- Welcome to the Christmas GCN show
- And a very merry Christmas to all you from all of us.
- Coming up this week, we review a cracking year in cycling
- And then there's the GCN awards;
you have been voting in your thousands for the
best performers and performances of 2017,
and there's some other very important matters such as
most stylish rider and hack forward slash bodge of 2017.
- And of course, we've got a few of our highs
and a few of our lows from the year, too.
("Jingle Bells" plays)
- [Dan] Going the wrong way Si, jokes, oh!
(laughter)
- You two, that's a rib.
For quite obvious reasons as you'll see, most enjoyed.
Got a bad rib.
This attention seeking's going up another level.
Well this is cosy, isn't it?
- It's great.
- Alright then this year in the world of cycling
we learned that the rise of E-bikes might just be
unstoppable, sales have increased across the globe,
many manufacturers have jumped onboard with new models.
- And we concluded actually, it's probably not a bad thing.
- We did, it's also a year for the history books as well,
lots of cycling records broken, and cycling firsts too.
- Yeah there was Christoph Strasser's 24 hour mind
and probably arse numbing indoor record, 941.873 kilometres.
- That's amazing, Peter Sagan's world championship triple.
- What about Jasmijn Muller's ride, 11035 miles on Zwift.
- That was mental-- - It was also the sweatiest
ride of the year apparently too.
- There's been some incredible rides, I think we should
crack straight on because our first award is for
achievement of the year, here are the nominations.
- Now before we do get straight to it, we should point out
that this show was actually pre-recorded before
the announcement that Chris Froome had returned
an adverse analytical finding for Salbutamol.
- Of course we can't now change the result,
as voted for by you but I think it is fair to say
there is now an asterisk hanging over his result--
- Or a big question mark.
- Or a big question mark hanging over his results
at the Vuelta a Espana, and it will be until
this matter is resolved one way or another.
- Yeah which could by all conservative estimates
be pretty deep right into next year, so it could be
just after the Duro or maybe just before
the Tour de France, but one way or another, like you,
we're gonna watch this one with interest.
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- [Dan] Riding around the world is an achievement
in itself; Mark Beaumont has done it before, but this year
he completed it in a ridiculous 78 days.
- [Matt] Chris Froome racked up his fourth Tour de France
win this year, but in going on to win the Vuelta
for the first time, he cemented his status as one of
the best Grand Tour riders of all time.
- [Dan] 2017 saw the addition of Amstel Gold
and Liege-Bastogne-Liege to La Fleche Wallonne
in the women's Spring calendar, music to the ears of
Anna van der Breggen who won all of them,
taking the triple crown.
- [Matt] Phil Gil's Tour of Flanders win was truly epic,
riding solo for over 50 kilometres to take the win,
and that was backed up by another dominant performance
at Amstel Gold.
- [Dan] Peter Sagan's season looked headed for disaster
as he failed to win a monument and then got booted
out of the tour, but he wrote himself into the history
books with an unprecedented third successive world title.
- [Matt] It's hard to get your head around really, isn't it,
riding over 86000 miles in a lifetime would seem
like good going, but to do it in
a single year, truly remarkable.
- Right then, I think it's time for the first results.
- Okay, in third place.
- Is Chris Froome's double, in second place
it's Peter Sagan's triple.
- Yep and that means just edging out Sagan in first
place, quite rightly so we think.
- Do you want a drum roll?
- Yes please, mind your rib.
It is Mark Beaumont, this year he completed his
round the world trip on a bike in just 78 days and 14 hours
that is an average of 240 miles per day, 16 hours a day
in the saddle and he had to deal with all sorts,
including a broken tooth and sleep deprivation.
- What about the sheer logistics around that, incredible.
- Complicated. - There's so much
to think about in that attempt around the world,
incredible stuff, and I think actually we should
hand over to Mark himself.
