Ok, c'mon, that interview was superb. I love how spontaneous, relaxed, and short answer the format was. Maybe you guys can make a habit of doing these with various pros. I'd watch them all.
I interviewed MvDP after he won a stage of the Tour of Britain in Kendal. He had just ridden across the country and sprinted up the fearsome "Beast Banks" to win the stage in Kendal, Cumbria. He was on the turbo trainer warming down and it was as though he had just done a leisurely Sunday afternoon jaunt. I stuck a microphone in his face and he was very polite and happy to talk. It's only when you get close to these guys that you realise how fit they are. I could feel the power radiating from him!
Kudos to Si "Lone Wolf" Richardson for carrying another GCN show solo. Dan will hopefully be back next week to help Mr. "Wolf" figure out his right arm from his left for the Hack or Bodge intro.
If Dan is living in an area where he has to mow his lawn in late november then he has officially forfeited his right to say that he lives in an area where there are adverse winter conditions for cycling.
It looked like he was mowing the lawn at a large community center or perhaps a UCI building - doing penance for the recent Zwift height conundrum perhaps?
Cool to see the power generating trainer become a commercial thing. We built our own using recycled parts and an old alternator. So satisfying to ride and power the laptop, charge a phone etc...
The most impressive thing about the MVdP interview is not that he so amiably dealt with Lloydy's inane questions but that he was doing so while cooling down and probably 400 watts.
Final hack/bodge; enjoyed Si’s use of the phrase ‘an absolute shoe-in’. Am sure it caused a few heads to be scratched but then you can’t tease a trout without custard as we say!
caption: singing: Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone
17:24 Si, how can't you see the smartness of the tool? It's even written in the description! It allows to fit the quick link while holding together the 2 sides of the open chain, fighting against the rear derailleur tension. It's definitely a hack!
Van der Poel's best discipline is mountain bike. His win rate is most ridiculous there. In 2019 he won something like 27 out of 29. Of course mountain bikers know the best mountain biker in the world!
I thought these questions would be clumsy or horrible, but MVDP kept saying how good they were. And I agree. He was a good sport considering he was on a trainer.
His reply about choosing mountain biking must be truly terrifying for all pro mountain bikers. If he stopped and focused solely on MTB can you imagine the outcome!
Recently new to drop bar bikes alway rode BMX and MTB bought a Gbike 4 years ago and love it. don’t really get the road bike/rim brake/leg shave/Lycra scene but I’m a massive fan of MVDP cx videos, lads got skills. Funny how he didn’t get the English sense of humour questions 😁 Tenner on him winning gravel WC.
Love the new GCN training crowd, but for old times’ sake, would you and Dan consider doing a training session again for us….and also ask Matt S to do one too? Loyal Nova Scotia GCN fan, Bronwyn Duffy
Very cool tech and made right for our quarantine here in HongKong as a air purifier is required in your room if you want to be allowed to use your trainer …
As an American woman, I very much enjoyed Ruth and Taylor's perspective on women's professional cycling in the Circle of Death film. Their friendship is sweet too.
Idea for a new GCN series: like the show “hot ones” get pros on a training bike, make them do high power intervals, then proceed to hit them with deeper and deeper questions while they’re in the pain cave.
I could have really used the quick link holder (twice) because the link that came with my KMC X11 chains simply didn't fit, no matter what tools I used. That would have helped.
Caps: peak up or peak down? Did any of Mathieu’s answers surprise you?
Yeah, surprised that he chose mountain biking
"Mountain Biking" 🙄 Disappointed, but not surprised.
@@regunationsregunations6662 Me too...
Surprised that he knows Dan's name aswell, wow
Mountain biking
Ok, c'mon, that interview was superb. I love how spontaneous, relaxed, and short answer the format was. Maybe you guys can make a habit of doing these with various pros. I'd watch them all.
And he was doing 500W average for the interview
Wouldn't be surprised if a big part of it was also because of how cool Van Der Poel seems to be. Great guy!
It is so great to see that MVDP, despite winning so many races, is such a nice and modest guy.
Kudos to Mathieu. He was a very good sport and very kind and diplomatic in his responses.
He has good character as well as being a legend on the bike.👏🏻
I interviewed MvDP after he won a stage of the Tour of Britain in Kendal. He had just ridden across the country and sprinted up the fearsome "Beast Banks" to win the stage in Kendal, Cumbria. He was on the turbo trainer warming down and it was as though he had just done a leisurely Sunday afternoon jaunt. I stuck a microphone in his face and he was very polite and happy to talk. It's only when you get close to these guys that you realise how fit they are. I could feel the power radiating from him!
Standing beside a cooling down MvDP is a good warming up for us mere mortals 😂
@@idlerfang 😂😂😂 drop us like a bad habit!
