For those of you who have never ridden a kilometer time trial, you are so deep into oxygen debt you literally are blacking out toward the end and you are losing all peripheral vision, your legs don't even want to turn anymore. If you get right off the bike, you couldn't stand up. But you recover (relatively) quickly once you get to breath if you're in good shape. Because right after the race, you wouldn't be able to stand up on your own two legs. Yes, it will take a while to be ready for any other race. There are more races coming up and the state championships is a long day.
Doing a prolonged 110% sprint like this you don't recover quickly at all, you know you did well when you can barely stand for a whole 5 minutes, just look at them trying to recover. Such a short event but the energy used up is insane
Damn thats crazy, never knew that. I wonder how their body allows them to do that (enter into oxygen debt as you say) without invoking a fight/flight response.
I remember, back in the ancient times before any aero at all, save for skinsuits and radial spoked wheels that even riding a SLOW 1:13 kilo time on a 51x15 gear, on an outdoor cement 333 meter track, induced such oxygen debt that my lungs were burning for over an hour after getting off of the bike. What these supermen experience in their lungs must be outright, acute pain given the speed. wattage output, and fully anaerobic effort it takes to ride this even in 59 seconds!! (They don't call it the 'KILLERmeter' for nothing.) But given their unbelievable conditioning, they probably recover a lot quicker than I imagine they ever could. ;) I REALLY wish that this event, and the individual pursuit (how the HELL do they now average just over 1 minute per kilo for THAT event?!?!?) were still in the Olympics as stand alone championship events, and not just part of the damned 'Omnium'. ;)
Recover quickly? No, just no... I've done three of these in my life and the last was 20 years ago and I still haven't mentally recovered from it yet. The first one that I did was paced like an idiot. I was dead on the bike at 50 seconds and still had more than 30 seconds to go. The second was paced better but when I hit the dead zone at 1:10 I still wasn't at the finish. The third was the fastest because I paced it the best 1:14. I've ridden 100+ mile road races, 1200 km rides, 5 minute hill climbs in England and a few cyclo cross events but my far the most painful thing on a bike was that last km tt. I've fallen off bikes and cracked ribs and it's been less painful. The worst part was not being able to quantify the vast quantities of extra pain for the lack of extra speed. I could never get my head around that. It's just like the Darwin Awards but on wheels. To the folks that do this event well - hats off to you.
You would be too tired to hump after riding like this, he basically f**ked the bike already. Always time to snuggle and watch flixnet I guess though after impressing them with your cycling skills.
For those that say they push up the watts at the line are really incorrect. Hoogland 2nd lap = 12.8ish...3rd lap 13.7 ish...4th lap 15.5 ish. Power rapidly decreases through the ride. Top pursuiters lap at 15.5 seconds for 4km and they are riding at maybe 600 watts. Hoogland is heavier so maybe 700 watts last lap...not 1600-2000 like some bananas are saying.
since you carry the speed throughout the whole lap, energy expended at the beginning of the lap gives you much more lap time than at the end. typically, race cars will let off the accelerator to save fuel. hybrid cars also dump all their energy at the beginning of the acceleration.
Launching out the gate, Hoogland is easily over 2000w. I'm the same height, 16kg lighter and do over 2000w out of a gate, I'm not even on the level with top in my country. He would be pushing north of 2400w easily.
The average person sits inside all day staring at a smartphone screen so they wouldn't be capable of nearly anything. People who cycle regularly could, it would feel really heavy but they could grind it for 1 lap.
I raced bikes waaaay back in the late 1970's. The track for me, anyway, was a nice distraction from the road. I rode madisons, points races, match sprint, and my favorite, miss and outs. Kilo races were not every week, but, more reserved for bigger races. I really only raced bikes for fun, so, I didn't race kilos very much. But, when I actually trained for a month to prepare for a track event that had a kilo event, I did pretty good. Back then, I was posting times in the 1:07 range. The first one I ever did was on a dare. It was at the Far West Track Championship in Encino, California. I raced on the bike I would love for the duration of my track efforts, because it was quite simply the best bike I ever rode, much less be proud to own, a COLNAGO Super Pista. I did a lot of modifications to the bike, so it was pretty fast, and rode like I was on a rail, no wandering all around the sprinter's lane. I did no prep for the race, and still made a time of 1:12. Encino is a 250 meter track, like this one. For me, for the kilo, I liked 333 meter track more. I could push harder it seemed. A question. What gear are the current kilo racers using? I chose my gear depending on the track surface, length, how fast the times before my start are, and how I felt. I usually ran a 100" gear, with bigger chainring and rear cog. You know, even though I reaaaaly trusted my bike, it was always scary to push that first pedal stoke, for fear of breaking something. I never did tho! I like Theo Bos, he really hammers the start, and hopes his fitness will help him fight off the horrible burn. All out!
I wish I could, but, all I have left is a still photo, of some road race in Canada. However, I will see if my team mates have any such thing. But, I really doubt anybody would be interested. I am no great champion, just a guy from southern California, who liked extreme sports.
A nice distraction from the road? I call absolute BS. As of 1978 the World Record for Pro's was 1:07:49 by Peder Pederson and 1:04:225 by Maic Malchow from East Germany - a rider that was likely more steroid fed that a herd of cattle that'd cover 100,000 acres of land. Sure you rode a kilometer and at some point the clock was at 1:07 but it probably wasn't when you finished.
I know that fear of pushing too hard. Had a chain skip several times while spriting on a low qualitiy bike. Now I hate bike riding because i do not dare to push really hard on the Pedal..
@@n8style I'm sure there have been. That said victor campenaerts just set the hour record and he picked a velodrome at altitude (~5000ft I think). My guess is he wouldn't have picked that if it was a disadvantage.
