Why Pogacar is the CLEANEST Cyclist on the Planet

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[@kennykaniff]

I'm here for the bike mate 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SurfingPunter]

Friends of the channel

[@Mike-rm1lb]

Pog takes a shower before and after every race. A very clean young man.

[@patrickwong4824]

Just like Tom Dumoulin stopping to take a crap during a race. Pogačar has such a big lead in most races that he has time to stop and take a shower and still win the race. Of course, he is the cleanest cyclist in the pro peloton.

[@gerardvanmeer8452]

hij zal misschien de schoonste renner zijn uiterlijk maar daar stopt het dan ook mee

[@homerunhomeshow7201]

this Narrator's storyline comments are totally hilarious. Luv watching these for his sharp witted musings.

[@guitawrizt]

. . . it is rumored the 'narrator' is an Ai Robot.

[@paddymurphy-oconnor8255]

@@guitawrizt I think so too. Very good AI narration.

[@bdaneau]

that comparison at 3:25 with the local supermarket fish ... a work of art ! :)

[@alwaysglamorous8941]

Lol

[@lowliquidity]

Not even the nutritionist can hide from this guy 😂

[@johnm7938]

I'm not here for the bike mate, I'm here for the anchovies, the fish, Irska and vampires; let's not be too cruel to vampires. 🦇🧛‍♀️🦇❌🔴

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Oh Lactate ! , i i thought it was because Pogi had 3 x shredded wheat every morning for breakfast , yes 3 !

[@S9999Frank]

Do not forget 45 minutes of breakfast, finshing off with waffles with jam :-)

[@KevinKimmich44024]

I remember all the documentaries and articles about Lance Armstrong and his magical genetics... And Miguel Indurain and his femur lengths, etc...

[@cyclinghighlights]

Indurain Best heart of the World..

[@katiebee266]

Yeah that was all BS too

[@PerryScanlon]

If today's cyclists are sleeping at simulated 4,000 meters, could they legally have the hemoglobin and hematocrit levels of the 90's cyclists?

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

Yes

[@PerryScanlon]

My other question is if they sleep at simulated 5,000 meters and their hormones stabilize after a period of months, as described in a scientific paper, would there be less blunting of adaptive responses to training as described in another paper. In other words, could they actually be clean as far as hemoglobin in concerned?

[@SurfingPunter]

No

[@SurfingPunter]

Again No

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

@@SurfingPunter You underestimate the performance enhancement off sleeping at a simulated 4000m which didn't exist in the 90's. Yes you could go on attitude for a few weeks (which few did) not every single day off the year. It's really freaky off what the human body is actually capable off. And even freakier that this Chambers exist. It's not like in the beginning that you had to put a tent in your bedroom. It's advanced a lot. On the second question I don't know.

[@markdeane8385]

I'm here for the bike mate 😂

[@Abcd23598]

When we see a title like this, can clearly see how crazy people are nowdays.

[@EricaMTB]

From the planet EPO

[@victoriousridertv8060]

Truly a gift from God

[@zerog4261]

I'd say all these grand tour riders recover well, hence why the can do a three week race. Poggi might be the best at doing so but physiologically, it would be small. I get really suspicious when they say these things, although I'm already anyway but it's like, " we need to think of reason to account for his victories".

[@yuliyahrybachova6473]

What the hell is up with that max speed of 1100.6 km/h? 😂 He must fly fighter jets as part of his training

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

Finally an alien video

[@savagepro9060]

Pogacar-->> Cycleanest

[@grosmince]

I like the part where a fresh Pogaçar hands his clean jersey to a still exhausted second place at the Giro. When DerekGee won a stage, he fell to the ground, froth at the mouth and needed help. Pogaçar gets KOM after 5 hours in the saddle and whistle his way to the podium. He should get comedy lessons at least to pretend he worked hard. Not even. Yet people want to believe. Nothing has changed. Then it was a siringe now it’s a pill made of some sea sand worm powder.

