"He looked like he was riding a motorcycle" - Tadej Pogacar's opponents left speechless after Slovenian's Cipressa raid

Thanks to Tadej Pogacar's raid, the long-standing record on the Cipressa was broken with first-ever ascent under 9 minutes. Two men - Mathieu van der Poel and Filippo Ganna - were able to follow but for the rest, the Slovenian seemed to be on a completely different level.

"It’s the most spectacular edition I’ve ever seen in my entire life," confirmed INEOS Grenadiers' Omar Fraile ahead of the Volta a Catalunya in reactions collected by Marca.

"Pogacar was crazy. Pure spectacle. He always puts on a show in these types of races, where the outcome is usually different. It was incredible," says Sepp Kuss, loyal mountain helper of Jonas Vingegaard who'll be tasked with stopping the Slovenian's rampage in the mountains of Tour de France this summer.

For Marc Soler, a teammate on some of Tadej's best and worst afternoons, what he put on Saturday "is another of his shows that, unfortunately, didn't help him win, although none of us doubt he'll try again as many times as necessary."

Even more surprised was Lidl-Trek's Juan Pedro López, a pure climber: "He looked like he was riding a motorcycle, he was flying. I was amazed when I watched it live. It's something I'd never seen before. Pure spectacle."