The fact that they held on for a full interval just shows that Hank and Ollie are insanely fit. Low 5 watts per kilo for 5 minutes, and then around 6 for another minute, able to catch back on for the next rep? That's stronger than the strongest cyclist in town for most places in the world.
If he was 5W/kg @55kg, he was doing 275W. Kicking it to 6W/kg takes the pro to 330W. The crazy part is only 1min recovery. Any interval I usually do I have half time in recovery, meaning 60s on 30s off. 6min on 1min off is brutality
Beauty about cycling is you get what you put in. He rides for a living and rides every single day, doing quality intervals every week whilst you guys are not. Keep your head up!
You get what you put in relative to your body's capabilities. Most people could do whatever and never ever come close to the level of a pro that hasn't ridden a bike in a year.
I once managed to stay on a wheel of a local pro doing his workout. The trick: it was his easy zone 2 day. It definitely wasn't a zone 2 for me. Luckily there was a strong headwind from which he sheltered me. However... to add insult to the injury... during a short steep climb he stood up in the saddle and surfed the internet, or sent some messages... who knows, I was gassed.
I once managed to get on the wheel of Hugh Carthy, not long before he went to race in Spain. I was feeling pretty pleased with myself for about 10 seconds, until he sat up, took off his helmet and fiddled with the straps, all the time pedalling at the same cadence. Then, he fastened his helmet up and smoothly rode away from me.
lol Reminds me of the one time I ran into Geriant Thomas in the wild in Zwift. I didn't know who was coming up on my butt near the Mall Sprint on the London map, but I was determined to give whoever it was a run for their money... and was smoked within seconds as I was putting out my all and he apparently was just buzzing along without a care in the world. Humbling, to put it mildly.
The kid was not grinding nor spinning and kept a comfortable 65 rpm up while Ollie was spinning all his energy out. Very amazing genetics, he was not tired/sweaty at the end.
I know that Andrew Feather has been suggested, and that would be to do the session with the rpm, but I would also suggest that Ed Laverack would be a good choice as well (3rd behind Pidcock on KOM for Sa Calobra and did it solo).
Incredible talent. Him out front, so slender of build, target cadence of 55 RPM and just ripping up that climb....couldn't hold his wheel at max cadence and in the draft. Anybody who has ridden with a pro knows how special they are but this young man at his weight is incredible. Can't judge a book.
Nothing about him is special. While he's riding his bike, everyone else is working their 9-5 job. If everyone rode a bike and trained like him they would be the same.
I loved watching this video! Seeing the composure of a pro with Hank and Ollie hanging on to gut it out puts the performance into perspective. Hank still has lots and I love how Ollie has grown so much during his time at GCN. I look forward to seeing Mathew grow in the sport as well. Pure class!
What I love most about this channel is the humour (o optional) and the modesty. Always a laugh through the tears...Keep up the great work lads and lassies!
I dream to be able to hold a pro for one interval like you two as it is I’ll stick with my aspiration to kick off 30 minutes a day from 1 January. And I’d love more content like this - it just makes me even more in awe of how powerful the pros are
Thank you for coming to my home! As a Tucson native, cyclist and triathlete, what a thrill to have the GCN crew here! Keep an eye out for Casa de Mesquite VRBO, LLC and future Desert Willow Ranch B&B, LLC. Both will cater to cyclists, triathletes, and outdoor enthusiasts. B&B = Bed & Breakfast or Bed & Bike or Bed & Board (horses) or Bed & Backpacking. 👍
When I first heard the session I was like, sounds ok (ish…..😅) but then when I saw what that minute recovery really was I quickly came to appreciate the session…!! 🤯 I’m used to equal or half recovery and then go again, a minute after 8 mins of effort is something else.. Matthew is metronomic in his cadence
Fantastic video. Don't think I've seen a better, more insightful piece of content showing how the pro's train. Great interview at the end as well, and some excellent and sincere words of praise from Hank to Mathew.
I truly enjoyed the effort from all. I follow a GCN training ride almost daily but would love to see more actual road rides. ALSO loved the recent Patagonia ride. Thanks to both Hank and Ollie.
factor ostro vam is such a beautiful looking bike even though its a common looking aero bike, they just simply spread out the branding names on the bike
Right! There cadence is much higher! If you’re gonna make a video and compare your effort to a professional cyclist you should mimic everything the pro is doing for context.
