cheers for the kind words all! Be under no illusions though, if any of the guys were at the level they were in the their pro days, they would have destroyed me. 👊💪
Well done Ollie. No doubt you've improved enormously, but I seem to recall an old video (pre GGN) where you won a hill climbing event? So you're clearly a good climber (if not so fast on the flat 😉) and perhaps not the "everyman" people are talking about! 💪
As the saying goes Ollie “the older I get, the faster I was” you can only live in the present and presently you’re the fastest GCN presenter. Well done mate an epic performance. Tbh all you guys amaze me with your performances and presenting skills, always enjoyable. 👍🏻🙌🏻
Ollies ‘glow up’ is genuinely so amazing to see! From getting dropped to being the strongest overall it really shows what a bit of consistency and dedication to training can do
The only disapointing part of this was it wasn't narrated by Dan sitting in a comfy lounging chair with his feet up sipping on a beer! That would have been an instant classic.
Being a HUGE Ollie fan since joining GCN, I was almost brought to tears when he accomplished this. What a story he has brought us. Love this. Also kudos to Alex and Is for the efforts in. this. Well done all..
This really shows the power of training, those presenters who have been training more in recent times came out on top. It goes to show that a large part of success in cycling comes down to how much work you put in and it’s not just about genetics. Massive congrats to Ollie for taking the win, super inspirational to watch his training journey to get to where he is now.
Great racing! Nice one Olly. Definitely needs to be an Annual championships. I’d watch all the racing, but great comms Conor, definitely impeded your result, solid sacrifice. 😉
I remember when Ollie couldn't hit 1,000 watts. Now I tune in expecting him to crush everything he goes for. Totally not surprised he took the victory. Biggest surprises for me was Hank down at the bottom.
A great video. A great test for you all in real life would be the Isle of Man TT course. 37.4 miles with two climbs in it. Perhaps you could get Mark Cavendish to join you (giving you a 15-minute head start)! If you did it around the actual TT race, it would be awesome!
So much fun to watch and as a fan of GCN, GCN Tech and GTN this was such a treat. Well done, all! Mega effort, please feature more content like this with the sister channels! 🎉😁
Fwiw i don't think that's a good thing... You either need better pros or a more relatable everyman! Channel has been worse for a dearth of relateable content for quite a while now (in my humble opinion)
@@kylesomerville7078 Hopefully Cillian can fill that role. I feel even the episodes with a 'guest newbie' haven't been great at this with 'new' riders having an FTP > 250W
Nice video. Good to see the GTN crew’s version next to it. They did great! Especially if you know they did 7 marathons in 7 days recently and Mark is quite busy with some other things as of late. They simply didn’t have the mileage in training and still rode that good. So thanks for the video. Nice win by Ollie! And I probably wouldn’t have kept the wheel on any of those races 😂 quite some speed you guys had.
Kudos to Ollie with his commitment and improvement; he really has come on a long way and it’s been great to watch. But, as someone who is the same age as Si, it’s great to see that I have loads of room for improvement and am nowhere near being over the hill just yet. Keep it up guys.
Wow, what an epic effort from all the presenters, I'd love to see an episode to see it the results were the same on the actual roads. Brilliant thank you Phil.
Thank you all, as someone who fell back in love with cycling nearly a year ago with the goal of becoming healthier, I’ve exceeded all of my expectations thanks to all of you. The inspiration I’ve found from your content has CHANGED MY LIFE! Keep up the great work.
Nothing better than an underdog story. Seeing Ollie climb the ranks amongst GCN presenters. Would love to see a GCN special on the journey from dropped to dropper.
This was awesome to see, Ollie, Si and Alex are still ridiculously strong riders. Sadly won't be able to participate this season myself due to lack of funds, but hoping for next year can continue in March.
Would love to see a behind the scenes of GCN mega base as well and all that goes into making a GCN/GTN/GMBN RUclips video. I'm sure there are loads of really hard-working people that don't get enough credit for the amazing content that gets put out multiple times a week.
I am a keen subscriber and a recent tandem track cyclist I'm The 13:41 hind quarters as I'm blind is it possible for a blind person to become involved in Swift perhaps there is someone else here who knows of a blind participant Cheers
I believe Ollie uses science to improve (science, virtually every waking moment on the bike, and almond croissants). He should do a training plan on Zwift, or write a book for GCN on how to become a super-strong climber.
