GCN VS Jenson Button - Riding The Haute Route Oman

[@gcn]

Are you feeling inspired by Ollies ride? Would you try an event like this? Let us know in the comments below👇

[@mateagoston7113]

Hell yes, I am also wondering about the descents of those climbs: 20-25% with crazy smooth asphalt and hardly any slow hairpins. Must be a life experiene!

[@bkmontgomery]

Great video! I'd love to try an event like this.

[@joebearman620]

Global Cycling Network I met Jenson Button when I was seven, and asked him what his favourite colour was at a Honda event :)))

[@josephhoover8947]

Someday I'll do a Haute Route, hopefully !

[@thebigchip]

Joe Bearman Well go on then, what was the colour? Don't keep us in suspense ....

[@Julian.M.]

Great video, Ollie's a great presenter. Loving the latest raft of productions from the team at GCN!

[@staff0flag]

I'm always amazed how deep the GCN library runs ... and how many I've never watched. This was a hidden gem for me. Brilliant work Ollie!

[@WaechterDerNacht]

You guys should ask Jenson Button to go for a spin with you and do an interview while that. Would be a great way to also interview other current and former pros of any sport in a cycling related environment... would be great like a series of videos like this.

[@lainerrr]

plenty of F1 drivers (former and current) ride roadbike. Kubica, Rosberg, Vettel. I've seen Norris, Verstappen and Ricciardo as well but they seem to do it rather occasionally as a part of their trening

[@fsaavedrap]

@@lainerrr there-s a video somewhere with Prost and Webber climbing Alp D-Huez together. Apparently cycling is good cross training for racing drivers

[@douglaspate9314]

Here in Andorra we have loads of moto riders, moto gp, who cycle and OMG! do they cycle! One, Maverick Viñales, has sponsored a cycle team!!

[@kartwizard]

Dawid Hyzy Juan Pablo Montoya, Tpny Kanaan ride bikes too as part of their training. Girolami do the same.

[@jeffroetzel9239]

That would be amazing!!

[@pobg]

I know I say this a lot but olly is such a good presenter. All the new presenters are very good but I was scared we wouldnt get a new "funny guy" in with all the serious pros. The guys are great, informative, interactive and really nice but olly has that something extra. I love a good Sunday feature. Thanks guys

[@noahhalbfoster6892]

yes I think they call it a PhD

[@veloriderkm]

I was lucky enough to be there and see the making of this video over the 3 days. It was certainly a privilege! There really isn't a big team putting this content together which is incredible considering the quality of work they create. I counted 3 guys, including Ollie which is a fraction of what I initially thought. Kudos, chapeau, way to go fellas.

[@tomlaing1104]

This is a brilliant bit on content, great work Ollie and the team

[@bmccall30]

Wow... GCN has come along way from three blokes sitting on a sofa. The production quality and content is just amazing. Ollie, great job young man. It also looks like your conditioning is greatly improved since the presenters raced the Angliru. Perhaps it's time for a rematch?

[@alexparent860]

Yay! Jenson Button!! One of my favorite F1 drivers!

[@rajeshmohanty2070]

How was the Aus Gp?

[@alexparent860]

Rajesh Mohanty I thought it was a good race! As a Ferrari fan I am disappointed in a way, but it was fun to watch.

[@adamsteineke4661]

First Mansell, now Button. Get Hamilton next! Go F1 Cycling!

[@Ewane]

Adam Steineke Hamiltons ego is to big to do something like this

[@Ewane]

Rajesh Mohanty I thought it was quite a good race, certainly better than the last couple of Australian GPs. I felt like Giovanazzi kind of broke up the midfield battle, particularly costing Norris. Gasly also disappointed me slightly, I felt like he could and should have been ahead of Kvyat.

[@museisbliss1174]

I think Ollie not being an ex-pro is a brilliant thing. More with him and Johnny doing these challenges please!!

[@jbruner182]

Exactly! Matches so perfectly, one of the best decisions theyve made yet bringing Ollie on.

[@Jayneflakes]

Another great video, Ollie is a great presenter, with just the right levels of wit and a touch of sardonic humour. Great work as always GCN.

[@SiGoodchild1]

What a superbly put together video. I also loved the genuine enthusiasm from Ollie, you can’t fake that and it really does make all the difference.

[@jbruner182]

Cheers, right on, that was it for me too. Ollie, keep at it man, you have such a great heart.

[@billc7211]

I enjoy his enthusiasm so much. He's a great addition to the GCN team!

[@stuartmcgill5065]

Superb video, Ollie! Well ridden and commentated throughout. That Jenson was there, and so gracious to take part in the filming, was an added bonus. Altogether, an excellent video. Many thanks! ;-)

[@budycelyn]

Jenson is my my favourite F1 driver and Ollie is my favourite gcn presenter, 2 birds one stone, awesome video

[@cuthberter]

One of the best GCN vids of all. Really enjoyed the story and Ollie’s description of his experience.