MVDP answering some questions while riding at my FTP
Only if your FTP is at least somewhere around 250W I guess :D
as it turned out I was 'riding' with MvdP on zwift while this interview was taking place. (I didn't last that long)
I can't sustain his wattage there during the length of that interview
..."I didn't notice him"... that was hilarious!!!
Kudos to Si "Lone Wolf" Richardson for carrying another GCN show solo. Dan will hopefully be back next week to help Mr. "Wolf" figure out his right arm from his left for the Hack or Bodge intro.
wow mvdp is more thoughtful than I would have anticipated a younger pro to be.
I think he's been racing for 20 years now.
@@galenkehler dude is a straight up veteran
mathieu is sooooo sympathetic, like, he really comes across as such a kind and entertaining human being
Caption: This Canadian brings her background in hockey to cyclocross. Just look at the way she positions herself in front of the Puck.
vdP interview was fantastic. More of that sort of thing, please.
I thought the worst day had to be the mountain bike race at Olymia.
MVDP is the man. This was awesome, please do more rapid fire interviews like this.
Sure at the end of the story about the New Zealand politician cycling to the maternity unit, he should have said "cycling has the power to deliver ".
Is she riding a 'delivery' bike?
If Dan is living in an area where he has to mow his lawn in late november then he has officially forfeited his right to say that he lives in an area where there are adverse winter conditions for cycling.
he really needs to get a bike with a lawnmower attachment. No excuse to not get on the bike
It looked like he was mowing the lawn at a large community center or perhaps a UCI building - doing penance for the recent Zwift height conundrum perhaps?
@@aliensporebomb probably gcn hq
Caption competition:
These bikes are made for walkin'
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these bikes are gonna walk all over you
Maybe Dan is holding out to become the first anchor of the Grass Cutting Network.
Most surprising answer from mvdp? "Roubaix, or did I win that one already?"
Y'all really asked the guy who was better, him or Wout Van Aert 🤣 I think that was the most stressful question. 😅
Caption fixed for ya: "Unlike golf, cyclocross is a good walk soiled"
Are they tired, or did they suffer a hole in one?
Legend, i thought that that win at tour de France on second stage winning yellow would be his best day on a bike
That question about what keeps him awake at night has not aged well 😂😅😂
he will probably get his revenge this year
Awesome and fun interview with MVDP. Not done badly at all! Loved the questions. Next, capture Wout van Aert for an interview ;-)
My best MvdP moment this year was his finish at Strade Bianche.
Cool to see the power generating trainer become a commercial thing. We built our own using recycled parts and an old alternator. So satisfying to ride and power the laptop, charge a phone etc...
Mathieu is a nice guy but we all know everyone's favourite GCN presenter is Manon
no Si is smarter and a cheeky lad
y’all just want to DRIVE a TRAIN on Manon 😉
She’s my second least favorite.
It used to be Ollie but he doesn't presents much lately and Manon does all the track so you are absolutely right
The most impressive thing about the MVdP interview is not that he so amiably dealt with Lloydy's inane questions but that he was doing so while cooling down and probably 400 watts.
Caption comp. "Could have done with my GCN Arse Saver today."
Cool interview... pls. do one with Wout as well.. same questions..
A bicycle wheel that purifies air is an idea on the same level as solar road ways.
Crazy, but not completely terrible
Great interview format , do it again with more riders
Peak up! I would have laughed if MVDP had said that Matt Stephens was his favorite presenter :)
Mathieu Van Der Poel is my favorite😁😁
I just noticed that for every time that Ollie says "AERO", Si says "Oh my word"
I would like him to compare his performance 2021 strade bianche vs 2019 AGR. Both legendary 👌
Biggest lie ever told by a GCN presenter:
Si: "I don't want to be pedantic"
I love his favourite answer--"Good question."
Caption: Maghalie Rochette, seen here perfectly dressed for a number 2 finish.
The Selle San Marco saddles in the Selle Italia giveaway are epic 😂
I imagine one or both of those companies are not going to love that bit :/
haha the MVDP interview was great, love the Si show
Final hack/bodge; enjoyed Si’s use of the phrase ‘an absolute shoe-in’. Am sure it caused a few heads to be scratched but then you can’t tease a trout without custard as we say!
Please do these Interviews much more its super cool
I am happy to see them ride in flanders. And in a few weeks in the cyclocross 🔥
Caption: I think I Rochette my pants.
caption: singing: Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
Loved the bike rack. We have plenty of bamboo here in Thailand so maybe I will use that instead.
It's so cute that Si got to meet his idol, we should all be so lucky. Would be awesome to meet someone I look up to...Si, maybe one day😁
Loooved the MVP interview!!!!!!!!
MVDP should have been interviewed on GMBN. He said he’d choose mountain biking over road.