Bravissimo, Alan! I guess we all knew that Dr. Bridgewood is now the best GCN presenter, no surprise there. But well done, Simon! I'm amazed that James L.-W. was so low in the final GC...
@gcn , the rematch surely another video? Make teams, and then set them on training plans from Zwift - maybe each group specialises in their strengths (sprinters > sprint training, climbers > climb training etc), and then the rematch of this!
Hank has tanked! I think all those challenges have taken their toll on him! But Ollie's ascendancy is next level. Alex was in good form following his recent adventures in Australia and Si seems to be keeping hold of every precious watt of ability he can from his pro days, and has barely lost any speed over the last decade. So to have beaten them both was quite an achievement. If Ollie has worked on his team TT skills I reckon that 3 road bikes vs 1 TT bike would be a very different outcome now.
Great stuff and looks like you guys got a lot of fun. Please repeat it in some time. You should in fact make it a periodic event (and include more of the branches).
Out of all the videos I've watched over the years, I never knew there was a GCN France! Upon reflection, no French channel would be rather ludicrous, but I've never seen any crossover with the presenters, yet have with the German, Italian and Japanese channels.
Isn’t the Everyman the guy who shows that training hard and consistently gets you this kind of improvement and results? Hard work beats talent. That for me is pretty relatable and would motivate me to train harder knowing there is this kind of reward at the end. Sure you could argue that Ollie has lots of time and opportunity with his job, but if most of us here could put in half of what he does we’d see pretty substantial games for an achievable investment. Chapeau Ollie
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So is there going to be a special GCN champions jersey?
Conor racing under the Union Jack🤔🇬🇧 controversial🇮🇪
cheers for the kind words all! Be under no illusions though, if any of the guys were at the level they were in the their pro days, they would have destroyed me. 👊💪
Much like the recent video with Hank in the US; classy comment.
It's amazing what Tim Spector's diet did for your performance.
Well done Ollie. No doubt you've improved enormously, but I seem to recall an old video (pre GGN) where you won a hill climbing event? So you're clearly a good climber (if not so fast on the flat 😉) and perhaps not the "everyman" people are talking about! 💪
Awesome oillie best presenter please get Alex fired he sucks and is annoying
As the saying goes Ollie “the older I get, the faster I was” you can only live in the present and presently you’re the fastest GCN presenter. Well done mate an epic performance. Tbh all you guys amaze me with your performances and presenting skills, always enjoyable. 👍🏻🙌🏻
On top of bragging rights, Ollie should wear a special GCN Yellow jersey until next year's edition.
Amazing idea!!!
I second this notion wholeheartedly
omg yes!!!!!
Agree, that’s a good idea
Ollies ‘glow up’ is genuinely so amazing to see! From getting dropped to being the strongest overall it really shows what a bit of consistency and dedication to training can do
'Glow up' is an appropriate choice of phrase.
The only disapointing part of this was it wasn't narrated by Dan sitting in a comfy lounging chair with his feet up sipping on a beer! That would have been an instant classic.
Hahahaha if Dan was near the area we would have roped him in to the race! 😉
Yes!
So that solidifies Ollie as 2nd fastest GCN presenter behind Dan Lloyd, Nice!
well second to a Tour de France rider is still great! ;)
Dan was "ill" this day 😉
Correct must be 3rd fastest GCN presenter, don't forget about Manon
They had to keep Dan out of the race so it would be close. No one wants to see Dan crush the rest of the competition.
From dropped to dropper. Ollie has the last laugh
The others have lives with partners and children. I doubt he will be able to put in 5 hour sessions at the weekend when he has actual commitments...
@@2011hwalker how do you know he doesn't?
He had a more aero bike!
@@2011hwalkerhow do you know even if he has a partner that they wouldn't spend 5 hours on weekends cycling together
Being a HUGE Ollie fan since joining GCN, I was almost brought to tears when he accomplished this. What a story he has brought us. Love this. Also kudos to Alex and Is for the efforts in. this. Well done all..
GCN Tech smashed it 🙌 Would you like to see a race with the presenters out on the open road 💨
@@gcn hell yeah we would!
Yes!
I love Conor's dry humor: "Stomping on those pedals like the Terminator - wearing a hair band."