This is great to see. I like Bos. He is exiting to watch. I used to do this sort of thing, back in the steel frame days. I used spoked wheels, because none of the discs at the time were faster. I also opted for standard handle bars. I always did better on 333 m tracks, because I could go more full out on the straightaways. I liked match sprinting on a 250. But, my specialty was road racing. Especially stage racing. I loved the climbs. I also raced cyclo cross, mountain bikes, BMX, downhill, and trials. Well, you don't race trials, I guess! lol! I just raced track for fun. I really liked madisons and miss and outs. I really liked ten mile scratch races, but they didn't have many of those where I did most of my racing, near where I grew up. Bike racing is great. Lots of fun. I quit doing it because I had to devote more time to my newer diversion, tri's. I was a swimmer in high school, and ran a bunch of 10 k's. I think these guys are way more serious than I was. I think my best time was a 1:07 something. But, I was fit enough to do 1:07's all day. Kind of like a fast criterium.
@@nickschelvis2173 That doesn't seem that high. The highest gear ratio on my gravel bike is 50:11, which is about 92% the gear ratio of those aero bikes. I can hit that gear when sprinting on a smooth surface if I really try, and I'm not exactly a pro athlete (though I do ride probably about 10 hours a week). With a more aerodynamic bike, that gear would be even easier to pedal on.
Nathan they can go a lot harder on their gear ratio but since they ride fixed they have to find a gear to get a good start with but also a go to a high to speed. I bet that their cadence is higher than yours when sprinting in that gear. The power it takes to pull of such a gear from standstill like this is already insanely high. Also with a high cadence it’s easier to put down lots of power when sprinting on track. I compete in omniums and also the speed we accomplish are on high cadence. It just feels easier and gives you the ability to hold your power for much longer.
@@Nathan-tg4gu try putting your bike into that gear then do a few mile/kilo ride w/ some stops and starts in it. no coasting and no changing gears. let me know who your legs feel after. there's a reason why your bike has a shifter and that's probably the largest gear you can shift down to gradually.
$5000 wheels. But they let the helmet straps flutter around in the wind. I'm sure that helmet strap adds more time than is saved by using a front disc over a deep dish.
Matthew Glaetzer; 17:51 the technique required to start a massive gear for the kilo. Look at the flex in his Traps. The straight up and down bobbing of the head. Square back. The length of time he keeps the pulling process. Exhaling on each power stroke. Black line control. Look and learn. Correct me if I am wrong I checked approximately 16 pedal strokes for 200m. So his gear is in region of 12.5m of development. If I am correct that is a MASSIVE gear.
12.5m of development is 66x11 or 72x12 and his chainring is nowhere near that big, are you sure you're correct on the count? Have just counted and it's about 25-26 for the 250m, so about a 60x13
@@anthonythorne8963 WOW, they are approaching the highest gearing that the dinosaur old motorpace 'stayers' used to use for the long, long gone World Motorpace 100KM Championships!!
15:48 Was moving onto the blue region on purpose or a mistake by Teo? I thought it was supposed to be slower so that a rider can't benefit by riding the shorter distance.
I wasn't even surprised that it was a Dutch who did it, when half the country prefers bicycles over cars, you know you've also got the fastest cyclists among them.
@Quantum Decoherence No, carbon track bikes are often actually just as heavy as UCI legal road bikes, if not heavier. They have to be built much stronger than a roadie, and consequently they weigh more than they look like they should. They're usually between 6.5 and 8 kg, depending on equipment and frame size.
Sub one minute and 60+km/h average. Physical and technical perfection. Be interested to know what gear he rode and average power output. Where to from here?
@@fopperer They are tested to a level that would astound most people, but yeah, the technology to mask 'enhancements' does march on at a pace which exceeds the test producers' rate of improvement, but still, I will call them 'clean' until proven otherwise. ;)
Jesus Christ, Hoogland flying is seriously fast! I thought Boss is aggressive fast but Hoogland just wow... Matthew's top end is significant, I wonder its trade off? start slow to get top end?
Samy Arabi : Gear inches. As a rough reference, 120" is roughly 50/11 on a road bike (though a track bike wouldn't normally use these teeth numbers to get that ratio).
you have to go very high up before thin air stops beating reduced oxygen uptake. They set the hour record at 2000m and that's almost entirely aerobic. This event is largely anaerobic and you can probably never loose by going higher. The toll on the body from being at a certain altitude (before the race) would have a morge significant impact on performance. fyi:www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/the-effect-of-racing-at-altitude/
@@zwamman But for the hour record (because it IS aerobic) they will train at altitude for a while, and even sleep in a hypoxic atmosphere, etc. in order to (legally) increase their hematocrit levels so as to not be disadvantaged by the lesser oxygen levels, but definitely get the lower air resistance benefit, at those very high altitude 'world record' tracks. For road racing, (as in that article) where everyone gets/faces the same exact conditions, the lower partial oxygen pressure does not give anyone an advantage, but only a disadvantage if they did not acclimate by training at a higher altitude before hand, or at least sleep in a hypoxic atmosphere (tent) to help increase their hematocrit to handle the efforts with less oxygen for uptake.
I used to do the standing kilometer in 1:15, won two district championships with this time. Before aero bars. Now it takes me one minute to do one lap of the 333m velodrome.
This is the cycling equivalent to the 400, just a long extended, fully anaerobic SPRINT, where your lungs are screaming bloody murder at your brain, and your legs during that last lap feel like your treading in hardening CEMENT!! ;)
@@VastkustSvamp Google Earth shows it at 30ft above sea level. From my work with GIS data in the US I've come to trust Google Earth data (within a few feet). 18m, if you include the height of the track above the ground, seems pretty much accurate. As far as air pressure differences due to altitude of +/- a few feet, it'd be negligible.
