The UNBELIEVABLE Rise of Tadej Pogačar
In this video, we take a deep dive into the incredible rise of Tadej Pogačar, the Slovenian cyclist who achieved the impossible in 2020, becoming the youngest champion in Tour de France history. Alongside Pogačar, we'll also look at other top riders like Primoz Roglic, Egan Bernal, and Jonas Vingegaard, who challenged him at the Tour de France.
We explore Pogačar's journey from a promising young talent to a dominant force in professional cycling, including his impressive performances at the Tour de France, his unexpected win at the 2020 edition, and his impressive comeback in the final time trial.
You'll learn about the challenges he faced along the way, including injuries and setbacks, and how he overcame them with sheer determination and hard work. We'll also look at the other riders who pushed him to the limit, including Primoz Roglic, the pre-race favorite who held the yellow jersey for much of the race, Egan Bernal, the defending champion, and Jonas Vingegaard, the young Danish rider who emerged as a dark horse in the competition.
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Tadesh Pogacar.....who si Tadesh Pogacar !!!!! Next time get a job right and learn his name right to pronounce !!!!
pathetic
Very true
Great video - Thank you very much, please kindly consider learning how to pronounce the rider's names correctly.
dude from the thumbnail doesnt even look like tadej
THANK YOU what I came to say: Whats up with the BS thumbnail?
His AI clone?
Midjourner
Matej mohoric
Some could say he looks better, but no it doesn’t look like him at all.
One of our former pros said when he was a junior, he raced at a local race with kids a year or two older. In that race they told the coaches why the poor kid is racing them since he was all alone on the course. They were told he was one lap ahead of everyone.
He wasn’t an amazing junior. Check his results. He became nearly unbeatable after he joined Gianetti’s UAE. Now why would that be?
Last time a GC guy starting beating TT guys (Pog beating Kung) was when Armstrong suddenly starting beating the likes of Boardman… If something is too good to be true it usually is.
@@GuntherL1 I don´t know which statistics you checked, but he joined UAE in 2019, before he was racing for Slovenian teams and was usually in top 5, winning Tour de l'Avenir for example...
@@silspok He was U23 at that time and I never said he wasn't talented. Usually in top 5? Not as a U-23 rider. In his first U23 year he got zero victories. In his second year it was a bit better, but not great. Have you looked at his junior results? Not amazing either and his time trials were mediocre at best. Something happened when he joined UAE and what's happening to Ayuso looks very similar.
@@GuntherL1 well money does the trick (UAE have plenty), they use the best training and diagnostic methods, altitude simulator to legaly replace EPO with similar or even better results, at the same time, how long will these riders last at such level is questionable, I would not be surprised if he's spent before 27 (time will tell)
pogacar feeling ill or was not in great shape in the tdf 2022 is absolutely bullshit cmon. He just had to fight against a whole team of amazing riders basiclly alone, except for a couple of stages.
Yeah he still did inhuman power numbers that wouldn’t be possible with illness
@@howdyl6456 His numbers weren't that good in 2022, Vingegaard was way superior than Pogacar ever was even in his winning years. Pogacar did his best performances in the 2020 Tour.
@@leomarim5558 He cracked like twice in the tdf 22 while he had to do whole stages on his own without a team. What did you expect that he was gonna do inhuman numbers. And in 2020 the only thing that he did really crazy was the time trial.
@@svenh1836 In 2020 he destroyed the Peyresourde record from 2003 by 40 seconds, Puy Mary record was also shattered by him and Roglic, Grand Colombier they did huge numbers too, Col de Marie-Blanque record was also broken on stage 9 that Pog won and even on Col de la Loze when he was dropped the power numbers were insane for such a long climb. You should take a look, he was more alone in the 2020 Tour than last year and still managed to win.
@@leomarim5558 with roglic like said and not to forget with lopez. So not inhuman but indeed good watts.
Pogacar was the SECOND youngest rider to ever win the Tour. And the fact, he won those three jerseys was only because the young rider one didn't exist yet in 1969, when Eddy Merckx brought home the general, points and mountains classifications and would've won the young riders one as well, had it existed. So while technically correct, it requires annotation. That being said, Pogacar is a cyclist like we only see once every 50 years or so. What an absolute beast. I love everything about him, not just how good he is but his style, his demeanor, how he behaves on and off the bike. Massive fan here.
...see only in 50 years? Wasn't yesterday that we saw Peter the Great!...
Great video. One thing you could have also mentioned is that he also won LBL in 2021.
Thank you Luka, that was an awesome win.
