BEST OF CYCLING | TADEJ POGAČAR 2025

Unbelievable Cycling Moments | Tadej Pogačar in season 2025 | PART 1 | Cycling motivation & best moments

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This relentless pace now being set by Del Toro at the front of the UAE team Emirates lineup and they’re thinning out this group significantly. Tom Pickoff looks cool, calm, and collected and as cool came and collected as he possibly can be on the wheel of the world champion here. Tim Wellins third in this race far back as 2017 and setting a relentless tempo now. Tom Pickock has decided to go on the wheel of the Belgian rider and in front of Tik Patcher. Pick sense that Tim Wallins was starting to suffer a little bit and he’s decided to launch and thin this one out. Pagatcha’s there as well. on one side of the road and the other sides it’s Pitcock and Pagatcha, the winners of the last three events between them. And Pitcock is working very very hard indeed to try and hang on in the wheel. They’re hoovering up riders from the early break and Pagatcha’s decided to make his move in the same sector that he did 12 months ago. Everybody knows about it. Everybody knows they need to try and hold the wheel and Pitcock is absolutely frantic at this moment. Can he possibly hang on to this particularly steeped sector to try and stay in with the redhot favorite as they arrive up to the other riders from the early break. And here he goes again as Tanner stamps on the pedals. And it looks as if Tom Pickot’s going to be the only rider who can possibly stay with him at the moment. Look at the speed they’re going across these sectors at HCO. He’s he’s like glue onto the back wheel of Pagacha. I don’t think there’s not a lot he can do. Um the world champion is just continuing. He just eed back a little bit there. thought um Connor Smith was coming back and then every little rise he puts the pressure back on. So I think Tom has got big questions now. Um what does he do now? Does he does he contribute a little bit? Um because Pagacha looks definitely strong. Oh, Pagatcha. Pager’s off and the lead group have come and that’s a little bit of a coramalage as Pagatcha, he looks as if he’s okay and he’s back on his bike and it looks as if it could even be his race bike. Heat up here. Swift got I was just about to say how well Connor Swift was doing to stay with Pagata for as long as he did down to the final 500 meters of this sector for the man up front. It’s probably about 600 m for this man and he’s uh well he’s almost half the deficit down to 19 seconds. He’s on a charge here. And how much of a an adrenaline surge did he get from that from the shock of hitting the uh hitting the tarmac and the grass? And well, he’s got the bruises and he’s looking pretty battered about this one at the moment, but it’s not obviously affecting his ability to press on the pedals. He’s absolutely charging through this sector. Ramp up, make a left turn up here, and things will ease slightly in terms of the gradient. He’s only got a minute on the on the chases. But the advantage, look at that. The advantage of your two out front now remains over a minute and a half despite that crash, that little flurry of excitement. Well, how much of an effort did Tao Pagato make there? And how much energy has Pock saved? T Bacha trying to recover from that crash. A really really uh challenging difficult moment for the world champion. Looked like a really really hard uh hard accident and a hard hit to the ground there, but he’s managed to get back up. Not showing any any ill effects from it. It doesn’t seem to be affecting his performance right now, Brian. And if anything, he got a a major charge, a real surge of adrenaline there, didn’t he? in the way that he was able to get back to Tom Pickock as quickly as he did. It’s now that he decides to launch. The body language changes. Tom Pickock knows all about it. Straight out of the saddle and he’s launching right from the beginning of this climb. It goes on for a little bit. We’ve got several hundred meters of this and it’s Tom Pickock alive to the first salvo being fired. Well, it’s probably the second salvo. The first of those coming with about 80k remaining on Santa Maria and he’s fighting to try and stay in here and it looks as if Dan Pagatcha could be putting a little bit of daylight for the first time between himself and Tom Pickock who sits back in the saddle but has he got enough? He continues to resist but can he stay in there? Several bike legs emerge and the huge crowds are urging on both riders. But Tally Pagatcher is finally finally detaching himself from Tom Pickock and he’s not going to look around again before he he reaches the top of this climb. Tip for going for