Hoogland did 10,829 s for first 125 m, and 7,949 s for the last 125 m. Corresponding average speeds are 11,54 m/s (41,55 km/h) and 15,72 m/s (56,61 km/h). So basically he slowed down at the end. His best speed was between 250-375 m in 6,324 s average speed 71,16 km/h.
Are these bikes massively different to the ones used for the hour record? I don't understand how these speeds (e.g. 58km/h) can only be slightly faster than Victor Campenaerts' (55km/h) for a mere 1/60th of the time. EDIT: I'm still open to responses, but I guess having to accelerate from an absolute standstill is probably the biggest factor that makes the 1km and 1 hour speeds even remotely similar.
the huge acceleration at the start means that they gradually slow down towards the end, because the distance is shorter it matters more to accelerate faster at the start, whereas in an hour record the start makes a tiny difference, so the rider can gradually get up to 55 km/h without building up lactic acid in their muscles. the track sprinter starts at 75 km/h and ends at 40 km/h (example) which takes the average speed down a lot. at such short distances the time lost accelerating makes the most difference on the time.
It's tougher to do a great time on a 250 meter track. A 333 allows the racer to get a better pace, due to less turning. At least that is how I felt. My times were always better on a 333. However, when match sprinting, I definitely preferred a 250. And when I was racing, in the 1970's, a good time was around a 1:05!
There were never all that many INDOOR 333 meter tracks anywhere, and there are even less now. When riding a kilo, or pursuit event at the Trexlertown, Pa. track (outdoor, cement, 333 meter, now called he Valley Preferred Velodrome), on certain days, one of the straights always felt like you were running into a brick wall, the wind was so bad!
@@Fordworldrallyfan Oh, they joys of having to contending with road conditions on the track. My home track was at Encino, Ca. The same track the Track Director at T-Town for many years, Pat McDonough, began his career at. We were team mats, you see. That track was a concrete 250m, right on the banks of the LA river. There were always vagrants passing by following the river, and they would stop and throw glass bottles over the fence. I was constantly sweeping up broken glass at that track. it made it very sketchy to run delicate tires, like a #3 Clement. I only raced at T-Town a few times. Pat was very accommodating. I never really took racing all that seriously, but I really liked it, so i did do some specific training when I wanted to do good at a certain event. Growing up in southern California, I was a baseball player, a competitive swimmer, water polo, in high school. I went to college, but never played sports. I was too busy skiing, surfing, backpacking, hiking, surfing, rock climbing, or whatever. I also did some triathlons. I never trained for those, but I did run some 10ks, and so I just practiced the transitions, and then they were pretty easy. I trained quite a bit with Pat McDonough, because being on the same club, the track racers trained together. But, I mainly focused on criteriums and road races. But, usually after about mile 125-130, I was pretty cooked. All the races I ever won were in sprints. Every time I tried a solo attack to win, I was always caught. I guess I could have trained more, and partied less. Oh well, that was long ago. It was still fun.
How can you call a world record at sea level "relatively straightforward"? It's the best ever time in history at sea level. It's a f**king miracle. Hey Hoogy, just go out and do a bit more training and you'll be popping out 54 seconds kilo's.
i think mostly they are using some effort test data(O2 volume usage etc..) for them. every athletes durability is different. if you can be strong in the end it is logical to start with low gears and so you can finish with high speeds. that s my opinion. please someone answer if it is true
it's based on the rider's preferred cadence, some people can pedal faster than others so have a easier gear to enable them to spin faster. They also consider what their maximum cadence is, because otherwise you will spin out before you reach top speed. It's almost entirely down to personal preference and their body types, while keeping it so they don't spin out.
@@necmibora Yeah, most Americans are just incapable of appreciating what these speed, and endurance athletes can do, since it does not involve extreme violence, physically hitting an opponent as part of the sport (except for the head butting in the Keirin), or involve 300+ pounders. :(
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@@igorvalko7368 thank you so much!! I suspected. I know little to nothing about "track racing". Very intrigued by it compared to road racing. So much to learn. Thanks again.
@@igorvalko7368 Yes, ALL of the sprinter types, in sprint type events use the straps in combo with the clips. Some of the stronger pursuiters, using big gears, might even use them because of the starts.
My bike is 62t chainring and 12t cog which means the gear ratio is 5:1 I'm also a time trialist i have twice the endurance of a track cyclist I'm a hard worker my speed is 75km/h
Fact is, just like in car racing, it's faster to have shorter gears, accelerate quickly and hit rev limiter much sooner before the end of the straight, than it is to have a tall gear and hit higher top speeds but gets up to speed slowly.
These guys are pushing massive gears, hence the strain to get up to power/speed initially. Essentially, take a road bike and shift it into the biggest chainring and the smallest cog wheel then, from a dead stop get up to 145ish rpm within 15-20 seconds and hold it for a minute. Afterwards, while you feel like puking, remember these guys are pushing a bigger gear!
@@samanderson7745 He means relatively small. Hoogerland's gearing was obviously shorter than Glazer's, which is why he got up to speed way faster and lost a handful of time at the end.
At sea level there is higher atmospheric pressure which means that there is more drag. The very slight trade off is that the added atmospheric pressure means that they have access to more oxygen which means that they can put out more power.
@@kellenwillett8263 Yeah, it seemed like a statement to me. But he is correct, as no one even considered much aero equipment way back then, save for using a radial, standard ROUND spoked front wheel. Also, Eddy used what was basically the first 'skinsuit' ever, albeit actually a silk track jersey stitched to his wool shorts, and not a one piece Lycra deal, like modern day track/time trial attire. He also was overly concerned with weight, used some paper thin Columbus steel tubing for that bike (no UCI weight minimums back then), even though it would only help him for the start, and very minimally for any very slight accelerations he would do in his pace during that hour.