- Hello GCN, it's Mark Beaumont, absolutely delighted
to hear about the nomination with the GCN awards,
certainly my, the biggest ride of my life,
the biggest, my biggest achievement as a bike rider,
hundreds and hundreds of people came out and rode
with me and I always asked them how they knew about
the ride and I'd say nine out of 10 of them had
heard about it through the, through the GCN platform,
through following the journey, all the updates
that you put out about it, so thanks to you guys
it's been great fun sharing the adventure,
I've raised the bar a bit and I encourage anyone
to get out there and take it on, I'm helping three women
right now train to break the women's round-the-world
record, but where are the blokes, where are the guys,
we need to get more people to step up and take on that
18000 mile race, thanks GCN.
- Now achieving incredible physical feats on the bike
is all well and good, but that surely doesn't have
to be everything does it?
- No, no definitely not, in fact you would've thought
enjoyment should come quite a long way up the list
of priorities for most cyclists but anyway.
- And for some of us, style too.
- Yeah with that in mind we've recently reached out
to GCN's unofficial heads of fashion,
Tiffany Cromwell and Adam Blithe,
to see who deserves to be crowned most
stylish riders of 2017.
- Should be good.
- Yeah, you getting excited Dan?
- Oh yeah they couldn't vote for themselves or us.
- Or us, no.
- That's why, just would've been a whitewash.
- Okay so in third place in the men's is Fabio Fellini,
who Adam says is "Just doing it correctly,
always classy in a very subtle way."
Which is, (mumbling).
- And Fabio, great hair as well.
- Yeah and a fine cappuccino, don't forget.
- Indeed, barista skills.
What do you reckon, this is round three?
- Ah, the meditation, five.
- Is it the right temperature?
- No, no.
- Now according to Tiffany, third place woman
Hannah Barnes in the iconic British Champ's jersey.
- Nice choice. - Yeah, apparently
she rolled it well all year both on and off the bike,
the kit always matched, always spotless, never looked
out of place, yeah. - Fair play.
- The second place in the men's, Adam has decided
on Elia Viviani, because at the World Championships,
his bike and kit were on point.
- That's right and I think he added, he looked Euro,
in big shouty capital letters.
- Yeah, big shouty capital letters.
- Don't think anyone else could pull off that look
though apart from Viviani, he's absolutely
nailed it hasn't he.
- I think Viviani's bike and kit looked cool all yeah
because Gent Six his bike was cool as well.
- That's true actually we'll give a shout out to that
yeah fair enough, alright in second place for the women's,
Tiffany's gone for Joeline Dorm.
She said her kit always lines up and looks sharp,
but it's her style on the bike where she really stands
out for Tiffany, apparently coming from a track
background she's got that super smooth pedalling
style that is beautiful to watch, I'd be inclined
to agree actually, she looks super powerful
when she sprints and like frankly she's born
to be on a bike, praise indeed.
- You cannot argue with any of that at all, well,
I'm gonna need a little bit of a drum roll here because
I've got the winner of the blokes okay drum roll please.
It goes to Danny Bennati, or Daniele Bennati.
- [Man] All Italian podium.
- Deserves his praise yeah if I'm honest on it, now
Blithey said that Bennati has got class
coming out of his ears.
- One of the worst places for it to come out.
- Good point, off the bike, on the bike, his position
is immaculate and spot on, says he's never seen anything
quite like it and to cap it all, he's a great bloke
isn't he, he's lovely, and ridiculously brown
and tanned as well.
- Hello everybody, directly from Movistar Team presentation,
wow it's an honour for me to be named like,
the most stylish rider of the year, I want to say
thank you very much and I want to wish you
merry Christmas and happy new year, ciao!
- And the women's peloton's most stylish rider,
thank you very much, goes to Lizzie Deignan.
Yep that's right she always looks good on the bike,
the way she attacks it just looks so effortless
Tiffany says, plus her kit is always immaculate
and everything matches and she's also got
good style off the bike as well.
(overlapping talking)
- Absolutely yeah. - Good reasoning there.
- On to the next category then which is a very juicy one.
Most controversial part of the 2017 cycling season,
the things that got us talking on our bikes, debating
in the cafe or arguing on social media.
- It's gotta be OneBike, or veganism.
- No no no, it's gotta be sock length or disc brakes.
