Tadej Pogačar Is About To Do A TRIPLE And MAKE HISTORY
Over the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of talk about quite a touchy subject in the cycling world, all across the internet, cycling magazines and in the comments on our videos. And especially after Tadej Pogačar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège, with nobody able to even closely match his power, the topic has now become so serious it must be covered in a video. And it’s of course the question whether Tadej Pogačar will go for the triple this season, and what the chances are of him winning all three grand tours this year. So that’s exactly what we’ll discuss in this video.
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Let him win the Giro first 😅
I dont think, that he can take easily tdf this year
Physically he can win them all but you have to not crash in all of them as well 😅
@@Eirikkinserdal also there not so much time for recovery between tours
@@domanura16just depends on how good Jonas will be. Except Jonas, I don‘t think anyone can stop him
@@jeremymajerus5341 I remember Jonas “performance” on vuelta after tdf. But will see, I can’t wait for giro start
Just winning the Giro is a massive task, even for Pogačar... Step by step gentlemen
Anything can happen
Exactly...but not only for TP but for anyone.... anything can happen...
Not if he brings an A team, they will help him breeze thru the Giro, he won’t have to really be on the attack all the time, the. He’ll get to the TDF fresh, personally I would do the Giro, Tour and Olympic gold in the same year, that’s never been done either, and a little more realistic
Agree. Wrong to assume Giro is some kind of warmup. It's freaking cold & tough tour, as tough as TDF.
@@birdofprey108 cold condition is his bestfriend
I think the biggest limeting factor is still Jonas Vingegaard. By that I mean the following: If he isnt ready to compete in the Tour, then I think Visma will give Kuss the chance, and let Jonas go for hte Vuelta. Its still uncertain if Jonas will be ready for the Tour, but I think its out of the question that Tadej can compete with Jonas for the Vuelta, after riding two GCs already.
I had this thought as well, if Jonas sits out the tour and instead rests and then tries to peak for the Vuelta, then Pog may as well not bother with a potential triple run. What ever happens, it sure has been an interesting year so far.
I agree but Jonas could crash in the vuelta or get sick. There’s always a chance with riders like tadej and Jonas.
EXACTLY!!!! THIS WAS MY COMMENT . . . I do have one thing to add to this. Lets just say Pogi gives it a shot at La Vuelta . . . Jonas is MOST LIKELY going to miss TDF this season so he MAY just try his luck at La Vuelta. Why not!! Jonas debuted at 2020 La Vuelta but rode for Roglic so what's stopping Jonas from trying La Vuelta this season? Sepp won it last season so why not keep the jersey within the team and give Jonas a shot since he's probably going to miss TDF. It would also be a HUGE spanner in the works for Pogi getting ALL 3 in ONE season!! I wouldn't put it past Visma to try and stop Pogi from doing what no other rider has ever done. I know Pogi and Jonas are good friends but UAE and VISMA are the 2 juggernauts in the sport so I could see VISMA stopping Pogis chances at all 3 🤔🤔🤔 🤘🏻🏴
He's about to paint his masterpiece
He is a different guy and also still young. I like the approach of a step by step.
Sepp Kuss rode every grand tour last year, and he was 12th, 14th and 1st If hecan do it, and almost be in the top10 every tour, Pogacar has the ability to go for the W
13 minutes down on the giro and 37 on the tour, far from the same as going for 1st on all 3.
@@miyanohm True but when you're riding as a domestique you can "relax" in the TT, fall back on certain climbs, it's not like he was going for a podium in the Giro and Tour. But still riding all 3 in on year is already a hard enough thing, especially depending on the timing of when the grand tours may occur. Given how competitive Pogi is this year, and the fact that Jonas may be not on form, this is definitely setup for the triple. A lot will come down to Pogi's desire to ride the Olympics and Worlds. As the video commentator said though, getting the triple is something never done before, and I think would be worth passing on Olympics or Worlds as it could help him to a later potential greatest of all time label.