For those of you who have never ridden a kilometer time trial, you are so deep into oxygen debt you literally are blacking out toward the end and you are losing all peripheral vision, your legs don't even want to turn anymore. If you get right off the bike, you couldn't stand up.
But you recover (relatively) quickly once you get to breath if you're in good shape. Because right after the race, you wouldn't be able to stand up on your own two legs. Yes, it will take a while to be ready for any other race. There are more races coming up and the state championships is a long day.
Doing a prolonged 110% sprint like this you don't recover quickly at all, you know you did well when you can barely stand for a whole 5 minutes, just look at them trying to recover. Such a short event but the energy used up is insane
Damn thats crazy, never knew that. I wonder how their body allows them to do that (enter into oxygen debt as you say) without invoking a fight/flight response.
I remember, back in the ancient times before any aero at all, save for skinsuits and radial spoked wheels that even riding a SLOW 1:13 kilo time on a 51x15 gear, on an outdoor cement 333 meter track, induced such oxygen debt that my lungs were burning for over an hour after getting off of the bike.
What these supermen experience in their lungs must be outright, acute pain given the speed. wattage output, and fully anaerobic effort it takes to ride this even in 59 seconds!! (They don't call it the 'KILLERmeter' for nothing.)
But given their unbelievable conditioning, they probably recover a lot quicker than I imagine they ever could. ;)
I REALLY wish that this event, and the individual pursuit (how the HELL do they now average just over 1 minute per kilo for THAT event?!?!?) were still in the Olympics as stand alone championship events, and not just part of the damned 'Omnium'. ;)
Recover quickly? No, just no...
I've done three of these in my life and the last was 20 years ago and I still haven't mentally recovered from it yet.
The first one that I did was paced like an idiot. I was dead on the bike at 50 seconds and still had more than 30 seconds to go.
The second was paced better but when I hit the dead zone at 1:10 I still wasn't at the finish.
The third was the fastest because I paced it the best 1:14. I've ridden 100+ mile road races, 1200 km rides, 5 minute hill climbs in England and a few cyclo cross events but my far the most painful thing on a bike was that last km tt. I've fallen off bikes and cracked ribs and it's been less painful. The worst part was not being able to quantify the vast quantities of extra pain for the lack of extra speed. I could never get my head around that. It's just like the Darwin Awards but on wheels. To the folks that do this event well - hats off to you.
Me, my left eye couldn't see
i wish we got to see their power meter data.
Its over 9000 >:]
that would be cool
I wish we got to see their dope vials!
Has to be more than two thousand watts at the start id estimate. And then over 1000 watts ave for the minute.
will be over 1000w at all times I'd say.
The Netherlands athlete's helmet strap is flapping.... that will cost him 0.001
yes that will cost him 0.001
omg iam so bored iam going to die
grown man riding in circles and counting 0,0`s
such skill and .. whatever ..
@@aviverde9031 fuck off to another sport then, this guy was making a joke
If you ask me, this is a marvelous sport.
Yet a sad excuse for marketable entertainment.
@@aviverde9031 moron
“come over”
“but i dont have a car”
“my parents arent home”
You would be too tired to hump after riding like this, he basically f**ked the bike already. Always time to snuggle and watch flixnet I guess though after impressing them with your cycling skills.
Kandi Klover cycling that fast should satisfy any woman
@Adracus you have no idea
@@KandiKlover reverse cowgirl
Guys this is from 0km/h.
They cover 100 meters before reaching max speed.
They average speed from 200 to 1km is at least 65
The Escadrila more than that... I bet these guys pump out 70kph max; look how strong they are
This dude going faster than the speed limit on my neighborhood main Street.
36 and a half miles per hour. 1mph faster than the main road going through my town.
I live in Germany here its tuff to go faster than Speed Limit
@@Xyz-ij6rh Well in some Villages it's 30 km/h so that's really easy, Towns with 50 km/h are tougher though
Bolt can run as fast as they cycle isn’t that mad
@@faolanfrain144 1st he can't, 2nd even if he could he couldn't ride that long
That must have been one in a million first lap by Hoogerland.
that was so damn quick, i thought the clock is wrong. but at the end he faded away. amazing performance
@@timvanmonero2720 Can't blame him. If he kept that power to the very end I would question his species
20:58 for anyone who wants it
For those that say they push up the watts at the line are really incorrect. Hoogland 2nd lap = 12.8ish...3rd lap 13.7 ish...4th lap 15.5 ish. Power rapidly decreases through the ride. Top pursuiters lap at 15.5 seconds for 4km and they are riding at maybe 600 watts. Hoogland is heavier so maybe 700 watts last lap...not 1600-2000 like some bananas are saying.
Tom Walters what a fascinating strategy - esp comparing the last two riders, presumably based on different physiologies?
since you carry the speed throughout the whole lap, energy expended at the beginning of the lap gives you much more lap time than at the end. typically, race cars will let off the accelerator to save fuel. hybrid cars also dump all their energy at the beginning of the acceleration.
no way its only 700 watts mate
Launching out the gate, Hoogland is easily over 2000w. I'm the same height, 16kg lighter and do over 2000w out of a gate, I'm not even on the level with top in my country. He would be pushing north of 2400w easily.
His 1 minute power would be averaged out to around 1400 I think, That would mean second 2 laps at around 1100 and the last lap around the 700w mark
The average person couldn’t turn over that gear from the start
guysmalley of course they couldn’t. The gear is so large, that it isn’t so far off the limit of what these riders can turn, with their 2000w legs.
@@LarsRR Like above 130 gear inches right?
