GCN's Toughest Cyclists Of All Time | Volume 4

[@gcn]

Are there any more super tough riders you think we've missed? Let us know in the comments 👇

[@conorw1ll1ams]

Dan Martin continued his race with a fractured spine.

[@chrisjenkins1]

Johnny Hoogerland after being shredded by barbed wire Dan Martin for continuing with a broken back.

[@liambarber9036]

Chris Froome. In 2016 he showed that no matter what happens you need to push on, when he ran up Ventoux without his bike.

[@MartinMcCannTdF1987]

I've said it before but Honoré Barthélémy- in the 1920 TdF he crashed. He got back up and found he couldn't bend his back so turned his handlebars upside down to continue. He thought he had concussion but it turned out it was a stone flint that had gone into his eye leaving him blind in that eye, as well as a broken shoulder and dislocated wrist. He still managed to finish the Tour and was actually 8th on GC. He lost his eye but continued competing, often taking the glass eye out if it got too dusty and stuffing the socket with cotton wool. He finished 3rd in the 1921 Tour and didn't ride his last GT until 1927.

[@stuartdryer1352]

Martin McCann !!!!!!! That was a very hard man. Or insane.

[@stuartdryer1352]

This is my favorite reoccurring GCN series. I will try not to complain about anything after hearing about these incredible humans.

[@congcyclist71]

still no mike hall? come on GCN! Here's a link to his wiki page, that guy is a legend! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hall_(cyclist)

[@MarkWladika]

Still no Jensie?

[@martinh2783]

My uncle Anders Gunnarsson is a triathlete who crashed in the Amsterdam 2017 Ironman. With 18 km (or so) to go he hit a concrete block and totaled his bike. Then he picked up the bike, now in two pieces, and continued the race on foot in his cycling shoes. After finnishing the the ride (on foot) he swiftly changed to his running gear and ran 42 km to the finnish line.

[@ricardorix73]

hehe, you mean 42km.

[@jasonnew8432]

Go Amanda go! I'm in the background of one of the pics. I made GCN again,lol.

[@batsminator]

Johnny Hoogerland ( Dutch ): I the tour of 2011 he was catapulted into a barbed-wire fence by one of the TV-cars. He managed to finish the stage with his legs covered in blood. Afterwards he was taken to the hospital where he got 33 stitches and he still rode the rest of the tour.

[@mango7423]

The Jensie really needs to be included here! Riding stages on a kids bike, his crashes, always fighting... #shutuplegs

[@BTRflorida]

Go Amanda go! Proud to have ridden with you!

[@GordonMoat]

Great selection. The new, the old, the famous, and the barely known (today). One of my favorite series so far. Looking forward to the next "Toughest Cyclists".

[@PerformanceProjects]

Jensie needs to be on the next. Can't believe he has not yet.

[@Ystadcop]

I'm delighted that you picked up on Wim van Est. As I remember, he only took up racing quite late in life. My other toughies include the gangster Rik van Looy and Irish amateur Billy Kerr, (RIP) who also took up racing late in life and was as hard as nails. And Beryl Burton? This woman won the UK 12 hour time trial championship (ok, weirdos' event) passing and beating Mike Macnamara, the men's champ. It is rumoured she offered him a liquorish allsort while she did so.

[@ondmedai5417]

Jonny hoogerland

[@andyhodgson7692]

Amanda Coker is my favourite. To average around 237 miles a day for a whole year is absolutely astonishing. She then carried on to 100,000 in just 423 days.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Lauren Dolan wins it for me… that enormous gash in her thigh was awful and not even shown in this video. Plus she wrecked her TT bike and had to continue on a standard road bike. Really just appears like a bad decision to continue instead of abandoning and going straight to the hospital as she was out of the event from injuries anyway www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/lauren-dolan-finishes-junior-womens-time-trial-despite-crash-injuries-351650

[@MichaelKorczynski]

It would be nice to maybe see a list also of the top domestics that never won and yet were key teammates for GC riders

[@vasgko2]

Amazing people. Very inspirational!

[@barrymonaghan6593]

Irish Ultra- marathon cyclist Joe Barr.Just one example of many is that he won the NCOM (No Country for Old Men) 1000 mile in blazing heat during the day and freezing cold in the night in around 80 hours with no sleep!

[@UnicornBikes]

I crashed and broke my left wrist at the start of a mtb clinic but still finished the day. Can I be in volume 5? :p

[@bartkessels3160]

If you search on Wim van Est on KZbin. You can see some footage of his crash.

[@willthomas2010]

GCN banging out the vids :)

[@everydayhealthandtriathlon7387]

86k miles in a year! That is incredible!

[@RaymanW]

Is 15 km a day good or not ?

[@andyhodgson7692]

And then she carried on and did 100k in just 423 days.

[@joejoe8948]

I went out and did a 35 mile ride in 64 degree temperature this morning. Put me down as one of, if not the toughest of all riders!

[@pellesonne3126]

Simply put: WOW!!!

[@misapatlevic1419]

what about cross riders, I think riding in muddy and about 5 degres is very tough. what about sven nys?

[@andrewwilliams762]

I complain about 10 mph winds. Coker cycles through HURRICANES! And triple centuries in a day! Damn!

[@Vaskmlch]

Looks like you need more bottles

[@iamvillainmo]

Ya Amanda! Woo-hoo!

[@TheWaxChainFanClub]

I nominate KVV.