- There's no doubt that those things will continue
to rumble on and on but the things I am talking about
are things such as this, first up, Pete Sagan's
disqualification from the Tour de France,
he flicks his elbow in a sprint, Mark Cavendish
came crashing down ending his race,
and almost ending his season,
the question that we're asking though is firstly,
did the elbow make contact and secondly,
did Sagan do it deliberately?
- Well yeah it's a good question, what about poo gate?
Now, whether or not you should wait for a race leader
when they're stopping for a poo is if I'm honest
not a subject that I ever thought we would be debating.
- But here we are. - But actually,
it defined this year's Giro d'Italia, one of the best
races of the year arguably, now Tom Dumoulin
obviously stopped for a poo and then pulled out
a heroic solo ride to save his race but frankly,
should his rivals have waited?
- That was a good one, next up though, we've got
Lance Armstrong, sometimes known as the controversial
Lance Armstrong in fact, it seems like his ban
from cycling doesn't include talking about cycling,
he did a daily podcast through the Tour de France,
which some people were raving about and some people
were outraged about.
- Yeah Team Sky, never far from controversy
were actually accused of cheating on the very first
day of this year's Tour de France.
- Oh yes, with the skin suits, wasn't it?
- With their skin suits, that's right, rival teams,
mainly French, accused them of having an illegal
skin suit that broke the rules, Team Sky replied
by saying that they had been approved
by the UCI who actually make the rules,
so perhaps not all that much controversy in the end there.
- There was definitely no controversy at all,
I think if the teams lodging the appeal had done
a little bit of homework and checked, they'd have found out
that Team Sky had been using that very same
skin suit for several weeks.
- And then we had Australian women.
I mean they weren't controversial, I'll get onto that
in a minute, they racked up enough points between them
this year after a great season of racing
to be able to field a full team over at the world
championships, the controversial point here was
the fact that then Australian selectors only chose
to take three which meant some big names were left
at home, that was until Chloe Hoskin
got involved and appealed.
- Apologies, but another small interlude right now,
those of you who have been watching from the start
of this video and not just scrubbed forward to this
point will be well aware that the other quite seismic
controversy which has certainly cast a shadow
over the last few weeks of the 2017 season--
- Well you could argue the whole season really
though couldn't you?
- Yeah of the whole season, Chris Froome's adverse
analytical finding where twice the legal limit
of Salbutamol was found in his urine at the
Vuelta A Espana is a late entry into controversy
of the year and given its significance and possible
ramifications over the next few months,
it's gonna top the list by a hefty margin.
- Yeah as well as casting in doubt his Tour de France
and Vuelta double because if he's found guilty
he'll be stripped of the Vuelta title and also
faces up to a two year ban.
- Anyway, on with the show.
- Yeah well my vote goes for Sagan, that controversy
was huge and not just within the inner realms
of cycling, the images, the videos, they spread over
social media like wildfire, that allowed everyone
to be an armchair expert, or in this case,
an armchair commissaire.
- That's true yeah I don't disagree there but I think
within cycling, I think poo gate just defined the year,
I mean first of all we had the farce,
for poor old Tom Dumoulin-- - Did you just say farts?
- Farce, farce, yeah of Tom Dumoulin actually having
to stop for a poo mid race, then we had the drama
of his chase to get back and save the race
and then we just had this endless debate about
whether or not people should wait and respect a leader's
jersey, there's flippin' unwritten rules that never go
away, it's just going to roll on and on and on.
- I have to agree though with you Si,
I think Dumoulin was the controversy of the year,
wiped the floor with all the other controversies
that we just talked about even though he followed through
and actually won the Giro d'Italia, that is something
that, no matter what he does for the rest of his career,
we'll be continuing to talk about poo gate.
- It'll be a stain on his career.
- That's enough now Si.
- Incidentally actually you also voted in your thousands
for the race of the year, we're not sure whether
it's coincidental or not but you chose
the Giro d'Italia and it was a fantastically
exciting race wasn't it, suspenseful until
the very last day with a very worthy and very
likeable winner, okay, time to get back to some
performance riding because our next award
as voted by you is for rider of the year.
We should start off with the women's category,
the nominees are.