[@rob4000-]

Great job presenting, Ollie keeps it light and interesting when you know he’s putting in a properly serious effort. Class.

[@MrDazP1adv3ntures]

What a fantastic edit, drone filming and well thought out production. This is top notch . Ollie did a great job at sharing his experience and kept me riveted right to the end.

[@UhuruFrontier]

Man these events are absolutely insanely fantastic. An amateur rider can plan his entire season around these events. I hope Haute Route puts one in Flores Indonesia. Forget about Bali. Flores would be a real challenge, not to mention spectacular scenery.

[@楊承憲-k8k]

2:37 Jenson chose #22 as his race number, just like his 2009 F1 title number😍

[@pobg]

This is such a great video. The gcn features could be a Netflix special but it's free daily epic shit we get on KZbin 😯😯😯

[@gcn]

Thanks Pobg, we really appreciate the support

[@pobg]

Cheers

[@mrsmd4616]

Agreed

[@mjbrennan]

Excellent music, really added drama to the already great content. Well done GCN, really enjoyed every minute of this episode.

[@AJSpinDrift]

Looks like a great event. Love the fact Jenson got his race number (22). Had the pleasure of being his guest at Silverstone some years ago and he remains a hero of mine to this day.

[@chuckp3739]

This was one of my favorite GCN videos . Love this guy, what a great presenter !

[@53glowe]

A lot to like about Ollie and how he presents. Importantly he wasn't overawed by Jenson, as some of his co-presenters seem to be sometimes. Excellent video...most enjoyable indeed👍

[@roaming_kangaroo]

What an incredible video! Loved watching this, top quality production and event, music was top notch aswell. Great work gcn and well done to Ollie and Jenson

[@stevecarpenter7462]

Really enjoyed the video. Kudos to all involved on both sides of the lens. Love the way Ollie can talk and climb at the same time. Zone 3 with a smile. Cool!

[@dlc89100]

Been waiting for this one! Love the recent events that you presenters are able to participate in, James' rad race, this one, Emma's cyclo-cross. Great respect for your 12th place finish, awesome job. I'm a GCN addict and don't want to go through rehab...

[@williamwalker2096]

Thank you GCN. Today I start 2019 season and your videos never fail to motivate me to go out and cycle.

[@anotherfashionlad]

Best of luck =)!

[@MaxChuffley]

I really like Ollies honest and natural commentary and really impressive video work.

[@SayMcGillicuddy]

Great advert for the event and for Oman as a destination. Well done Ollie & GCN team. Chapeau.

[@rosson1983]

Corking video. GCN have smashed out a few belters recently, and these epic videos are some of the best. Chapeau!

[@robbchastain3036]

This looks like so much fun and pain and sun, and I love how everything is drama with Ollie. The route is drama. The climbs are drama. Other riders are drama. The music is drama. But then something good happens, like a rival needing to stop and adjust his saddle.

[@stanisinjo]

What an epic video! I enjoyed it every second! More videos like this please.

[@davidabenza2039]

Congrats Ollie, amazing video. The camera work is breathtaking!

[@ryanburrey985]

Great job Ollie you did amazing!!!! I am loving the videos even more lately!!! Keep up the great work GCN!

[@andrewflynn382]

Great video Ollie. Well done in coming 12th and to riding next to Jenson must have been amazing. Would love to give this video more than 1 thumbs up. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@garancomley453]

Really liked this video by Ollie and will definitely be putting this event on my must do list! Thanks again GCN.

[@barkermjb]

Wow! Awesome video. GCN produced yet another spectacular video with superb camera, sound, and dialog work. Don’t think it’s possible to like a channel anymore than I already do, but GCN finds a way to continue to outclass itself and produce fine work. Thank you.

[@sheldon1983]

Love this channel and it's presenters! Every time I watch a video I just want to get out on the bike, just what I need to keep me motivated around this time of the year, especially in the current climate! Keep up the good work!

[@gcn]

Thanks Sheldon, appreciate all the support :)

[@kieranself9844]

Another outstanding video production from GCN. Ollie is a seriously talented cyclist. Nice to JB too!

[@jamesporter5630]

I really loved this episode. I never fancied a power meter but Ollie really brought home the value on the first climb. I have a bad habit of blowing up early in the climb, early in the day. Constantly admonishing myself to maintain a pace. But what pace? Using a power meter to define capability and set capacity thresholds and then monitor power output to avoid blow up? Finally makes sense.

