The Secret To Winning Paris-Roubaix With Mitch Docker!

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  • Paris Roubaix is a 250-kilometre test of strength, endurance & sheer willpower! A race that will push riders to their very limits and perhaps beyond. Mitch Docker is here to recon the course, meeting up with pro’s along to way to find out the secrets to riding & perhaps even winning this iconic race!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 209

  • @xienix83
    @xienix83 Рік тому +289

    Can Mitch be featured more often please! Or just become a regular GCN presenter? Love his passion and knowledge and he's a great presenter!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +23

      It's going to be Mitch week this week 🙌 Turn on your notifications so you never miss a moment 🔔

    • @alanhill7965
      @alanhill7965 Рік тому +8

      Mitch is always good value listen to his Cape Epic podcast with Ian Boswell sublime

    • @leedenton870
      @leedenton870 Рік тому +3

      That's a great shout 👏

    • @waynejones9189
      @waynejones9189 Рік тому +3

      He’s got a very endearing manner.

    • @ryanw8987
      @ryanw8987 Рік тому +3

      Yes!

  • @jenniferw6081
    @jenniferw6081 Рік тому +101

    Mitch pushed me up a hill when I was struggling on a community ride years ago. He's the best!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +5

      Great stuff! What an engine to have you pushing you 💪 We've got some great GCN+ docs with Mitch 👉gcn.eu/TCOTR

    • @ip2899
      @ip2899 Рік тому

      How to win? you have to drive on the side of the road and avoid the cobblestones

  • @andrewmcalister3462
    @andrewmcalister3462 Рік тому +82

    Loving Mitch's GCN videos. His genuine passion and love of the race really comes through. ❤

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +8

      Mitch Docker 🤝 Paris-Roubaix - A match made in heaven! Lot's more Mitch videos on there way soon 👀

    • @andrewmcalister3462
      @andrewmcalister3462 Рік тому

      @@gcn can't wait.

    • @tobi-mr4zb
      @tobi-mr4zb Рік тому +1

      @@gcn where to get mitch docker tshirt from the fanclub (from the cyclocross video).love it

  • @Jpearse1
    @Jpearse1 Рік тому +33

    Mitch is a king. Could listen to him all day

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +3

      That would be a ... good aye ... ba dum shhhh

  • @chrisridesbicycles
    @chrisridesbicycles Рік тому +33

    Always great to have Mitch on GCN. Love his enthusiasm for Roubaix.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      Mitch and Roubaix are a great combo! 🙌

  • @derekkuhl
    @derekkuhl Рік тому +16

    This is an exceptional segment for GCN. Very well done. Engaging and showing the human side.

    • @Tilemason1
      @Tilemason1 Рік тому +1

      Really well said, Mitch just exudes child like passion that just cannot be dampened.🎩👏

  • @matthewgburnell
    @matthewgburnell Рік тому +6

    10:25 - Amber's voice being vibrated by the cobbles - brilliant!

  • @buddhahat
    @buddhahat Рік тому +18

    Hell yeah Mitch! So stoked to see you do a spot for GCN, you're a great presenter and really enjoyable to listen to. I saw you interview Phil Liggett at the TDU and you were excellent. GCN give this man more segments!!!

  • @FreemanBR
    @FreemanBR Рік тому +8

    This is an absolute masterpiece, brings tears to my eyes, and I'm a mountain biker

  • @usurpareltrono
    @usurpareltrono Рік тому +14

    Mitch is such a class guy, more please!

  • @sandrochiavaro7831
    @sandrochiavaro7831 Рік тому +11

    She shows up to ride a few pavés without gloves!!! We know she is a tough one💪🏼💪🏼.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +1

      Hahahah that is a big flex 🙌

    • @sandrochiavaro7831
      @sandrochiavaro7831 Рік тому

      @@gcn women Paris Roubaix is such an incredible race we have been deprived for much too long. Best period to be a lover of all cycling sport things. 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @NathanEide
    @NathanEide Рік тому +16

    After Mitch's participation in the Rapha Gone Racing series, he's an absolute natural here on GCN. Wonderful video!!