@@user-en9qd5nx8w But thats exactly the point. If he was not "relaxing" on the tt, or falling back in some climbs, he would have been further back on the tour, and would not have won the vuelta. Even their bodies can only take so much, and their fitness levels peak and then decrease.
go on, Tadej 👍
This will age badly
For me favorite for the Tour is Roglič.
I believe he could do it. Now the best way to fail in this endeavor is to think about the Vuelta before having even started the Giro.
Van Aert winning the giro? What!? Was he not supposed to be the main sprinter? Was his goal the pink jersey? Le what?!
Besides the ability to win them, you also need to be lucky: no heavy falls on the bike, and no illness. I’d love to see him do it though!
This is kind of a counting your chickens before they hatch situations, I have no doubt he could do it , but anything can happen , he could crash , pick up an injury it's alot of ifs.
You would need so many things to go your way. Firstly, no crashes or illnesses. That would tie into the fates all lining up for Pogacar, not being a victim of a bad peloton move. The tactics of team UAE getting every grand tour right, with his team being completely healthy is 50/50. All these things lining up is highly unlikely. So, no. I don’t see even him being able to pull off this historic achievement
Do I think Pogi COULD do it? Yes I do. Do I think he WILL do it? No, I don't. If Pogi is going to do it, he has to ride smart. He can't be trying to win every sprint stage, sprinting at the top of mountain top stage when it's not necessary, etc. He has to be smart and focused.. Dose his efforts during the Giro. He doesn't have to try to win it by 20 minutes, he just needs to win it. Save the legs for the Tour and then if they feel solid go for the Vuelta. I'm not sure that's Pogi's style though. I think if he's in a race, he feels he has to win, whether it's a sprint stage, a time trial, or a mountain stage. I think he'll have to be smarter than that to win all 3.
That's what worries me as well. He'll probably want to win 3-4 stages on the Giro but let's hope he remember to ride at 90% power
@@WesternUranus 3-4 stage wins for Pogacar even without 100% power is possible for him but I agree with you two that he has to race smarter than in previous years where he overpaced unneccessarily sometimes
The phrase "save the legs" it's not a thing now and never been. To win you have to go full gas, and be stronger than others that still go full gas but are just weaker. And, by the way, if tadej will be tired at the tour... it will be for everything but not for the sprints at the end of the stages
Yeah but that’s why we love him, isn’t it? He rides with his heart.
@@tonyg3091 - Very true. I have to admit Pogi is fun to watch.
i would go for it . over worlds and Olympics.
To be the G.O.A.T. he has to win both those and P.R. And his top 3 competitors are all not at 100% like he is. So I wouldn't call winning all 3 if he does a great feat. Until he wins all 3 with his top competitors at 100% he did nothing great.
I know, but you can turn that around and say, my top rivals are not here, instead of only take advantage and take it easy, I will make it harder for myself......Re the missing riders: that's bike riding.@@slayer6936 We are all disappointed though. In 30 years the headlines will not remember the details.
I like Tadej more than anyone in the peloton. He will probably win the G-T double, but come september and the Vuelta there will be Remco and Jonas in top form.
if he can win all 3 grand tours in a single season... It'll be nice to live through a historical moment like that
If there is a rider capable it’s Pogi, however it’s still extremely unlikely he will. The giro is basically his in my opinion, the tour is also a good prospect although he will definitely struggle due to the giro, and he will definitely be fatigued for the Vuelta. I’d give him a 75% chance for the giro, 30% for the tour, and 5-10% for the Vuelta.
why such a relative low percentage for the TDF ??? also considering most of his main rivals in the TDF, have either crashed, or are very doubtfull to have the required legs to be able to compete and win it, like Roglic. i would give Pog a 50-55% chance of winning this year's TDF.
@@michealissa1638 I’m saying 30 percent since we’ve never seen him race multiple grand tours in one season and that he will undoubtedly be fatigued by the giro. He’s a great athlete but he’s still human and he’ll be going up against rivals fresh off altitude camps in the tour.
Just let him have fun. If he wants to then sure support him as he tries his best, but just enjoy him riding. This similar hype is what caused Cavendish to have go through what he went through.