[@BarwonHeadsUp]

What's wrong with people who clean fish?

[@dgasmd1]

Every time I watch one of these retirement videos about people either retired or early-retired, yet the mention “their team, real estate passive income, or work, or doing a bunch of things to or that produce money as how they spend their time” makes me laugh! Apparently, they are the only ones that don’t realize they are not retired. They just changed work location😅😂😅

[@tomaszsosnowski9279]

I wouldn't want a van rysel bike even if a decathlon ceo would hand it to me in person, I am riding a 2004 Trek similar to Lance's. A true, mean hand-made doper bike, barely fitting 24 mm tubulars.

[@robbyrogersberg1520]

Well if Poggys Doping then anybody who can beat must be doping, isn't that what folks think?

[@Tarmaccyclocross]

If you think he’s clean you are very gullible

[@cyclinghighlights]

CLEANEST!

[@user-dg5nj1ez8c]

Cycling unfortunately never changes.

[@bonvoyage5377]

this made no sense at all, so random, disjointed........difficult to listen to, about as funny as toothache

[@yakobcdiego]

Genetic doping?

[@nk8367]

Clean.. Bwaahaha😂😂

[@cyclinghighlights]

CLEANEST

[@andretim75]

Yes -- I am so much looking forward to this epic shit-show of doping in July ! And yes -- Pogi of course will be unbeatable and his Mauro Genetics Team will dominate the doping-shitshow 🤣

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Pogi is built like a Twitch streamer who's mother brings him food so he doesn't even get the fitness gains from simple standing.

[@maxrevell3830]

well, if Pogacar can hit a maximum speed of 1100km/h then the anchovy has no chance!

[@Sills71]

Funny... I always thought steroids helped recovery.... what is even funnier is that this new class of champions is faster than the doped ones that set the records and they are clean...

[@cyclinghighlights]

When i mean the CLEANEST we mean the CLEANEST. Only a guy who CLEANs fish could be CLEANER than Pog.

[@D34DH34D4LYF]

Thanks for explaining the Anchovy nickname. I'll never look at his smug mug the same way again. Now, why is it always a Dane?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Always danes in our stories

[@cattycats4]

Pogis 100% natural ability to produce less lactic acid seems underwhelming when the anchovy can professionally self clean during a race

[@ofeykalakar1]

Industrial size lagers 🍺 🍻 have shitloads of hops that can delay all that lactate buildup, not to mention all those tasty carbs.

[@S9999Frank]

Remember also that a team with white shirts need to be extra clean, the money in the team is also from the super clean owners mega religious arabs who live by the old scriptures, and still have slave labour, but very nice people.

[@stephenarno2032]

I have to rewind it so i can hear him say van rysel several times..😅😅

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

"van rrrrrrrysel". 😆😆. Love it!

[@davess61]

Its really difficult to roll R's like that 👏👏

[@davidjones5547]

This is by far the best cycling site on You Tube. Not only are your videos funny, but they are also very informative. Keep up the good work.

[@oliverleigh9854]

Nope they are not. From a hypocrisy POV (cycling in general) yes, but in terms being an athlete. What it takes to be one they are miles off. Drugs alone doesn't make you win. Every pro athlete past and present are on juice, but not all of them are champions.

[@cyclinghighlights]

"Drugs Alone doesn't make you win" Drugs is the key factor. And friend of the channel is the perfect example for that. He wasn't talented. He only had a superb mental strenght and 0 fear to dope. Of course if you're a fat lazy boy as Jan obviously you could lose. But Drugs always are the key factor. Because without them you can't win (except now of course, now is cleanest era ever xDDD)

[@oliverleigh9854]

@cyclinghighlights stop contradicting yourself. Drugs alone can't make you win. You need to follow the processes, work hard, a bit of talent, and the right mentality. Plus, the DRUGS. Without the above mention. Go use your DRUGS and see what happens.