The Si-Borg 😂
@@a1white I was wondering if that is a new nickname for Si?
Humor is one word for it 😆Who know's what's going on in that head, must be altitude sickness 🗻
Is a man bun next?
Conor's commentary was absolutely brilliant. I thought the others were going to start laughing but they kept their game faces on! Great races!
Great video, impressive Ollie managed to take it, shows how much he has accomplished in his training.
Absolutely, Ollie is on 🔥
"Suspiciously fresh" hahahhaha. that made me laugh. hahaha
"Alex looks like he's just pushed out quite a big poo... on the toilet."
Thanks for the clarification!
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The triathletes were in the same room, it was a necessary clarification.
This really shows the power of training, those presenters who have been training more in recent times came out on top. It goes to show that a large part of success in cycling comes down to how much work you put in and it’s not just about genetics.
Massive congrats to Ollie for taking the win, super inspirational to watch his training journey to get to where he is now.
Awesomeness… been waiting for this one. Please more of these competitions .
thanks for the love! we will see what we can do! Was Ollie a surprise winner for you?
@@gcn no surprise it’s Ollie Dynamics you can’t beat Ollie Dynamics. 🚴🏻💨💨💨
@@gcnSi or Ollie. But kudos to Alex for giving them a good run for their money.
Loved Connor’s commentary 😅😂
Kudos to Si. The points don't show how close it was between Ollie and Si. Only 6 seconds separated them overall.
Two absolute hitters! We might have to get them out on the open road! 💨
Yeah he was my pick to win it all tbh
@@gcn yesssss! Do it!
Great racing! Nice one Olly. Definitely needs to be an Annual championships. I’d watch all the racing, but great comms Conor, definitely impeded your result, solid sacrifice. 😉
The cut away to the GTN presenters cracked me up 😂 0:43
I have to admit these are my favorite type of GCN videos, Some of Connors comments are hilarious
Always fun when we're shooting with the full group 🙌
I remember when Ollie couldn't hit 1,000 watts. Now I tune in expecting him to crush everything he goes for. Totally not surprised he took the victory. Biggest surprises for me was Hank down at the bottom.
Yes, I think the GCN team will have a "come back training" set of videos planned for Hank shortly.
A great video. A great test for you all in real life would be the Isle of Man TT course. 37.4 miles with two climbs in it. Perhaps you could get Mark Cavendish to join you (giving you a 15-minute head start)! If you did it around the actual TT race, it would be awesome!
Ooo now that is a good idea 👀 Could we beat Cav with the head start 🙌
So much fun to watch and as a fan of GCN, GCN Tech and GTN this was such a treat. Well done, all! Mega effort, please feature more content like this with the sister channels! 🎉😁
great video, i love seeing most of the presenters together in a video
Always great having the full team 🙌
Now this is some quality GCN content and banter we signed up for 😂
You ask... we deliver 📦
Fair play Ollie but strange dynamic for the channel where the original 'everyman' presenter is now stronger than the former pros.
he should write a book on training and nutrition
Fwiw i don't think that's a good thing... You either need better pros or a more relatable everyman! Channel has been worse for a dearth of relateable content for quite a while now (in my humble opinion)
@@kylesomerville7078 Hopefully Cillian can fill that role. I feel even the episodes with a 'guest newbie' haven't been great at this with 'new' riders having an FTP > 250W
From where I’m sitting, Ollie (and anyone who was on this race) IS a pro cyclist. Look at how he earns a living.
If the former pros still trained half of what Ollie does he would be in trouble.
Well done for dropping them Oli, well deserved bragging rights, casually slip it into every show, for the next year at least 👏 👏👏
and so it begins... 😂
YES!!!! Go Ollie, we love you
Nice video. Good to see the GTN crew’s version next to it. They did great! Especially if you know they did 7 marathons in 7 days recently and Mark is quite busy with some other things as of late. They simply didn’t have the mileage in training and still rode that good.
So thanks for the video. Nice win by Ollie! And I probably wouldn’t have kept the wheel on any of those races 😂 quite some speed you guys had.
That GTN lot are deceptively fast 👀 - We've got to keep an eye on them! Should we do a triathlon next?