glory and Pock seemingly can do nothing about it. The gap almost instantly moves out to 20 seconds on this kind of terrain. It’s only himself really that can prevent himself from winning because it was his mistake that meant he was off his bike. But uh it was the little bit of luck that he needed and I suspect some wonderful all round fitness that he was able to sort of uh go into that forward roll and land as he did. Good all round core fitness required to recover as quickly as he did from what looked as if it could have been a really really bad accident. Yeah, it’s just that I think the speed has helped him. I think they’ll get into that corner over 50ks an hour. Um so I think just that the the pure speed he went into that corner slid out and um you know was into kind of soft grass but you know when you upend yourself even in the soft grass you come down awkwardly you know I was thinking how’s he not broken a collar bone up but he bounced up very very quickly and you know he come here he’s come here to to win this race. I still believe that when he attacked initially, he thought he might go solo uh like he did last year. Down to the final 3 km for Tatipaga in Stratabiank. Another victory beckons and he’s going to get a sector named after him. That’s for sure. Now he’s going to join Fabian Canelara in the pantheon of greats honor the role of honor of an event which is relatively new in the history of cycling but has already become one of the legendary races to win. One of the most important races of the season for Tatty Pagacher for many other riders in this bunch today. and making history and giving us these remarkable and wonderful images and for a man who’s won the tour to France on three occasions. He’s taken 17 stage victories in France along the way. He’s won no less than four editions of him. He’s won a couple of leazge bases. He’s got the world championship. He’s won countless other bike races, including this one on two previous occasions, but I think this one is one he’s really going to remember. And that’s the the final round at the top of Via Santa Catarina. And into the the moment where he can really soak it up. Talagata is your winner of Stratabiank 2025. And Talia Pagato getting ready. Watch Pagato on the right hand side. He’s going. He’s going to use the Aldamon. First time we come under the couples. He’s gone for it. Well, Bernard coming after him as well. Tali Pagach opens up. Where is Matthew Thunderbolt? Vish has gone first. Pagato has gone after him. Wanar has gone with him. Where is Matthew Vanderpool? Is that him on the inside down there? Hutch for Matthew Vanderol. There he is. Number one on his back is the defending champion. He is ripping his way through this field. I don’t know what he was doing. He must have been asleep. He was just He was just caught out of position. It’s so hard to be in position at the bottom of all of these climbers. His road just get narrower and narrower and he was just squeezed squeezed hard the back. Matt Pison is not holding the wheel. Matthew Vanderpole rides past M Pis I think is seeing the formation of what could even be the final group right now despite the fact there’s a breakaway up the road. Talipaga leads. He’s catching Connor Swift. He might have expected to see this as they came past. Look at Bar who we thought might bounce back today. He’s got one right away. It’s Jorgensson the American Matteo Jorgensson sits on the wheel of Wanar who’s looking good right now. They’re on the Elder Quadon and Talipaga looks back. There’s Elar Rainders about to be reigned back in. Look at the Elder Guardon. Look at the crowds. It’s like cattle market alongside the Elder Guard. What a place to be on a day like this. The biggest day in Belgian cycling. Some would say the biggest day in world cycling. Look at it up there. Machu Vander, three-time winner of this race, riding his way potentially to becoming the greatest tour of Fllanders winner of all time if he can take his record-breaking fourth win today. But there’s an awful lot of riding yet to go in the next 54 km. It is Tatcha, the tour of France champion, who is winding this up still, isn’t he? He’s been on the front since he went and Pison is hanging off the back. That was an exciting point. Absolutely. And look at the group. This is the group you came for folks. This is the money group leading Mateo Jorgensson Machu Vander and M. No one’s going to give him a turn. Watch Matthew Vanderpole because as it’s happening it doesn’t really matter. Vanderpool turning it up. Talipaga going with him. Are they causing separation? It looks like Jorgensson. And wow, Bart is on full pelt right now. Having to work very hard to hang on to this. I don’t think he’s going to go with