From Rat Poison to Pogacar 120 Years of Cycling Nutrition

Why does Tadej Pogačar attack with 80km to go and never crack? The answer is not genetics. It is not just watts. It is what is sitting in his jersey pocket — and the century of catastrophic trial and error that led to it.
In this video, Sebastian breaks down the 120g/h carbohydrate revolution: from Olympic marathoners fueled on rat poison and brandy, to Jan Ullrich’s legendary 1998 collapse, to the molecular biology of SGLT1 and GLUT5 transporters that changed sports nutrition forever.
This is the Pogačar Protocol. And it will change how you fuel every single ride.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The Attack That Defies Biology
0:43 The Bonk: A Law Written Into Human DNA
1:49 From Rat Poison to Wine Raids: 100 Years of Getting It Wrong
3:46 The 60g/h Ceiling That Trapped a Generation
4:37 Jan Ullrich and the Most Predictable Collapse in Tour History
6:06 The Two-Door Secret: SGLT1, GLUT5, and the Nightclub Analogy
7:46 Inside Pogačar’s Protocol: 40 Candy Bars a Day
8:41 How to Train Your Gut (Without Destroying It First)
10:11 The Dark Side: Leaky Gut, Ischemia, and the 20-Year Question
11:48 The Pogačar Protocol — Final Verdict

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
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✔ Why the human gut has a 60g/h biological ceiling — and how elite athletes broke it
✔ The SGLT1 vs GLUT5 transporter system explained simply
✔ How Pogačar’s team structures daily carbohydrate intake during the Tour
✔ A 3-step gut training protocol you can apply starting this week
✔ The long-term health risks nobody in the peloton is talking about

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