I bet you 100 dollars that I can turn that thing, nilly willy.
The average person sits inside all day staring at a smartphone screen so they wouldn't be capable of nearly anything. People who cycle regularly could, it would feel really heavy but they could grind it for 1 lap.
@@KandiKlover As a mountain biker, I want to try this. Just curious as to what kind of time I could throw down.
Those final 1000 meters are hell
A bit further up someone said 100 meters are hell (one year before you)
the entire race is 1000m -_-
@@mimansh7896 that's the point. The entire race itself is hell
French guy: "I will win this race"
Guy from Holland: "But I am T. Bos..."
What is their top speed? Average 58kph from a standing start....
Hoogland's best 125 meters (250-375) was 6,324 sec. That's 71,157 km/h for the half lap.
@@andrew7taylor damn hes faster than sound
@@jom6762 no, it's not
@@venroxslip6032 whoooosh
@@swaglidangadu8127 considering my reply was simply sarcastic I feel you fit the r/whooosh comfortably
Those final 100 meters are hell.
Came super close to hitting a 58 second run.
Those final 1000 meters are hell
I raced bikes waaaay back in the late 1970's. The track for me, anyway, was a nice distraction from the road. I rode madisons, points races, match sprint, and my favorite, miss and outs. Kilo races were not every week, but, more reserved for bigger races. I really only raced bikes for fun, so, I didn't race kilos very much. But, when I actually trained for a month to prepare for a track event that had a kilo event, I did pretty good. Back then, I was posting times in the 1:07 range.
The first one I ever did was on a dare. It was at the Far West Track Championship in Encino, California. I raced on the bike I would love for the duration of my track efforts, because it was quite simply the best bike I ever rode, much less be proud to own, a COLNAGO Super Pista. I did a lot of modifications to the bike, so it was pretty fast, and rode like I was on a rail, no wandering all around the sprinter's lane. I did no prep for the race, and still made a time of 1:12. Encino is a 250 meter track, like this one. For me, for the kilo, I liked 333 meter track more. I could push harder it seemed.
A question. What gear are the current kilo racers using? I chose my gear depending on the track surface, length, how fast the times before my start are, and how I felt. I usually ran a 100" gear, with bigger chainring and rear cog. You know, even though I reaaaaly trusted my bike, it was always scary to push that first pedal stoke, for fear of breaking something. I never did tho!
I like Theo Bos, he really hammers the start, and hopes his fitness will help him fight off the horrible burn. All out!
arklat Man you could upload some videos about your racing days,you got stories, people might like it.
I wish I could, but, all I have left is a still photo, of some road race in Canada. However, I will see if my team mates have any such thing. But, I really doubt anybody would be interested. I am no great champion, just a guy from southern California, who liked extreme sports.
A nice distraction from the road? I call absolute BS.
As of 1978 the World Record for Pro's was 1:07:49 by Peder Pederson and 1:04:225 by
Maic Malchow from East Germany - a rider that was likely more steroid fed that a herd of cattle that'd cover 100,000 acres of land.
Sure you rode a kilometer and at some point the clock was at 1:07 but it probably wasn't when you finished.
I know that fear of pushing too hard. Had a chain skip several times while spriting on a low qualitiy bike. Now I hate bike riding because i do not dare to push really hard on the Pedal..
if this is under 60 seconds at sea level, how much would it be at a high altitude?
slower because of the lower oxygen percentage
@@n8style faster because less air resistance.
@@zjbordeau1 interesting, have there been any experiments to prove either way?
@@n8style I'm sure there have been. That said victor campenaerts just set the hour record and he picked a velodrome at altitude (~5000ft I think). My guess is he wouldn't have picked that if it was a disadvantage.
@@zjbordeau1 yeah guess that pretty much proves it!
This is great to see. I like Bos. He is exiting to watch.
I used to do this sort of thing, back in the steel frame days. I used spoked wheels, because none of the discs at the time were faster. I also opted for standard handle bars. I always did better on 333 m tracks, because I could go more full out on the straightaways. I liked match sprinting on a 250. But, my specialty was road racing. Especially stage racing. I loved the climbs. I also raced cyclo cross, mountain bikes, BMX, downhill, and trials. Well, you don't race trials, I guess! lol!
I just raced track for fun. I really liked madisons and miss and outs. I really liked ten mile scratch races, but they didn't have many of those where I did most of my racing, near where I grew up. Bike racing is great. Lots of fun. I quit doing it because I had to devote more time to my newer diversion, tri's. I was a swimmer in high school, and ran a bunch of 10 k's. I think these guys are way more serious than I was. I think my best time was a 1:07 something. But, I was fit enough to do 1:07's all day. Kind of like a fast criterium.
i wish we got to see their power meter data.
1:07 with steel frame and spoked wheels is a very good time.
@@Seppo100100 Thanks.
I was only doing it for fun.
dude, what kind of gearing do they ride?? 11/62??
Nils Breer hoogland: 64:13
@@nickschelvis2173 I would like that but in reverse on my bike so I can go uphill easily.
@@nickschelvis2173 That doesn't seem that high. The highest gear ratio on my gravel bike is 50:11, which is about 92% the gear ratio of those aero bikes. I can hit that gear when sprinting on a smooth surface if I really try, and I'm not exactly a pro athlete (though I do ride probably about 10 hours a week). With a more aerodynamic bike, that gear would be even easier to pedal on.
Nathan they can go a lot harder on their gear ratio but since they ride fixed they have to find a gear to get a good start with but also a go to a high to speed. I bet that their cadence is higher than yours when sprinting in that gear. The power it takes to pull of such a gear from standstill like this is already insanely high. Also with a high cadence it’s easier to put down lots of power when sprinting on track. I compete in omniums and also the speed we accomplish are on high cadence. It just feels easier and gives you the ability to hold your power for much longer.
