Which Pro Is Most Aero In A Time-Trial? | Top Pro TT Positions

[@gcntech]

What other riders have impressive TT positions? Let us know in the comments 👇

[@Nerzyster]

Primož Roglić 💪💪

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

Most of the top ten. Because they have to have good position to put out the power required to push there cda along at a good enough rate to be in the top ten.

[@yogatriathlete]

Sebastian Kienle

[@chrisbaum998]

Aston Lambie - 4k IP World record holder(3:59.930) must do doing something right in body positioning.

[@ahron_1444]

dan bigham

[@volkervoit]

Would be super interesting to compare some of the best Pro TT Cyclist positions to Pro Triathlon TT positions like Jan Frodeno.

[@davekelambertus]

What about Campenaerts. The hour record holder, despite putting out way less watts than Sir Wiggings

[@rob-c.]

Was that because of doing it at altitude though, rather than sea level - not to do with being more aerodynamic.

[@davekelambertus]

@@rob-c. true, but it was the combination of all things, including being very aero

[@zrsgamboa]

Dr. Bridgewood you seem to have missed these champions of the TT: • Victor Campenaerts • Tom Dumoulin • Rohan Dennis • Fabian Cancellara • Chris Froome • Bradley Wiggins • Dan Bigham (New British Hour Record!!!) • Ellen Van Dijk

[@barristerh5379]

Haha everyone on your list was who I wanted/expected to see compared. They each have their own small position compromises that might be interesting

[@Mike0]

This looks mostly like a list of people who have put out big power while aero, rather people who dont need to put out much power to do the same speed, because they're more aero. Ellen Van Dijk looked the least aero of the top 3 at worlds this year, due to being a taller heavier athlete.

[@spencermcgehee3602]

Bruh froome no way

[@mariusbelisle3494]

@@Mike0 Dan Bigham

[@bobfoster687]

Lawson Craddock-- US TT Champion

[@whatwelearned]

The fact Evenepoel can put out so many watts despite being bent like a paperclip and being 5'7 is close to a miracle in my book

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

I don’t think he needs that much power. He is tiny on that bike. Wonder what his cda is.

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

@takotsubo thank you. I def would expect his cda to be near their. Wouldn’t like to judge his power. Def not got big power going by the euros but he can certainly hold it and power to weight seems pretty good too.😂

[@homiertcw]

@@OFFSHOREDOUG around 0.17

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@@OFFSHOREDOUG he's extremely powerful😂

[@afiqmuhammad2034]

love to see Conor position on TT. Stallion as what Hank call.

[@ConsciousBreaks]

3:53 "Don't worry about units-there aren't any." Cd"A": Am I joke to you?

[@william6171]

Yeah was thinking the same. Cd has no units. A most definitly has a unit, m^2. CdA's unit is m^2

[@micomrkaic]

It is just another example of scientific ignorance spread by GCN.

[@legrandempereurcosmique5142]

@@micomrkaic that’s basically what vulgarisation is, not saying it is any good or bad, u just have to do the job urself if u want correct scientific informations

[@micomrkaic]

@@legrandempereurcosmique5142 Nicely put, you are right.

[@t1p1may0]

How about Stefan Bissegger? I seem to remember hearing how good his CDA was

[@chrislevick7837]

This

[@skyscraper5910]

Remcos performances are a testament to how good he is. His position on the tt bike is a testament to his biology allowing his to be in that position and being able to put down power.

[@Kimberlytheresam]

I am not a Remco fan but his time trial is spectacular. When he passes other riders, he looks sooo aero!

[@chrispyy606060606]

Love this TT content GCN keep it up! The UCI desperately needs to change the TT file rules, they are borderline unsafe and prevent a ton of triathletes from competing in UCI sanctioned events (which hurts participation in the discipline overall). Even adding +5cm to each of the measurements for extension length would help greatly and revert back to measuring from the axis of the shifter versus the tip. (The existing rule puts those with mechanical shifting at a disadvantage fit wise compared to electronic)

[@tomrachellesfirstdance7843]

You also forgot Remco rode straight into a barrier during a TT. You forgot Si Richardson as well, legend has it takes 4 riders + a pro doing a flat out chain gang to topple him. They had to get a pro as the last attempt someone got dropped within a few minutes 🤔

[@landerdumoulin8725]

In what race did Remco ride into a barrier?