[@hugopiteira405]

@@oliverleigh9854 DUDE it's happening at the local grandfondo

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Ah cleaning out those lactics....I knew it...I knew Poggy had a secret weapon...😅😅😅😅😅

[@S9999Frank]

As ubeatable as Pogi seems, he has shown weekness vs the anchovy in the last two tours. And whatever super recovery he has, it did not work in the TT where he almost lost two minutes, and the next day where he was absolutely crushed in the mountains. Still crossing fingers for him vs. the Dane, as I prefer cheerful Pogi vs. fishface Dane 🙂

[@milhouse53]

Pogi did crack in multiple stages in back to back Tours. What happened to his doping then? When anchovy beat him by minutes on ITT on a TT bike up the mountain? Perhaps Pogi needs to raid Vi gegaard's bathroom cabinet?

[@jordanlefebvre7410]

This comment is so underrated 😂😂

[@drewbuffington]

I mean… who said doping makes you bonk proof? All the EPO in the world doesn’t replace muscle glycogen.

[@drouleau]

Yeah but they have different riding styles....Pogi attacks like a madman, Jonas usually just rides at a given tempo - so it's easier for Pogi to crack himself when he does that over a 3 week period

[@alwaysglamorous8941]

Bad blood bag

[@S9999Frank]

@@alwaysglamorous8941 In the old days, this would have been the obvious comment, when one guy suddenly underperforms over two days. But remember though, he was second in the TT, not 20th. It seemed like Vingegaard was flying in every sense on that TT, even riding better downhill than everybody else as well. Bad blood bag would lead to DNF. But certainly his magic recovery did not work after going deep in that TT.

[@BroosDager]

Tickle the algorithm for the most entertaining cycling commentator around!

[@drouleau]

"He's the only rider on the planet who doesn't suffer from the passage of time and multiple days in a stage race" LOL Oh, and they said the same thing about Lance 25 years ago - that he produced less lactate and cleared it faster than anyone else.

[@cyclinghighlights]

That was true. But Just because then Ferrari was obsessed with that whenever other doctors not. So Lance could control better his efforts. He was the 2nd robot cyclist after Indurain

[@chinaskibukowski7747]

I remember that, they also said Lance had a bigger heart and larger lung capacity. Feels like the Alien is getting the same protection.

[@5508Vanderdekken]

this is so stupid - he WAS able to produce less lactate and clear it faster BECAUSE of the special sauce. wtf do you think it's for

[@simonsaville9962]

The opening few words almost sound like an AI faked Rob Hatch! Yes, TDF 2024 is going to be epic and ridiculous in equal measure, proper entertainment. Awesome video, as always. TA

[@heavymetal6910]

I think POG is great for cycling, I couldnt care less if he is doped to the gills or clean as a whistle. TBH the doped 90s cycling was entertaining in the way the cleaner era is a snoozefeast.

[@oli4572]

I really started liking anecdotal evidence since the beginning of the pandemic. It is obviously worthless by any mean, but nice comedy, better then from a real clown or comedian.

[@jazbec]

Ok... first of all.. I am not saying that anyone is Clean or Otherwise ok... I have my doubts like everyone else, but I just wanna tell that the recovery phenom explanation was talked about Pogi for ever here in Slovenia, since he was a little kid

[@rog69min]

"suffering like a mule on a plow" that must be the best description ever for a cyclist of any level, trying to keep up with someone of higher level ahahahhahahahah Even for aliens like Poggi and Jonas

[@savagepro9060]

Cycling Highlights: “Why Pogacar is the CLEANEST Cyclist on the Planet” Answer: Rider’s Bleach & Detergent

[@davoforrest5]

If your in the know lay out your evidence. What exactly is Pog using and when. Come on your the one making the claim , prove it. PROVE IT❤

[@katiebee266]