@@gcn maybe a duathlon? Si is already running…
Kudos to Ollie with his commitment and improvement; he really has come on a long way and it’s been great to watch. But, as someone who is the same age as Si, it’s great to see that I have loads of room for improvement and am nowhere near being over the hill just yet. Keep it up guys.
I was rooting for Oli. Glad to see he came out on top. Kudos to Conor for the great commentary as well!
Ollie was barely even sweating... he's obviously doping
Not so fair for the ‘presenter’ who has to talk through it all.
I think that was on purpose. Conor probably knew he had no chance for whatever reason.
Hahahaha we never said it would be fair 😉
Tbf he looks like he's just there to have fun
Wow, way to go Ollie!!!! I would have a couple shirts made up to wear around the office just to remind the pros who is top dog.
Don't encourage him!
Sad that Dan wasn’t commentating with his mineral water!
Mineral waters may have been consumed post race... 👀
Chapeau Ollie! I'm so proud of you, you've come so far. From getting dropped to beating everyone, good for you!
Brings a tear to the eye 🥲
I feel like they asked Connor to do this video as they knew the other four would be too competitive to commentate and race at the same time 😂
"I've been immediately dropped", says the guy who's done the Giro and the Vuelta 🤣I love Conor
Congratulations to Ollie! 👏Can't say I'm surprised. However, I was expecting Hank to have a better performance on the sprint, though.
Wow, what an epic effort from all the presenters, I'd love to see an episode to see it the results were the same on the actual roads.
Brilliant thank you Phil.
Connor's commentary is everything! I was cracking up! Well done, all.
Ollie's hair gave him the strength, loving this congrats.
Ollie had hair clips or something in his hair.
The aero quiff strikes again 🙌
Great commentary from Connor! Well done Ollie. Alex looked as though he was about to peg it. Good effort. Si...how inscrutable and cooool is Si?!
From dropped to champ. That’s progress and inspiration
Thank you all, as someone who fell back in love with cycling nearly a year ago with the goal of becoming healthier, I’ve exceeded all of my expectations thanks to all of you. The inspiration I’ve found from your content has CHANGED MY LIFE! Keep up the great work.
Oh wow! This is amazingly kind of you to say this. We are so pleased that we have helped you. 👍
Great video, love the format. I knew Ollie could do it! Now you all need to do a video competing against the GTN team in a 1k sprint, 5k, 10k run!
So proud of Ollie! Amazing journey and absolutely inspirational!
Not surprised that Ollie won but I was surprised that Hank finished near the bottom. Maybe we need Ollie take Hanks spot on GCN Training ;)
Si's face when Hank starts clapping is brilliant 😂
CONGRATULATIONS Oli a great win .
Well deserved win 👌
@@gcn YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Let‘s be honest, if Richie had not left GCN auf Deutsch, he would have wiped the floor with everyone else. 😊
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The real winner: Conor Dunne for his amazing announcing. Poise and panache. Definitely good enough to go pro.
Nothing better than an underdog story. Seeing Ollie climb the ranks amongst GCN presenters. Would love to see a GCN special on the journey from dropped to dropper.
This was awesome to see, Ollie, Si and Alex are still ridiculously strong riders. Sadly won't be able to participate this season myself due to lack of funds, but hoping for next year can continue in March.
Well done guys and a good watch! All the training Ollie has done had paid off.
Great to see triathletes James and Mark doing so well
Great episide, and Connor's presenting and comments so funny. Well done Ollie xx
Whatever the results, thank you GCN crew for the passion, knowledge and, and humor you bring to cycling!
My money was on Dr. Bridgewood from the start. From sad Droppee to heroic Dropper, he is GCN's Everyman Racer Made Good!
Did Alex race with aero Zipp wheels up the mountain? 😄
Would love to see a behind the scenes of GCN mega base as well and all that goes into making a GCN/GTN/GMBN RUclips video. I'm sure there are loads of really hard-working people that don't get enough credit for the amazing content that gets put out multiple times a week.
Upon immediately recognizing that Ollie apparently had zero awareness/regard for the camera, I called the race for him!
He was fully in the zone 😵💫
I am a keen subscriber and a recent tandem track cyclist I'm The 13:41 hind quarters as I'm blind
is it possible for a blind person to become involved in Swift perhaps there is someone else here who knows of a blind participant
Cheers
Brilliant stuff lads, well done Ollie, fantastic ride. That’s the quietest Hank has ever been in a video, brilliant.