@@TrueSportsLore And Olimpic medal :-)
Pogi has won everything from Flanders to the TDF
Well, not everything. There's still a lot to win. TdF is only one major tour, albeit the biggest, and the oldest one. There's still Giro and Vuelta. Not to mention two monuments, and perhaps world championships? But, he's young there's plenty of time for him to at least give it all a go.
Thats right, very suspicious 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈
Very good video overall (though I missed LBL 2021, among some other great achievements). BUT what made me post this comment is that I can't believe there's no mention nor images of the epic attack at the Col de Romme with more than 30 km to go in the stage 8 of the 2021 TdF 😮😮 Pog put on a brutal performance that day, destroying the whole TdF like we hadn't seen in many, many years. That was the moment of truth when he established himself as a historical Tour de France capo. In my opinion, his 3rd best exhibition, only behind La Planche 2020 and Flanders 2023.
His name is Tadej. The last letter "j" is pronounce simply like "y" in the english word yesterday. It is not "sh" in the english word shout. Crazy is also Van der Poel's pronunciation of his surname Pogačar. The letter "č" sounds like "ch" in word check. But Van der Poel says his "č" like "k" in the word "key".
he's just ignorant tbh, he included highlights with commentators pronouncing it correctly xd
I am always surprised how comentators are unable to pronounce smbd's name. Do your homework FFS. It is not that hard. Imagine us (Slovenians), pronouncing English names as they are written for us. We would be considered ignorant and IDKW. Šon Keli had problems with Pogakar and Roglik for x amount of time. It was unbarable and unprofessional
I can normally take a lot and many people massacre my own name but I find this one a but much. Also, I heard many call him and this is the first time someone decides to pronounce it this way.
@@HudoHudHudec "Šon Keli" I see what you did there! Gremo Slovenci! ;)
@@escapedfromnewyork he's been the best at every level he's ever competed lmfao, it's not like he just got on some Tren and suddenly became good. There is nothing indicating that he's doping
Tadej has won four monuments, with Lombardia twice. He now has three of five from the monuments collection.
I honestly don't see him winning the Paris-Roubaix. De Ronde Van Vlaanderen suits him better because there are short and steep hills where his lighter physique played a role in him dropping Wout and Mathieu, but, there are no such climbs in the Paris-Roubaix. It'll be a much much harder affair, and, according to his words from after the RvV, he's not taking start this year. Milano-San Remo is even harder for him to win. But, maybe, later in his career he will bulk up and target these two races specifically. At the moment, I think his primary goal is still TdF.
@@nowave7 He can certainly win Roubaix, he has raced very well on the stones during the TdF. MSR is another story, that is race that just does not suit him.
can you please name the four monuments he won?
Remember when i was racing tadej in slovenian NC he is just on another planet so strong
vinegaard had also a really good team that tdf with wout van aert and promiz roglic that mabey was also part of the reason why he won that that tdf. but doesnt take away he is rlly strong rider.
His name is Tadej, TA-DAY, not TA-DESH. Really?!
Sorry!
i saw this video in my recoomed, clicked on it. And efter 3 minnutes i subribed. 👍 Fantastic work!
Thank you very much!
No problem. It's very deserved!👍
Pogi may end up as the GOAT of cycling by the end of this decade imo. He seems to have all the qualities of a sprinter, climber, endurance and most important of all, he is willing to take the risks to win, like he passed Adam Yates near the top of the Col de colombiere by dropping to a harder gear on the last1km of the climb to pass Yates during TdF 2022
@@escapedfromnewyork Merckx was a great champion, but a doped up guy. In that regard Tadej is definitely the new Merckx
@@ericvosselmans5657 and yoou truly believe it is any different right now? Pumping up 7.0 watts per kg efforts for 30 minutes like nothing? After Lance Armstrong disaster they just hide with it better.
@@escapedfromnewyork Can you even read dude? I lierally wrote that I suspect Pogacar is using doping when I wrote that 'Tadej is definetely the new Merckx" , because Merckx used heavy doping his entire career. Do you have any idea what the guys back in the 70's took for doping??? Anyway again: of course Pogacar is using doping. If he plays nice guy his career, , unlike Armstrong, he gets to keep his trophies as well.
He is amazing ,anyway , he have lost the tour 2 year now , maybe next year
GOAT? LOL! Deluded. He is not even the best climber of the current generation.
The 2022 TdF! My days what a showdown! one for the history books! To see the race live and watching the counter turn red was something surreal. It's not that Primoz Roglic did a bad time trial. He was suberb! He did an excellent nearly flawless route but Poga, how do I say this.. he did a mircale, he did the neigh impossible time trial! I was stunned, dumbstuck.. jaw on the floor. I love TjV but poga, golly wholly.. what a machine.. almost inhuman. Tour de France 22 was for the ages!! Looking for to this year's Tour! Cheers everyone!!
