Tadej Pogačar Smashes the Strava KOM on Coll de Rates | GCN Racing News Show

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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[gcnracing]

What's the most impressive Strava KOM you've seen so far? Share your favorite!

[davidhocevar]

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 :)

[cb]

Thanks Dan and crew . Happy Holidays, be safe !

[JustOneWolf]

Pogi was obviously slowed down by his teammates in the first section 🤣

[tasty_fish]

Merry Christmas Dan and the GCN team. Thanks for fabulous insight and coverage in 2024, all the best for 2025 🎄🎅🏼🚲🚴🏼‍♂️🚴‍♀️

[stevocanuck]

2025 hasn’t even started yet and he’s kicking off the year with a bang

[pompeymonkey]

Dan, I miss your race commentaries too. :(

[michaelw.lassalle]

We all know why he did it, Vingegaards latest videos, showing that he is getting back in form, needed a response, showing us that both are getting ready for the fight against each other. Great days for us cycle fans.

[DurianriderCyclingTips]

That new colnago so heavy you need a WT team to get the KOM from a local racer hehe.

[SystemParanoia]

My daughter idolises Ceylin Alvarado, seeing someone that could be her actually winning is a huge inspiration and motivation

[krehme]

Thanks Dan, got a giggle about being mentored by a legend of the sport! It will be tough for anyone she is mentoring to question her advice! 😂

[notreally]

I think what's more impressive is that some obscure name only got beaten by Pogacar by 17sec over 12.5min

[johnnycab]

"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.

[badodnk]

we are living in the era of the goat of cycling Pogacar. We are so lucky

[NoahWinkler-fi]

Take into mind that Tadej Had been riding over a 100 kilometers before he got to Coll de rates.

[xwatzzz]

dan looks like he was partying at a wedding yesterday 😇

[bhpng]

This is from the Parcent side… The other side of the Coll de Rates is much more interesting… Castelle de Castells - Castell de Tàrbena - Coll de Rates - Parcent… the descent to Parcent is great! 😅😊

[MattGilmourCycling]

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 😂

[stubestrong]

i bet visma will be testing without posting about the ride on same climb in feb

[AndrewTaylor-bt]

Looks like Pg and the team are getting ready for the Poggio - It's one he really wants to win