Why Tadej Pogačar's BORING DOMINANCE Could Be OVER Soon
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- Why Tadej Pogačar's BORING DOMINANCE Could Be OVER Soon
Without a doubt, Tadej Pogačar is currently the most dominant rider in the world of cycling, and there hasn’t been anyone like him for quite some time. He’s a risk taker, a natural-born entertainer and a rider who gets people glued to their screens whenever he races. But his domination has come to a point where many are starting to say cycling has become boring, due to the lack of competition for Pogačar. He’s winning pretty much any race he desires and, most of the time, truly can’t be stopped. But such control over the peloton is nothing new, and here’s why his dominance could soon come to an end, and we should enjoy it while we still can.
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Mr. Watts, you have pointed out some correct points and facts about this topic, I like your views, well done. As I've said before on other CZcams channels with this same topic. The people complaining about cycling being boring; these people are cry babies and are obviously jealous and don't appreciate great talent. I agree with Mr. Watts that there has been many fantastic riders in the past and I'm sure many people didn't agree with those great riders. So I ignore these cry babies (except for writing this comment) If they find cycling boring then don't watch it. Maybe these people that think this are not pure cycling fans, they carry hate in them, they don't understand the sport. Enuf Said.
See, thank you for this, and I really appreciate the comment. I like the fact that you watched the entire video and actually correctly understood its message. I must say, after reading the comment section, you are one of the select few who actually did. Cheers! :)
To appreciate sports is to also appreciate greatness when it is in front of you. Pogacar has been brilliant and there is nothing boring about greatness. I’ve enjoyed every second of his giro win.
Boring? It's so fascinating to look at Pogacar destroying the whole giro field...
Yeah, it's quite boring since there's not much tension between the leaders since Pogi is kilometers apart from 2nd and 3rd.
@@gerdkerman9849 Not for me. I'm just sitting mesmerised in front of the TV and just can't believe Pogi is real. He doesn't even look tired...
But when vingegaard does it its boring 😭
@@tobiasdencker853 No!?!
@@gerdkerman9849whos fault? Team tactics, once a rider attack you should follow or have your squad around you pull you. Every time the rest of the GCs looked at each other thinking whos going to pull him back nobody is. Tactics was the main factor why POG won, teams were focused on POG instead of racing their own race.
Only cycling commentators are saying it’s boring. Cycling has never been more exciting than this.
Looking at Facebook comments a lot are talking about it being boring I just don’t understand it
So true. It's thrilling.
If you want someone to hold back just so that some fans enjoy watching more then you are the problem...
Is it Pogacar who is boring or the other contenders who’ve given up racing already two weeks ago? Which other riders/teams even considered working together to threaten his spot?
What is boring is to spare your bullets and look at the power meter the whole time like Sky did back in the days. Pogacar is racing like there is no tomorrow and that’s what the fans like.
Giro would have been a snoozefest without Pogacar. Grandpa G vs the like of Dani Martinez/Ben O'Connor/Tiberi for 21 stages ? The viewership would absolutely tank.
The people calling it boring are in a very small minority. Periods of domination are often the most enjoyable for fans of any sport. Look at the NBA during the run of the Golden State Warriors where they had record-breaking viewership numbers every year.
Agreed. Yet, NBC still didn't cover it.
True, it would've been the same as last year probably
Why spitting poison at him just because he's better than everyone else? We should be grateful to be able to watch him doing his magic.
💯. May be a once-in-a-lifetime talent. Smh at people. Too cold one day, too hot the next…
yeah his performances are anything but boring
Dooooooper …. 😂😂😂😂
Pogui never make people boring
Bro tried to sneak Bradley Wiggins in there 💀
😭😭😭😭 justice for my mans
comparing Pog to Wiggins is just disrespectful
Pogacar is not boring: a champion is never boring. Last year he was not prepared at his best for the tour and the year before he had no team. I think best vingo vs best Pogi in Tour is an open competition.
This is ridiculous. When Michael Jordan dominated basketball, the profile was never so high. Look how Tiger Woods lifted golf during his domination? Usain Bolt? Kelly Slater? Roger Federer?
What’s wrong with people?
I prefer 1000 times watching one rider attacking always, taking 2-3 minutes of advantage without necessity than a rider always behind his team, blocking the race always and only taking time in the TT. It's the total opposite. LONG LIFE POGACAR.
Would never describe this man’s dominance as boring
I like how he's humble and not extremely cocky, we'll see what Visma does but it might be a pogi year.
