

😂🦋👊

[@kimmirossi46]

SLovenia is cycling super power!

[@Andy_ATB]

Not quite; not too much success in MTB, CX, Track???

[@harryburn412]

Very entertaining, thank you

[@matttilley8620]

Tadej Pogacar's legs don't wear out. He keeps saying in post-race interviews that his legs were hurting during the final km's, but that is nonsense. We all know that Pogacar's legs don't wear out, so of course the race is going to be for second. Pogacar reminds me of Genevieve Jeanson. Her career was marked by a "coach" who administered a doping diet so extreme that she won races by 20 minutes while riding solo. I'd love to know what is going on at UAE. It would be interesting if all the information eventually came out.

[@charliedillon1400]

I listened to an interview with Genevieve recently. Her story is brutal. She was groomed and abused by a creep coach who brought her to the USA and basically kidnapped her. I knew she was doping at the time, but after hearing her story, I respect her as a human being, and a survivor.

[@swisstopia]

Sport Science is a wonderful thing.

[@QPSQUANTUM424]

@matttilley8620 If they were cheating, why isn't any other teammate of Tadej as good as he is? Jay Vine ( one of his UAE teammates )said on a recent podcast that Pogi is super natural/ human as far as recovery and producing power. This year, Pogi changed his personal coaching ( Javier Sola ), took nutrition serious for the first time, and worked his ass off ( attitude training for three plus weeks ) for the Giro & TDF. I could say a lot more, but that's enough.

[@ŠtefanKučera-o7d]

Your are naive​@@QPSQUANTUM424

[@tonyg3091]

Genevieve who?

[@padmanabhaprasannasimha5385]

Never have I been faster to click on a video notification. 🤜 🐛

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Bam. And you are podium with that super sonic finger speed. 😂🦋👊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@Aya33-xX]

You know someone is a GOAT when everyone is studying how to stop the GOAT.

[@stevefranke3985]

Thank you Chris!!!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👊🦋

[@iacobogallus2110]

I think that Pogi is not defeatable in cold weather. To beat him you need a great team and a hot weather...like in TdF 2022, 2023. A lot of dogs are rabbits death.

[@aleksanderpeca759]

Beat him with a great team... How manny in the team to beat him. 😂

[@musclelessfitness2045]

Knucklehead button !!?? ... OMG !! 😂🤣🦋

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

😂🦋👊

[@qingyuhu]

Epic!!! Knucklehead button comment had me in tears! It certainly was a WTF are you doing moment!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I could not believe what I was seeing. 😂🇧🇪👀🤪🦋👊

[@mikeoc217]

Tadej gassed the Peloton. I just don't see Jonas unless he gets some incredible help beating Tadej in the near future. Remco dropped out knowing it was futile Primos wasn't to be seen? Two minutes going away. His new nutritionist has turned him into, in the infamous words spoken at the 1973 Belmont about Secretariat " He's riding like a Tremendous Machine" 👍🏼🫅🏻🚵🏻💯🇸🇮

[@mikhailway]

I think we also don’t know if that terrible accident earlier this year had any long term consequences. Of course he did amazing at Le Tour, but to beat Tadej you have to be 100% Jonas.

[@mikeoc217]

Ya can't discount that Tadej lost to a Team. They wore Tadej down with repeated attacks from Primos, Wout etc. Not to mention the fact Tadej was gassed out & bonked from lack of proper fuel intake. I like Jonas he's an incredible talent. I believe Tadej is a Phenom that hasn't been around since Eddy Merckx 👍🏼💯

[@morganconey4814]

Amazing in 2024 that the whole world tour peleton still haven't worked out unless your name is Jonas Vingegaard do not attack or try to follow Tadej on 10% climbs 🤔

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Right. Jonas is the only rider that knows how to race Pogi. Thank the cycling gods for Jonas. 🤔😬😱🦋🌈👊👊

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Only Jonas 🦋👊

[@morganconey4814]

Until the whole peloton puts their heads together and collectively work together (and this may require some unholy alliances across team lines to be made) to shut down these long range attacks its going to be a long 2025 for everyone not in a UAE jersey. Tadej attacks with impunity at present because every time he's done so hes taken the top step of the podium. If all the 80kg guys who can take 600w pulls work together these Pogacar attacks can be closed but currently due to lack of cooperation everyone just concedes they are racing for 2nd even when there is 2 hours of racing left.