  • @DouwedeJong
    @DouwedeJong Рік тому

    The sound on your riding interviews is phenomenal. Great job. Amazing,

  • @Driver8takeabreak
    @Driver8takeabreak Рік тому +4

    Mitch is a GREAT addition to GCN. Wonderful presenter. More of him please!

  • @hondasaurusrex6998
    @hondasaurusrex6998 Рік тому +8

    Mitch is almost a throwback to the 80s. Mustache and mollet. Brilliant video!!!

  • @TheMrbrookster
    @TheMrbrookster Рік тому +1

    A good choice for presenter of such an epic race, and I think the modesty of Mitch shows through, for anyone who is not aware Mitch suffered significantly in one of the worst crashes in the Arenburg forest in recent history in the very same race his team mate Matt Hayman took his historical win in Roubaix.

  • @Brenton-nu9rg
    @Brenton-nu9rg Рік тому +2

    I did love the sneaky change to his old team Skil kit at the end!

  • @mikebillington3152
    @mikebillington3152 Рік тому +3

    More Mitch please GCN!! Infectious enthusiasm and love of it. Brilliant.

  • @leangrypoulet7523
    @leangrypoulet7523 Рік тому +3

    A heck of a tash/mullet combo. Up their with the great combos of all time. Mitch owns it. 🤘

  • @AshleyTowey
    @AshleyTowey Рік тому +7

    Awesome style of video! Love seeing Mitch playing winner in the Roubaix velodrome, I have to say I did the exact same thing when I visited a few years ago

    • @cleekmaker00
      @cleekmaker00 Рік тому +1

      Kinda like running the bases at a Major League Baseball diamond just like the Pros do. 🙂

  • @neilbardsley
    @neilbardsley Рік тому +1

    I visit the velodrome last year. The staff were so welcoming. Bucket list moment. Afterwards we went on to visit the Flanders Museum. What a contrast. In Belgium cycling is worshipped in Northern France is tolerated

  • @tonybradford9061
    @tonybradford9061 Рік тому +4

    Still rates as my favorite cycle experience...riding the PR sportive. So much learning on bike handling. Even took Mrs B to try rolling along Arrenburg. Great content GCN.

  • @jordyd8916
    @jordyd8916 Рік тому +4

    We should introduce the 'Mitch Moustache Moment', a moment when you can see the passion and love for cycling in somebody so clearly that it works inspring. The enthousiasm in het pedalling, the colour in his voice.

  • @aleq
    @aleq Рік тому +1

    Mitch is amazing. The only rider to finish Roubaix in a different kit. More of him presenting please!

  • @h20s8804
    @h20s8804 Рік тому +1

    Mitch is a natural. Awesome the balance covering the women's field too!

  • @barriem5318
    @barriem5318 Рік тому +2

    What a great video. My favorite sector of PR is Carrefour de L'Arbre. Love the mustache and long hair. Dutch women are lovely.

  • @adamlucarelli7933
    @adamlucarelli7933 Рік тому +2

    Paris-Roubaix, what a dream to ride this course. Great video! It's encouraging to hear the pro's get as excited about this race as the fans

  • @darrencarlton7517
    @darrencarlton7517 Рік тому +5

    More Mitch!!!! He’s a guy I’d like to ride with and have a beer thereafter!

  • @daveland3599
    @daveland3599 Рік тому +3

    Love the Docker!!! Much more of him please.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      We've got loads of great GCN+ films with Mitch 👉 gcn.eu/TCOTR - Keep your eyes on the channel this week if you are fan of the mullet! 👀

  • @James-bt9og
    @James-bt9og Рік тому +1

    Mitch is an amazing presenter! Need more of this bloke!

  • @steffenandersensahl9443
    @steffenandersensahl9443 Рік тому +2

    Great little movie to build up for Roubaix. Mitch is a a pure legend!

  • @robertnobles8189
    @robertnobles8189 Рік тому +3

    You can FEEL the vibration in their voices. 🤯

  • @andrewwhittaker43
    @andrewwhittaker43 Рік тому +1

    2016 Mitch waking up after surgery from his crash . The nurse says’ Matthew Hayman won the race’ Yes Mitch says Mathew Hayman was in the race. The nurse says ‘no Mathew Hayman won the race’ Incredible stuff! Memories for a lifetime

  • @marcus_velo_9970
    @marcus_velo_9970 Рік тому

    wow brilliant, GCN, Mitch Docker .... the real deal! get it. we did a ride in Melbourne, he turns up like anyone else, took a photo with him, followed his wheel, he did all this cause he loves cycling, he has the passion, the spirit and has lived it.