@@Nathan-tg4gu try putting your bike into that gear then do a few mile/kilo ride w/ some stops and starts in it. no coasting and no changing gears. let me know who your legs feel after. there's a reason why your bike has a shifter and that's probably the largest gear you can shift down to gradually.
Great sport! Enjoying it during quarantine and now watching every UCI Track video😂
My heart is racing just watching them!
$5000 wheels. But they let the helmet straps flutter around in the wind. I'm sure that helmet strap adds more time than is saved by using a front disc over a deep dish.
Saurabh Kulkarni I think not.
I think yes.
the frontal area of your face would negate the overall loss from the helmet strap. you'd lose some but not enough to equal that of the front disc.
They are considering a nose amputation.
The top of your wheels are going 140km/h when your face is only doing 70...
i thought Netherlands was actually under sea level...
Maurizio Malinverni it is, about half the land surface is
lol
But track can be at sea level, or few meters above. And about 1/5 of area is below sea level.
Matthew Glaetzer; 17:51 the technique required to start a massive gear for the kilo. Look at the flex in his Traps. The straight up and down bobbing of the head. Square back. The length of time he keeps the pulling process. Exhaling on each power stroke. Black line control. Look and learn. Correct me if I am wrong I checked approximately 16 pedal strokes for 200m. So his gear is in region of 12.5m of development. If I am correct that is a MASSIVE gear.
12.5m of development is 66x11 or 72x12 and his chainring is nowhere near that big, are you sure you're correct on the count?
Have just counted and it's about 25-26 for the 250m, so about a 60x13
@@ynotnilknarf39 I may not be correct. But I welcome another opinion. So you say 60 x 13. I will take that. Thanks. The gear is huge though.
Also I think you are correct to use 250m. The idea; use one camera view. Hence you would be more correct. Thanks.
@@anthonythorne8963 WOW, they are approaching the highest gearing that the dinosaur old motorpace 'stayers' used to use for the long, long gone World Motorpace 100KM Championships!!
15:48 Was moving onto the blue region on purpose or a mistake by Teo? I thought it was supposed to be slower so that a rider can't benefit by riding the shorter distance.
I wasn't even surprised that it was a Dutch who did it, when half the country prefers bicycles over cars, you know you've also got the fastest cyclists among them.
What is the equipment called that holds the bike at the beginning of the race and what is it used for?
1:13
look at the guy (the men holding the red thing) reaction to the clap thigh.
Nobody:
RUclips: would you like to watch cycling video 2am
How light is that bike? It has no gear shifter and even no rachets
If YOU sat on it you’d break it.
Why would it? It’s a fixed track bike...
I have no idea but I would've thought it would be 7kg, just a bit over the UCI minimum weight limit.
3,5kg
@Quantum Decoherence No, carbon track bikes are often actually just as heavy as UCI legal road bikes, if not heavier. They have to be built much stronger than a roadie, and consequently they weigh more than they look like they should. They're usually between 6.5 and 8 kg, depending on equipment and frame size.
The fact that their legs are sweating bullets after a 1 minute sprint stint shows you just how much power and heat they are putting out.
For such aero optimized athletes, I’m surprised by some of the unsecured, and lengthy chinstraps hanging in the wind
Sub one minute and 60+km/h average.
Physical and technical perfection.
Be interested to know what gear he rode and average power output.
Where to from here?
maybe even chemical perfection :P
@@fopperer They are tested to a level that would astound most people, but yeah, the technology to mask 'enhancements' does march on at a pace which exceeds the test producers' rate of improvement, but still, I will call them 'clean' until proven otherwise. ;)
What level are they doing this at? Think I missed it...
19:39 How did they capture this footage from my honeymoon?
😂😂😂☠️
I am just wondering do they have different size of gears ? some of them better in acceleration, and others higher top speed
15:00 Like a Bos!
How many watts does it take to get on top of that big gear?
Jesus Christ, Hoogland flying is seriously fast! I thought Boss is aggressive fast but Hoogland just wow...
Matthew's top end is significant, I wonder its trade off? start slow to get top end?
Yes it is a trade off, the best/perfect gear ration is a hotly debated topic.
why they dont inform the gear ratio of the riders ? would be nice to analyze
Ratio these days were around 110-120, 100+ is minimum standard for 200m and 1km events. No one rides below 100 anymore.
a ratio of one hundred ? like un thousand teeth chairing and 10t cog in the rear ?
VERY INTERESTING
Samy Arabi : Gear inches. As a rough reference, 120" is roughly 50/11 on a road bike (though a track bike wouldn't normally use these teeth numbers to get that ratio).
On what is the gear in which these riders have to race in comparison to common bike gears? 35-40 or something, does somebody know
I only watched this video because I’m obsessed with the bikes 😍
Dense air in NL. Might increase drag. But also increase oxygen absorption. Be interesting to see the optimization curves.
you have to go very high up before thin air stops beating reduced oxygen uptake. They set the hour record at 2000m and that's almost entirely aerobic. This event is largely anaerobic and you can probably never loose by going higher. The toll on the body from being at a certain altitude (before the race) would have a morge significant impact on performance. fyi:www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/the-effect-of-racing-at-altitude/
In running the 400m is around 43-45 sec and is 30% aerobic so i’d assume this is around 40 % so altitude would still be a benefit
@@zwamman But for the hour record (because it IS aerobic) they will train at altitude for a while, and even sleep in a hypoxic atmosphere, etc. in order to (legally) increase their hematocrit levels so as to not be disadvantaged by the lesser oxygen levels, but definitely get the lower air resistance benefit, at those very high altitude 'world record' tracks.