That's a harsh handwave of Roglic capabilities 😂
Lets just cross our fingers that no accidents occur and Pikachu completes the Giro. 9 weeks of grand tour racing without injury or ilness is a feat in itself. Winning or even going top 10 something else
9 weeks OMG 😮😮😮U
He has to learn to get ahead by a bit and then only defend, save energy. He can maybe get through the Giro with stage wins and a big gap but the body will rebel when he hits the tour. Chill and he could possibly do it.
Vingegaard will annihilate him as usual 👏🏼 In the Tour De France - Pogacar will only win if Vingegaard is still hurt from the crash at the Tour
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I would love to see Pogi go for it and get all three. While I think there's never been another Merckx, I think we'd have to go back to Lemond or Hinault to find another well rounded talented rider like Tadej.
He will !!!
I don't think in the tour, maybe but Vingergard still the obvious favorite to win
It's more than just having the form. To win you have to avoid bad luck. To win 3 times you have to avoid bad luck 3 times.
If Pogi wins the Giro and the Tour, I’ll be on the plane to Spain in August
Great footage Pogacar
His problem if he does do for the triple would be that jonas at the vuelta as he might not be able to go to the tour and then would go all in at the vuelta and pogi legs after 2 grand tours might be worse than jonases
I think you're right 😮😮
No pressure lol
Where is Nibali at this point ?😊
I don’t see any reason why he won’t win all 3 this year, unless Jonas recovers enough to take the Vuelta.
Not sure people know how fitness levels work.... first of all, it's prettty well documented that you can only carry your peak fitness for 2/3 months which is why riders schedule it so they can peak at specific times, making it possible to win two grand tours in succession - they fit in that time window. Second, a grand tour drains your body and takes a toll on your blood levels... which is why too big a rebound in levels after a rest day indicates more than just "rest". Thus at the end of a tour it takes a long time to restore your blood levels, doing that twice in one season has so far proved impossible (unless you peak at start of season and then again towards the end).
If there could be a chance to do it, this is the one. Let’s see
It’s too sweet just to imagine the possibility. Please don’t crash Tadej!!
If he does even the double, is there going to be an asterisk of sorts if the competition is absent or not at top levels after the crashes of rivals? Does it matter? Does cycling value Olympics and world titles over 3 Grand Tours? Really curious to see how it pans out.
It can be fun and exciting to speculate, but realistically speaking that feat may not even be humanly possible considering each race is only a month away from each other. I think he should just do what would makes him happy and go for me Giro-Tour double then try the Olympics
I’m scared what’s going to happen
This is so bonkers! There's 0 chance he does this. First, let him win the GIro, then let's talk about the Tour. people keep forgetting that Remco and Rog will be there. And if Jonas is there, even not at 100%, he's still a force to be reckoned with. It's quite possible that they'll all be evenly matched: Pog due to Giro, Jonas due to injury and Rog and Remco because they're a step below the other 2. Even if Pog takes the Tour, he has a much better shot at the Olympics, Worlds and Lombardia, which would make for the greatest season ever already. Doing the Vuelta is much harder, and throws all that away. Plus Jonas will probably be there in top shape, regardless of whether he's at the Tour or not. It just doesnt make sense. And the Giro hasn't even started. Let's focus on that first before talking about wild ideas
If he wins the first 2, you can bet your ass he will be at the Vualta.
Stephen Roche winning the triple crown in 1987 was more impressive, the Giro was 22 stages, and the TdF was a mind boggling 25 stages, and a far more punishing challenging than the 21 stage layout of 2024
Yes he can
If Pogi wins the triple, he will follow the steps of Annemieke van Vleuten who did the triple in 2022. She also became world champion that year ;)
I do have one thing to add to this. Lets just say Pogi gives it a shot at La Vuelta . . . Jonas is MOST LIKELY going to miss TDF this season so he MAY try his luck at La Vuelta. Jonas debuted at 2020 La Vuelta but rode for Roglic so whats stopping Jonas from trying La Vuelta this season? Sepp won it last season so why not keep the jersey within the team and give Jonas a shot since he's probably going to miss TDF. It would also be a HUGE spanner in the works for Pogi getting ALL 3 in ONE season!! I wouldn't put it past Visma to try and stop Pogi from doing what no other rider has eber done. I know Pogi and Jonas are good friends nut UAE and VISMA are the 2 juggernauts in the sport so I could see VISMA stopping Pogis chances at all 3 🤔🤔🤔 🤘🏻🏴
When Jonas is not there, there is noone who can match him
POGI the GOAT 🐐
not yet
He has not won the world championship /Paris-Roubaix/or a Gold medal until then, he is not the Goat just because he can win from going 90K out does not make him the G.O.A.T.