[@scottishjohn]

Excellent stuff guys! Thanks so much for doing this one, really enjoyable video and slight shame that old Jonny "Chocolate Voice" Bevan didn't get to do a voiceover for this one... Ha ha loved the puns there Ollie, guess that you Pushed the button all the way just so that you could Galvinise your place in the GC? I look forward to seeing the GCN Mallorca videos! Cheers guys!

[@tylernightingale]

Well done, Ollie! Definitely putting that on my riding bucket list.

[@LaughingSaint66]

Ollie your a true cyclist who rides with joy and appreciation 👏🏼👏🏼🤙🏽🚴🏼🕺🏻

[@Telukin]

I loved this! Awesome work, Ollie, and it's obvious you were having such a great time :)

[@kamucho]

Beautifully shot video and great watch. Ollie is a total beast!! Love the vlog style video!

[@TurneyUK]

Great work Ollie. Oman looks amazing. Those roads 😍

[@joshmagrum3552]

love this content it would be great to see more Haute Route on GCN!

[@janekennet]

brilliant loved this and Ollie is so engaging and genuine. Thank you Ollie, great work.

[@markmathews1072]

Superb. Well done Ollie. Great result and your best video to date. You are at your best when it is your own voice without any of that 'Mr Voiceover Man' thing. Keep it up!

[@ajlongshanks]

we want to see more of JENSON BUTTON on show!

[@bhumiriady]

This is super cool and awesome! I feel inspired by Ollie's ride! Chapeau to Ollie and Jenson Button.

[@leeshirley14]

Fantastic! I am competing in the 3 day Alp d'Hues event this July! After watching this video, more excited!

[@jodaefauser2911]

Sooo cooool and inspiring Ollie - full of adrenalin and would be ready to fly to Oman - thanks 4 that and regards from Germany

[@jonburnell532]

Great video Ollie, thank you. And well done on placing 12th 👍

[@sth6027]

Such a beautiful video in every single way, lovely air shots of the course, good performance, brilliant!

[@fieryawesomeness]

More videos with Jenson please! Total legend...

[@benhoward4294]

Good effort Ollie. You captured the spirit of the event perfectly. Try your hardest in wonderful scenery. What more can someone want. Brill.

[@jerryscott9598]

Really well put together video, and Olie continues to get better on his presenting, Good ride mate, and very cool to see Jenson riding, (he's Very fit!). I know there's motocross, Nascar, Indy & other drivers who use cycling as a primary fitness vehicle.

[@Jakob_Nistler]

Absolutely stunning Content, Great Video!! You guys are putting the Quality of the Videos on KZbin to another level

[@Pratalax]

Nice ride, Bridgewood!! Bigup Button too, was a favourite of mine back in the day - was just reading his wiki a few weeks ago! Glad you showed him what-for though. Chapeau!

[@Cloudimfm]

This is perfect! More videos like this on please (including Ollie of course!)

[@rieckstudio]

5 stars ⭐️ on this one. /adventure, quality film, story well told. Thoroughly enjoyed and now eager to explore Oman. Thx lads

[@rigger8722]

Awesome video. Been to Salalah in the south, and the inclines up the Jebel were frighteningly steep! Not hard to see why Jenson was a F1 world champ. Ollie catches him, then Jenson's racing instincts take over. Been watching for a while now - this gets my subscription.

[@MarkJones-bc5vx]

Fantastic video Olie. Very inspiring.

[@davehollingworth5537]

Great video, definitely inspiring and yes, I'd love to do an event like that some day. Come on GCN, you can do it! And fascinating to see other bike nuts that we know from other sports (Button here, Ben Foster in another recent vid) - more of that please (why they're into cycling, the bikes they own, where they ride.... ) Thanks.

[@singlespeedchronicles7640]

Dr. Oliver! Wow, brilliant job. Love the race, the video, the music, great work, GCN,!!!

[@maxie-gakusha]

GCN Keep hitting those homeruns higher and further in terms of production values. a excellent piece of work and all around high fives to everyone who is part of it:-)

[@dukabear9065]

Yeah, such a massive 'home run'. Amnesty International's appraisal of Oman? 'Family members of human rights defenders faced harassment and intimidation from the authorities. Women remained subject to discrimination in law. Migrant workers were exposed to exploitation and abuse. The death penalty remained in force'. But, yeah - excellent production values. High fives!

[@maxie-gakusha]

@@dukabear9065 well, it was a comment on GCN's work within the scope that is GC nonwithstanding what else may be the case outside of it.