He is a fantastic lad to watch on the bike. This boring thing its not there for some cycling fans
i actually enjoy Pogi destroy everyone, and all the brave break away
Poggi VS Vingegaard is in my opinion the greatest thing that has happened to cycling in the last like 15 years the fact that there are 2 riders with such different styles in bunch makes for exciting races, it's always when will Poggi break or will he again take a few mores seconds from Vingegaard. It's so great to watch races where they are competing and now let's see the Tour is going to have both Poggi, Roglic, Evenepoel and Vingegaard will they be able to mount some competition even after their big crash in the Basque country.
Boring? A rider at the peak of his game, learning how to actually tactically race his team? It’s truly exciting.
Everyone wants to see the moon landing of cycling. Giro, Tour and Vuelta in one season. We are still a long way from boring!
Losers hate winners, so losers hate Pogacar. And losers will continue to gate whoever dominates the game after Pogacar. Such pathetic behavior 🤦
Boring ?? I think you've been watching the wrong race
This Giro was so much better than last year, people will always complain
why are journalist like this? alwasy with unfair titles and comparisons. he is not responsable to make it different. its a race, he has to give 100% and end. its a sport and that is how sport works. its not a tv show.
Pls don't call this creep as a journalist.
Stupid..just to earn some trash money..
What journalists? Haters with a youtube accounts a bunch of sore losers
he lost the last two tours what are u talking about. and those tours were some of the most exciting of the last 10 years
I think that all the comments here on Watts just told you to shut up. Why the negativity? Why???
Then they’ll go make a video about how dominate Jonas is for winning 3 races a year 🤦♂️ the hate is unreal
Vingegaard has 7 wins while being injured 😭
@@tobiasdencker853 while or before? There’s a difference
@@Murda2615 he won it while hes been injured this season
@@tobiasdencker853 wtf are you talking about
By your logic would Fignon have been boring if he won repeated Tours? That guy was anything but boring. He was a beast attacking all the time.
What a lot of rubbish!
In America we say bullshit.
As a danish Vingegaard fan, I love Pogacar. And he will never be boring. None of the current top riders are actually boring, him, Vingegaard, Van Aert and Van Der Poel all takes "strategic risks", which makes cykling the most exiting that it have been in years.
Nice presentation, everything can happen unexpectedly. Hope all the best for Pogi and Jonas
There is nothing boring about Pogacar. He's very aggressive and exciting to watch. This video seems like it is trolling, designed to get views. Thumbs down.
Pogacar makes other Grand Tour winners so tiny
there's nothing boring about Pogi
When jonas is back we'll have the competition again. Greatest rivalvy in modern cycling history.
Watching a true champion at their best should be considered a privilege....it doesn't happen often
Boring ? No way inspiring and uplifting
Nothing boring about Tadej bro. People who claim that are regarded. Nothing more satisfying than having someone fulfill his potential and showcase his extreme winner mentality. I can identify with that, its how I feel deep inside as well, without ofcourse having been very succesfull yet. But the fire always burns on full force
Hmmm, not sure of why you are classifying Pogi in a class of his own?! Sure, no one could challenge him in the Giro but have you forgotten Jonas, Primos and Evnepole?
We are primed to see these top tier riders battling it out for a decade to come!
Pogačar brought me back to watching cycling. He's the most electrifying athlete I have seen in a while!
Pogacar may be the most dominant rider in modern cycling, but if we compare to the froome era I think pogacar is doing it in a much more exiting way. He goes for every chance he has at a finish line, while froome took 2 minutes one day and let the team do the rest
I remember Indurain winning Tour de France without winning a single stage. Just control. He even bragged with having 90 HR on flat stages in the peloton. No, a Pogacar who constantly does whatever he feels like is pure fun. Because you can feel he really has fun cycling.
He's a good lad all round.
Froome was never boring. he often had to drop back on climbs in order to regroup and then go again to win by narrow margins. This Giro did not have any narrow margins and was the fastest Giro in Giro history.
Yes anything can happen in cycling. However, I only wish good luck for Tadej and would like to see him dominating Giro and Tour this year. It is a privilege to witness such talent and charisma. Once it a lifetime I reckon.
Pagacar is never boring, i wish he 'll win all the 21 tour de France stages.
Lot of comments here from people who clearly didn’t watch the whole video.
Joke video. Youre basically telling people to be happy because Pogi will crash. Im blocking this channel
I'm really sorry you think that. If you would have watched the entire video, perhaps you'd change your opinion.
jesus, what are you, 6 years old? did you actually watch the video and LISTEN to it?
This rafal person is the joke for their comment.
He's not gonna miss your subscription😂
Pog juice is a word beating formula
Thanks for the cycling history on mercks..anquetil etc.pogi has great cycling challenges ahead...mvdp,wout,remco,jonas....but in my opinion he has the attitude and is not afraid
I keep hearing these "it's boring" opinions in all sports, not just cycling. Don't want to call all of them plastic fans, but surely many are more into the drama or anything other than into the sport itself. Like how can you not appreciate greatness? This might be the best level we'll ever witness and you're like "eh, he's not my favourite cylist so I don't care".
