Let's all give respect to Alain who not only has to speak a second language for an entire race but has to understand the English of a stone-cold Yorkshireman 😁
my thoughts exactly. can we please appreciate how he's casually pacing up the Poggio while talking as if he only just started the ride a couple minutes ago? Also: nice to see the bikes specked with sram rival axs. maybe the "wireless groupset of the people"?
@@whatwelearned I equipped it on my new build and I can only recommend it (was running 105 on my old bike). Buying new hubs, cassettes and new bleeding tools was a bit of a pain, but I wouldn't go back ;)
I’m not even an avid cyclist or follow the sport, but I love your channel. A great group of likable presenters, beautiful locations, and top notch production quality. You guys are great
One of my good friends did MSR in 1959, and finished with the field. Speeds were slower back then. They averaged 41.6 kph. He doesn't remember if they had 4 or 5 cogs in back in 1959.
Fantastic part 2 to the last Ollie and Alain “ I need a Panini “ one day adventure. Well done chaps for making the journey. Keep these videos coming. Great to see the Vitus bikes in action as well.
Great on-screen chemistry between these two. It makes an already great film into an absolute epic: Many thanks for making this. I too would love to see Ollie 'kick-ass' on a longer distance presenters' race: Time he got the kudos he deserves....
Nothing stops Ollie's narration. He could be donating a kidney and he would take off his glasses, comment how glad he was it wasn't raining in the operating room and give a quick history of vascular surgery.
"Because he's the amateur GCN deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll make fun of him getting dropped. Because he can take it. Because he's not our amateur. He has a Phd in chemistry. A cyclist. A GCN presenter."
You know you're all in with the video when you're watching on the trainer and digging in when they're climbing and freewheeling their descents! Great stuff
With the weather in Central Europe to be such an extreme this weekend I was sucking every bit of sunshine from this shots. Beautiful and always sunny Italia! Amazing! Cheers guys 🙂
Olly is so fit. Full respects to do 190miles at that pace and still look good at the end of it. Great video and got me excited about the up coming cycle season again after a winter on zwift.
Thank you for making this video, I really enjoyed it. As a teenager in the 80s, I dreamed of being a pro. Riders like LeMond, Hampsten, and the 7-Eleven team especially fueled those dreams. As you might guess, I am American. As you might also have guessed, turning pro is not as easy as you might hope, and I was nowhere close to doing so. Living vicariously through videos such as this gives me hope for at least riding the same course some day.
I like how it seems Alan was informed about the episode just the night before, I like to imagine the conversation went like this: GCN: "Alan we thought it would be fun if you and Oliie Bridgewood did Milano-San Remo" Alan: "Thanks for thinking about me I'm sure I can do a good race analyses and Ollie is good keeping conversation up" GCN: "No Alan you didn't understand... we meant you have to ride the course" Alan: "What?! So it's like a bike packing trip on the roads of a monument?" GCN: "No it's in a single day" Alan: "You're joking right? it's impossible... we should start from Milan like... at 6 o'clock in the morning" GCN: "Actually... we estimated to get in San Remo before sunset you should start at 5 o'cock" Alan: "@#*@#!!#@!... like... I mean #*##@!@#@*!!!... ok... ok" GCN: "And it's tomorrow" Alan: "@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"
I have, and still ride, a Vitus 979, like Sean Kelly did in the 80s. The gearing is painful when compared with today's technology, but it's a very comfortable bike.
Crackin' vid! 10 hours! - and the pros do it six and and a half-ish! Puts us mere mortals into perspective.....or the other way around - Well done, Ollie and Alain!
Yeah this one and Paris-Roubaix have always been amazing to me, sub 6 hours for 260km? With a fair chunk of it on cobbles? Mad, in the best possible way.
Watching this on my turbo trainer, after kids went to bed and another storm is battering the UK. Aching to ride in the sun. Fantastic job guys, really. Lots of love!
