The Hunt For The Next Pro Cyclist! | Zwift Academy Finals 2021 Ep 1
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- 150,000 riders from around the globe took part in the #zwiftacademy, competing head to head from their own homes in a series of challenges and tests on the virtual roads of Zwift in a bid to become a professional cyclist. Only the very best have made it this far, and now, having analysed all the data, just 10 finalists remain for the finals. Both the men’s and women’s finalists have been flown in from around the world and will be staying in the Zwift Academy beach house in the cycling paradise of Mallorca. They’ll spend five days on the Island battling it out in a series of real-life and virtual challenges all hoping to impress the pro team Coaches and Superstars of CANYON//SRAM women's team and Alpecin-Fenix men's team, however, there are only two life-changing pro team contracts up for grabs.
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Caitlyn is 31, started 4 years ago, and now she’s in the Zwift finals. That’s amazing 😲👏🏽
@Free T whoooosh
She has good gene.
@Free T Not ‘old’ but yeah old to turn pro as they’ll want a bit more longevity but nevertheless she could do a job for a few years
That’s the power of us Caribbeans.! 🇧🇿
This is quite possibly the only reality show I would watch. Absolutely brilliant!!🤘🤘
Roll on the next 4 episodes! Great bunch of contestants both on and off the bike. Dan
This and Pinkbike academy are the only two reality shows I would watch. :D
I was thinking the same thing. :)
Haha 2 sides to every coin 🤣
My sentiments exactly 😉
As an Australian, I feel well represented.
haha Overrepresented even I would say :D. Well done to Ausies on being cycling beasts!
*Dude the fact thatMattiue is taking part so casually, makes it more epic, what a lad*
Cycling’s Ant and Dec. I’m a cyclist, get me out of here! Brilliant show. This could easily be a mainstream series.
We're excited to be bringing you the Zwift Academy Finals this year! Hit the bell to set yourself a reminder to watch Episode 1!
Australia puts out a heck of a lot of crazy, strong athletes. 💪💪💪 So impressive. Especially considering the country's totally population is 55th in the world. 😲😲😲‼️
And two are former team mates with jay
And the regime being pushed in Australians stronger than any other country
@@troycollett8540 I know! Amazing. And a reflection of the country's cultural commitment to physical activity and competition.
Yeah, is there something in the wo'er? ;-)
True, Australia has some great athletes. Also consider the two Dutch girls in that regard (current population of Australia 25 mil, the Netherlands 17 mil)
Fantastic format; combining Zwift, GCN, and professional cycling. Love Mathieu's hat.
If this was a reality show full time I would definitely watch it all the time
I can’t imagine being a competitor and having MvdP show up - how surreal - and then of course having the two GCN Presenters running the show 👀
Zwift’s Got Talent, GCN Version
Hotel: Trivago
Who are you backing to be the next Zwift Academy winners?
I'm rooting for Caitlin, she's got age against her but seems absolutely unfazed by that. For the men it's gotta be Mullet.
Cooper sayers or Sam Hill
I shouldn't play favourites, but the Mullet God is my dude. On condition that he grows the mullet back. He'll need it for those Alpecin shampoo commercials
Sam Hill!!
Rooting for Maud!
MVDP casually rocks up with a G.O.A.T. cap on !
Can we please have multiple installments of this series? This beats the Bachelor any day!
Absolute max respect for all the finalists. Well done.
Glad to see Oz well represented so Go Aussies but soft spot for Caitlyn chasing her dream. Good Luck to all the finalists. This is an amazing show and opportunity!
Firstly, excellent representation from the Southern Hemisphere this year! Secondly, an absolute joy to see MVDP wearing a G.O.A.T 🐐 hat! He certainly will be if he continues his outstanding form! This is a fantastic series! Looking forward to all the episodes!
Don't forget to set a reminder 🔔 for episode 2! It goes live today at 16.00 GMT / 11.00 ET 👉 gcn.eu/ZwiftAcademy2
looking forward to it. Quality stuff. A few too many Aussies ;-)
Sam Hill reincarnated, 10 years younger and as a roadie? Go the Aussies! 🇦🇺
😂😂😂
Like the 5th time I’ve watched this series. Here I am again.
good to see the riders putting it all on the line. Glad Si and Dan got the presenting gig this year they are great . MvDP seems like a nice dude off the bike
Cant wait for the next episodes!! Spend the whole day (PTO) on GCN+ and now found this beauty in the channel. What a great day ❤️
I really like useful channels about bicycles.👍👍👍🙋♀️
Dear GCN, fantastic episode and cannot wait for the next instalment. I loved the enthusiasm and excitement of the younger contestants arriving at the venue.
We loved that too! 😍
Love the look on the faces and the only reality show worth spending time on. Well done GCN.
Finally a reality show competition format I can get excited about!!! Now putting the GCN presenters through the same Zwift fitness test would be compelling...sorry lads and lady
Agreed! Would be great to see the GCN guys do the tests afterwards for some data perspective of ex-pros
So good you almost don't want to start watching it because you know it'll be over just as quickly, loving these series and the almost reality TV show concept behind it.
Glad you enjoyed it, Tammo!
Finally a reality show I can watch! This is awesome. Can’t wait for the next episode
This is amazing guys! Thanks alot for this, it's giving me something to watch and look forward to! 🥳😄
Oh how I loved this show. Can't wait the 2nd episode already😍man I wish I had a time machine
Fantastic production quality! A reality TV show that I can fully support! Way to go GCN and Zwift (y)
This is the show we have been needing and wanting!! Thanks GCN & Zwift. I can’t wait to watch this series!!
Best casting reality show to ever air.
Love how Dan and Si are creating the Xfactor atmosphere 🤣
At least simon cowell didnt show up.