And it seems like he’s genuinely having fun!
Awesome video, thank you! Small note, afaik his name is pronounced more like "tah-day", not "tahdesh".
You're right. Tadej's rise has been completely unbelievable; just like many others.
I agree completely. This will be fun to watch. But not a fun fun.
Wow very nice video about him i waiting for more 😊
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I think he will certainly win LBL again this season on the way to another TDF victory. Last years tour was a blip, it will be business as usual this year. He looks to have stepped up to an even higher level this year.
Crazy how Pogacar was unstoppable one and a half year ago, and now he is 7 min behind. Pogacar hasn't dropped, it's just Vingegaard being outstanding.
one time 2nd ind the tdf and it's already a big topic: is he finished? he had a though time with missing teammates
The win of Tour of California should be mentioned
Thanks 🙏🏼
top shelf production,
Thank you!
UAE was not much help for Pogacar in the TDF. It was Jumbo vs Pogacar
In 2023 it was UAE vs Vingegaard. King Vingegaard won.
Nice video
Thank you!
Great video! but don't forget team tactics play a big role in races.
Yeah some teams have really great chemistry
I hate the false narrativization of Tour 2020. Nobody thought or believed that Pogačar was a favourite, nevermind that he was going to win it, literally until he took the GC lead. Yet the video would have us believe this has been an epic battle between Roglič and Pogačar from the start, when it wasn't. Also forgets to mention that Tour of Slovenia is not on the level of WT 1 week races. Sure, he won, and as a Slovenian it was great seeing him race the home roads, but the competition were goddamn kids in comparison. And he also made it clear he's not doing Paris-Roubaix this year. Pretty terrible to leave that out.
Well nobody thought that he would win but it became very clear in 2020 thet he will be the future. Pogacar lost 1.28 early on on stage 7 due to being inexperienced and getting cought in a crosswind losing the main peloton. Yet on the last Stage he was only 57 Seconds behind Roglic . So from Stage 7 to Stage 19 he chopped off 31 Seconds of Roglic and everyone else in the Mountain stages and nobody let him go.... You dont let someone who is 1.28 away from first place go away on the Mountains (You let people go who are 7 minutes down.... not 1.28). It was simply that even with Team effort Jumbo could not prevent him from chopping off seconds on the bigger mountain stages. So it was pretty clear that Pogacar was indeed the strongest rider in 2020 to anyone who had followed the TDF 2020. It was just that nobody though he would win 57 seconds in the TT. I thought he would maybe be 10-15 seconds faster than Roglic since he won the National TT vs Roglic before and it was clear he was a bit faster than roglic in TT.
@@lordad He didn‘t loose time due to inexperience. He had a mechanical at the start of the crosswind section if I remember it correctly. 😅
Just some Feedback: 1) You skipped over the part when he won Volta ao algarve when the actual team leader was still Fabio Aru. But when Aru showed weakness Tadej was allowed to go for his own result 2) His first name is not pronounced *Tadesh* but rather *Tadey* (ending like "hey"). 3) He didnt lose Itzulia Basque Country in 2021 because of weekness but because his teammate Brandon McNulty had been in the leaders jersey after the time trial and Tadej worked for him instead of instantly chasing after Roglic when he attacked. 4) Your explanations for why Tadej lost the Tour 2022 are unsatisfying and not correct (except for the third one but that isnt really an explanation because you basically said "Jonas won because he was better"). Real explanations for him losing the Tour are: - He struggles in hot weather conditions (The tour was exeptionally hot with temperatures of 35-40°C) - He struggles at high altitude (as seen on Col du Granon and also Col de la Loze in 2020) - He isnt as good on very long steep climbs as Vingegaard (as seen on Col du Granon and Hautacam and also seen on Col de la Loze in 2020) - His team was much weaker compared to Jumbo Visma who could just send satellite riders in break aways (like Laporte and Wout van Aert on stage 11) and also had Roglic as a second GC threat that Pogacar had to take serious on stage 11 - Tactical mistakes on stage 11 where he spent too much on Galibier - Maybe also nutrition issues where couldnt eat and drink correctly because he was isolated from his team car and team mates between Galibier and Granon - After being behind he always had to be on the attack with Jonas just sitting in the wheel so he struggled in the final stages because he had to do higher efforts compared to Jonas
Roglic?
@@bigromelu8727 what about him?
