Some bike skills for your morning entertainment, featuring some gloriously noisy freehubs...
Tadej Pogačar has uploaded his 'Afternoon Ride' from yesterday's Tour de France destroying TT for us all to gawp at. Unsurprisingly, Pog swept up most of the KOMs en route to go with his stage win, including the opening 1.7km of 'Bosse Changé Saint-Germain le Fouilloux' which averages four per cent, but was powered up at 35km/h by the 22-year-old...think about that the next time you're panting up your local lump.
According to the Strava times, Pog was also quickest up the final climb, Montée rue Léo Lagrange, and took three seconds from Wout van Aert on the 500m ramp alone. For Stefan Küng, whose heartbroken face told the story as his much younger, faster rival crossed the line — the final climb took seven seconds longer.
Unfortunately for us, like most of the pros at the race, Pogačar has kept his power data hidden. But for some context, eighth place Mattia Cattaneo was the highest ranked rider to let us see the numbers...407w average for 33 minutes. We'd better get training...