[@paulverweij6348]

van Wim van Es his fall also got him a nice sponsor contract with a slogan from tha watch brand Pontiac “Zeventig meter viel ik diep, mijn hart stond stil, maar mijn Pontiac liep …”

[@sirspankalottt]

Still waiting for Johnny Hoogerland and Wout Poels.

[@figa9963]

I though that Contador will be there but still nothing😅

[@juandelosmuertos]

Matt, Lucho Herrera has to be one of the toughest... Just look at this imag, the man is a LEGEND goo.gl/images/6uCuUe

[@colinmcattral]

Still no Taylor Phinney?

[@pauli6570]

03:09 Did we hear right. 100 degree heat.....??? Obviously fahrenheit, but since when do you Brits use this unit????

[@samanslow9021]

Paul Z a lot of older people still use it, I'm 15 so I've only bee taught Celsius and other metric measurments but my parents and grandparents etc... still use imperial units

[@matthewboswell2494]

when its "hot" its fahrenheit ie. it's 85 today! when its cold Celsius is used ie. it's below zero today!

[@dug553]

We're bi lingual in weights and measures

[@pauli6570]

Sam Anslow Now I see........Matt is getting on and obviously is so old that he is from that generation that clings on frantically to the Imperial system

[@terryhollands2794]

Hi Paul, I am old also, in fact even older than Matt, so when I read your first comment I thought "common sense isn't that common" .

[@omgaud]

Hockey players worldwide are tough. But I have a whole new appreciation for pro cyclists. They even fight (occasionally)! American baseball players...not so much. Love this thread.

[@peterskov3880]

I'm still missing Tyler Hamilton... make it happen, guys!

[@melaniemint7757]

Great job on this one, with half the riders being women! Keep up the effort to include more women / minority riders. 🙂

[@JillyBean860]

MelanieMint I agree!!

[@James_R_]

70m FALL! no serious injuries? WOW!

[@jonahconner1111]

17 meters is what I think he said

[@simonrano8072]

Criteria are quite strange. It seems that being British secures a place in each episode

[@nootnoot1463]

Simon Rano 1 of these are British

[@simonrano8072]

1 of them is British* - > You obviously don't understand English language

[@paulstephens1513]

Of course, being British confers all sorts of privileges.

[@terryhollands2794]

If the videos were American, there would at least one American rider. It the show was Russian, a Russian rider would appear on the list. The thing about human nature is, people tend to favor those who share similar traits or behaviors.

[@davehanhela5997]

Esteban Chaves

[@patrickhance7348]

Roland liboton (cross).Tom boonen.peter van petegem.marc sergand.philip Gilbert. Sven Nys. Danny de boer.hushov.contador Jurgen van den broek.jolien Verschuren Sofie de boer.van Aert.matieu vd poel Zoetemelk............... .pat from Belgium 🚲

[@waynerenshaw-multi-outdoor4521]

2012 Haute Route Alps 3rd day crashed at the bottom of the last bend of the Col de Madeleine broken collar bone and snapped my right hip ball joint off .. 5 months later back on the bike , then 2014 competition came up on wheelsuckers website 200 words why I should win the chance to ride the Haute Route Pyrenees.. that was simple crashed in 2012 I was picked for the 5 finalist and Greg Lemond chose me to ride the Haute Route Pyrenees and glad to say , I finished and got the medal 👍☺🚴

[@david131092]

Ok it’s not about cycling but I got a contender for toughest athlete - I was in Coventry swimming pool once & one of the swimmers didn’t turn up for the medley relay. So as the coach I stepped in. The kid swimming breaststroke (2nd leg in the relay) dives in. (If you know Coventry long course you’ll know it’s only 1m deep @ both ends. ) & he smashed his two front teeth off the floor of the pool. They were completely shattered & his lips were bruised like a peach. But none of this was know until he had finished his 100metres - in a PB too!!

[@pauli6570]

David Fellows Ok this is not about cycling as well. Last weekend following a huge drinking binge , and with the snow 1m high, I made it down to my local fish and chips shop.

[@david131092]

Paul Z super tough!

[@carnsoaks1]

I wanted to hide my comment under a reply there is 100,000 such stories of sports persons going on @ big events (regionals, states, nats, grand finals, TDF, Worlds Olympics) & gaining praise. Give the 17 yo time to live up to their future b4 putting them on such A 4th pedestal. esp if @ 17, she might change careers before shes even An Adult. ps, i lost a shoe @ nats in the steeple chase. & made the city's paper for my run, but not youtube (in 1986)

[@david131092]

Carn Soaks I’m glad you said because I was thinking as such. - you’re in the race of your life. You’ve trained all year. You’re not going to stop unless you’re dead. I know I wouldn’t. Maybe the video should be titled incidents of toughness within cycling. Instead of toughest cyclists. All pros & elite level athletes are tough. Because if it was easy everyone would do it.

[@bNaVSK]

Joaquim Agostinho !

[@cyclingchantal]

Not taking this serious anymore. Still no mention of Mike Hall. Sad.

[@nootnoot1463]

Who would he replace?

[@fenderperry]

You forgot Peter Sagan, it must have been tough to make the Grease video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5Tcdp-Ld66KbrM

[@loxa2228]

marianne vos

[@sethno1ram1]

Fell 70 metres???

[@SwedishHouseFifa]

Dolan being on of the toughest of ALL TIME, I mean yeah she crashed and kept going but a lot of people have done that, I can remember Cancellara finishing a TdF stage with a head concussion

[@Cqrt3r]

1st

[@IJoAnZI]

oh shit 1st