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The triple crown was backed up with an overall win
at the Giro d'Italia and the Women's World Tour.
It's been a stellar year for the Olympic champion.
- [Matt] Ultra endurance rider and solo female entrant
Sarah Hammond took her second consecutive win
in the 3000 kilometre Race to the Rock in Australia.
- [Dan] With 33 top 10s this year it's safe to say
that Annemiek van Vleuten has been Ms Consistent.
She dominated La Course and took her first world title
with a win in the individual time trial.
- [Matt] What a year it's been for Coryn Rivera,
the first American to win the Tour of Flanders,
she then took two other one day World Tour wins,
and was also a part of team Sunweb's all conquering
team time trial squad at the World Championships.
- [Dan] Sanne Cant has been the dominant force in women's
cycle cross for the last few seasons, but has always
fallen short of the Worlds; this year, she changed
that, taking her first rainbow bands with an epic
race in Luxembourg.
- Okay the results are as follows, in third place we have
Sarah Hammond, great to see her flying the ultra
endurance flag up there on the podium.
Second place goes to Annemiek van Vleuten and that means
that the 2017 GCN female rider of the year is.
- Gonna need a very very big drum roll, thank you,
Anna van der Breggen, and it was never really going
to be in doubt at all what an absolutely sensational season
she had, winner of the Giro, winner of the Women's
Tour of California, and who can forget
that amazing Ardens triple, of Fleche, Amstel
and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, well done Anna.
- Hello GCN watchers, I would like thank you all
for the award of best female rider of 2017,
it has been a great season but this is a great way to
finish it off, so thank you and have a merry Christmas.
- [Si] Do you know what she needs?
- Go on Matt, go on Matt. - Dunno if I can do it.
- A Season's worth of wattage bazooka.
- Give it your best with your broken rib.
- I'll do it, you say it, three two one.
- [All] Wattage bazooka!
(explosion)
- That was one of your best ever Matt.
- Thanks very much.
- Well done with a broken rib too, okay let's get onto
the nominees in the male rider of the year category.
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On top of his historical triple, Sagan has taken
11 wins this year, all but one taken at World Tour races.
- [Dan] Questions hung over Chris Froome after he failed
to take a single win before the Tour; he answered them
by winning two Grand Tours in just 11 weeks.
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- [Matt] With 14 wins to his name this year,
Marcel Kittel is quickly closing in on 100 career victories.
- [Dan] Tom Dumoulin continues to improve and impress,
taking some big scalps to win his first Grand Tour
at the Giro, then going on to win both the individual
and team time trials at World Champs.
- [Matt] Despite having his season cut short
at the start of July, Alejandro Valverde still came away
with 11 wins, including his fourth Liege-Bastogne-Liege
and his fifth Fleche Wallonne.
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- Right I've been told that we are behind time
boys by producers so let's crack on a bit, third place
in this category is Tom Dumoulin, in second, it's
Chris Froome, there can only be one winner though
and that winner by quite some margin is Sagan.
- My word, you know what I think it's testament to
his reputation within the sport as much as anything
because aside from winning three World Titles--
- Aside?
- Well yeah okay, I don't want to diminish the achievement
of winning a third World Title on the bounce but
actually it has been a relatively quiet year
by his standards so no Classics victory, the Tour de France
that we've kind of already mentioned, you know, it's--
- Yeah he only had 11 wins 10 of which were in
World Tour races-- - By his standards.
- Lot of bad luck, had a lot of bad luck.
- I do get what you're saying Si, by his standards,
but the fact is in pretty much every other race
that he doesn't win he has some kind of impact
and that has got to be the definition of a wattage bazooka.
- Should we do two then.
- No we won't make him do it again, but we'll
award that to Peter Sagan.
- But poor Peter Sagan, he's only won 11 races
and you're depriving him of wattage bazooka.
Pete Sagan you are the worthy winner of 2017's male
- [All] Wattage bazooka!
(explosion)
- We're gonna take a brief break from our awards
for a few moments now as we talk through some of the riders
who've drawn a line under their career in 2017.
- Davide Rebellier?