I have loved watch Pogi's racing and dominance and I've never been bored. I was a kid when Merckx was winning and I wish I knew what was going on in Eurppe and how he was making history. while I do hope that Roglic, Vingegaard and Evenepoel all return to their previous form and health, and then Pogi beats them. whatever happens in the TDF, I doubt it will be an easy win for whoever that ends up being. I, for one, have my bets and fingers crossed on Tadej.
I hope Tadej destroys everyone at the tour. I would love to see the dominance and this level of greatness until someone stops him. It is sad to see Jonas go down though. Tadej without Jonas is like magic Johnson without a Larry bird to oppose him.
Of course Tadej is great! This is undeniable and he seems like a real nice guy. We love watching him and he is an inspiration. Mr Watts points out, things can happen in an instant that changes everything and this is also undeniable as is the passage of time and aging, but in the meantime let us enjoy this great athlete!
Boring... hmmm. No. Boring are the rest of the peloton who cant respond. Tadej has been fun to watch unlike the rest.
Pog’s giro win, remind me of Nibali in 2014. Simply put, he is the only top tier GC rider left in the race (Pog, JV, Rog and Remco in 2020-2024) (Froome, Nibali, Contador, Quintana 2013-2016)
I’d expect Pog to beat Thomas, Martinez etc… by 6-7 mins. So he’s only gained 2-3mins more than I expected and that came from the TT’s that I expected G to be a lot closer. 🤷🏽♂️
Pogi for President , love it , love to
See him boss it .
This race he had no competition, clear to see . However the way he controlled himself
And his team is pure class .
Looking fwd to the tour and some bigger competition for him
Pogi has a good soul and is a good person! He gives love and support to all people, not just cyclist. If someone doesn't like this guy, well, that's just their problem. MVDP is my favorite cyclist and I still have the upmost respect for Pogi. He is willing to lose in order to win. He actually races....all of them time and not just sits around. And, he is good at all aspects of cycling, not just grand tours or one week events. I hope that he keeps being the Pogi that he is. I hope that he keeps apply pressure and showing the love and respect that he does to all!!
let the Pogi show go on
It’s not Tadej’s fault when there is no competition for him. I believe it’s the other teams. The last 4 tour de Frances were very exciting because it was between two rivals. The Vuelta was fun to watch because Sepp Kuss was able to keep the red jersey! It’s on the teams not named UAE.
I think you have to see what happens in the TDF before you can conclude he’s dominating. This Giro win was his first GC in how many years?
him getting the double would automatically make 2025 season probably one of the most interesting "ever"
He already has haters with his record breaking KOM rides being flagged on Strava!😂 Even Jonas got some hate for winning the ITT last year at TDF in such a dominating fashion.
Haters, both keyboard and the snail mail kind will always exist. Champions simply ignore them.
If Jonas was at a race it would be equally “boring”.
Pogi is the best! I love watching him race. I feel like he would be an awesome person to hangout with. A true individual with a great spirit 💯
If Wout and Jonas were uninjured going into the TdF, would Tadej even be favored to win?
You either watch the best and say he is boring or watch the average and pretend they are interesting.
Poga is waiting for Remco, will be joy
lets wait for Jonas and make the 2024 TDF more exciting rivalry ever. Love them both!
It would be boring if he was just winning but he is entertaining us of the bike too. He is the whole package. Killer on the bike and good person of the bike.
You forgot to mention that Pogacar already had an incident that cost him the Tour de France last year. I'm not saying that if that hadn't happened, he would have won, but it surely would have made it harder for Vingegaard. Despite that, he managed to come back, and here he is again. I am an unconditional fan of Pogacar. I just hope that for the Tour, he will have more competition. This year's Giro was probably the one I've followed the least compared to others. From the first day, it was obvious that only if something happened to him, like getting sick or crashing, he would win easily. And for the show, that is, of course, boring. In every sport, when there is someone who wins all the time, and wins easily, we lose the fun of watching sports-the adrenaline, the furious competition to be first, etc. Without that, what is the point?
haters always hate.....
So I just watched Giro Stage 20. On the way up the Monte Grappa for the 2nd time, and while solo at the front of the race, there were 2 times(that I saw) spectators reached out to push or pat him on the back. Understandably, he was really annoyed. Now without the fans pro tour cycling simply would not exist, but there needs to be a way to protect the riders.