Caption competition: Walking is a good ride soiled
23:40 when Si is flexing his wrists it sounds like studded tires on a highway! Although my wrists make the same cracking / grinding sounds
Golf: “I'm expensive”.
Cycling: “Hold my Camelbak™”.
That shits funny. I don’t care who you are. 👏👏
Thanks. happy month end and happy Christmas
That's a pretty lush house Dan has! Nice lawn mowing 🙂
17:24 Si, how can't you see the smartness of the tool? It's even written in the description! It allows to fit the quick link while holding together the 2 sides of the open chain, fighting against the rear derailleur tension.
It's definitely a hack!
💪🏽💪🏽 The King MVDP 👑👑
Guys You rock !
SI, watch you said Selle Italia but it was Selle Sanmarco. ❤️
What a palmares this young dutch dude already have.....absolutly insane ! Century talent !
Good interview. That was really fun, nice work. He would pick MTB?!?! That really surprised me.
At least he's funny! Cool work guys. :)
Was surprised he mvdp said mtn biking, still a good answer too
Dan was nervous! And, so very lucky. Awesome interview! MVDP is the boss!
Given his answer on mountain biking, I wonder if MVDP is as well known among the GMBN crowd (and if there is scope to get him on there too)? 🤔
GMBN speak about him plenty of time I have met him in real life.
Yes most avid mountain bikers know and follow MVDP.
Van der Poel's best discipline is mountain bike. His win rate is most ridiculous there. In 2019 he won something like 27 out of 29.
Of course mountain bikers know the best mountain biker in the world!
@@andrew7taylor Are you saying his win rate is better than in Cyclocrossing?
@@andrew7taylor27/29 is his win rate in CX, not in MTB (yet 😎).
I thought these questions would be clumsy or horrible, but MVDP kept saying how good they were. And I agree. He was a good sport considering he was on a trainer.
Caption: Well, I like the new UCI CycloWalk Champions League
Ruddy hell Si, you are an awesome presenter - great show as always
Wow wasen't expecting this one
His reply about choosing mountain biking must be truly terrifying for all pro mountain bikers. If he stopped and focused solely on MTB can you imagine the outcome!
Love the MVP questions !!! Such a honest guy!! 😍😂
"I THINK... MOUNTAIN BIKING" Music to my ears
Caption: Connoisseurs of mud will tell you, "You can't rush it."
Recently new to drop bar bikes alway rode BMX and MTB bought a Gbike 4 years ago and love it.
don’t really get the road bike/rim brake/leg shave/Lycra scene but I’m a massive fan of MVDP cx videos, lads got skills.
Funny how he didn’t get the English sense of humour questions 😁
Tenner on him winning gravel WC.
He is Dutch, sarcasm is not their thing, they tend to take everything literally!
Caption: "When you have to hurry, but you can't run in the pool"
Love the new GCN training crowd, but for old times’ sake, would you and Dan consider doing a training session again for us….and also ask Matt S to do one too? Loyal Nova Scotia GCN fan, Bronwyn Duffy
Glad you flexed your wrists when talking about wrist pain, otherwise I would have had no idea what you meant.
Peak up/peak down..... depends on the weather!
Wet or low sun - peak down otherwise up..... mostly!
good luck everyone
MVP @ unbound gravel would be siiiiick
Very cool tech and made right for our quarantine here in HongKong as a air purifier is required in your room if you want to be allowed to use your trainer …
I think him calling poggi is a sign to come legends takes a legend to know ome
As an American woman, I very much enjoyed Ruth and Taylor's perspective on women's professional cycling in the Circle of Death film. Their friendship is sweet too.
Caption: All this just to go get a coffee!
Dan Loyd rule the GCN!
Yes favouring mtb above road and cx
Caption: "This is the LAST time I go to work without fenders."
CAPTION: "Bloody hell Puck, you'll have to lend me some Alpecin after this"
I was really surprised MvdP chose MTB over road and cross. That was the one I’d least expect him to answer,
Idea for a new GCN series: like the show “hot ones” get pros on a training bike, make them do high power intervals, then proceed to hit them with deeper and deeper questions while they’re in the pain cave.
caption - "after you"
"No after you"
"No after you"
Caption competition:- joined cycling to avoid slowing down at the red light, but looks like maghalie had to stop anyways.
great interview/ do more of those
5:33 kids banging your hotel room door
Caption: These cleats are made for walking, and riding cross bikes too. One of these days these cleats are gonna have a top step view.
MVDP won't ride outside in the rain is the funniest thing a cyclocross champion ever said!
A quick link on a Campy chain?! MY WORD!!
Caption: When the race gets muddy, gotta stick with your buddy.
Caption Comp:
“This Cyclocross lark is just a walk in the park”
I could have really used the quick link holder (twice) because the link that came with my KMC X11 chains simply didn't fit, no matter what tools I used. That would have helped.