- No he's actually still going believe it or not John,
at the ripe old age of 46, no first up
we've got Heimar Zebeldier, he decided to stop cycling
a little bit earlier than Davide, 40 years of age,
also Manuel Quinziato, he's been an incredibly loyal
domestique, he finishes not just a great career
in cycling, but also a law degree under his belt too.
- While still being in the peloton in another way though
because he's going to be a rider's agent from this point
forward, the many faces of Tommy Vok will be absent
from the pro peloton in 2018 which is a big shame
and then of course there'll be no more shots
fired from el pistolero, Alberto Contador whose last race
was the Vuelta a Espana, and his final race was the
Shanghai Criterion and then he pinned on his numbers
for the final time at the Saitama Criterion,
good old Alberto.
- He's had quite a few last races Alberto,
fair enough though, great career, we also had Andrew
Tilansky, he has finished competitive cycling but
he's going over to the dark side, triathlon,
doing triathlon. - I know, what's he gonna
do with his socks, I mean he must have so many
cycling socks, but he's not gonna be allowed
to wear them anymore.
- Ebay. - Ebay yeah.
- Keep your eyes peeled for some bargain Cannondale socks,
- And then an extra special mention for the classics
legend that is Tom Boonen, he attempted to win
Paris-Roubaix for the fifth time, came up slightly
short but he hung up his wheels after that.
- It is now time for hack forward slash bodge of the year.
This is one of our highlights of the week every week,
sifting through the amazing hacks and bodges that you
send in on social media using the hashtag GCNhack,
and so we thought we would line up some of our very
favourites from the year.
- Yeah starting off with this absolute pearler
from pro rider Louis Lemous, which is
the solar powered bike.
- [Man] This is cracking, that is absolutely genius
isn't it, what an amazing idea, that's an E-bike
of the future right there. - Definitely.
- [John] Then we've got the pigeon saddle,
or that could be the cobra saddle that
Matt and Si thought looked like a pigeon.
- [Matt] Pigeon saddle could be a good idea
though I reckon. - Yeah you know it would.
And it does look like a pigeon to be fair.
- Yeah we definitely thought it was a pigeon.
- What was it again boys? - Cooler, cooler.
- A pigeon saddle.
- It's actually cobra, just to let you know.
- Yeah it was a cobra.
- What about Tim Loveday's BMC AnglePoise lamp,
one of the most expensive hacks we've probably seen
but very cool and classy around the house.
- [Lasty] That's right, that's some classy homeware.
- [Si] And then this one from Drew Wilson over on
Instagram, certainly got our attention, otherwise known
on Instagram as CicloCarbon, this bike
is called the Fatquinox.
- That's cool. - You know what,
looking at that, I wonder whether that
is actually the inspiration of the TTT Strada,
check it out, it's got one vie, hasn't it, it's got
clearance for wider tyres, mega aero, I think Vrumen
has been watching this, I think maybe actually he's.
- Absolutely gorgeous bike. - Maybe the TTT Strada
is infringing some patents there.
- [Dan] Well there you go yeah watch out.
- [Matt] What about this, absolute cracker from
Son of Sam, one of my firm favourites of the year
without a shadow of a doubt, but it did
cause a lot of debate in the comments section,
what exactly was it for?
- [Si] Yeah well it turns out Canadians know,
didn't they, it's not a lawnmower with a slug killer
attached, it's actually a snow plough, ice mulcher
and gritter all rolled into one and indeed,
some people were moved to say it wasn't just a hack,
it was actually a must, an essential for any snowbound
cyclist with an eco conscience.
- I'm surprised that hasn't been patented though
to be perfectly honest with you.
- Well someone was off to the patent office.
- Oh wow.
- Yeah they said in the comments, said it was like a race.
- We do learn quite a lot through hacks and bodges,
initially deeming them a bodge and later turning out
they are an-- - An actual invention.
- We also learn a lot about snow from Canadians as well,
turns out we don't know very much.
- As ever though there can only be one winner of
a category, and without a doubt it had to be
Simon Morrell's Delorean, featured recently on the channel
this is not just a hack or a bodge it is multiple
hacks, if you haven't seen that video make sure that
you do check it out but that bike is something to behold.