[@Mike0]

Remco has been off the road a few times this year, but Rémi Cavagna is the only one I can remember riding into a barrier during a TT

[@remcoevenepoel4872]

Which barrier? 😂😂😂

[@erikdekoster3705]

that was wout van aert.

[@PaulTomblin]

The first person I remember with the high hands position was Floyd Landis. I remember him getting told to change his handle bar position moments before the start, and I guess they over torqued them or something because he broke his extensions moments after the start and had to get a bike swap.

[@robbchastain3036]

Nice work, Ollie, and for these time trials, I'd like to see a sort of anything goes, speedy racers in their wacky machines, low riders or fully faired or combos of everything. It'd be a great spectacle and circus and the UCI could kick back and say, hey, no rules, so don't crank about us no mo'.

[@OFFSHOREDOUG]

We need to get all the GCN presenters in the wind tunnel to see their CDA.

[@livinginsyn4814]

Gcn vs GTN in the wind tunnel

[@gs78798]

:-D Connor, the greatest of them all, will have a free day with his family on wind tunnel day. Instead of Connor they just bring an oak tree and lean his bike against it. :-)

[@leonbroekx]

Marlen Reusser has bizar high/long aerobars. The front-end of her bike has a unique look, but she won silver at the Olympic TT and again silver at the World Championship so it must be fast.

[@pembrokeshiredan]

3:54 CdA does have units! Cd is unitless, but the "A" is for area. (Units dropped by Ollie?)

[@JThelen1031]

That's not a unit though; that's just the reference value. Cd is just a coefficient with no dimensions to measure.

[@pembrokeshiredan]

@@JThelen1031 yes, Cd is unitless, but it's almost impossible to measure on its own so CdA is what's always quoted (as in the video). And A is for area, which has units.

[@jasonleslie6366]

Although this might be a relic of the past, I would still rate Chris Boardman’s position on the Lotus track bike as a benchmark in aero position. Would love to know his cDa.

[@RudiDwiHartanto]

can tell ollie made this video from his passion and after consultation with certain dan bigham. Excellent content

[@thatguy9051]

Excellent Job Ollie!

[@torbis75]

You have to include Ashton Lambie....The pursuit. His Position I think is the most aero of them all ;-). Look when he rides with his team, the others seems like tall towers.

[@md.moinulislam9467]

Very good informative and innovative useful TT bike technology review....!

[@ThisIsANameBruh]

The answer is easy. Evenepoel. The 60kg boy can TT on par with 85kg beasts. It's not even a question really, he is hands down the most aero on a TT bike.

[@rob-c.]

I wonder what percentage of his aero gain is because he is simply smaller? You could theoretically have a mediocre position (if scaled up), but your small size makes up for it.

[@dominicjames4848]

@@rob-c. Emma Pooley did a good video on this for GCN a couple of years back. In short, no, small size doesn't make up for it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6HWn2hjm6yUZtU

[@erikdekoster3705]

remco escaped in the 2023 vuelta with romain bardet. After the race bardet told reporters that he was not shielded from the wind when riding behind remco, implying remco catches incredibly little wind.

[@xixo2k7]

Jan Ullrich might have had both the most efficient and most elegant position on a TT bike out of all.

[@fabiankraus8841]

Word

[@Matakoshi]

I'm just curious what your thoughts are on Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin's positions are? Both have had excellent TT results in grand tours and Olympics (which I under stand doesn't necessarily mean they have a good TT position!).

[@kstethespokes1051]

Coffee not generally recommended for keeping your turtle head tucked in, quite the opposite in fact! 😂

[@kakarot2430]

lewd...