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

fascinating take. love it

[@goatbloat8233]

Chris, it would be cool to see someone (hint hint) break down pogi's attia interview where he talks about his training (e.g. 6 hour zone 2 rides at 350W).

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Agreed. I got to get to that one. 👊🦋

[@MrJaycobsen]

That's not what he said though. 320-340 when he's on the climbs if it's a hilly route and he would drop to 290 if he's doing a steady endurance ride.

[@alesksander]

@@MrJaycobsen Plus he is using metric connected between heartrate, power and velocity, witch is corelated all the time in his head. Its quite bonkers when you know your routes and body to the tee. Esentially he can tempo those bonkers 100 , 80 km solo runs easily and more safetly hold pace closes to the limit. Ofc he was bonkers W/kg numbers, but how far can you pull all time is huge metric.

[@kovar2344]

Congrats to team Trek and Ciccone for the beautiful 43th place.

[@QPSQUANTUM424]

At least they raced. Over 110 riders did not finish! ( dnf )

[@kovar2344]

@@QPSQUANTUM424 yeah it´s bonkers.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Hehehe. It was so bad I didn’t look to see how trek finished today. Thanks, now I know. 😂🦋👊

[@tonilauge5786]

Hey, Hey Ciccone was 2 Best Italian rider! 1 Italian number 25! All time worst for ITALY Once a Big Cycle Nation! Now it s just Embarrssing👿 To Wacht.

[@kovar2344]

​@@tonilauge5786 haha m8 you must be colour blind. There were many Italians up there. 3rd, 10th, 11th, .... and many more were Italians.

[@sgroadie6367]

Tadej is just too fearsome, that once he goes, everybody is thinking of being second. Curse of the rainbow indeed..but firmly on the peloton. Bravo Tadej. We need Jonas to properly challenge him.

[@ellenbrook2001]

sorry not BRAVO the guy so selfish unprofessional

[@sgroadie6367]

@@ellenbrook2001 he is paid to win. And I say bravo for winning! Also, if you were Pidcock what would it mean if Pog let you win the race? Come on, this is real sports. Not a school race!

[@Flakey101]

@@ellenbrook2001 I would love for you to explain how winning is unprofessional, since Pog is paid to win races?

[@jaspercanda671]

​@@ellenbrook2001 unprofessional is not to win if you get paid to do so 🤣

[@tonyg3091]

@@ellenbrook2001Care to elaborate here? What is he supposed to do?

[@jerrychicken967]

Remco didn't even finish. UAE have today won on Sunday with Cro Race and Agonstini. Last year we had Jumbo and this year we have UAE going mad. I don't know what's going on. Usually these things end in tears so hope we get back to normal competition soon where one Team isn't doing crazy stuff.

[@andreasabels589]

Maybe you should consider more that most teams will not get a good result when the peleton catches. Like Pidcock and Woods would probably not place as high as they did. Lidl-Trek had no chance to win with Ciccone, but maybe they had a chance to top5 when favorites like Remco and Roglic grind up their team and drop out early.

[@RudolphWentzel-sy9sg]

Well said Chris..👍👍

[@Kanonka28]

Remco was crying: "Tadej will destroy my legacy, my legend !!"

[@scullcap357]

Pogo cant be stopped , you can only hope to contain him ,

[@cooldude.1811]

Merckx may still be the nominal GOAT in terms of his overall palmares. But how many victories did he win in such a dominant fashion, attacking from long range, and that too against the very best competition?

[@ahnnahargrove1354]

Eddy has already told Tadej that the kid has beaten him... Now Tadej is his idol...

[@nigelstead8424]

Tbf he did on a number of occasions, especially earlier on in his career. On the Tre Cime Lavaredo at the 1968 Giro. In the Tour in the 1969 with a 100 km solo attack to Mourenz in the Pyrenees. The 1969 RVV, a 73 km attack & he won by 5,36. The 1970 Pars-Roubaix, in bad weather he attacked with 25 km to go and won by 5 minutes. Many other examples, but I think Eddy has conceded that Pog is better than he was.