- [Matt] Can it travel through time though?
- It probably could, that's the next addon.
Right enough about everyone else what about us at GCN?
It's been an incredible year 2017 with a few highs.
(soaring brass music)
And a few lows.
- [Dan] Oh no, he's got it, he's going camera.
- There have also been a few ups.
And a few downs.
Due to the fact that the East Japan Railway Company
now has specific cycling related train journeys,
at the weekend (bleeps).
- Specific cycling related train journeys?
- What's the, what is it again?
Announced new specific routes, oh (bleep).
New specific.
- [Both] Cycling specific trains.
- Sorry this is gonna be a long day.
New cycling, we learned that Japan now definitely
goes on the list as a cycling paradise after the East
Japan Railway Company announced cycling specific
weekend routes which will take 99 cyclists--
- Trains.
- Ah (bleep) sakes.
Has announced new cycling specific trains.
- Yeah. - Ah (bleep) me.
- That was it.
- I know.
This weekend, in, oh my God. (laughter)
In all serious, serious though, (bleeps)
what a (bleep) day (bleeps) right.
But overall an exceptional year in 2017, as ever
an enormous privilege to be able to travel the world,
visit some of the best events and some of the
biggest bike races; what's been your highlight Si?
- Well I think I've gotta say actually getting out
and meeting so many of you, all our lovely viewers,
is always a highlight but in terms of what we've shot
I think making a bike frame was an absolute highlight,
that's one to tick off my bucket list, riding it
has been very enjoyable indeed.
- [Matt] You do actually ride it don't you?
- I do yeah but also I think I've gotta say that
perhaps the biggest thing was getting to ride with
Mark Beaumont, join him on the first day of his
round the world trip, that was brilliantly enjoyable.
- [Dan] You didn't look like you enjoyed it that much.
- Alright no fair enough, I did enjoy it,
it was an absolute privilege, I was quite surprised,
that we even got invited in the first place
but then actually I'd never ridden anywhere close to that
distance before and so being able to do that,
tick that off alongside him was pretty special.
- Well I for quite obvious reasons most enjoyed
filming the Tour of Flanders preview show.
- I think we all did yeah.
- [Si] That waffle was really good wasn't it?
- It was nice. - Yeah, I think we'll be
back here, how long is it to get here,
is it quite a long walk?
- No like 15 minutes. - Watch all the way, and then.
- Well this is the sort of thing I wanted to open.
(laughing)
in all seriousness though I did absolutely love
going over to Zambia, see how the buffalo bikes
are used, that is an experience I will never ever forget
but in terms of the video I most enjoyed watching,
I wasn't even involved in it, I really enjoyed watching
you and Matt go up the Taiwan KOM challenge,
that was fantastic.
- [Si] Is that because we suffered so much?
- [Dan] Almost wanna do it next year.
- [Matt] Well we could get you signed up pretty early
if you fancy it Dan but no that was an amazing,
that was an amazing experience.
- It hurt so much that we actually cried didn't we?
- We did. - You didn't see that
in the film but we were basically just sobbing.
- We had a little moment at the top too didn't we,
I think my favourite video, aside from that one,
was cheap bike versus superbike, but I had
a lot of fun doing the 10 second bike sketches
with the pros, now we've kept one back which is
particularly special and it's from Wout Poels,
and you know it's special when you watch this.
We're here with Wout Poels, about to embark on his
first ever 10 second bike sketch, you have 10 seconds,
which starts in three, two, one, go.
He's gone for two wheels straight off, the frame's
already in there, slight hesitation,
we've got the handlebars in, very strange geometry
on this frame, single crank, it's.
- Not a really good one.
- There's no seats, no chair, there's no chain butt.
- It's for the weight you know?
- Yeah is it like an aero bike perhaps?
- Yeah, I think so.
- Let's have a close look at that, just a signature
across the bottom please.
- [Wout] Yeah I don't know if I should--
- [Matt] He's gonna put his name to it.
Well let's have a quick look there, 10 second bike sketch.
That's it.