  • @jamesmoros1274
    @jamesmoros1274 Рік тому +7

    ❤ Best race of the year 🎉

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      It never disappoints 🙌

  • @simonwoodford8728
    @simonwoodford8728 Рік тому

    Great to see Mitch and the Kirk back together. MItch took a real hit in the Arenberg when Matthew Hayman won in 2016 and the Kirk was instrumental of the Greenedge"s best monments in the time he was with them. Like Mitch, Hayman and O"Grady were two of the Australians that loved PR and drew many of us to love watching those that could win this race.

  • @MarcoP70
    @MarcoP70 Рік тому +2

    That was brilliant. I love Paris Roubaix. It excites me more than any other race. I'm going to be controversial and say I love it more than the Tour, which I do love too.
    Can't wait for the race.
    Wout for the mens race. Lotte Kopecky for the womens.

  • @chiefsittingstill6061
    @chiefsittingstill6061 Рік тому +1

    When they're talking while riding on the cobbles, it has a kind of staccato effect on the voice 😄

  • @magicknight8412
    @magicknight8412 Рік тому +3

    Love Paris Roubaix, a highlight of the year for me

  • @johnboulter6698
    @johnboulter6698 Рік тому

    Excellent. Thanks, Mitch, for a terrific insight into PR.from a man who clearly knows his onions! More, please.

  • @makaa7049
    @makaa7049 Рік тому

    Adding my comment to sing Mitch's praises! I recently became a cycling fan (like 3 weeks ago ha) and I've just been on a cycling video binge. This video is a perfect entry for new fans. Good mix of information and entertainment!

  • @bungee7503
    @bungee7503 Рік тому

    That mo, that mullet and the commentary: three things to like about this man!

  • @brianford8493
    @brianford8493 Рік тому

    Yep my fave too......great stuff!

  • @Elbrunosh
    @Elbrunosh Рік тому +2

    Peru Bay is also my favourite Race!

  • @johnnyrizzo2351
    @johnnyrizzo2351 Рік тому

    Great video! Mitch is a great presenter/interviewer. I really like his podcast too!
    We need more of him on GCN

  • @WahyudiWidodo
    @WahyudiWidodo Рік тому

    10:45 love the vibrato

  • @olieko
    @olieko Рік тому +1

    Great seeing Docker after the Epic, what a great guy.

  • @CrapKerouac
    @CrapKerouac Рік тому +2

    Mitch D looks like Kevin Costner with that moustache, in the 1985 cycling movie American Flyers.

  • @richardcoe7748
    @richardcoe7748 Рік тому +1

    That's a great documentary from the Doc !

  • @ruizmorelos
    @ruizmorelos Рік тому +1

    I don’t know what’s more epic… the segment of cobbles, the race or the mustache… love all three anyway…

  • @dandaniel9374
    @dandaniel9374 Рік тому

    Love it when Mitch makes an appearance! Also loving all the Paris-Roubaix content this week. Sure with GCN+ carried the race in North America! NOT a fan of FB and refuse to pay $150/year for what they have to offer. For that matter, NBC needs to get out of the cycling game too! Thanks for all you do GCN!

  • @ozavanti
    @ozavanti Рік тому

    Brilliant overview - more Mitch and Mullet!!

  • @VinceLongo-pz6ze
    @VinceLongo-pz6ze Рік тому

    Mitch is an absolute natural in front of the camera. Keep him around!

  • @shepshape2585
    @shepshape2585 Рік тому +1

    Without even watching this video, we all know what it takes to win Roubaix...legs and luck. You have to have both. You can have Wout's legs, but if you suffer a flat or other mechanical at a crucial point, you've lost the race. If you suffer no mechanicals or flats but don't have the legs, you've lost the race. Now of course this is true in any race, but we all know that it's even more important on the cobbles. So brutal, both on the riders and their bikes. Which makes me think...maybe I need to throw mental toughness in there too. Getting pounded by cobbles for hours on end would make most people just sit up and cash in. This is my second favorite race of the year behind the Tour, and I'm going to have to pick Wout to win it this year.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for the comment Shep! Sounds like you really know your stuff, this is a race for the toughest of riders with a generous sprinkling of luck 🙌 Give the video a watch and see if we missed anything 👀

    • @shepshape2585
      @shepshape2585 Рік тому

      @@gcn Just finished watching it. Great video and everything I mentioned was mentioned and then some. Can't wait for this year's race.