Clean? 😂😂😂😂😂that's so so funny

[@KevinDurbin]

I seem to remember explanations of LA's "ability" being that his heart pumped blood at a higher rate or something. Whatever it was, it sort of seemed to make a little bit of sense, but then within 2 years of that, it all fell apart. Poggy's "excuse" if you want to call it that, is that he "recovers better" than everyone else. I find that less believable, even though he is very young still. Honestly, I have had some beers after riding and other exercises and it felt refreshing, so I believe that. Bottom line: I believe Poggy is better than all of the rest because he is DRIVEN and can push past the rest, and yes, watching the Giro 2024, I think he has gotten better

[@D34DH34D4LYF]

This lactate claim is testable. You can sequence an entire genome for under $1000 and blood lactate measurements are done millions of times a day in hospitals around the world.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

He'd need to be a huge outlier amongst outliers for the benefits to make him what he is. It's a lot like the BS about Robert Forstemman's myostatin deficiency. Mostly everyone at the top level(even those struggling to meet the time cut) are outliers for many measurable biological markers. But they definitely all dope on top of that😂

[@D34DH34D4LYF]

Agreed. I measure drugs and biomarkers for a living and have done genome wide association studies for genes linked to metabolism. The anchovy and Pog's performances give off a distinct odor

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@D34DH34D4LYF definitely not my field. A bio major that worked in pathology before focusing on my more human, lower level sports career. But guys like Pogi and Jonas are just too good to simply be legitimate freaks of nature. A lot of people also don't understand that there are people that are hyper responders to certain PEDs. So much so to the point that ok cat 4s have become cat 1 national champions without a US Postal Service level team helping them. Cycling benefits from the image of puny men. These guys dope just as much as many bodybuilders do. They simply don't give off the same obvious visual markers.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

@@veganpotterthevegan the evolutionary advantage is huge , enough to dominate lesser lactate mortals

[@D34DH34D4LYF]

@@veganpotterthevegan I think you've got this dialed in. IMO you're exactly right. All I can think of is the documentary talking about how Lance DopeStrong was a physiological freak he was just a pincushion on a bike. Interesting outliers do exist however. Google the Finnish Unicorn Eero Mantyranta.

[@TheBridgee100]

These videos always make me laugh. Love the information in conjunction to the sarcasm. I reckon that the peleton is practically all on drugs. It is just teams like UAE & Visma a lot of money and have the best pharmacists. But heck even knowing this, cycling is still a grand spectacle. I feel for the cyclist in their health in later years. When there is so much sponsorship and money involved there is so much pressure on these young impressionable athletes. I think that they are used and abused. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what they do. I just think the blame doesn't go high enough. The UCI clearly knows the extent of the drugs; but brings out an occasional scape goat to calm and distract the masses. I get tired after a week of commuting, let alone a grand tour.

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Exactly! Love racing, be skeptical, understand it's a $$$ thing. Laugh at ghese videos, know they're all doped! AND STOP BEING FANBOYS!!!!!. stop claiming "my guys clean, it's the others doping " or "this is the best team ever" crap. Enough with the ass-kissing!

[@deanwaring6100]

Clean as mud 😂😂😂

[@rolandcolavizza5368]

suffering like a mule on a plow LMAO

[@stevemt3238]

UAE is currently the best team, so that must also mean the most tested team. They have got to be the cleanest team ever.

[@alwaysglamorous8941]

Mmmhmmm 😊

[@dickieblench5001]

Saunier Duval has quite a resume😂

[@georgiaoldbiker]

I remember Tyler Hamilton saying Lance was given something the rest of the team didn't get. Is it possible there is a drug that has huge benefits but is not on any testing being conducted. We can only go by racing before the super drugs and methods were around. Nobody performs this far above everybody else. So yes he and Jonas are on super drugs.

[@englishteacherdon]

That's exactly what is happening. The only question is how long will we have to wait to find out the truth.