- Well my favourite, it's actually a toss up between
two videos, how to ride and look like a Belgian pro,
absolutely fantastic and the top tech that the pros
should be using, I think it's fair to say
at one point we've all wanted to be a Belgian pro,
the style, the look, the grimaces, everything,
but the top tech wins, just the thought
of seeing those riders going 'round with Bilet glasses
on causing havoc, mayhem, hilarity.
- Some of the acting in that was absolutely top,
we took it to another level didn't we?
- His ankles are looking big though, look.
- [Matt] Your ankles are looking big from the altitude
as well so you need to crack on.
- My ankles?
(heavy panting)
Yeah I tell you what John my favourite of yours
is definitely how to wax a chain,
my bike is still going strong, chain is untouched,
bike is utterly filthy, drive train is immaculate.
So you can wax my chain any time you like John.
- [Dan] What about you Lasty?
- Well my absolute favourite Dan has to be Matt and Si,
are E-bikes fun, just purely because it looked
really fun to spend a few hours dropping Si,
and I think we can all agree that we only chance
we have to do it is if we're on an E-bike.
How did you feel at the end of that ride, Matt?
- I was fresh as a daisy.
- I was absolutely ruined because I hadn't been
able to eat strudel because basically I'd been
dropped so badly, every time I'd go up to a cafe,
Matt was ready to go.
- [Matt] E-bikes I can confirm are fun.
- Yeah and they help you eat more cake.
- Whilst we're at it actually we should say a few thank yous
as well firstly to the people behind the scenes
at GCN, some of you of course will know John
"Chocolate Voice" Bevin, he did the ode to Routes this year.
- What a cracking video that is yeah.
- But there are a whole other team behind the camera
without whom of course we couldn't be doing this.
Likewise we couldn't be doing this without you,
the viewers, a big thank you to all of you and in
particular some of the regular commenters, Michael
MacDermott, Swedish House, Lief and Niels Heldens,
Pedro Massodea, the rest of you you know who you are,
a huge thank you from all of us here at GCN.
Now whilst we've had a lot to celebrate through 2017,
unfortunately, there's been a fair amount of sadness
as well as we've had to say goodbye to quite a few friends.
(sad piano and string music)
To absent friends.
- [All] Absent friends.
- Right before we finish let's lift the mood back up
slightly, what about targets for 2018, Si?
- Oh man, I'm not sure about specific targets,
there's places I definitely wanna go and ride my bike.
Columbia I'm desperate to go to, Japan I'm desperate
to go to, hopefully either one of those or both
could happen in 2018, Tom?
- I would like to do an event in Namibia called
the desert dash at the end of the year.
- Ah very cool, yeah.
- John?
- Gonna put my head on the line, Paris-Roubaix Sportif.
So the long one, all those cobble sections, smash myself up.
- I'd like to ride in the Arctic or in Iceland,
on a fat bike, in the snow, yeah.
- That's a bit left field mate.
- Always take it one step further.
- Well I think it'd just be fantastic.
- I too would like to visit new places, we've got
a lot of viewers in the Philippines and the pictures
they send in look absolutely stunning,
I also want to go and do an event in Pittsburgh,
we'll reveal that next year.
- Oh I'm intrigued. - Interesting yeah.
Make sure you guys let us know what you thought
your highlights were in 2017 and indeed
what your targets are for 2018, I'm sure you know
what you wanna do by now, let us know in the comments
section, that's right, down below.
- Yeah and we'd also like to express our heartfelt
thanks to you the GCN crew, because you make all this
happen and certainly this year, well it wouldn't
have been much fun without you so thanks so much.
- Yeah thank you and cheers.
- Cheers.
- Right you know the drill if you haven't subscribed,
click on the globe and if you've got some friends
that haven't tell them to watch the video and click
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give it a thumbs up down below.
- If you've enjoyed the year, surely, leave a thumbs up.
- Just give it a thumbs up generally yeah.
- Couple more videos to watch now because it's not just
people and riders that get awards but also
bikes and tech so you can find the tech awards just
down here or you can find the GCN world tour of bikes,
the most successful bikes in the World Tour this year,
just down here. - World Tour bikes.
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