Alan must've really been feeling bad that day, he's well known for never bonking!! GCN italia even made a video with the sole purpose of making him bonk and they couldn't do it!
Ollie, you are incredible. I may not be nearly as fast as the pros nor the GCN presenters (and in my book, you all are top notch), but rides with epic efforts are how I connect with the pros and cycling heroes.
Demare could have been left out of the video... KOM on the Cipressa with 43,6 km/h in the 4th km of the ascent and some people still don't believe that he had external help from his team car
Bloody brilliant 👍👍👍 Alan is a legend and Ollie, you are too. Loved that film. You were riding my dream bike, so how did it compare to your super bikes? It’s a good deal more affordable!
Only 4 weeks! Can't wait. I remember the 600 km Bordeaux Paris. A big race in the 60's. In the 70's it died slowly. Jacques Anquetil once won it. The very same day he finished Dauphine Libere, he took Charles de Gaulle's own airplane to start in Bordeaux in the middle of the night. No wonder he took illegal drugs now and then.
My head turned when he said ."we could have done 28mm for more comfort but... 25mm tires were perfect as we wanted to go more aero ". When all the other 173videos of gcn we have been bombed that 28,30,32mm are better for aero ... Heheh The rest of the video was cool :)
Grande Marangaaaaaa ! ! ! ! ! Si potrebbe doppiare in italiano con alan che doppia se stesso e brambo che doppia holly ,.... sarebbe una figatissima !!!!
Amazing. Thxs for the whole idea, the video, just a wonderful experience for us viewers too. Sidenote: You could issue a GCN - Milan-San Remo kit for all the layers you used during the ride. :-) Actually I would be interested anyway how you dressed for the various stages given the length of the ride and the early start.
It's also pretty nice that there is a whole cycling path alongside the coastal road, which can be very hectic because there are a lot of cars. So you can follow the cycling path when you are on the coast and then just turn right when you want to climb the Cipressa and the Poggio.
Which of cycling's five monuments would you most like to ride?
Milan - San Remo is the one for me. Unless Strada Bianchi is upgraded… as it should be!
Milano-Sanremo, cause is better than world road championship
Tour the Flanders! Milano San Remo is often too random at the end
Tour de Flanders.....epic!
Lombardy for sure. LBL next.
Can we have an “Ollie drops everyone” long distance video soon please? The man deserves sweet, sweet vengeance after all that he’s been through
He who laughs lasts last laughs the longest! OllieOllie....Ollie!!
Tbf Ollie’s in good shape!
The man rode 10 hours! Dude is in great shape.
Let's all give respect to Alain who not only has to speak a second language for an entire race but has to understand the English of a stone-cold Yorkshireman 😁
This is a fair point.
Indeed! :D
😂
18:05 I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one here amazed by Ollie casually presenting on a sprint-climb without any gasping.. What a beast!
my thoughts exactly. can we please appreciate how he's casually pacing up the Poggio while talking as if he only just started the ride a couple minutes ago?
Also: nice to see the bikes specked with sram rival axs. maybe the "wireless groupset of the people"?
Well, he was going half the speed of the pros! 😂
@@JanHolgerOlof My next bike will definitely have Rival axs. True wireless too not the half job Shimano does!
@@gcn which still doubles the speed of the amateurs
@@whatwelearned I equipped it on my new build and I can only recommend it (was running 105 on my old bike). Buying new hubs, cassettes and new bleeding tools was a bit of a pain, but I wouldn't go back ;)
After constantly watching GCN,i've come to appreciate the production quality.It's top notch
thanks pal!
Cheers Keizo - much appreciated!
I always enjoy Ollie’s enthusiasm and I like Alain’s stories of actually doing the race.
Thanks Kimberly!
Ollie is a beast. He makes a classic 300 + km ride look easy. Wow!
I’m not even an avid cyclist or follow the sport, but I love your channel. A great group of likable presenters, beautiful locations, and top notch production quality. You guys are great
Glad you like them!