[@bojandolinar1535]

​@@nigelstead8424 No, he didn't, he clarified later what he really meant.

[@jaspermeinema4830]

Eddy got the same reaction as tp now, boring racing, which he then didn't understand. Because his heroes who raced in 50ies and early sixties got glorified because of these long solo wins. However, they got glorified on radio commentary. People switching on the tv with him already on his own got bored watching him solo 2,5 hours on the screen. Radio commentary made a habit of make up stories to keep listeners on the edge of their seats. Tv images don't lie. Change of times.

[@nigelstead8424]

Ok. I haven’t seen that. Only the original comments he made last Sunday night. I’ll go look for them.

[@milhouse53]

Well why Chris always says "get organized and hold time on Tadej". They chased with whole Belgian team hard..went thru riders and then Remco was there too. They "held" time - it was 40 sec for 100km no much more or less. What else there to do?? They can all get organized they want..but as long as the course fits Tadej, meaning it has sections where he can put 30 sec on anyone, the race is over

[@QPSQUANTUM424]

Great points!

[@lukebastiras4666]

It wasn’t just about Team Belgium though if you watched Chris’ analysis on the worlds. Remco burnt all his guys early on and also a lot of the riders from other countries like Netherlands who could’ve put some solid work in on the flatter sections.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

What Luke just said, is correct. Milhouse misunderstood T🦋E video on the men’s 2024 WC race. Remco didn’t just put his team on the front. He put his team on the front and blew his team up to early. Two laps at least is what Remco needed from his teammates and from the Netherlands team is what I said. The very short version anyways. 🤪🦋💥🇧🇪💣👊

[@milhouse53]

@ChrisHornerCycling no no i watched the analysis, Chris! I see your point but I had a suggestion that had Belgium rode tempo for even one more lap, some let's say 1-2 of them would still fall back and Tadej and Pavel would be 1:30-1:45 head instead of 30 sec (which is where that "Belgian team blowing" got them REMCO after blowing his team had to close the last 20-30 sec himself, if he is a rider #2. But he was not. Nobody was #2 there

[@milhouse53]

@lukebastiras4666 i know Luke you saying what Chris said, and of course it is more correct because I don't argue with the pro. It just seems Remco knew everyone looks at him..and if he didn't put his team on the front then Tadej would ride away with close to 2 min ahead (like he did today btw) and then Remco would never catch him. He tried then and it was the correct move. Question is if his team blows apart after 10 hard km of riding and they can't close 30 sec on a lone rider, they should go back to training. Which Remco kinda did today

[@VancouverHeartHealth]

I love that retro Colorado cyclist bell razor almost as much I love all the knuckleheads that make racing interesting.

[@thesuperheroteacher6101]

Sir be on form doesn't mean you have to be on top on every stage especially the last Vuelta. On form is a general condition not a stage by stage evaluation.

[@rogelio6993]

throttle on, throttle off...increasingly disconnected from the narration. 🤣 Vroom Vroom

[@Simonewhitesim-1music]

Yay🎉🎉 Chris got a cool Turkish dawg 🎉

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👊🦋

[@markgrenier6787]

The best line ever was his tongue hanging out like 125 pound Anotolian Shepard. I almost clogged a Pepsi in my nose.

[@markmcinnes8244]

Yeah, all those knuckleheads who aren't 66kg with an FTP of 480w.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Got to love a 480 watt FTP 😱🦋💪

[@J-cz7yv]

Haven’t watched video yet but already know Chris is gonna light up Lidl Trek for doing any work ever lol.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

The coaching is working. 👊🦋💪🔥💥

[@J-cz7yv]

lol I watched the video now and damn Chris.. give Matteo 1 more chance to ride on someone else’s wheel! “How many times he needs to get smacked in the face” just 1 more. Please only 1 more. Matteo is a great rider but he needs to pick his moves better. Tough when Tadej is in the race

[@smimi2333]

I don’t think the astana move was bad, not having a favorite they tried to anticipate hoping they would get 10-20 seconds on the group so, when pogacar attacked, maybe their rider was able to go over the top of the climb with him and, similar to what sivakov did in zurich, maybe pogacar would keep the breakaway companion with him for a lap or two, giving them a solid chance of finishing on the podium

[@thisishowthetruthdies684]

If Pog keeps riding like this will teams have to put most of their eggs in an early break basket and pray for the best? Clearly tempoing a climb is the stupidest thing for them to do.

