KOM Hunters: Ventoux

Mont Ventoux. The Bald Mountain. The Giant of Provence. One of the most iconic climbs in all of professional cycling.
To break the record for the fastest time up this legendary mountain is an achievement most cyclists can only dream of…and that’s exactly what EF Education-EasyPost Sports Director, Tom Southam, and his band of 5 amateur hill climbers are going to try and do.
The Strava KOM, currently held by World Tour professional Richard Carapaz, stands at just over 1 hour. If Tom’s team of elite amateurs are going to take this crown, they’ll need to put their egos aside and work together as a team.
Headed by two super talented climbers - British National hill climb champion, Andrew Feather, and aspiring professional bike racer, Max Stedman - the KOM Hunters have the potential to write themselves into the history books of this iconic mountain; but only one rider can take the record for themselves.
Will personal ambition and internal rivalry get in the way of achieving their goal? Will Tom be able to wrangle this bunch of individuals into a functioning team? Will Max or Andy break the record, or will they become another victim of Ventoux?
📺 KOM Hunters: Ventoux is available to watch exclusively on GCN+ from Tuesday 17 October 2023.
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📺 Watch the full film on GCN+ from Tuesday 17 October 2023 👉 gcn.eu/KOM2

[@ptocknell]

This was such a fun video to watch. Thanks for all you guys do to keep us mere bike mortals entertained on the trainer.

[@ptrlatte]

I am looking forward to part 2 where they evaluate the attempt. What went well? What can be improved?

[@josephclarke7133]

I would love to see Andrew Feather attempt a eVerest challenge where the its fully optimised: create a synthetic mountain at a constant gradient and height equal to Everest. Make the gradient that which optimises his VAM given his power output. How quickly could one possibly ascend Everest?

[@gregandemma]

So as an example will this doco be lost forever. Will GCN or whoever owns the rights publish it on RUclips

[@poppetar7]

It is not Richard Carapaz who has the KOM, it is Pogacar. 7 seconds faster than Carapaz, done on the same day - WTF? How come GCN ignored Pogi?

[@gregandemma]

If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen? 😂

[@youra79cccp12]

I always wondering what they doing for a living???

[@uygarbocutoglu4465]

who is the guy with the yellow jersey with Turkish Flag on it. "BEYKOZ"

[@jascollinscork]

👌🏼😍

[@joanneknapper2513]

Ladies’ QOM challenge???

[@gregandemma]

I think they were looking at who can ride the fastest up the mountain

[@joanneknapper2513]

@@gregandemma don’t understand your reply. My comment was a suggestion for another video.