The Tour of Basque Country can hardly be considered a true blip. He had been riding as domestique to McNulty who was leading the race, probably as some payback and pay forward for a domestique whose services he would require at other times, but then had to chase from a losing position when McNulty cracked and he had to go after a podium result himself. His 3rd here can not be strictly viewed as being beaten by other riders as he was not racing for his personal victory, but was only high up as a result of being Tadej while riding for another. In the same vein, would you decry Mørkøv not winning a sprint when he drives on the front to lead out his Quickstep teammate, but often still gets top ten... then gets asked to go for the sprint himself when his sprinter gets disconnected or punctures in the run for the finish and then team has to salvage an option for a result? Think of Basque Country in a similar vein where Tadej was sacrificing his chances to win, working for another, but then had to change plans and recover something from a compromised position when McNulty cracked.
good video
Thank you!
TDF 22 wasnt the first time. He cracked at Mount Ventoux in 21. Only downhill finish within a group saved him from further trouble.
I cant remember what tour de france it was all i know is that it was between 2020 and 2022 - on one of the stages pogacar got dropped by everyone including the pelaton and it looked like he was gling to give up and then he suddenely just switched on and managed to come from the back of the pelaton all the way to the leading group of the race, passing all the gc riders as if it was nothing. It was magical and hilarious to see the gc riders faces as they steuggles up the hill and watched helplessly as pogacar easily passed and dropped them as if it was nothing at all. If anyone knows which tour it was or has a video of it i would really appreciate it if you could let me know as this is probably one of my favourite cycljng moments of all time
Hard work, passion, and EPO
EPO your mom
@@EU_resident he's probably a typical Vingegaard fan.
1:03 Legends? Egan Bernal and Nara Quintana are doping heroes. Welcome to THAT club. When a rise is unbeliveable, doping is just around the corner. They all do it.
So incredible that one guy can win grand tours and also classics like Flangers
Flangers 😌 my favourite race after Stereo Berlingo
Some things you are saying in the video makes me think you never watch any cycling races. This feels like my mom is reading a Wikipedia page.
I really tried to find some likeness in the thumbnail image, but it really looks nothing like him
Tornado Tadej is a phenomenal call from that commentator lol
Is he clean? How many random tests per year?
Bro what the hell is this thumbnail
Tbh if TDF was in juli in 2020 then Roglic would probably had won because he would have a bigger gap going into the TT. Tadej doesnt perform well under hot conditions as seen in 2021, 2022 and this year
Just a quick note, its not pronounced Tade(zh) or (sh) but the 'J' is said like Y in yo or yolk or yawn for example.
You forgot his win in La Doyenne
We're planning on doing follow up videos about his monument hunting. This was more focused around his Tour de France dominance. Did you enjoy the video otherwise?
@@TrueSportsLore Yess. I was just wondering why you skipped it
Ta-Dash is really fast.
what is that thumbnail ?! lol!!
Really good video But the pronunciation of the names..
A nice overview with a couple of missing highlights - such as a gentelmen's handshake after his fall and Vingegaard's pause for him. But come on - haven't you learned how to say his name?! It's Tadey or Tadei - you can hear it numerous times everyday on TV when he's racing!
9:18 the reason why jonas vingegaard drop tadej pogačar 1 minute is because they attack him 1,2 on the climb until he ran out of gas later in the race. not because he was weaker than jonas or jonas stronger than him, i think they are on par he was just beaten by teamwork in that race. tadej pogačar raced that race like a solo rider without teammate infront while jonas had plenty help but kuddos to jonas he is a strong cyclist. pogačar will win that gc if they havent done that 1,2 attack
Then why was he also dropped on Mont Vent Toux?
Why did he lose in 2023?
Great rider and i hope he is not a second Lance Armstrong.
He is, but the question is whether or not he will ever be 'caught' like Armstrong
@@OxygeneAirTime Yes, but if he behaves like a nice guy until he gets caught, he can keep the titles he won.
Why do the thumbnail drawings look nothing like the riders?
AI
The thumbnail pictures on these videos never look anything like the actual rider in the video
Who is Taddetsch?
what are these thumbnails?
Who's picture is this? This is not Tadej...so weird.
🏋️🏋️🏋️💯💫
Roglic sort of got the karma back by taking the gc lead in the Giro this year
You make video of pogacar and start video by mispronouncing Pogacar. Wow
No mistakes will be made this 2023 tdf tadej will once dominate little jonas
He also won Tour of California🫡
Pogacar isn't down to ride this weekends Paris - Roubaix
Ow guys comon, pogacar alreddy 4 years a big star in cycling!
unbelievable rise usually means believable means, esp when the team is built off the backs of proven shady characters
Sad but true. He is the new Armstrong in all regards.