[@dukabear9065]

@@maxie-gakusha Apologies for being so abrasive. My comment is more aimed at GCN and their sponsors for supporting an event in such a location. Have a good ride if you're out today :)

[@maxie-gakusha]

​@@dukabear9065 well, no worries, i am also sure it was the same reason why GCN did it despite the sponsor and location cause its GCN and if you add cycling + race + multi stage + free for all + sunny place together it will be almost impossible for them to say no to the offer...heck, since its gcn then just the fact is a bike race in a sunny place enough for them to jump on it considering how UK weather tends to be. oh, and also, i have not had a used a bike for many many years cause it have never been much a reason for it and the cost outweighs the benefits....specially when i for the time being barely got enough to each pay-check^^" with that said, the next one i get me will definitely be a red canyon aero or something to that regard as if i first gonna get me something i want it to be decent :-P

[@Duecewilder]

Cracking video. Good nod to Paddy's Day in the background at 17.06.

[@McStoolio]

Great video. Never realised Ollie was as fast as he appears to be:). Well done.

[@joshtucker8904]

The cinematography and video editing just gets better every video...

[@dbalz5212]

That video inspires me to gather a group of friends and go out riding. It isn’t about the placement but how we push each other to our limits!

[@raceace]

The camaraderie of competitive pain. Deceptively addictive.

[@vishalb08]

Amazing production and hosting. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole video.

[@paulweall26]

Friggin Awesome! Jenson Button is a Legend and it's now apparent Ollie is also. Congrats man great Video!

[@mjsylver]

Skinsuit “cracked” me up... Nice work

[@roserstefan]

Best video of 2019 so far. Great work.

[@gcn]

Thanks Stefan!

[@oddeinaraurbakken5916]

One of my favourite videos this year! The GCN crew can make a full feature blockbuster quality movie if they try! Thanks for this inspirational video! Not sure I would do a race like this, but will consider taking my bike to Oman for a few days of superb riding. Looks like my kind of hills 👍

[@nielst.3891]

Great hack to mount your number on your aero bike! Thanks for sharing!!

[@arielaxed1]

Stunning vid guys! Thank you for all this amazing free content.

[@abdulkayaum]

What an awesome video! Thoroughly enjoyed this! Well done guys!

[@vedhed21]

Great result, Ollie! Ready to jump on my bike today after watching this vid.

[@james86morton]

Ollie, cracking video as always and despite it not necessarily being about your placing, great work!

[@fcz]

Ollie B back to his vlogging best!!! the best gcn video of the last 12 months!!

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Project 49 must have helped in the end Ollie! Almost got Jenson! Well done mate. End the end we all compete against ourselves.

[@richcrompton6891]

Awesome video! What a country to enjoy on a bike! Added to bucket list!

[@richaw6689]

Pushing the Button..s.. more great content and fantastic inspirational vid.. nice one Ollie 👍👍👍

[@peterlykkesorensen7319]

I lived in Oman for some years I absolutely love this place. MTB, Gravel cycling or road it has it all. and you have only touched the Wester Hajars, there is still the desert. the Coastal road From Sur to Salalah on Gravel Bike or from Mustcat to Salalah on black top and the Easton Hajars, but thay are more for MTB.

[@shmvon]

Sadly it's not much of a democracy.

[@dukabear9065]

You may well have liked all that you say, Peter, but how about the appalling human rights record? If you're ok with it, then: happy days!

[@gamma_dablam]

@@shmvon democracy isn't a be all and end all. We must strive for better systems than democracy. That said, dictatorships ain't great. Also, I don't think your comments are particularly relevant to what the OP has posted

[@gkstarter1]

Nice video, wow. I do that when I zwift, watch who is around me and use them to push myself that little bit harder. Great video.

[@williamschultz8198]

As a photographer, I'm really lov'in the drone footage.

[@Imm3rs1on]

This really interesting, it would be quite an experience doing one of those events and it is so professional. Really nice to be able to enter as a solo rider, unfortunately it is out of my price range but it is totally understandable how much it costs. Keep up guys.

[@delmun7209]

Great production - great host - well done!

[@kevinwilleford7876]

Outstanding effort Dr. Ollie! You boys at GCN consistently outdo yourselves with these epic videos!

[@gcn]

Thanks Kevin, very kind! Really pleased you enjoyed the video.

[@dukabear9065]

They do, don't they, Kevin - and all out of the goodness of their hearts, bless 'em.

[@justenough2326]

Really good vid that, production levels are so good.

[@saml5073]

PLEASE more videos like this once this Covid bullshit is over, this has to be one of the best GCN vids I've watched, cheers Ollie

[@ericmah6865]

Thanks for the great video, definitely inspiring!!

[@lawrencewinter]

This was an epic vid, loved it. I live in Dubai and work a bit in Muskat. Epic cycle motivation vibes. Great work Ollie and the team!

[@pibba]

Love Ollie! The ultimate underdog!! Ride on Ollie!

[@willjeffery1791]

That's one of the best GCN vids I've seen for a while.

[@gcn]

Thanks Will, we appreciate it 👍

[@MetalMachineShop]

These sorts of GCN videos are my favourite! Nice one!