VIDEO: Tadej Pogacar and UAE test leadout at Oude Kwaremont ahead of Tour of Flanders
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The Oude Kwaremont is one of the many, but perhaps the most important climb of the Tour of Flanders. It is where in 2023 Tadej Pogacar attacked to victory, and this Friday UAE Team Emirates - XRG did a full-on leadout training for the Slovenian on the mythical berg.
The video, recorded on motorbike by Het Laatste Nieuws, shows the Emirati team doing a leadout for Pogacar with Nils Politt, Tim Wellens and Florian Vermeersch. The World Champion then took off for himself on the toughest slopes of the climb and rode all the way to the top, on the way passing by some lucky amateur riders who could witness the rainbow jersey going all-out on the climb. In the process, he also managed to take the KOM on the climb, but later hid the activity.
You can check the effort in the video below:
👀🪨🌈 El último ensayo de Pogacar antes de @RondeVlaanderen | #RVV25
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) April 5, 2025
Su reconocimiento a toda mecha en Oude Kwaremont, captado por Het Laatste Nieuws este viernes
📺🦁 Disfruta 'De Hoogmis', el segundo Monumento de 2025, el domingo a las 09:45 en #E1 y @StreamMaxES pic.twitter.com/OBJbXnDScd
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- Releasing data doesnt solve the issue of credibilty. Because what ended to be is people making intepretation of the data which leads to innuendo. If he really want to improve his team why don't he just ask UAE of Visma to show them what do they do to their team? I feel sorry for anyone who was born after the doping era carrying the sins of the past. Their hard work and achievement always viewed as suspicious. I'm glad I'm not a pro cyclist so I don't need to keep proofing my innocent everytime I'm doing something remarkable.jelantik10-04-2025
- In every sport, records are broken and more-performing athletes emerge every year. And no one questions them. It's sad that certain people INSIDE the cycling are the first to create and increase suspicions about the sport they claim to love . And they do it without any prove, driven by frustration and envy, because they're always the losers to throw shit at their sport. It's never Vingegaard or Van der Poel; it's always the losers who act this way. Shameful. (sorry for my bad english)
maria2024202410-04-2025 - It's kinda crazy that people who make a living in professional sport don't understand how competition works. You have the sport. You have pharmaceuticals which may improve performance. You test for as many as you can. If you pass the tests, you keep your result. It's only in cycling that a substantial minority think that all results should be provisional for 15 years. In nearly every other sport, people watch and enjoy what they see, or if they don't like what goes into producing what they see, they don't watch.
Barney10-04-2025 - It is pretty cool that a Grand Tour rider is even riding Paris-Roubaix, much less in the discussion for a podium. This is a throwback across many generations of cyclists to the pillars of Hinault and Merckx. Enjoy it while it lasts.Barney10-04-2025
- Sounds like a witch hunt! " And then we should keep the samples of his tests for the next 10 years, when scientific research will have made further progress," he concluded." Throwing shit on the wall and see what sticks...drkesterdmd09-04-2025
- This video is weird, the more you look at it the more it seems as if riders vanished. At one point it looks like about 20 riders are going down and the next moment it’s only a dozen or so on the road even though the number of bikes also seems more.Mistermaumau09-04-2025
- I'm waiting the update 3.maria2024202409-04-2025
- Didn't I just read that Boonen predicted MVdP was going to win Flanders? I don't pay attention to anything but the actual race.
ScottG09-04-2025 - At least they rectified their mistake. Better to be fair than to be absolute.ScottG09-04-2025
- " I do not want to insinuate doubts, but.." Oldest backhanded comment in the books. It's not Pog's fault that all the French riders are currently crap.ScottG09-04-2025