This is he's era.
lol ...that's when vinge need to retire early??? hahahha
Will he return to out race Vingegard.... All eyes will be watching.
no turning back.. that danish is an alien
I liked the word, "However" was sneaked in the commentary.
This guy is so far looking like one of the best of all time. He's special. He ca do it all, TT, mountains, classics. Very few cyclists have had that all-round skillset.
Best doping - how naive can you be?
@@srenpetersen1681 probably most of them are doped...and yes sadly we have seen so many dominant performances (armstrong etc. Always oficially "clean") so its hard to believe, but we can only enjoy watching them...the time will tell
I cringe every time they mispronounce his name. He is not Tadež
Yes, it sounds awful.
Sorry!
@@TrueSportsLore Try “tadey”, much better…
i don't think he will win roubaix! he was and has shown again that he is by far the strongest when it comes to endurance and hills but not close to explosive enough to attack on a flat race or wint in a group sprint! and also there will be a lot more opponents then only Wout and Mathieu, also Kristof ,Degenkolb,... and even some names you nearly never hear of can win there
And Pogacar is not actualy the best when it comes to technical courses and Paris-Roubiax is very technical.
It's going to be a scream when it all comes out, the Truth!
@@rik_v4285 No you misunderstood, i don't give a flying fuck either way!
make that 10 wins in 23 already ;D
my man straight did a vid about the dude and not once checked how to fucking pronounce the name its Tah-Day
Pogiboy has almost completed cycling for 80% i can say
Is no one asking questions ? I think you should. I remember the miracle called Armstrong.
One comment. If you see J in names that are from any slavic speaking countries don't pronounce it like in english. Slavic J is like Y in word Yes.
Thank you Jernej, sorry for the mistake!
Robot voice over?
Hi Ivan, it's kind you think my voice over is a robot, however I'm very much human!
@@TrueSportsLore lol, sorry 😅. I thought it sounded quite normal first but then “Tad edge” moment happened… The last name actually sounded very well (some experts and voice engines still say “POgaKar” :)).
Good video overall, but check some of your facts please. Tadej is not the youngest winner of TDF.
7 years from now, he's doped and noone could have wondered.................................
Never heard the indian verison of his name before.. Tadesh!
Please do your Research on the ponounciation of the names. Its just disrespectful to say his Name wrong like 20 times. Not That Hard to Look it up before Recording in times of the Internet.
While technically correct, the achievement “becoming the first rider to win the yellow, polkadot and white jersey” isn’t truly unique from a competitive point of view. The white jersey was only implemented in 1975. Six years prior to that, Merckx participated in his first TdF and won. In addition, he won the green and polkadot jersey. As he was 24, he would have also won the white jersey had it existed. Insane achievement nevertheless and a good videi. Pogacar is already one of the best of all time and he is still only 24.
on the gas IMO....and yes i'm not a fan of his ok cause something just doesnt feel right.
Unbelievable is certainly correct and I don't men that in a good way. He just hasn't been caught.
J in Tadej should be pronnounced like Y :)
Thanks, we've learnt in the later videos!
good video, but i cringed every time you pronounced his name wrong, you put highlights in your own video where commentators pronounced it correctly, yet you pronounce it "tadež", why? xd
Got the wrong pronunciation stuck in my head. Apologies!
He doesn't ride Roubaix. Hopefully WvA, Ganna, MvdP etc will make it one to remember!
Performance Enhancing Drugs on display
Andy schleck please
Well this aged well😂
Lets hope is not a second „armstrong“..
The only man capable of winning Paris-Roubaix without actually appearing on startlist is Chuck Norris. Tadej said that perhaps, at the end of career, conditioned on previously having won MSR, he COULD try PR, but would have to gain a few kilos and strenghten his arms.
Not true I believe Chuck won on a stationary bike
@@keithmitchell8271 thank you for this, I lol’d on that one!
He said he wasn’t riding roubeaux
Performance enhancement drugs can do wonders. Too bad he has to cheat to win/gain success.
source: Lance Armstrong
People who say Jonas is doping but tadej rise is also very dodgy podium on first grand tour?
Maybe you should've researched first how to pronounce his name, since you said it so many times. It's not Tadic (ex Serbian president) how you say it, but rather Tadey (second part pronounced like word DAY)
Would have been a thumbs up, but you include references to the great pretender Armstrong 👎
2 slovenians at the top of the france in a country of 1600 riders. It's a miracle or ...
Tadesh, bro you make this sick video but yet you keep butchering his name lol It's Tadejjjjjjjjjjjj
Sorry! But thank you for the compliment
Please, he is not TadeŽžž, he is Tadej, J, j 😅