The problem of mr Watts is that Pagacar is not briish
Cycling would be very boring without front runners to either hate or support. Superstars get people more emotionally connected to the sport.
a typical compainer's view
I still watch the Giro and find it entertaining. Pogi does have rivals, they just got really unlucky and fell over a cement drain at speed😅. Heard Jonas got a punctured lung, hope he gets back to 100%
I don't feel like he is excessively dominant. He just didn't have any real competition on this years Giro as everybody crash out.
So, why? You pose the question in the title but it's never answered. Besides repeating that some fans get bored by constant winning, there is the misplaced Wiggins. Anything I missed?
This is like somebody raving about a new relatively unknown band and how great their record is. Flash forward a year later and the band has blown up…”nah…I don’t them anymore…they are boring”
There’s much more to grand tour racing than GC. I found this Giro to be very entertaining overall, btw. Can’t really expect someone like Jai Hindley (2022 Giro Winner) when guys like Pog, Jonas or even Remco or Primoz show up. Was Vuelta 23 a boring race? Let’s see what 2024 TdF brings.
Oh, please. Wiggins, Froome and Armstrong were considered "boring" because of their singular focus on the TdF. Froome and Armstrong pretty much sucked outside of July (and it wasn't just a "gust of wind" that changed Froome's future, it was the fact that he was foolishly messing around with his kit when that happened). Pogacar is quite possibly the greatest talent of all time. Witnessing such rare greatness should never be boring-and it isn't. I'm reminds me of when people use to whine about Cavendish and his crushing sprint dominance with Columbia/HTC-Highroad. Anyone who can't recognize history in the making probably needs to find another sport to watch. Every, single time Tadej Pogacar throws his leg over a bike it's exciting. Because it's Tadej Pogacar.
Pogacar is riding to the best of his considerable ability against the competition that shows up to race.
He is a genetic anomaly similar to Messi, Bolt or Phelps, and under normal circumstances, like them, he will win whatever race he will target.
But he also has a super team, and pays attention to ALL the details of rest, recovery, nutrition, tactics and most importantly for the social media age... Public Relations...
His gifts to his supporters on the road and to his fellow competitor are strokes of genius that seem to reflect his sunny personality.
He is not the Armstrong doping sociopath, the addicted Pantani, the soulless Froome/Wiggins tramadol/salbutamol/jiffy bag user and hopefully won't have Contador's suspension history.
The man wins with panache and humanity, and no one seemed to think he was doping when he got his ass whooped fair and square in 2022 and 2023...
Of course you never know, but I enjoy seeing history being written!
Go Pogi!!
What Sky was dominating a little while back nobody complained
Goat !🐐 simply sublime !
The Giro without Pogacar would have been a lot more BORING!
Only GC guy doing anything really. Never even trying to put pressure on Pogacar.
Yeah most of the Giro is boring this year but i still love ALL of the riders. I want every race to be unpredictable until the last second but that isn't how the world works.
i think it is not his dominance that brings boredom but yes i miss vingegaard there for the ultimate battle.
I can’t understand people who complain about cycling becoming too boring because of Pogacar. Yes at this Giro he blew away the field and was very dominant. Of course that meant less tension for the GC win but his riding was spectacular and entertaining. Also it’s not like it was extremely normal that Pogi always dominates in that fashion. In the last two years at that tour he didn’t even win and Jonas and he created some of the most entertaining stages ever in the tour. In the Monuments Pogi also rides in spectacular fashion, but he has still enough competition in VDP or Wout
Please, what horse sh$&
If you are too successful, the envious people come crawling out of their holes.
Not even Nairo 'Tramadol' Quintana, doped to the gills, and climbing faster than he ever did, could beat 'alien' Pogacar.
I like Pogacar as a human being, he truly seems like a friendly, fun, down to earth guy. That being said, I really don't like Team UAE and I would really like for a tour like Il Giro to be more entertaining than it was this year. I don't find monstrous dominations entertaining and I don't think it helps the sport (any sport). Unfortunately, only Vuelta sounds like it'll be more fun, because of the Olympics.
Why do previous riders who have been found guilty of doping, highly suspected of doping or gaming the TUE system continually be used as comparisons for current riders? Shouldn't cycling journalists look to distance comparisons to these riders.
Boring??? Is a fantastic atlete and human!!! The best
It’s okay, I don’t expect him to dominate whole year. Soon someone else will get better Gummy Bear Justice 😂😂😂😂😂
He'll get it at TdF this year.
Why doesn't he look tired at the end like everyone else?
i think, Pogi can do what vr46 did..he's not really leading the race for too long, but winning by tiny bit at the end for audience excitement. what people said about boring maybe because 30mnts to 40 mnts before the race was over, we knew that he would won the stage..it become boring..bottomline i think people love to see a fight and not dominance, in any sport..just my 2cents..
Have they developed a new testing program?
Poga & Jonas Oprah 2035 the double confession