@@markachapman486maybe you didn't notice (12:10), but around the end of the video they said they tried at first (and they showed a clip of them at low rpm). Obviously, that must have lasted only a couple of minutes, at most, and then they were just trying to survive at any rpm 😂
Ollie stop being so humble. Considering you are an amateur & never trained as a pro your effort actually blew me away. You even dropped Hank who once WAS a pro. Top effort
I've only ever climbed mount lemmon once - on Rouvy, however I have watched a couple of videos with both phil gaimon and lionel sanders blasting their way up to the top - as if in some sort of speed competition with one of elon's space ships.
Quoting roadcyclist1: "...he would destroy Lionel...don't kid yourself..." You do realize that Lionel Sanders not only has the KOM on this (which is considered one of the most competitive Strava hills in the entire U.S. ) and he has had the record for quite some time, and that his time is faster than .... you guessed it.... the guy in this video (Matthew Riccitello) who holds the number two spot after taking it from Sam Long (who I am sure you know is also a top triathlete). Lionels KOM beat Phil Gaimon by about 4 minutes when Phil was in pretty peak shape, if I recall correctly. Lionel also beat Drake Duel by a full two minutes who is considered the U.S. version of Britains Andrew Feather. Yes, I do think Riccitello will eventually get Lionels KOM.... probably even this year.... but he has not got it yet despite a tough effort, so Lionel deserves that respect for holding one of the toughest hill KOMs in this country for several years now. If somebody could beat him, they would. Its not like pro cyclists arent constantly poaching KOMs all the time despite the fact that sone people seem to think its controversial.
Ollie: dropped to dropper once again! Ollie's shaping up as GCN's best climber. Great effort chaps. (ETA: I don't know if Andrew Feather is actually part of GCN or a regular guest? If regular then I suppose Ollie is GCN's second best climber)
Would be good to see exactly what you guys fuel on during these rides. Good insight for how we mortals can fuel our rides abroad in Mallorca or the canaries
This looks so easy when Mathew does it 😅 Considering that the other two are outrageously fit for a "normal" person, them getting dropped so easily puts it into perspective.
i dont normally comment but i really like this type of video. love watxching you guys get granular opn your training, watts/warts and all. good effort. will try to do this workout myself next week.
Would you try this SAVAGE training session?
no 😎
Hell yes. Not right now cause its winter but definitely in the summer I got a similar mountain to train on
@@stevocanuck great stuff! let us know how you get on!
They should have done a bike session with Lionel sanders while they were there
Ollie has _no-neck-style_ when riding 🤣
Hats off again to Olly for going from the presenter always dropped to the presenter always last to drop
He got dropped on the first interval! 😂
Also the only one who's not an ex-pro
He's a machine! We'll be cooking up some tasty challenges for him this year don't you worry 🥘
The fact that they held on for a full interval just shows that Hank and Ollie are insanely fit. Low 5 watts per kilo for 5 minutes, and then around 6 for another minute, able to catch back on for the next rep? That's stronger than the strongest cyclist in town for most places in the world.
They are two very good riders! Did you see them take on one of americas biggest races? 👉ua-cam.com/video/H9YostVYD40/v-deo.html
His low cadence reps up that climb were next level, seemed effortless, love to know what he was turning over
I noticed that. Other 2 were in a much faster cadence and he's way slower, absolutely motoring.
If he was 5W/kg @55kg, he was doing 275W. Kicking it to 6W/kg takes the pro to 330W. The crazy part is only 1min recovery. Any interval I usually do I have half time in recovery, meaning 60s on 30s off. 6min on 1min off is brutality
Looks like he’s chilling down hill easy! 🤪
Beauty about cycling is you get what you put in. He rides for a living and rides every single day, doing quality intervals every week whilst you guys are not. Keep your head up!
You get what you put in relative to your body's capabilities. Most people could do whatever and never ever come close to the level of a pro that hasn't ridden a bike in a year.
The low cadence from the Pro was beautiful to see. Absolute beast made it look easy.
There is just something right about a smooth pedal rotation 👌
Honestly thank you GCN for constantly dropping so many high quality videos. I really enjoy watching this channel!
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Thanks! It means a lot for us to read such nice comments, we'll keep up the hard work 🙌 Anything in particular you would like to see?
I once managed to stay on a wheel of a local pro doing his workout. The trick: it was his easy zone 2 day. It definitely wasn't a zone 2 for me. Luckily there was a strong headwind from which he sheltered me.
However... to add insult to the injury... during a short steep climb he stood up in the saddle and surfed the internet, or sent some messages... who knows, I was gassed.