We did wonder if Hank had lost his voice! 😂
Awesome video, well done Ollie, though I have to hand it to Alex, he looked like he was seriously suffering but didn’t give up - some serious Grit.
I believe Ollie uses science to improve (science, virtually every waking moment on the bike, and almond croissants). He should do a training plan on Zwift, or write a book for GCN on how to become a super-strong climber.
Ollie could fill a book for sure! He's got some great videos on this subject 👉ruclips.net/video/NDY8-lcEIHI/видео.html
Bravissimo, Alan!
I guess we all knew that Dr. Bridgewood is now the best GCN presenter, no surprise there. But well done, Simon! I'm amazed that James L.-W. was so low in the final GC...
Does fastest mean best presenter? 👀 Hank's a sprinter 💨
At 12:27 Simon has a great knowledge of rural Ireland.
Great competition! Thanks for sharing! ❤🎉
The kit looks great seeing the presenters all together
Way to go Ollie.
Now we want to see it outside!! like up Alpe'Huez
@gcn , the rematch surely another video? Make teams, and then set them on training plans from Zwift - maybe each group specialises in their strengths (sprinters > sprint training, climbers > climb training etc), and then the rematch of this!
This is an amazing idea obviously if a work life balance allows
Way to go guys! Congrats Ollie 🎉
Congrats Ollie! You inspire.
Round of applause for Ollie… not for the win but for his Mahana Mahna in response to James’ surname. 👏
Hank has tanked! I think all those challenges have taken their toll on him! But Ollie's ascendancy is next level. Alex was in good form following his recent adventures in Australia and Si seems to be keeping hold of every precious watt of ability he can from his pro days, and has barely lost any speed over the last decade. So to have beaten them both was quite an achievement. If Ollie has worked on his team TT skills I reckon that 3 road bikes vs 1 TT bike would be a very different outcome now.
this sounds like you subtly saying you want us to remake the Team Time Trial series?!
Maybe we should... 🤔
@@gcn Possibly... but I would worry that Hank and Connor would be dropped even faster this time around.
Oli's Mah Nà Mah Nà cracked me up
With a brief comment on the Hills of Connemara over there in Ireland...
Ollie did that 1000km vid. Glad to see him win in the long run. All that suffering paying off 😂
Like the Terminator...with a hairband 😁😁
Alex got 17th in pro gravel race where they started out flying. Not surprised he did well in the sprint 😂
That’s really impressive considering where Ollie started at. Amazing effort to from all. 🎉
Ollie's in Beast Mode right now.
Great stuff and looks like you guys got a lot of fun. Please repeat it in some time. You should in fact make it a periodic event (and include more of the branches).
Man that looked like so much fun. I wish i had friends to do stuff like this with lmao
At the end Ollie looked like he aged 20 years during the climb :D
Great work Ollie B!
Conors commentary of Alex throughout was epic. 3:17 and 10:02
Out of all the videos I've watched over the years, I never knew there was a GCN France! Upon reflection, no French channel would be rather ludicrous, but I've never seen any crossover with the presenters, yet have with the German, Italian and Japanese channels.
Dr. B. inspiring us non-ex-pros to dig deep and aim high. Great motivational entertainment!
More interesting than Zwift academy.
when you think about it, this is basically GCN worlds. ollie needs his own GCN rainbow jersey!
Well done all but especially to Ollie, from dropped to TOP, way to go.
Thank you, Thank you, thank you all!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thoroughly Enjoyed that
At least you did... not sure we can say the same for the presenters 🥵
Finaly a serious race amongs the presenters.
You guys are awesome 🔥🔥🔥
Isn’t the Everyman the guy who shows that training hard and consistently gets you this kind of improvement and results? Hard work beats talent.
That for me is pretty relatable and would motivate me to train harder knowing there is this kind of reward at the end.
Sure you could argue that Ollie has lots of time and opportunity with his job, but if most of us here could put in half of what he does we’d see pretty substantial games for an achievable investment.
Chapeau Ollie
You're all lucky Dan wasn't racing, would've had a clean sweep
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😂 As long as he still remembers what end is the front of a bike
I'd say you'll be drying out GCN mega base for quite some time after those efforts 💦. Epic stuff
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