  • @janetw9016
    @janetw9016 Рік тому

    Great way to conclude the video with Mitch in his old Skil Shimano kit riding the Roubaix track!

  • @thesoultwins72
    @thesoultwins72 Рік тому

    Jeeez......ain't seen a mullet like that since the '70's!

  • @stoempert
    @stoempert Рік тому +1

    That Skil Shimano kit at the end 👌🏻

  • @marcochecchelani5966
    @marcochecchelani5966 Рік тому

    Great to see Mitch as GCN presenter. Hope to see him more often!

  • @KFc-pm1rz
    @KFc-pm1rz Рік тому

    Excellent video again Mitch! Very well done!

  • @TheFastchook
    @TheFastchook Рік тому

    Mitch is such a down-to-earth bloke.
    Nice one mate.

  • @countryseller
    @countryseller Рік тому +2

    The flying moustache!

  • @sebastianmachadocph
    @sebastianmachadocph Рік тому

    Such a beautiful video! 🥹

  • @chrisbaum998
    @chrisbaum998 Рік тому

    Great Video Mitch and GCN. We want more Mitch!!!

  • @nelocarbon3284
    @nelocarbon3284 Рік тому

    Man there is always that voice inside my head screaming over the radio: "Mitch crashed bad! Mitch crashed bad!!!"
    That crash inside Arenberg Forest is the stuff of nightmares

  • @danielbarford5136
    @danielbarford5136 Рік тому +1

    Love this 🙌

  • @MildStallion1
    @MildStallion1 Рік тому +1

    Great video, Mitch is a natural presenter. I'm curious why he changed into different kit for the velodrome?

  • @SLAYS863
    @SLAYS863 Рік тому

    anatta tuff sekta...gotta love this dude!

  • @ethangodridge6833
    @ethangodridge6833 Рік тому +2

    Cracking video. Roll on Roubaix on Sunday. As an Ineos fan last year was my favourite but as a cycling fan I’d say Hayman’s win in 2016 i’d say.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      Both great wins🙌

  • @abedfo88
    @abedfo88 Рік тому +3

    These videos are so good.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому +1

      Buckle up! We've got a few more of these on the way 👀

  • @cra_55
    @cra_55 Рік тому +2

    With that moustache and mullet, Mitch needs to be riding a lugged steel frame with downtube shifters

    • @arnoldhau1
      @arnoldhau1 Рік тому

      Very true. And a cap no helmet or old style thin helmet...

  • @lesflynn4455
    @lesflynn4455 Рік тому

    Mitch clearly still has a feel for the cobbles, he's riding them like a pro. The old Skil Shimano pro kit still fits too.

  • @4726trav
    @4726trav Рік тому

    I enjoy this type of video

  • @krishollyman143
    @krishollyman143 Рік тому

    great video ,,,,I will always remember Lizzie diegnans early break away ,to me it was one of the sporting moments that will always stay with me ,it's a shame it wasn't greatly publicised outside of the cycling press ,it would of been an excellent inspiration for young people

  • @richcrompton6891
    @richcrompton6891 Рік тому +3

    Just love Mitch’s videos. What a genuinely engaging bloke.
    Beside that, MvdP for the win! But would love Tom Pidcock to triumph! He may be way too light though…

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      More Mitch to come this week! 🙌 MVDP certainly has the form, let's see how it goes 👀

  • @bhpalmer
    @bhpalmer Рік тому

    Nice inspiring video guys.....dreams come true at Roubaix.