I once managed to get on the wheel of Hugh Carthy, not long before he went to race in Spain.
I was feeling pretty pleased with myself for about 10 seconds, until he sat up, took off his helmet and fiddled with the straps, all the time pedalling at the same cadence.
Then, he fastened his helmet up and smoothly rode away from me.
lol Reminds me of the one time I ran into Geriant Thomas in the wild in Zwift. I didn't know who was coming up on my butt near the Mall Sprint on the London map, but I was determined to give whoever it was a run for their money... and was smoked within seconds as I was putting out my all and he apparently was just buzzing along without a care in the world. Humbling, to put it mildly.
Really have to say it is truly impressive to see what power ollie built up in the last 1 - 2 years.
He's going strength to strength 💪
It looks like Ollie and Hank had a great US trip. And thanks Matthew for towing them up Mt Lemmon.
That was some tow too 💨
The kid was not grinding nor spinning and kept a comfortable 65 rpm up while Ollie was spinning all his energy out. Very amazing genetics, he was not tired/sweaty at the end.
not genetics..... training...
The trick is to be 55kg and look like a 12 year old
Partially genetics. His dad jimmy riccitello was a good athlete himself and is currently the head ref for Ironman
I love the random cyclist at the top that stopped and tried to join in for the interview!
Fair play to Hank for admitting he is past his best.
Not really. It was obvious he couldn't keep up with a non pro Ollie let alone an actual pro rider. He didn't have to admit it, it was in video.
Don't disagree Steve but at least he didn't try & bluff it by coming up with an excuse ie dropped a gear, bad day ,legs aren't working etc
@@2wheelsrbest327 Fair enough
It's good to see you trying to train with a pro. It was a nice video.
His low cadence made it look hilarious with you guys behind him.
The music really added to the intensity and experience .. Great Job GCN Editors !
I know that Andrew Feather has been suggested, and that would be to do the session with the rpm, but I would also suggest that Ed Laverack would be a good choice as well (3rd behind Pidcock on KOM for Sa Calobra and did it solo).
Loved watching a pro do his intervals. It was a great visual of what my intervals should look like. Ollie and Hank fid well as well.
Excellent work team 👏🏾This was an great video and it was nice to see the power overlay on the screen 👌🏾
Matt looks like he's totally relaxed at the end of the ride! LOL. Kudos to you guys for hanging with him as long as possible.
Incredible talent. Him out front, so slender of build, target cadence of 55 RPM and just ripping up that climb....couldn't hold his wheel at max cadence and in the draft. Anybody who has ridden with a pro knows how special they are but this young man at his weight is incredible.
Can't judge a book.
Nothing about him is special. While he's riding his bike, everyone else is working their 9-5 job. If everyone rode a bike and trained like him they would be the same.
The kid is so young and has a bright future. May he succeed in his endeavours.
I loved watching this video! Seeing the composure of a pro with Hank and Ollie hanging on to gut it out puts the performance into perspective. Hank still has lots and I love how Ollie has grown so much during his time at GCN. I look forward to seeing Mathew grow in the sport as well. Pure class!
Mathew was amazing! We really had to dog deep to hang on 👀Any more pros you would like to see on the channel?
What I love most about this channel is the humour (o optional) and the modesty. Always a laugh through the tears...Keep up the great work lads and lassies!
Hi you are amazing showing tips and technics in cycling i watch your videos every week here in philippines
My back is aching from just watching this insane effort. I'd start reflecting on why I ride a bicycle.
Any vs Pro video is amazing to watch. Completely brings me down to reality though, ruins my pro cyclist ego dream (amateur 35y...)
Olly casually knocking out almost 2x5 minutes at 5+ w/kg is amazing
The pro was doing 5 and 6. Ollie is heavier so he was doing more watts to keep up.
That's not how it works 😂
@@roadcyclist1you do less w/kg at the same climbing speed if you’re heavier
@philipb.1950 exactly, hence why he had to do more watts to keep up
@philipb.1950 wrong, u have to have to put out more w/kg to equal the same speed as a lighter rider on an uphill climb
it's cool that you got several videos out of 1 trip! love it.
We know how to manage our time... shout out to the GCN elves 🙌
Finally! some good content. Thanks guys.
Thank you for putting into perspective HOW STRONG pros really are! It always looks so easy on them 😳😳 incredible efforts!
Love your video with the Mathew!! Hank and Ollie solid effort and impressive!!