I really like the features which include presenters from other countries. I can't hardly wait for Milan San Remo 2022 now!
me too!
We need more Ollie and Alan!!!!!!! What a laugh!!!!! Banging video as always!!!!!!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
One of my good friends did MSR in 1959, and finished with the field. Speeds were slower back then. They averaged 41.6 kph. He doesn't remember if they had 4 or 5 cogs in back in 1959.
Fantastic part 2 to the last Ollie and Alain “ I need a Panini “ one day adventure. Well done chaps for making the journey. Keep these videos coming. Great to see the Vitus bikes in action as well.
Thanks Alan - glad you enjoyed it!
Great on-screen chemistry between these two. It makes an already great film into an absolute epic: Many thanks for making this. I too would love to see Ollie 'kick-ass' on a longer distance presenters' race: Time he got the kudos he deserves....
GCN team has truly aced the art of film making. Kudos to entire team 💫💯
Thanks Vaishakh - we've got a great selection of longer films on GCN+ too!
Ollie's best ever film. Chatting to the camera while riding up the Poggio - epic
Ollie Ollie Ollie what a great piece. Quality though out. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Please ensure Alain gets his panini. Keep these coming GCN.
Thanks Nick!
Nothing stops Ollie's narration. He could be donating a kidney and he would take off his glasses, comment how glad he was it wasn't raining in the operating room and give a quick history of vascular surgery.
Alain is so humble and honest.
I'm loving these multi-national GCN pieces! It's great to 'meet' the wider GCN team, especially with such a stunning backdrop.
Great video Ollie, and Alain. And great to see Ollie finding his mojo on these endurance rides. Maybe time to take on some multi day rides?
"Because he's the amateur GCN deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll make fun of him getting dropped. Because he can take it. Because he's not our amateur. He has a Phd in chemistry. A cyclist. A GCN presenter."
This
🤣🤣
Another Great Video GCN. Alan looked Absolutely Knackered on the Poggio with you (Ollie) talking the whole time 🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️
We think Alan skipped the Cipressa just to give his ears a bit of a break too!! 🙊
You know you're all in with the video when you're watching on the trainer and digging in when they're climbing and freewheeling their descents! Great stuff
How is Ollie able to talk in full sentences while climbing and having 200km in his legs already? Wow!
Its Good to see finally Ollie found his calling. The Ultra Endurance Rides. 👏
Gravel Worlds - Lincoln, NE or Unbound Gravel - Emporia, KS are calling Ollie out to come and ride!!!
@@chrisbaum998 GCN should relocate Ollie to the US. Be the resident US presenter.
Last year Alan rode a 600km ultra for GCN....
An exceptional performance by the pigeon @8:03
Winner of GCN Inspiration this week! Thanks, this was awesome! Well done!
Thank you Karolin!
With the weather in Central Europe to be such an extreme this weekend I was sucking every bit of sunshine from this shots.
Beautiful and always sunny Italia! Amazing! Cheers guys 🙂
Olly is so fit. Full respects to do 190miles at that pace and still look good at the end of it. Great video and got me excited about the up coming cycle season again after a winter on zwift.
Love Ollie's casual name drops
"I dropped Alberto Contador"
CLANG!
Opening this video, and seeing your own town is so cool!
Ollie....you are soooo fit man ! Your conversation pace ? That was impressive , to me anyway , sir . Chapeau . Thanks for sharing. Peace
thanks mate!
Thank you for making this video, I really enjoyed it. As a teenager in the 80s, I dreamed of being a pro. Riders like LeMond, Hampsten, and the 7-Eleven team especially fueled those dreams. As you might guess, I am American. As you might also have guessed, turning pro is not as easy as you might hope, and I was nowhere close to doing so. Living vicariously through videos such as this gives me hope for at least riding the same course some day.
I really love this kind of content from gcn hahaha more ride and long ride vlog please
Dropped or not, Ollie, you’re my numero uno, favorite GCN presenter. Easily! Ride on.