[@yannbachelot5178]

What about Jonathan castroviejo ? Incredible position

[@ruanvanderwesthuizen3882]

Best for last! The legend!!

[@ptocknell]

Tell your cohorts over at GTN to do a similar video for pro triathletes. Be interesting to compare positions when you have to get off and run.

[@Henrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

Alternative title: *which pro has the most severe neck pain* ?

[@slyburner123]

Not a word about former world champion and olympic gold medalist Fabian Cancellara. Yes he retired in 2016, but he had huge success against the clock. Would have been interesting to compare his riding position with today's best time trialists.

[@vrfonseca]

Hi Ollie, Cancellara had a espetacular position too!

[@IsmailIsmail-hy3fx]

Turtle's head..😂, but fast though.

[@pedrazza5537]

Best online cannel on earth. All is correct and i do a lot test also. Can you make a clip between some efforts in past vs. Today. Exemapel bordmann do also de hour record in the 56er km. Ganna also. But i compare of since aeroposition and bike bordmann will be the real monster. Mabe also rominger with 55km.

[@Eomak]

would miguel indurain be a beast with today's bike's and clothing?

[@Mjdssdfff]

Best intro music ever

[@simoncoorevitsdesign6388]

Cab you do this for the less restricted triathletes? Or do i hace to go to Gtn for this ;)

[@qpae8503]

Would be interesting. And also maybe analyse the differences between good road cyclists' and triathletes' tt positions.

[@leeeeigh796]

There a feature UCI legal Vs non UCI legal at your local 10m time trial!

[@fiddleronthebike]

Jan Ulrich - despite being quite tall and strong he had an incredible position on the bike and his TT style probably was the most elegant of all riders

[@fiddleronthebike]

…and btw - he was never in a wind tunnel like the riders today…

[@reubenbacon9156]

You forgot bisseger, lowest cda in the pro peloton apparently

[@kidShibuya]

The UCI limits how your your extension can be? Good thing I am not a pro.

[@robertcatuara5118]

I just realized Ganna and Alaphilippe both won back to back World's. Interesting.

[@d00dEEE]

Joss Lowden is probably somewhere in here.

[@EatMyPropwash]

Eeeeeasy Oliver…. You may make Heather and Mark at GTN jealous. LOL.

[@mariusbelisle3494]

It wouldve been cool to include Dan Bigham, THE aero guy.

[@whfowler6515]

not having ashton lambie on this list is crazy, he is quite possibly the most aerodynamic rider ever tested with a CdA around 0.16. I've heard he can do 30mph at 200 watts from some credible sources.

[@19wjsa]

No analysis on Quintana? I am surprised...

[@Altimis]

My head refuse to go down so I look down, head go down. Just eye hard stare up. I felt wind pass through me like crazy.

[@gauravgurav2953]

What is CDA?

[@gcntech]

It stands for coefficient of aerodynamic drag - basically just how aerodynamic a rider is!

[@larrylem3582]

@@gcntech Coefficient of aero drag times area.

[@jeffreypeters1902]

They are all starting to resemble the Floyd Landis "praying mantis" position IMHO.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

2 years later my comment but Floyd was defo ahead of his time with his TT position for sure

[@jimmyhor78]

Well Roglic still won the Olympics TT and both Vuelta TTs on that same helmet. So it can't be that bad.

[@ezraholwerda1512]

Also I gets aero tested al the time at s Dutch university. And the same helmet being used by the Dutch trackriders being quite successful.

[@Yes-sc1pb]

He uncursed the cursed helmet 😂

[@bertdebruijn7129]

He usually has a visor. That doesn’t look as silly.

[@enijland7562]

Tom Dumoulin. Could have been mentioned.

[@tommyschlebusch]

Victor Campenaerts

[@benwhite469]

A talk about most aero positions but missing Dan Bigham Joss Lowden and Steffan Bissiger arguably the 3 lowest CDA in the world right now. I'm guessing this was filmed before Dan and Joss's hour records attempts

[@jonathanzappala]

If you did all time and not at the moment, my guess is Emma Pooley.