Ollie and hank are my favs. So funny, love it guys
I like that you're not over editing, or putting garbage b roll inbetween shots. Keep it up
I dream to be able to hold a pro for one interval like you two as it is I’ll stick with my aspiration to kick off 30 minutes a day from 1 January. And I’d love more content like this - it just makes me even more in awe of how powerful the pros are
The pros are on another level! The 30 in 30 challenge is a great way to kick start your fitness journey though 🙌 Are you joining out Zwift races?
Man! This Matthew dude is looking pretty smooth on the bike!
Olly you and Hank are really fit it just goes to show how unbelievably fit Mathew and the other Pro's are! well done and happy new year to you all.
Thank you for coming to my home! As a Tucson native, cyclist and triathlete, what a thrill to have the GCN crew here! Keep an eye out for Casa de Mesquite VRBO, LLC and future Desert Willow Ranch B&B, LLC. Both will cater to cyclists, triathletes, and outdoor enthusiasts.
B&B = Bed & Breakfast or Bed & Bike or Bed & Board (horses) or Bed & Backpacking. 👍
Great video for showing how important body weight is. Amazing that your rest power is his effort power. Your not under powered, your over fed haha
When I first heard the session I was like, sounds ok (ish…..😅) but then when I saw what that minute recovery really was I quickly came to appreciate the session…!! 🤯 I’m used to equal or half recovery and then go again, a minute after 8 mins of effort is something else..
Matthew is metronomic in his cadence
You two have a great level to be able to be able to follow one interval 👏
Great job Ollie and Hank! That looked like a tough workout and it was inspiring to see you guys give it your all and hang in as long as you could.
We hung on in there 👀
Please do more of this.
Fantastic video. Don't think I've seen a better, more insightful piece of content showing how the pro's train. Great interview at the end as well, and some excellent and sincere words of praise from Hank to Mathew.
Mathew was great to hang with for the day! Really puts our efforts into perspective 👀 Would you like to see him back on the channel?
Very entertaining content as usual. Great effort for you all
Just watching Matthew's cadence made my hurt. Great job, all!
I didn't realize just how out of shape I was until I watched this. Amazing effort and kudos to all. 🤯
I love Mt Lemmon. It's a long one, 21 miles and 5400' of elevation gain, but never gets crazy steep. Basically a perfect training climb
The outcome was obvious from the get-go, but cheers to you guys for draining the tank! You must have loved the descent.
I truly enjoyed the effort from all. I follow a GCN training ride almost daily but would love to see more actual road rides. ALSO loved the recent Patagonia ride. Thanks to both Hank and Ollie.
This was a great video like always .
07:34 2nd interval - the comment, the music, feels like a boss fight in a video game
factor ostro vam is such a beautiful looking bike even though its a common looking aero bike, they just simply spread out the branding names on the bike
Great video! Hoping you enjoyed every mile riding with young Matthew. Quite the experience riding with a pro.
Always fun riding with the pros... humbling but fun!
So glad to have you chaps in Tucson! Come back again.
FWIW, I’ve seen a cyclist do Lemmon on a fixie. Brutal.
Maybe we could send Hank up it on a fixie?
@@gcn I'd pay to watch the fixie descent afterwards...
Matt's not just a good climber but an insane TTer at only a 120 or so lbs. Also 56th at the Giro. Kid is going places.
I would love to see Ollie try that in July. I am sure the weather will be nice and mild at that time.
Great video. Really enjoyed this one. Would love seeing more videos like these. Love Mt. Lemmon! One of my favorite rides in the US.
🤣 neither of you doing the pro’s low cadence! 😂.
Great vid as always chaps!
Right! There cadence is much higher! If you’re gonna make a video and compare your effort to a professional cyclist you should mimic everything the pro is doing for context.
Ollie and his folly 😂
@@markachapman486 i think we could still get the message: You can’t hang with a pro climber…….!!
@@markachapman486maybe you didn't notice (12:10), but around the end of the video they said they tried at first (and they showed a clip of them at low rpm).
Obviously, that must have lasted only a couple of minutes, at most, and then they were just trying to survive at any rpm 😂
Love seeing u on Mt Lemmon, always seeing Matthew on the mountain when I’m riding there.
Another excellent video. Thank you.
Olly, that was some serious riding. You are the average guy forged into a cat three racer we all want to be.
Ollie stop being so humble. Considering you are an amateur & never trained as a pro your effort actually blew me away. You even dropped Hank who once WAS a pro. Top effort
"can't talk, getting dropped" i can relate!
Awesome effort!