them. Looking at this, they’re going to really make this first asset of the batter bird count. Vanderpool goes over the top. That’s the left hand turn that the second time round will bring them to the road to the finish. It looks like at the moment that is well just latching onto the back of that group. They were caught at the start of the battle there. Here comes Daddy Pagato who’s lifting up himself. He’s coming close to catching the break already. This is doing damage to the to the group. Nielson Pal is not enjoying this. Arvin livven neither. Two favorites at the moment are dropping Maz Pison. This is being turned on by Talip Pagacha. Matthew Vanderpole at the moment is wise to it. He’s trying to hug the smoothest bit at the back, but at the moment they’ve shaken out Maz Pison. Well, Bernard’s working hard. He’s got Mateo Jorgensson with him there as well. Here we go. Wal Van going over the top and going after Maz Ped. Match of Vanderpool was about to take a gel from the feed zone. Hasn’t got time to take it. Has it in his mouth and holds it on the bars. That won’t panic him. Going down for a champion on the move. He’s gone over the taco for Stefan Kung. And look at the face of Stefan Kung. He’s desperately trying to stay with him. It’s too much for Matthew Vanderbolt. He’s going to go again himself. At some point, people are expecting these two to go clear by themselves. Taga is going to go again. Here we go. This time it’s Ran going after him. No, the Ron fans are going to be loving this because he is looking on it today. looking for revenge maybe for what’s happened this week and the preceding weeks. And here we go. Talipaga picking it up. Let’s see how much his cobble riding’s been improving. He’s been out on the bike this week picking up K whilst wrecking sectors of Par. How much is his mind on Par in one week’s time? Can he be so focused? Again, we’ve got that elite trio away. We’ve got Patcha, Vanderpal, and Matt Patterson tucked in just behind them. three current or former world champions off on the front of this climb on the tour of Fllanders. And again, this is the kind of the trio we keep expecting to see. They’ve been away as a group before and been brought back. They’ve gone away again. Is this the time it’s going to stay? This is the tie b. And we have all of the big favorites up there. There’s no one out of this really today that we’ve been talking about as big big favorites for the race. And look at our leading group right now. It looks like it, doesn’t it? Bennison’s kind of hit the tree for a bit there on these cobbles with the new Elizabeth. Decent crowd up there cheering them on. And Tannip just still looks so calm in those pink glasses. Majerport, it has to be said, still looks good, too. But this has got shades of Milano Sano. This feels a little bit like the Pogio and Pagasha has been happy to do a lion share of the work. He’s got a lot more of a time on the front than Matthew Vanderval. Palis, but he’s clearly very very confident. Well, Bernard’s gone from that group and he’s got Yasper Sterling going after him. I’m going to keep marking that car cuz I think Sterland’s got something to play in the final stages of this race. While Bernard goes over the top. Can you imagine the sound of the crowd in front of their Belgium hero? What a fantastic day to be out enjoying the tour of Fllanders in Belgium in the sunshine. And we’ve got the two best bike riders in the world right now right at the front of the race. This is a chase crew. And what a comeback from Alan. No matter what happens from in here, I think this is a big bounce back today. Matthew who chased now it’s Tally Pagatcha and they are looking like they’re closing up on Ward. Watch the legs. Watch the cadence of Tip Patcha. Watch the gap back to Matt Patterson cuz it’s cracking open already I think with a little gap to Patterson. Watch him because I think Stewman is also in trouble and we’re going to see it. We’re boiling up the two best riders in the race and not seeing them go past him. Talifag are now turning it on. What does Matthew Vanderpal got left? I think he’s in his big gear there. He is really pressing on the pedals to try and stay with Tally Pagata. There’s a bike length gap. Can he take more? What can Machi Vanderbal do to stay with the world champion? It’s cracking open. Hutch. He’s cracking for is opening. I didn’t think he was going to do it on the acquirement on the last climb. I just thought it was going to be, you know, too close to the finish for No, it’s done. It is done. You’re absolutely right, John. Matthew Vanderpole is turning squares and Tali Pagato’s turning silky smooth circles. Matthew Vanderpole looks back. Tali Pagacho’s riding clear. Is this it