Breaking news: the world’s best climber takes Strava KOM!
Tadej Pogačar’s got everyone talking about him again because he’s smashed a very famous Strava segment in Spain.
But that’s not all—Mathieu van der Poel has spectacularly returned to cyclocross, leaving the competition in the dust at the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Zonhoven. On this week’s GCN Racing News Show, Dan analyzes his incredible form and other racing-related news.
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00:00 Welcome to the GCN Racing News Show!
00:30 This week in the world of racing
01:23 Tadej Pogačar is back on the bike
01:54 Jonas Vingegaard attempted to get the KOM on Coll de Rates in 2018
02:23 Pogacar’s Insane Strava Kom on Coll de Rates
04:07 Peter Øxenberg & Theodor Storm transition
04:53 UCI CX World Cup
06:44 Other Racing-Related News
08:27 Have a great Christmas and see you next week!
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36 Comments
What's the most impressive Strava KOM you've seen so far? Share your favorite!
looks amrstrongy dont care what anybody says
Poggy is starting to remind me of what lance armstrong's did, for some years…???…I don't like it…J/S
we are living in the era of the goat of cycling Pogacar. We are so lucky
dan looks like he was partying at a wedding yesterday 😇
This just proves what a cycling coach told me years ago.”Better Drugs ! “
We could say about Van Der Poel that his is lucky that Pogi has no interest in cyclocross. Just saying:)
Pogi was obviously slowed down by his teammates in the first section 🤣
Finally well pronounced!!!! R.A.T.E.S.!!!! GOOD FOR YOU!!!!! COLL DE RATES IN THE ALICANTINIAN ALPS WHERE THE PROS TRAIN AND LOTS OF THEM LIVE!!!! THE LAND OF CYCLING "PAR EXCELLENCE"!!!!!!
What else would expect from a drug cheat
Shouldn't Pogacar do proper base training instead of taking Strava segments?
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#Ropa-Dope #JuiceBoy
2025 hasn’t even started yet and he’s kicking off the year with a bang
I don't know why people are so surprised about pog getting a kom, he's the best rider in the world and can get whatever kom he wants 😂
Pourquoi tous le monde montre les watts sauf lui?? C est de la pourriture ce sport
"Similar leadout"….bro you're comparing 5 teenage amateurs leading out a teenage Vingegaard to a full on 60 million dollar train of like 15 dudes leading out peak Pogacar…not exactly 'similar'…Sivakov was doing nearly 480w for the first 2 miles for him.
Looks like Pogi has got the doping dialed in for next season…no doubt!!!👎Especially when you hide your power and HR numbers. Guilty!!!!!
It would be cool if the pros would tackle the KOMs solo like most of us normies do
Drugs are unreal
I think what's more impressive is that some obscure name only got beaten by Pogacar by 17sec over 12.5min
If you're a competitor and wasn't afraid og Pogo before -which you should be – you better ber afraid now. Pogi takes no prisoners
OK, I’m gonna be a Buzzkill. I’m sorry but this guy can’t always be smashing every record never getting fatigued. It’s the preseason for God sakes.
Guarantee I'm able to do the same hill faster! OK, so long as I'm going down it!!!
With temperatures getting hotter and hotter …. why on Earth would you ever make a team jersey out of dark colors ???? It's simply stupid. Bora Red Bull being the worst of the bunch. YOu can always put on more clothes but you can't escape a dark jersey in the searing sun when it's 100 degrees. Give me UAE's kit all. day. long.
Sorry if you have a train pulling you, not a record in my eyes.
Really GNC? 34 KM/h avg and you dont Call Bollocks? How long these cover up from you will go on. I never forgot that lance never tested positive to any one of the dope he took. Don't give us the line "he never tested positive but he was tested a lot" because it's the watts his pushing that give him up.
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Gee I am soooo surprised
454w average 😱
All the top times on Strava are windblown. Everyone knows that GCN
Twitter polls mean nothing anymore.
I live like 10km away from Pogačars home, and he has most of KOMs in xx km radius, most of them from 2017… once you ride a 10% 2km hill and doing 10km/h average and you almost die, and then see that Pogačar averaged 20kmh is just surreal… The amount of power and fitness thos guys have is crazy 🙂
Tadej saw that a “Hansen from Denmark” held the KOM on Coll de Rates and had to take it.
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