Love it. Great vid bumping my mood for the day:)
Nice to see river Cartwright shares a similair oassion with us all
Hank licking blood at the beginning of the workout 😄 You can get him out of races but you can never get the racer out of him 💪
I've only ever climbed mount lemmon once - on Rouvy, however I have watched a couple of videos with both phil gaimon and lionel sanders blasting their way up to the top - as if in some sort of speed competition with one of elon's space ships.
Generally think LS would drop this guy on ML. He does it at 395 watts, not sure this pro would be able to do hold that all the way up
@@danmartin9086he would destroy Lionel...don't kid yourself.
Quoting roadcyclist1: "...he would destroy Lionel...don't kid yourself..."
You do realize that Lionel Sanders not only has the KOM on this (which is considered one of the most competitive Strava hills in the entire U.S. ) and he has had the record for quite some time, and that his time is faster than .... you guessed it.... the guy in this video (Matthew Riccitello) who holds the number two spot after taking it from Sam Long (who I am sure you know is also a top triathlete).
Lionels KOM beat Phil Gaimon by about 4 minutes when Phil was in pretty peak shape, if I recall correctly. Lionel also beat Drake Duel by a full two minutes who is considered the U.S. version of Britains Andrew Feather.
Yes, I do think Riccitello will eventually get Lionels KOM.... probably even this year.... but he has not got it yet despite a tough effort, so Lionel deserves that respect for holding one of the toughest hill KOMs in this country for several years now. If somebody could beat him, they would. Its not like pro cyclists arent constantly poaching KOMs all the time despite the fact that sone people seem to think its controversial.
Pro Cycling does it like it was nothing but everytime we watch them in tour de france they are all struggling like they are normal people :D
we need a T-shirt with Ollie's face on it saying "Ahh I'm getting dropped"
If this comment gets 10k likes, we will make it happen
Spectacular!!
I get dropped like that regularly. I call it my sprint to the back of the group!
Wonderful video. You are the best. Thank you.
Matt is a beast. Ollie and Hank you guys are awesome just awesome
Ollie and Hank are still recovering!
😂😂😂
we will be holding protest outside gcn office very soon !
you guys sickening me and did this on purpose !
That was savage! Fun to watch!
Awesome video ..keep them coming
Thanks Dr O , JLW , Matt , and crew . Yeah...huge difference , eh ?
Love that you are here in the US checking out some of our classic routes. Boulder next?
Ollie: dropped to dropper once again! Ollie's shaping up as GCN's best climber. Great effort chaps. (ETA: I don't know if Andrew Feather is actually part of GCN or a regular guest? If regular then I suppose Ollie is GCN's second best climber)
I weigh 8kg more than Mathew and rarely even hit 5w/kg unless I'm "sprinting"... absolutely nuts how long pros can effortlessly hold this power!
2 water bottles from Ollie is the only reason he got dropped… which he repeated like 6 times 😂
Thank you!
LOL should have got Feather in that climb 😁
that could be part 2!
Or Dan/Matt on an e bike
Can’t wait to see Matt action this season
I feel that everywhere that Ollie goes he always riding into a headwind 😂😂😂
Would be good to see exactly what you guys fuel on during these rides. Good insight for how we mortals can fuel our rides abroad in Mallorca or the canaries
That pro be using Hard gear on climb?! What a beast
This was a good one! The Sonoran Desert is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
The strength in Mathew's legs. Ollie and hank relying so much on their cardio system. While Mathew is just all muscle and strength. Amazing.
And yet there’s almost nothing to him. It’s absolutely staggering how they can do it.
Very impressive, gives a whole new meaning to the term 'hard training' 😳
All that suffering and haven't even reached Bo'bad'oag!! 😅
One of my favorite training spots ever!
Great video guys!
This looks so easy when Mathew does it 😅 Considering that the other two are outrageously fit for a "normal" person, them getting dropped so easily puts it into perspective.
i dont normally comment but i really like this type of video. love watxching you guys get granular opn your training, watts/warts and all. good effort. will try to do this workout myself next week.
let us know how you get on!
Nice kid. Wish him a great 2024 season!
Hanks wonderful humility and then Olli thinking he would have a chance in July 🤣. Awesome watching Matthew ride.
I was joking! 😂
@@GCNuser123 I know! Really enjoyed the video
8:37 "wiw, haven't gone that hard in a while"
yeah, that's what she said 🤣🤣🤣
6:52 count on the American in a pickup to pass on the other side of a double yellow just before a semi-blind turn.