in this year’s Tour of Fllanders? Tanny Pagata going for his second win. And Matthew Vanderpool vying today to become the greatest male rider in the history of this. The greatest of all one day classics. Look at this. Look at the crowd who know it on the out of Parlament. We’re not even on to the Patberg yet. It could yet come up together again in the gap in between. How easy does Tally Patcha look? Look at the crowd there. What a day out they’ve had. And they’re seeing the world champion in his rainbow bands riding past them now. And looking like he might be riding clear to victory because if there is any hesitation behind now between those that chase the day is over on the final asset, the third and final asset of the Alamon. Look at that crowd. And look at Tan Pagato riding clear. They cannot hesitate now in this second group. This man, the Slovenian world champion Talipaga are really, really swinging now. I think Yasper Sturban is one of them. When they went over the top of the Alan there, he did not look good. And likewise behind in those chasing groups. The other Vizmissa bike riders not looking great either. You’ve got so much speed behind him. Taliban knew that. When you’re in a group with Matthew Vander, Matt Pson, you’ve got guys there despite the fact that Talibacha can sprint well. You’ve got guys there who are world class sprinters, real fast men, and he had to get rid of them. At the moment, he has done exactly that. These are the final 10 km of this, the 109th edition of Donda Van Vlad and Tour of Fllanders, the classic of classics, the second monument of the year of five. And we have a rider in the rainbow bands, the world champion skin suit is often said that once you have those colors on, you don’t just want to wear them all year. You want to win big races in them. So you have that that monument mantelpiece photo of you winning the Ronda Van in the world champions band. Getting together those two things in the same year is easy is easy to think of but not quite so easy to do. And Talipaga has made a career out of making certain things that are incredibly difficult look actually quite easy. With the arms in the air he takes the crowd. The applause of Alada and well he might talipa. What a sporting superstar. This is a almost an old school look to this helmet. Um little bit of a uh a long extension to the back of the helmet. Sometimes you see almost a a tracky extension at the back. Just a little bit of a bubble. But um Talipatcha will want to make a statement today. He tried to do so yesterday. Got a bit overconfident with his drive over some of the peaks that we enjoyed in the dunes on the circuit yesterday and then when it came to the finale he lit up the blue touch paper far too early and I’m afraid the uh the skyrocket ended up as fizzing out in the car park. Yeah, I think he was uh it was interesting saying that it would have been the perfect lead out had one supposed Milano be there and unfortunately Milano crashed. He’s okay. Milano came off um about 3 or 4ks ago just before they kicked up the climb. But yeah, good to see Taliba aggressive but he mistimed that one just a little bit by his own admission. Heat up here. Oh, in fact, uh, just a movement. I think this Pagata just started to move up now. Jobine knows what job he’s got to do here. Van Eatvel likewise is has got something to offer presumably. Anna Rubio is very much still in the vanguard. He’s actually two wheel down on Delhi Pakatcha. Remarkable ride for him with 2.4 kilometers to go. Sex on the front now, weaving his head from side to side, trying to keep this pace nice and high as his teammate Felix G looks around just to sus out who’s there or thereabouts. Uh Fisher Black just shouldering almost the uh the barrier at the concrete barrier in the center to the side of the road. Look at Pagatcha. However, the little trusses of hair like Cue the Jaws music looks like a shark’s fin, doesn’t it? sticking up out of his helmet and in fact he’s sticking to Jay Vine’s wheel who’s in wheel three at the moment. Just pulls up alongside Lenny Van Eatvelt and everyone else is starting to line up. The cream rises to the top here. The very best are going to be left here for the final test. 2 km to go. There’s a big big acceleration. It’s gone I think on the right hand side who’s dried it. Yes, it is the No, it’s not. Is it gone? I think it is. Yeah, I think M. But anyway, having a quick note that he’s further back. There is Ty Pocatcha. Jay Vine looks like he’s a little bit secondhand at the moment. Has a dip by almost a trucky look between his legs on his back wheel is uh is Taliba and yellow flags and whistles being uh issued here. 1,600 meters to go. 1k to go. The rainbow bands lurking in