For road racing, (as in that article) where everyone gets/faces the same exact conditions, the lower partial oxygen pressure does not give anyone an advantage, but only a disadvantage if they did not acclimate by training at a higher altitude before hand, or at least sleep in a hypoxic atmosphere (tent) to help increase their hematocrit to handle the efforts with less oxygen for uptake.
One word = Wow! One word = Amazing! Especially with the 59 secs time on a 1K...
I used to do the standing kilometer in 1:15, won two district championships with this time. Before aero bars. Now it takes me one minute to do one lap of the 333m velodrome.
I use to run the 400 meter dash in my track career but this looks painful.
This is the cycling equivalent to the 400, just a long extended, fully anaerobic SPRINT, where your lungs are screaming bloody murder at your brain, and your legs during that last lap feel like your treading in hardening CEMENT!! ;)
those guys can skip the leg day.
quite the opposite
everyday is legs day to them
RivieraByBuick Leg day is fun day for them.
Never going to happen. Look at the results
leg day skips them
which altetude was this at? im not sure
I think sea level
18 meters to be exact
ha! ty, that´s the answer i was looking for. how´d you know?
@@VastkustSvamp Google Earth shows it at 30ft above sea level. From my work with GIS data in the US I've come to trust Google Earth data (within a few feet). 18m, if you include the height of the track above the ground, seems pretty much accurate. As far as air pressure differences due to altitude of +/- a few feet, it'd be negligible.
C-level I think
Can you do this event but with drobar?
if they ride 1 min, so they avg 60kmh, but what is the actual speed when they hit the finish line?
Hoogland did 10,829 s for first 125 m, and 7,949 s for the last 125 m. Corresponding average speeds are 11,54 m/s (41,55 km/h) and 15,72 m/s (56,61 km/h). So basically he slowed down at the end. His best speed was between 250-375 m in 6,324 s average speed 71,16 km/h.
I like very much the way coaches point to the right side, without them the athletes would be lost!!!
Insane day. Just insane. Sub minutes in a day ... crazy
I wonder what kind of gear ratios they have
Are these bikes massively different to the ones used for the hour record? I don't understand how these speeds (e.g. 58km/h) can only be slightly faster than Victor Campenaerts' (55km/h) for a mere 1/60th of the time.
EDIT: I'm still open to responses, but I guess having to accelerate from an absolute standstill is probably the biggest factor that makes the 1km and 1 hour speeds even remotely similar.
Yes, François Pervis, 200m in 9,347 seconds: 77km/h
@@mosquitotigre7078 ty
the huge acceleration at the start means that they gradually slow down towards the end, because the distance is shorter it matters more to accelerate faster at the start, whereas in an hour record the start makes a tiny difference, so the rider can gradually get up to 55 km/h without building up lactic acid in their muscles.
the track sprinter starts at 75 km/h and ends at 40 km/h (example) which takes the average speed down a lot. at such short distances the time lost accelerating makes the most difference on the time.
@@mosquitotigre7078 You would think that someone would have cracked 9 seconds by now, especially at altitude. ;)
It's tougher to do a great time on a 250 meter track. A 333 allows the racer to get a better pace, due to less turning. At least that is how I felt. My times were always better on a 333. However, when match sprinting, I definitely preferred a 250. And when I was racing, in the 1970's, a good time was around a 1:05!
There were never all that many INDOOR 333 meter tracks anywhere, and there are even less now.
When riding a kilo, or pursuit event at the Trexlertown, Pa. track (outdoor, cement, 333 meter, now called he Valley Preferred Velodrome), on certain days, one of the straights always felt like you were running into a brick wall, the wind was so bad!
@@Fordworldrallyfan Oh, they joys of having to contending with road conditions on the track. My home track was at Encino, Ca. The same track the Track Director at T-Town for many years, Pat McDonough, began his career at. We were team mats, you see. That track was a concrete 250m, right on the banks of the LA river. There were always vagrants passing by following the river, and they would stop and throw glass bottles over the fence. I was constantly sweeping up broken glass at that track. it made it very sketchy to run delicate tires, like a #3 Clement. I only raced at T-Town a few times. Pat was very accommodating.
I never really took racing all that seriously, but I really liked it, so i did do some specific training when I wanted to do good at a certain event. Growing up in southern California, I was a baseball player, a competitive swimmer, water polo, in high school. I went to college, but never played sports. I was too busy skiing, surfing, backpacking, hiking, surfing, rock climbing, or whatever. I also did some triathlons. I never trained for those, but I did run some 10ks, and so I just practiced the transitions, and then they were pretty easy. I trained quite a bit with Pat McDonough, because being on the same club, the track racers trained together. But, I mainly focused on criteriums and road races. But, usually after about mile 125-130, I was pretty cooked. All the races I ever won were in sprints. Every time I tried a solo attack to win, I was always caught. I guess I could have trained more, and partied less.
Oh well, that was long ago. It was still fun.
a bit more training, and better lap splits, and Hoogland could do sub 59, relatively straightforward from this performance.
sub 30 easily, just a bit more eating and training :D
How can you call a world record at sea level "relatively straightforward"? It's the best ever time in history at sea level. It's a f**king miracle.
Hey Hoogy, just go out and do a bit more training and you'll be popping out 54 seconds kilo's.
what kind of wheel is that sir?
what gear ratio do these pros use generally?
What do you think is the average W ?
Does anyone know the average power output of the winner ?
qual nome da musica que toca em 23:16?
what are the ratio?
Which gear ratio is used for this competition?
what level was it again?
c-level
Ok.. which is better? Above or below sea level?