I like how it seems Alan was informed about the episode just the night before, I like to imagine the conversation went like this:
GCN: "Alan we thought it would be fun if you and Oliie Bridgewood did Milano-San Remo"
Alan: "Thanks for thinking about me I'm sure I can do a good race analyses and Ollie is good keeping conversation up"
GCN: "No Alan you didn't understand... we meant you have to ride the course"
Alan: "What?! So it's like a bike packing trip on the roads of a monument?"
GCN: "No it's in a single day"
Alan: "You're joking right? it's impossible... we should start from Milan like... at 6 o'clock in the morning"
GCN: "Actually... we estimated to get in San Remo before sunset you should start at 5 o'cock"
Alan: "@#*@#!!#@!... like... I mean #*##@!@#@*!!!... ok... ok"
GCN: "And it's tomorrow"
Alan: "@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"@#*@#!!#@!... #*##@!@#@*!!!"
hahaha è andata più o meno così!
That's exactly what happened. I'm pretty sure... Poor Alan!
🤣
Grande Alan!
Awesome guys, well done. Brilliant cycling and brilliant film making. 😎
I have, and still ride, a Vitus 979, like Sean Kelly did in the 80s. The gearing is painful when compared with today's technology, but it's a very comfortable bike.
Nice bike!
Ollie smashed it! Ollie and Alain are great together
Very much enjoy the international GCN crossovers with Alain and other presenters. More pls!
Crackin' vid! 10 hours! - and the pros do it six and and a half-ish! Puts us mere mortals into perspective.....or the other way around - Well done, Ollie and Alain!
Yeah this one and Paris-Roubaix have always been amazing to me, sub 6 hours for 260km? With a fair chunk of it on cobbles?
Mad, in the best possible way.
I live in Milan and my summer house is in Sanremo...its a LONG drive, it has always baffled me that racers make it in one day. LEGENDS
Love these kind of GCN videos, just people enjoying riding their bikes, and I get to see places I've never been x
That's why we make them!!
Ollie always seems to have the most interesting presentations.
Killer ride guys! I was just recently near Cervo on the coast and the views are incredible.
We need more Ollie and Alan!
thank you GCN
thank you Vitus
thank you Ollie and Alain
Grande Maranga, che bello trovarti anche sul GCN inglese!
Ollies impression of Alain “panini” is hilarious 😂
Thank you! Great celebration of the truest spirit of cycling!
well done ollie smashed it :)
If I’m not mistaken, I think Ollie just called out the other presenters and challenged them to a climbing contest.
Ollie’s redemption!!
Watching this on my turbo trainer, after kids went to bed and another storm is battering the UK. Aching to ride in the sun. Fantastic job guys, really. Lots of love!
Alan must've really been feeling bad that day, he's well known for never bonking!! GCN italia even made a video with the sole purpose of making him bonk and they couldn't do it!
It's winter, he's probably not riding at all
@@8paolo96 He is riding, just check his Strava. But probably the 5 am departure wasn't suiting him too much!
He did have to ride 10 hours with Ollie! 🙊🤣
Ollie, you are incredible. I may not be nearly as fast as the pros nor the GCN presenters (and in my book, you all are top notch), but rides with epic efforts are how I connect with the pros and cycling heroes.
Alan knows what is important... food.
Great job Ollie!
Soooooo good to see the GCN crew back doing these overseas rides! 🚴♂️💨😁😁
Demare could have been left out of the video... KOM on the Cipressa with 43,6 km/h in the 4th km of the ascent and some people still don't believe that he had external help from his team car
Bravo Ollie! Well done.
A masterclass advertisment for cycling . Amazing episode
Good job GCN team, you finally made Ollie feel fast
I think you've nailed it on the head Ollie - Enduro is your thing!!! Awesome work!
Ollie’s passion is infectious.
Fantastic video got to get there and give the coastal part of it ago, keep these great videos coming GCN 🙂
Thanks Paul - you'd love it - great roads and scenery!