second wheel. Look how cool, calm, and collected Lemon is here. His globe still there as well. Here we go. Just check it out. 700 meters to go. Jay Vine there. Look at Pagatcha just checks over his shoulder. And still it is Jvine setting this relentless tempo. Finally Jvine goes to one side and Taga is here trying to roll him. Will be Van Eat belt on the spread but he opens up going for the rainbow vans on there but sensational driving by him. Oscar only tries for a very good finish here. is going to get one. But the man who’s going to win it is indeed turning for catch a favor before the day. Had to stand big and tall. And he’s done exactly that. He’s chopped a mountain down here with a side of his hand. That was phenomenal. goes early. He has to go straight with him and I’m afraid Romero can’t follow. But I’ve got to say on Lean, where is Bill Bao not doing it at the moment? If if you’re hoping to temper on a day like today when you’re dealing with an explosion that comes from the likes of Talipatcha and he is going extremely long and look at the damage. Oh my goodness. There’s riders all over this mountain. Onley’s doing a spectacular job and Jacone has gone away for the ride as well. Yep. 7.5K on again. He wants to go solo, leave everybody in his way. Got a wake up call for everybody. This man has come out of the box on stellar form. He did the same thing last year. When he’s riding, he’s winning in the early part of the season and quite frankly can extend throughout the entire year. This is remarkable. Talipatcha that first stinging attack looked round and then lent on it again is a man completely in control and you get the sense that he’s got even more under the hood at the moment catcher is so explosive and he has detonated the field. Yeah, he looks very much in control. Takes another little look. Will just add a little bit of pace if he needs to. And what of course he didn’t want to risk is leaving it too late, especially on a headwind climb. If you leave, what you don’t want to do is underestimate it. It’s far easier um on a on a on a tailwind climb to break to to go clear. Um but he’s he’s made sure he’s now setting his own rhythm. Every now and again he can glance behind. Uh he is well in control. He’s only 17 seconds. So, it’s three Spaniards who are working together uh to to bridge to the Antipodian. They’ve still got Chiconian Onley to catch. I don’t think there’s going to be any catching of Teleatcha who is in a class of his own. It’s about places behind this man because he’s got over half a minute now with 5 km to go. the way he tempos himself. Let’s not let’s not forget that he’s an a very accomplished time trialist in his own right. It is our leader and it is Taddyy Baga. Look at the speed of Talipacho as he he dances on the pedals. We use that, but he is. Look at that. So light of touch, but so much force, so much power being applied through that Kago bike of his. As we hone in, he’s stuck it on the big rim as they roll over the top. Here we go. Not quite in that little downhill section. It’ll kick up and then carry and then he’ll carry some of that impetus to the line. It’s a It’s a bizarre thing. This is not the finish. We’re into the haunted sections. So, he goes down into the dip and then kicks up to the finale. So, right now he can almost look back down the mountain, think about how he’s going to celebrate. To be honest, he can coast. He can work out what uh what a salute as the road eases. And he visibly has eased off here. He’s got it in the bag. 52 seconds cushion is going to be enough. Of course, he started the day 21 seconds in front of Josh Tarley. So, it’s academic now, but another emphatic victory for Tali Pagachi in red. Such an important race as the road start to descend. But this is our spin zone. This is where it’s going to be sorted out for the podium. If Ian Romero can get back on, it’s anybody’s game to to finish the job. Goodness me. Chicone can can kick a bit. So can Bill Ba when he needs to. We’ll see what Romero’s got left. Here is the grand finale for Talibacha to bring this in. He came here with expectations. He came here with demands. UE team Emirates expect this man to perform. They’ve got used to him delivering but nothing is certain in cycling except it seems for the quality and the sheer dominance of Taliba. He owns this mountain. Quite frankly, he looks like he owns cycling at the moment. He brings the red leaders jersey home for another title and he’s going to start high-fiving the fans who are dotting the side of the road. There’s teammates here as well and he’s going to turn in to the final corner having turned in. An amazing performance yet again from one of the all-time greats of our sport, Chappo that man.