[@starkparker16]

It's like a team needs to never ride the front, wait until Tadej is up the road for a while then team trial their way up to the Slovenian. Easier said than done. 🛋️🦋

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Exactly that. It wouldn’t always work. But it would work sometimes and it would work to keep Pogi closer and the action together longer. 👊🦋

[@acemodean]

I dont remember that lotto jersey. I like it.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

👍🦋👊

[@Wds__99]

It’s not about the back having bad tactics. Tadej is just flat out faster then.

[@J-cz7yv]

What was the deal with Remco?

[@fan-2sport-nf3sz]

Same as Primoz.

[@jaspercanda671]

2 golds

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Good question 🤔🦋👍

[@Lapsontheboy]

Pogi is a real space man,with his out of this world racing

[@pauljaworski9386]

hey Chris, what is the red brick structure that we see on the riders left, then their right? And, how is it on their left, then their right? :-)

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Along the San Luca climb? That’s passage covered walk way that goes all the up to the summit. It leads to church or spiritual building at the top, Madonna sanctuary . 🤔🦋👊

[@ethangodridge6833]

What a ride from the Polti rider in 3rd

[@JamisDuanne]

You should do an end of. 2024 top knuckleheads 😂

[@milanvanwelden9952]

ciccone actually won a stage in a sprint against primoz and remco uphill

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Did his team ride all day before he won that sprint. 🤪🦋👊

[@milanvanwelden9952]

@@ChrisHornerCycling :)

[@milhouse53]

"Keep your teammates on the front" to beat Tadej? CHRIS, can you offer a plan? Thats not a plan. The "teammates" on Bora, or Visma can not keep pace, so Lipovitsz or Jorgenson have to try on their own. And when Tadej hits them so early 30-100km- it is over. It like trying to beat Usain Bolt.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

You were on track Milhouse until you put up 100k to go. There you just plain lost it all. You should have stopped at 30k and the occasional 50k attack if the course is perfect. Just go back and watch stage 9 of the TdF. If you want to save time watch T🦋E on it to see how 100k out worked for Pogi. 🤪🦋👊💣

[@milhouse53]

@ChrisHornerCycling i meant between those. 30 to a 100 A 100km worked this one time because it was ridiculous but also because there were 4 laps with climbs that no one can gain time on him. My main point it that Bora or Visma do not have riders who even together can catch him and he feels is and uses it. I know your point is "to create organized chases" which means that soon the top riders, the team leaders themselves will need to start doing- create a super team by agreement. I don't know what else to offer.

[@unknown23hornet22]

Jorgenson needs to let pogacar go and then try to create a small chase group. Then you have a chance, especially if there are teammates in that group. Jorgenson is trying to race like Jonas. He should be learning from van aert.

[@l.a.kornell4498]

I don't blame the riders as much as you do; I blame the DS's in the cars for not working out a deal for their teams to work together to keep up with Pogi.

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

I blame the DS’ all the time. Even today I said it was trek DS. But in the end it’s the rider that’s on the front with the camera looking at him pulling. And video doesn’t lie…… much. 🤪😂🦋👊🎥

[@dr.merlot1532]

Pog will lapp the field next week.

[@alesksander]

Blue flags needed LOL

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

🔥🦋👊🌈

[@1121sonnyblue]

How to beat Tadej? Only if Tadej makes a mistake in his nutrition during the race.

[@jaspercanda671]

Steal his bottles and foods 🤣

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Yep. That always helps. Or a race that’s a bit less climbing. Like MSR. 👊🦋

[@davidfrye7713]

His training has changed this past year to make him more fat adapted. Even no calories may make little difference, as long a he can get water! He has been training after fasting with no calories during the ride (or at least for a long enough period into the ride to deplete glycogen). That allows you to rapidly change from using glucose to using ketones with little to no effect from bonking.