[@papalegba6796]

They're riding ebikes it's blatant 😂

[@alwaysglamorous8941]

It’s being covered up it will never come out follow the money 💰

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

They have there own personal doctors

[@kennykaniff]

Yes that is 110% what I believe. The amount of money these teams are willing to pay to have the best drs and science and pharmaceuticals is off the charts. I truly believe they have a substance that is yet to be detected by the testing system!! Probably a combination of substances not yet detectable! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@mightbeanybody]

Cyclists are getting faster, some of the reasons aside from tech. Well-known is Maurten Bi-carb to reduce lactic acid/hydrogen ions. We all know about the increased amount of carbs/hour that can be consumed. We also all know about altitude training and hypoxic tents/chambers/hotels. Then there are the improved training methods e.g. the Norwegian system. Less known is the use of Tapentadol, especially by pro cyclists, a WADA legal and a powerful opioid painkiller. Also less known is the use of hyperbaric chambers, 95%+ O2 at 1.5 to 2.0 ATM. Elites are using these esp. for recovery (as you note Pogacar uses one as do I right now). Then there are legal 50ml non-intravenous NAD injections that boost stamina. Not well understood is the consumption of fibre which the gut ferments to create SCFAs of which butyrate can provide 10% more energy. Similarly the positive effects of an abundance of Firmicutes in the gut esp. the genus Odoribacter which create butyrate and energy as above. I can provide a long list of supplements that boost mitochondria.

[@SurfingPunter]

Must admit after watching Unchained, I notice Pog is very different to every rider. Which had me thinking, how, how is it even possible

[@davess61]

Alien genetics 😁

[@kennykaniff]

Dammit!! You exposed the secret! Did you really have to spell out the competition to the people with 110% intelligence that didn't listen to the instructions the first 15 times. I thought you'd leave it as it is and do things the old fashioned way and make people PAY ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS like we used to do "back in the day"😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@stuartmclean3843]

Having a quireboy face like poggy and a face of a fish like Jonas means that your cnt possibly be doping, nice guys dnt dope, do they? 😊

[@drewbuffington]

When I win that Van Rysel I’m gunna Pogi every KOM in this stinkin town.

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

Also clean?

[@Deathbybono73]

lol. I might just turn on Strava and drive around town in the car destroying KOM's and segments.. can you do that? 😆

[@PlusMinus84]

True, when he was 15 he did tests in AdriaLab, they said that he have 80% better regeneration than normal cyclists...

[@huibgeertsema6195]

Yeah of course, there is always a something that's make the winner uniq. Marginal gains, a battle against cancer and so on. Pogi is dopen from morning till evening.

[@BandMtrippin]

these athletes doped or not exert so much effort regardless of the consequences. The heart can only take so much. Sagan for example is having heart issues they are like horses in a track...

[@andreaborgonovo3185]

is he not identical to a fresh fish you can buy at the market? awesome line 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤❤❤

[@cooldude.1811]

"There is no secret ingredient."

[@GansHanders]

Seems like Cycling Highlights is on Fentanyl.

[@englishteacherdon]

GCN is falling into the same trap that Phili Liggett did with Lance Armstrong. They are going to have to explain how they missed all these obvious warning flags with the top 4 or 5 cyclist. Pogacar is obviously extra-terrestrial after Stade Bianche.

[@drewbuffington]

Or perhaps after the Lance thing the orgs realized that catching the dopers wasn’t as profitable as having them 🤔

[@englishteacherdon]

@@drewbuffington You might be very close to the truth.

[@hugopiteira405]

@@drewbuffington Of course, that way everyone wins, even the audience watching this freak show. More to come in a week.

[@joshuabernal7099]

Sure

[@Gonzo4Ever]

Epo , plasma and blood.

[@FastRider69]

he is so dope

[@drewbuffington]

Whoa whoa whoaaaaa relax over there Betsy.