  • @mitch9294
    @mitch9294 Рік тому +1

    I am a simple man. I see Mitch Docker, I click the video, I click like

  • @gcn
    @gcn  Рік тому +6

    What was your favourite win at Paris-Roubaix? 🪨

    • @patrik1856
      @patrik1856 Рік тому +3

      2018 Sagan

    • @sdq605
      @sdq605 Рік тому +14

      2016 Hayman

    • @Jakiou
      @Jakiou Рік тому +2

      Hopefully Mads Pedersen 2023!!🎉

    • @morosis82
      @morosis82 Рік тому +8

      Hayman. As an Aussie I was stoked to see him win, especially off the back of an injury.

    • @headofmyself5663
      @headofmyself5663 Рік тому

      2016 Hayman

  • @revisephilosophy
    @revisephilosophy Рік тому

    A great video! Mitch is a natural talent and his Life in the Peloton podcasts demonstrated that (check it out). Jens Keukeleire is also a nice bloke. Met him at the Ronde 11 years ago.

  • @matskelton9589
    @matskelton9589 Рік тому +1

    Cracking stuff 👌

  • @auricr359
    @auricr359 Рік тому +1

    Nice content! :)) But even more interessting would be the analysis by one of the Podium guys from former PR races

  • @billcodey1430
    @billcodey1430 Рік тому +1

    Awesome preview!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      Are you as excited as we are for the race? 🙌

  • @simonguard5087
    @simonguard5087 Рік тому

    Tash and mullett….MD is a top guy, like to see Mitch & Lachlan together.

  • @TopgunB
    @TopgunB Рік тому +1

    Nice one enjoyed that!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      We'll be keeping the Roubaix hype up all week, turn your notifications on to catch the next video 🔔

  • @Tilemason1
    @Tilemason1 Рік тому

    awesome Mitch really well done.

  • @filippopogacar
    @filippopogacar Рік тому

    Cool Mitch

  • @edwardojg
    @edwardojg Рік тому

    There's quite a few cobblestone sections where I live in North West of England the smaller ones usually on streets that haven't been resurfaced but then there's the back alley baby head cobbles like arenberg that jolt your body and loosen your fillings 😅 I couldn't imagine riding a 2300m section let alone at racing speed

  • @peterleffler2062
    @peterleffler2062 Рік тому

    More Mitch please.

  • @michaelrichard8845
    @michaelrichard8845 Рік тому

    Wake up, new Mitch content just dropped!

  • @kyle_c936
    @kyle_c936 Рік тому

    Anyone looking out for Amber in today's race, she won't be there, she's waiting for surgery on an artery. But she's still only 23 so she's got plenty more chances ahead of her and she clearly loves this race. Jens will be racing on Sunday, though.

  • @BigWojS
    @BigWojS Рік тому

    Slick costume change at the end there, Mitch.

  • @matzemuller3278
    @matzemuller3278 Рік тому

    Great Mitch!

  • @patrickorourke152
    @patrickorourke152 Рік тому +1

    Brilliant 🇮🇪🇮🇪👍

  • @SonnyDarvishzadeh
    @SonnyDarvishzadeh Рік тому +1

    Cobbles are great news for rheumatologists and bearing producers 😏

  • @Greg.Sutton
    @Greg.Sutton Рік тому

    Cracking video. Mitch is very good - got such an easy style of presenting / being on video. Can you tell me though what is the name of the hotel they were at in th beginning - I am trying to find a decent base for doing my own roubaix exploration ride weekend.
    I am so excited for Saturday and Sunday....... gonna cut my club rides short to be back for them!
    Top Picks -
    Mens - Ganna / De lie
    Femmes - Kopecky / Vos

  • @andrewosullivan4668
    @andrewosullivan4668 Рік тому +3

    Rule number 1 : DON'T CRASH! As I unfortunately found out last week while sliding on the mud.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Рік тому

      Ah no! Hope you are recovering well 🙌

  • @ferrousfreind
    @ferrousfreind Рік тому

    Old bibs for the recon, Florian?

  • @thomaskranked562
    @thomaskranked562 Рік тому

    Mitch is very cool. Wondered about his wheel size. There is so much clearance on the fork. Ita looking a bit odd.

  • @Metzgermeier
    @Metzgermeier Рік тому

    I am a simple man. I see Mitch Docker, I press like.

  • @thomaspossien3898
    @thomaspossien3898 Рік тому

    excellent

  • @luisfernandorios2004
    @luisfernandorios2004 Рік тому

    Better than all the lot at GCN