[@1121sonnyblue]

@@ChrisHornerCycling and we all saw during the TDF that every time there is a downhill, he pours a bottle of water into his head. Cools down the body faster because as he speeds up down hill. Smarter now.

[@claire2088]

Roglic caught food poisoning (or another stomach bug) at the end of the vuelta, it went alllll around Bora the Bora team and after the Vuelta he said he'd been running to the toilet too 😬 must have been a miserable day to be racing his bike! Probably took a bit out of him (I know some people get past food poisoning pretty quickly, like a few days, while others will feel weak for a bit longer and have an unsettled stomach for a few weeks, and for a pro cyclist not being able to fuel would be a real detriment)

[@Oscaraha]

The norwegian commentator Theis Magelssen compared Remco to a kid that just had to hit a beehive with a stick. It didnt work out very well now, did it?

[@derickcastillo9083]

How do you beat Pogi? It seems like there is just a race for second.

[@guitawrizt]

the 'Scourge' that is Pogacar.

[@florianfeldwisch1750]

I disagree in the regard of bad tatctics generally. There were poor tactics yesterday, but there are 3 riders in the race, that can win it - Pogi, Remco, Rogla - so the other teams have to have different goals, like to podium. So chasing Pogi is stupid for them, since their plans don't include him from the begining. I understand the funny thing about the knucklehead saying, but i think it is a little exagerated.

[@ExpertYouTubeCommentator]

They knew it was hopeless, hence the retirement...it is a boycott

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Probably was the cold wet and the fact that they all got to race again soon. And pogi 🥶☔️🌧️🌈👊🦋💪

[@mustafajoseph134]

"Knucklehead button". Mos Def

[@JoseJrOntanillas]

What happened to remco?

[@fan-2sport-nf3sz]

Same as with Primoz.

[@QPSQUANTUM424]

He blew up and didn't finish. Same with Primoz.

[@Kissybear85]

"Since 2020 noone has figued out how to beat Tadej Pogacar" *Sad Vingegaard noises*

[@Maestrodeluniverso]

Chris, what are you talking about curse?

[@QPSQUANTUM424]

The curse is for the peleton, not Pogi!

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

😂🦋

[@recrevs963]

Do you think Pogačar can repeat such a season again meaning match it or improve lets say next year or this is the peak?

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

He can still focus on doing the actual triple (the real triple, not this made up thing that they currently call the triple ;) and that would surpass this season. 🤔🦋💪👊

[@ZENmud]

I (thought I) heard that Tadej thought, "It would be fun" to run the Tour and La Vuelta next year...?😅

[@lennycottingham]

I think there should be a "Solerism of the year" award

[@dickieblench5001]

How many times can he win Lombardi?

[@dizyaster7700]

10

[@orangeorphan]

Chris, do you think this is good racing from the entertainment side? I find it frustrating watching Pog ride solo for an hour while the second group attacks itself.

[@Aya33-xX]

Do you want Vingagarda to do solo ride 😊?

[@orangeorphan]

@@Aya33-xX no, the point I was trying to make is that I don’t want to know who the winner is an hour or two before the race ends. I want close racing. I want to be kept in suspense for as long as possible. I really don’t care who wins as long as it’s exciting.

[@rafalpruszynski1707]

Jorgenson isnt particularly smart

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

He gives good racing interviews about the races. And during Paris he was money against Remco tactically on the final stage. I guess he needs more time racing against Pogi before he believes Pogi is way faster. 🤔🦋🤪

[@studiofranky158]

so anyone who shows up in front and isn't Pogi, or just tries something, is a "knucklehead "? Ahhh got it!

[@hernanhernandez3861]

Pogi is beatable. We just need to think how...

[@lorenwillis425]

Top Ten!😀

[@ChrisHornerCycling]

Bam 👊🦋

[@hernanhernandez3861]

Matteo got burnt by the sun...

[@mattsammekull780]

Do we know why Remco abandoned the race?

[@mumblerapkilla5406]

Saving legs for Lombardia

[@mattsammekull780]

@@mumblerapkilla5406 Seriously?