[@General1Cal]

He is doing that new thing where they dump a bunch of oxygen into a horse then transfuse it lol.

[@woffelled]

Horse

[@tannmaythecoder4089]

its all a game in the head and pogi knows it!!!

[@drewbuffington]

“Not I” lol that made me lul

[@katiebee266]

So how come he gets blown away at the tour

[@JamesAllenSciberas]

I'd like to know his blood type?

[@davess61]

Poggy is as clean as a whistle 💉💉

[@latrapp4641]

Designer peptides???🤷🏻‍♀️

[@747driver3]

Hot pockets. Lots of them.

[@stevec6232]

Pog is the dude...

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

All the top teams are training at clinics with hypoxic chamber treatments, they barely even train on the mountains anymore. UCI still has not banned this "mechanical" doping that increases your hematocrit levels very rapidly.

[@bryanoliver1900]

Such clickbait

[@johnbienaszii7729]

What's his hemo after those chambers

[@kennykaniff]

TVL JUST released their "limited edition TDF jersey" only 20 mins ago. Has anyone seen it yet? Personally i think its 110% sh1t!! 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@peregrintokes2919]

Well according to his training data ( 1.11 I'm the video ) , he achieved a max speed during training of 1,102.6 kmh - that's quite impressive !

[@CatenaccioBoom]

what out of space genetics has vingegaard then? the only thing he is better than pogi is that he seems to recover every day the same and pogi always cracked at one point when he got pushed daily. i guess the dane is a cyborg

[@tepoztlan-osbornemusic6658]

Vingegaard beat him by almost eight minutes last year. Poachar craked big time in the third week. Pogachar doesnt impress me thsat much that hes going to win two grand tours in a row.

[@christopherstout2586]

Yeah hemo raging at 60+ like Riis

[@S9999Frank]

"Hematocrit is the percentage of your blood that is composed of “solids.” UCI rules are that hematocrit must be 47% or under for women and 50% or under for men."

[@Ian-Saxon]

Can we have an episode about Sean “turd and fatigued” Kelly please?

[@siedmy]

I get it, considering that there are some dopers in peloton, he is still better and cleaner, all of the time.

[@cvasirocket1401]

No way The Plonker broke into Area51 to steal non existent alien dope.

[@trevorcreighton3424]

15 thousand views??!!! Deserves 15 million. Pure genius.

[@oscar-bc8dy]

Show us the DNA!!

[@cyclinghighlights]

The alien DNA?

[@daveyboy6210]

A better balance and you sound excited about the tour fe france . Nice work

[@tweed0929]

He's so clean, even paint stripper can't touch him.

[@BernardTassart]

Keep it real with a great sense of humor...thanks 😅

[@alannohlgren]

It's good to hear you not being totally cynical about doping in the sport of cycling, for the first time I can recall from your commentaries. It sounds as if you actually believe that Poj has something that sets him apart from the others. I certainly hope it's true. Whereas I respect the great Dane absolutely, he doesn't pull on my heartstrings the way Tadej does. I just love Tadej's riding & his fresh style, & hope he finishes the Tour clean & victorious.

[@TheLemon333]

The sarcasm and hyperbole are off the charts in this one.

[@aarthoor]

I can't tell if you're joking.

[@Kvs-vf9nt]

@@aarthoor Me neither.🤣 It's becoming a very thin line on yt if you can actually tell they're joking are not. I guess he is sarcastic but that's my opinion.

[@kennykaniff]

Pretty sure this comment is as serious as it gets😂 🤘🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Scrap-press]

Pogi is so clean you can't find anything on him

[@lesflynn4455]

Ah hubris. Chickens - home - roost.

[@chriscummings7767]

Singularly cynical commentary

[@Nyarlathoth]

There are only two options: They are all doped or all except the strongest of all. But until they are cought it is all speculation.

[@cyclinghighlights]

That never happened in history Neither all were doped Neither all dopers had the same treatment