@chrisgould7606 100%. Just because he can go from 60k out does not make him the goat. He hasn't won Paris-Roubaix the world championship or a gold meadel or all 3 big stage races. Or 33 stages of the TDF he has along ways to go to be tagged the G.O.A.T.
He wants the Olympic gold and world champion jersey
It would be amazing if he did.
Can you even register for a grand tour 'last minute'. I thought the teams need to announce the lists on season start.
I think Vingegaard might miss the tour and target The Vuelta, and if he does, he will probably win it.
I think the only way Pogi loses the tour is if Jonas isn’t there AND Remco/Roglic/Ineos work together to attack Pogacar and wear him out, similar to how TJV did with Remco and Jonas in 2022. If Jonas is there I think the dynamics change and everyone will be focused on VLAB and Pogi will basically get a free ride
Triple for sure
It might only happen if all of his strongest rivals fail to compete. Call it "easy" difficulty.
He's not even registered for Vuelta this year. Vuelta is going to start less than a month after Tour de France. It's not much time for recovery. I think this is unlikely to happen.
It is true, his chances will never get better, simply because Jonas is injured. However, I think Jonas has demonstrated that he is in a league for himself in TDF, and even if he starts TDF at only 95% - he has shown that he gets better in 3rd week, where the winner will be found and Tadej gets weaker. Unlike the past 2 years, now Tadej also only has roughly 1 month from his likely win in the Giro to recover before TDF starts. If Tadej wins Giro + TDF, I see close to zero chance that he will win Vuelta D´Espana :)
He is able to do everything, he'll win half of the Giro's stages lmao
JES
Tadej and Remco will meet
I can understand why people find the idea intriguing, but I don't think it's going to happen. And even if Tadej makes the attempt, I think it's most likely that he will be unsuccesful. Three GC's within the timespan of only three months is just too much, even for Tadej. After all, Tadej is still a human being. I don't think people realise how exhausting it is to ride a full GC, let alone win it. Also there are other factors to consider, not least the competition. Jonas Vingegaard might not be ready for the Tour. In that case he sure as hell will be at the Vuelta.
Don’t get the cart in front of the Pogi.
Oprah is waiting for him to be on her show
Depends on vingegaards recovery - he is still the best grand tour rider of the two - he will probably not be in full shape for the tour de france - but the vuelta (a good bet would be he skips the tour and just does the vuelta) Pogacar has close to no chance beating a 100% vingegaard here
Let see what the future dictate on tadej's fate..
No one able to match him? Tours are different. Van aert is not a gc rider!
Uci word champion
Or another WADA champion
LMAO. If Vingegaard isn't showing up to the Tour, that means he will be at the Vuelta at 100%. Good luck in the Vuelta then Pogacar :)
He might win Giro and Tour mainly due to no competition. But if Jonas is ready for Vuelta. Pogacar doesn't stand a chance.
First win the double.
Vingegaard is an insane rider who rodes verry hard and likes wgen Its hard But here in 4 april He crashes and gets on hospital finds out He has broken several ribs a color bone and Also a puntered lung😢But Its allready 3 weeks ago and i know Jonas loves his famely more than anything😊lets Watch and see how He Will recower🎉and Then if He is ready for the tour Then there are still a chance😮lets Call this ONE LAST CHANCE for vingegaard Roglic and remco🎉🎉🎉🎉
Word is Jonas is a bigger doper and better doper than Lance Armstrong ever hoped to be.