The lads from Alpecin-Fenix really representing the shampoo company well with those luscious locks
Si held that contract out up-side-down so the Aussies could read it.
Cooper and his vlamax...some sweetspot training and this man gets 6 w/k
Awesome show. Has me riveted and can’t wait for the next instalment. Thanks fella’s
Great efforts from everyone but what were their numbers from the full gas efforts?
This is a great video series. Another GCN hit for sure. This is one series I just can't save and binge watch... :)
YES, YES, YES! Best reality show of all time.
Always love watching these but got cooler knowing I got a chance to ride with Caitlyn in 2018 in Bermuda. Go Caitlyn!
This is such a good series already! Love it GCN!
Fantastic content . I really admire how you are coming with new ideas . Looking forward to the next one . ( please advise when you come home in Mallorca 🤩)
This is set up like a dating show...I LOVE IT!!!!
Real life drama created from a virtual platform. Pretty awesome.
We put fluoride in our water here in the US, apparently in Australia, they add Watts
Or perhaps they don't put anything in the water and the natural body flourishes
@@danmartin9086 chill Dan
@@danmartin9086 nope, we have water fluoridation programs. Water treatment is essential, you really want to drink natural cow shit from water catchments?
@@MrBJPitt Here in Europe tab water is mostly not treated at all - the soil itself works as a quite efficient filter. In the areas where water is pumped out there are restrictions to use fertilizer like liquid manure to reduce nitrate in the water.
@@simonm1447 and what's that got to do with Australian conditions? Go bike packing here and you carry tablets here to purify water you collect from rivers/streams, you'd be a nutcase not to.
This is just like the show The Bachelor but with bib shorts and no rose ceremony. Love it!
Absolutely CRACKING . Dying to jump on Zwift now. Good luck to them all. LOVED IT!
This is seriously good! Well done GCN for the upload!!
Finally a watchable reality show!
Pure masterchef vibes
Good luck everybody! Really impressive efforts👏👍
The Canyon SRAM team seem genuinely close, I bet Niewiadoma would be a great teammate to the new recruit.
Just started this video. But im loving zwift Lord he's so great!
Winners? The ladies from the Netherlands and the gentleman from South Africa, for the win.
Really good video!!! I am already expecting the next episode and all after that one.
Go get em' Caitlin Conyers 🇧🇲 🇧🇲 🇧🇲
I love this. Best reality show ever. Might be the only one.
I would gladly see GCN uploads that fitness test on YT as a workout style video
The paint job on the canyon women's bikes is spectacular!
Most of them are Australian and I love it :)
I like the way they speak and their sense of humor
I think it's the vast distance from anyone else that makes us a little crazy! lol
We won't share this with out Aussie work mates 😉 as they still try to get us with the 'drop bear' joke
Finally, some solid competition to Ant and Decs reign of TV domination....
Great to see the passion and excitement in each of these young riders
The backmusic at 5:59 just lit🔥 long live the editor✨
The Alpecin-Fenix managers have got some serious Bond villain vibe going on for them.
Indeed he looks intense.. he’s prob a yeller when you don’t perform
So excited to watch this series!
Love island, road bike edition 😂 I love it
Brilliant content! Thanks GCN, this I thoroughly enjoyed!
A whole lot better than that other reality TV show filmed in Mallorca…😉😉😂😂🚴♂️💨💨
off the bat, i like the mullet guys, and the second guy that arrived cuz he already scand the area right off the bat
What a show 🔥🔥🔥 love it, waiting for next EP. 👏👏👏
Let’s go Sam Hill I saw him win tour de Brisbane it would be great to see him become part of a world tour team
great show. and no publicity breaks.
I didn't know this was happening now, I was trying to find the other episodes so I could binge watch! Oops, haha.
MVDP out here wearing a GOAT hat😅
so nice, to see my favourite teams CSR and AFC together ....
Best bit is Si being a creep 😂 impressive stuff from all of them, very inspiring!
Great first episode. Can’t wait for the next ones
The next few days are going to be epic!
So well done, just AWESOME ....can't wait to see more !!!!
Finally Dan is showing up !!!
Spoiler: I didn't get the pro contract. Dan
@@gcn dont u worry Dan.. im still ur big fan since the beginning !!
I only just survived watching that, what an amazing athletic challenge just to get a foot in the door. Kudos from me everyone.
What's with all the Aussies?
They were good enough. Time for an aussie invasion. 😁🤘
Yeah they are mega strong, but also it’s much harder to get picked up by pro teams compared to those living and racing in Europe.
Hopefully there will be more series like this on GCN
Came back to this today because Imogen passed me on a bike path here in Brisbane this morning. A brush with fame…
Hahaha how fast did she pass you ? 💨
@@gcn She was significantly faster than me 😁
Did anyone clock the goat on MVDP's cap? G.O.A.T.
The Aussies are quite good at this Zwifting thing...
It’s because the weather’s too crap to go outside…
Have been looking forward to this
Love that I had to watch a zwift ad before this video 😂
Seated sprints, brutal but they win Roubaix. I guess now that Mitch Docker has retired, there is room for a new Aussie Mullet in the Peloton.
So many good Australian Athletes menn deym I wish I'm Australian when ur in Asia there less opportunities
This is Survivor - On Bikes
Looks like Pinkbike Academy, nice!
Great show, though it could do with some Australians in it
I got a Zwift ad for a Zwift ad, and it's okay
I wonder if the timing of the ZA favours athletes in the Southern Hemisphere. They are just coming out of a winter of training on the turbo where as in the North, people are competing the last races of the season or already starting their off season.
Willemejn reminds me of Scarlett Johansson's character in Lucy
They’re amazing all of them 🤩 ride on glhf 🤙🏼
So great to watch! Loving it
Maud looks the one to beat