Great video! How cool would it be if zwift incorporated this whole route to ride virtually for those not able to get out there.
That would be one long day on the turbo! We'd have to get Hank on it if they did!! 🤣
Well done Oliver. You must be in phenomenal shape. You are a beast. 👍🏻🇨🇦
At the end of the season, GCN should make a race of the GCN championship for all the presenters.
Well done guys! It makes me eager to try, too... But in June, with very long days!
Awesome video, inspiring! Keep up the great work GCN👌
I love having Alan doing cameos on the main channel. Great stuff.
Bloody brilliant 👍👍👍 Alan is a legend and Ollie, you are too. Loved that film. You were riding my dream bike, so how did it compare to your super bikes? It’s a good deal more affordable!
Apex axs - wireless groupset of the people?!
Great video guys, shame about the non finish but well done!
Ollie’s hair on point.
Great stories, great scenery, great to see friends riding together and the trials and tribulations.
Only 4 weeks! Can't wait. I remember the 600 km Bordeaux Paris. A big race in the 60's. In the 70's it died slowly.
Jacques Anquetil once won it. The very same day he finished Dauphine Libere, he took Charles de Gaulle's own airplane to start in Bordeaux in the middle of the night.
No wonder he took illegal drugs now and then.
Epic ride, Ollie! Bravo!
Grande Alan, sempre la solita ignoranza immancabile!
💖💖💖
Another fantastic video, I didn’t realise Vitus had such heritage 🤙
라이딩 영상도 멋지고, 풍경도 아름답다. 자전거 타고 싶게 하는 영상이네요. 최고!!!
I really love these videos ! Keep them coming !
Cream Crackered? Ha... love ya Ollie.
BRAVO ! félicitations 😉💫👌✌💪💪💪🙏👍👍 300 km .... Respec 🙌🙌
My head turned when he said ."we could have done 28mm for more comfort but... 25mm tires were perfect as we wanted to go more aero ". When all the other 173videos of gcn we have been bombed that 28,30,32mm are better for aero ...
Heheh
The rest of the video was cool :)
Awesome vid! Cant help noticing how close some of the cars get before passing, even when being filmed
Unfortunately in Italy We risk our lives multiple times during each and every ride. The drivers are so dangerous. it's horrible.
Grande Marangaaaaaa ! ! ! ! ! Si potrebbe doppiare in italiano con alan che doppia se stesso e brambo che doppia holly ,.... sarebbe una figatissima !!!!
Amazing
I also could feel a tip of your feeling which is Heros had on the same road.
Legend Ollie, what a big day out 😁👍
Thanks!!
Glorious watching!!!
Amazing. Thxs for the whole idea, the video, just a wonderful experience for us viewers too.
Sidenote: You could issue a GCN - Milan-San Remo kit for all the layers you used during the ride. :-) Actually I would be interested anyway how you dressed for the various stages given the length of the ride and the early start.
I've rided 6 times Mi-SanRemo, 4 Flanders, 3 Roubaix, 2 Liegi and Lombardia. This year I'll ride all 5 + Strade Bianche 🤟🤙
It's also pretty nice that there is a whole cycling path alongside the coastal road, which can be very hectic because there are a lot of cars.
So you can follow the cycling path when you are on the coast and then just turn right when you want to climb the Cipressa and the Poggio.
Awsome boys ! What a brilliant video thanks.
Sei bravo, Alan!
17:20 standing and talking to camera after 290km averaging 30+kph. WELL DONE OLLIE.
You certainly did an Italian Job on Alain Olly, but if only you had Alain's Italian style and panache, fantastico. Ciao.
Loved it Ollie ! 🇬🇧 🇭🇲 🇮🇹
Seems you got another partnership with bofrost for the food supplies 😂
Inspirational Ollie! 🤙
Nice work Ollie! makes me want to get out and ride.
When Alan speaks I just hear poetry