Lieja, Giro, Tour, Roubaix, Olympics, Worlds, Vuelta, Lombardía, he will win all this year 😂
I think olimpics are "hot" for him. He has bronce medail already, but this is race for the country with national team, only every 4 years! All the biggest athlets in the world want to get gold on olympics...
Hold your horses here. The kid is good but this is cycling and anything can happen.
Well, when all your top rivals are all injured and / or had surgery and haven't been able to train, and you have well, i wouldn't call that a hard thing to do. And then to think you did something great if you win all 3, well I wouldn't say you did something great. Now if you did it with all of them at 100%, that would be defrent.
Calm down, he is strong, but he will have to ride it😅
And the source?: “Many are saying…” Oh media, you have so lost your way. Why fact check when facts aren’t considered worth bothering with anymore?
Lance could have won the triple if the French would have let him be.
I won the Olympic Gold medal, the World Championships, the Tour of France and the Giro and the Vulta...all in the same year. Who am I? Answer....Pogacar...
Pogi is not going to Vuelta. After the Tour he goes to Olympics and to World Championship.
The best competitors have an accident and you put him already as the winner? No one expected anyone to have an accident. What tells you that Tadej will have also none?
There is very little chance he is beating a healthy Vingegaard if they meet at Vuelta. 3 GTs in one year is too much for any human being
1:10 - off course he could not ; WVA is not a potential grand tour winner
Why did i even watch this. This guy has no idea what hes talking about🙄🙄 Didnt even metion Gerant Thomas who basically had the pink jersey last year in his hands before roglic pulled off a pogi 2020 move and took it in the last stage. The fact that you'd even consider wva a competitor for pogacar is a joke. Even wout himself have already said his objective is not to win a grand tour. Dont get me wrong, he will definitely win a couple of stages at the giro, but he wont even top 10 the gc. Dont think he has ever came top 10 in a grand tour. Primoz and Remco will be in top form at the tour. There is no reason for Jonas not to be. There has been people with the same injury and less time before the start of the tour and still showed up in great form. Also the UAE team for the Giro has been announced already. The media says it is their C team plus pogi. Have you looked at the ineos lineup. I recon in a mountain stage there is gonna be 5 ineos guys at a point in the peleton and only 1 uae guy plus pogi.
if jonas isnt fit for the tour he will go to vuelta and be 100% and smoke everyone. pretty sure pogi cant win all 3. Even giro + tour would be amazing but for that he has to win giro first anyways
GC Wout doesn’t exist... even if Wout was recovered enough for the Giro he’d be lucky to to get top 10 much less a podium spot
If that’s the case 2024 will a very boring year for world cycling 😢
Jesus, what an idiotic title (and thumbnail), I'm sorry. He's just finished his first week of the Giro, and you're already prepared to say that he's about to win the triple?
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Pogi can beat Vingegaard in Tour duo the accident. But won't beat him in Vuelta.
stop glazing him
What the actual fuck? Who are the "many saying he should go for the triple"? This video will become a meme by the end of May, remove it, change everything you said and reupload it. it sounds like you started to watch cycling through netflix
With epo 3 rd generation and motors these guys can ride to the moon with their bikes.💉🎪🤐🤫🤣by the way why speaking of Alberto contatroll who was heavily doped?
Contatroll😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol pogacar are definitely NOT going to do a triple of grand tours. Why are these pogi fanboys so obssesed that they can't see reality?? lmao
He won't win 3
Pogi is not even close to Vingegaard in terms of GT capabilities
Jonas is far better: climber, ITT, Grand tour rider. He destroyed Pogacar last year. Pogacar Has nicer smile of course.
Better, not far better. Plus pogacar fucked up his wrist and training last year, not a fair comparison
Jonas put all his efforts on grand tour😂 why not try to win any of five monuments?
when Jonas will win the same races of tadej we can talk about that. For now the danish is far behind
Pogacar was sick in the last week and had a crash at liege
@@garrasinhoFar behind,you mean 7mins 29 secs 😂😂😂
ONE BY ONE, TADEJ, 1 x 1 😉. 💗, 💛, then let’s chat ❤