Mohd Helme above, the air is a lot thinner therefore less resistance
How do the coaches calculate optimum gear ratios for each rider?
i think mostly they are using some effort test data(O2 volume usage etc..) for them. every athletes durability is different. if you can be strong in the end it is logical to start with low gears and so you can finish with high speeds. that s my opinion. please someone answer if it is true
it's based on the rider's preferred cadence, some people can pedal faster than others so have a easier gear to enable them to spin faster. They also consider what their maximum cadence is, because otherwise you will spin out before you reach top speed. It's almost entirely down to personal preference and their body types, while keeping it so they don't spin out.
when couldnt he start off from low gear?
Because the derailleur would explode. Plus you’re using different muscle groups out of the saddle, so you can burn some matches.
They only have 1 gear
It's basically a fixie
Definite gains to be made on some of those positions with a bit of aero testing.
How big is the cycle track?
Denroy Lawrence 250 m
Everything is carbon fiber, including their underwear
Steve King not funny
@Steve King still in preschool eh?
@Steve King I can afford the underwear, only
@Steve King i just do sprinting, so no I do not have any reason to buy a bike that I can't even ride on roads. Why do you ask?
@@SeifEddineB their slogan would be like "underwear so light you think you're going commando"
when . will they wear overshoes again?
If you think about it smaller balls are advantage in this kind of race bc it gives more aero
I like the Australian dude.. Must have been pushing 60T x 8T gearing or something 😆🥴
rowing,running,swimming and cycling is damn pain
Everything is pain if you are lazy enough.
Talking from experience.😔
@@lakshyamongia3270 nope i mean real pain physically one
@@necmibora Yeah, most Americans are just incapable of appreciating what these speed, and endurance athletes can do, since it does not involve extreme violence, physically hitting an opponent as part of the sport (except for the head butting in the Keirin), or involve 300+ pounders. :(
@2:24 Hardwell and KSHMR “This Is Power”
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So, their feet are strapped in but it appears that they also have cleats...why the straps then?
Sven Amundsen they are doing full rotations while pedaling and it can happen sometimes when you go all out you could unclip :)
@@igorvalko7368 thank you so much!! I suspected. I know little to nothing about "track racing". Very intrigued by it compared to road racing. So much to learn. Thanks again.
@@igorvalko7368 Yes, ALL of the sprinter types, in sprint type events use the straps in combo with the clips.
Some of the stronger pursuiters, using big gears, might even use them because of the starts.
My bike is 62t chainring and 12t cog which means the gear ratio is 5:1 I'm also a time trialist i have twice the endurance of a track cyclist I'm a hard worker my speed is 75km/h
Wow, amazing
I remember when we were happy to get into the 1:06s
Those bikes are gorgeous
i thought u said bikers, lol,
Incrível 🇧🇷🚲🦵🙂👍
Is it just me or is it that all riders are so handsome?
Beast mode. Unlocked.
Why don't they wear the long aero socks, like the endurance riders or road time trialists do?
Fact is, just like in car racing, it's faster to have shorter gears, accelerate quickly and hit rev limiter much sooner before the end of the straight, than it is to have a tall gear and hit higher top speeds but gets up to speed slowly.
These guys are pushing massive gears, hence the strain to get up to power/speed initially. Essentially, take a road bike and shift it into the biggest chainring and the smallest cog wheel then, from a dead stop get up to 145ish rpm within 15-20 seconds and hold it for a minute. Afterwards, while you feel like puking, remember these guys are pushing a bigger gear!
@@samanderson7745 He means relatively small. Hoogerland's gearing was obviously shorter than Glazer's, which is why he got up to speed way faster and lost a handful of time at the end.
Kevin McQuaid yup
lol the whole time i kept thinking to myself, "wtf is c-level?"
Someone explain please
@@trueamerica911 Assuming you're not trolling, the race was held at (roughly) sea level, since the Netherlands is at a similar elevation to the ocean.
Sea level. Different atmospheric pressure, so at sea level the pressure is higher thus greater air resistance thus slower riding.
Like my grades, they're all wet...below c-level
なんだこのフレームとタイヤは
因为阻力更小，速度更快
Too bac they don’t show top speed
Have any of these sub-1-minute riders subsequently been caught doping? If not, how is the performance improvement explained?
Why does sea level matter?
it's got to do with the amount of oxygen in the air since air pressure changes with altitude
At sea level there is higher atmospheric pressure which means that there is more drag. The very slight trade off is that the added atmospheric pressure means that they have access to more oxygen which means that they can put out more power.
the fastest times are done at higher altitude - there is slightly less oxygen, but there is also way less pressure which means less aero drag.
I want to have a look.
Relation please
What price of this cycle ? Tell me?
wonder what the bike weighs
Something around 8kg, need to be stiff rather than light. No climbing was involved anyway weight wont be problem.
@@CallMDel Rigid AND AERO!
s e a l e v e l
Sam's helmet strap is a bit distracting and not aero.
Hoogland is a madlad.
I happy watch sport such it
What's c level?
Go back to our group chat after you see this
They should have bicycle towing competitions
What a difference between those superbikes and Eddy Merckx bike at Mexico City in 1972.
Everything. Gotta be more specific with that question
FLMKane I don’t think they were asking a question...
@@kellenwillett8263 Yeah, it seemed like a statement to me.
But he is correct, as no one even considered much aero equipment way back then, save for using a radial, standard ROUND spoked front wheel.
Also, Eddy used what was basically the first 'skinsuit' ever, albeit actually a silk track jersey stitched to his wool shorts, and not a one piece Lycra deal, like modern day track/time trial attire.
He also was overly concerned with weight, used some paper thin Columbus steel tubing for that bike (no UCI weight minimums back then), even though it would only help him for the start, and very minimally for any very slight accelerations he would do in his pace during that hour.
I need that handgirp powder for 60km/hr speed