[@buffelfloh8623]

Stefan Bisegger is also a big number for the future

[@jameskinrade961]

Yo mush

[@markrskinner]

For the oldies : Chris Boardman.

[@danielpinto1417]

You clearly missed two of the most aero (lowest CDA) out there.. first Dan Brigham and Stefan Bisseger...

[@PrzemyslawSliwinski]

1. What about Manon's position? 2. What about a "mechanical doping" in a form of artificial chests and bellies some riders have used recently? PS I enjoy riding on a tandem with aerobars. Took a while to learn how to keep a balance on turns and less than perfect roads, but... ;)

[@log_it8282]

Yes, artificial... `:-S

[@KotzmannWolfgang]

Remco or Küng with 2x 800ml breast implants, that would certainly look awesome. 🤩

[@subi7o]

Dan Bigham

[@carlosbarbozapadilla429]

The first time I saw Tony Martin and didn't know who he was I thought Cillian Murphy was a cyclist.

[@Pratalax]

Vleuty, Van Der Breggen?

[@hngldr]

Know what I really don't understand? Why do they have 2 aerobars when they could just have one and clasp one hand over the other? Mine broke once and I did that for months of training and it worked great. Seems like a waste of weight and aero to have 2. Obviously you need 2 pads, but you definitely only need 1 centered bar.

[@ili4707]

Jan Frodeno had a handle bar like that in the tri battle against Lionel Sanders. Did seem like a very good idea! I think/hope they will be implementing that on the road soon. Did look like a cock though...

[@snailpower1890]

campenaert is also an aero freak

[@Eomak]

Fabian Cancellara?

[@tobycolin6271]

The best position is the one that wins the most events.

[@mbal4052]

The best position is the one that’s fastest with the fewest watts..

[@tobycolin6271]

@@mbal4052 not true it’s a balance between drag, power, comfort, confidence and most important fatigue. I have seen many extreme aero positions that where set up in the tunnel completely fall apart in a tt. What you can maintain in a tunnel for 4 to 5 minutes often doesn’t work when your out on the road buffeted by the wind.

[@HHH-bi1xg]

Remco and campenaerts

[@Neezabja]

Bradley Wiggins.

[@MichaelWilliams-iv6dj]

Martin Toft Madsen and Dan Bigham are about as good as it gets for men. Joss Lowden has got super narrow shoulders that tuck in very nicely behind her Tempor.

[@paulsolon6229]

Cancellara needed Gcn talks about coffee a lot Addiction?

[@fabian0705]

jonathan castroviejo

[@admirale3000]

Yes

[@paulsolon6229]

You show team pursuit many times And we don’t know which of 4 is the rider you are talking about

[@BigBrownMonke]

No Tadej Pogačar?

[@prathvirajsinghrathore1162]

Where is Ashton lambie, dan bigham ??

[@franziskus0342]

you missed olly bridgewood

[@madsbertramkristensen2718]

Jonas Vingegaard

[@spencermcgehee3602]

Bissegger Dumoulin Asgreen Dennis Plapp Bigham

[@helmiwijaya7]

Anna Van der Breggen

[@DeveryAndrews]

FC

[@4shl3y38]

ollie has the best aero position in a tt bike

[@4shl3y38]

@@ds6914 😂 even if im 14 i think i can sure compete with mid level amateurs in a tt race 😂 just sayin😂😂

[@lopey66]

how about mentioning triathletes as they have maintain this for180km in ironman races, even Ultra 24 hour races

[@chrispyy606060606]

They are lucky as they don’t have to deal with the UCI’s fit rules. Basically anything goes for them

[@tommyrq180]

They have to consider running after the bike leg, thus have compromised TT positions.

[@DomestiqueKoch]

Tom Dumoulin

[@checktaschu4492]

A tall guy like Ganna can never be as aero as someone like Lisa Klein or Evenepoel. He has other advantages that make him quick, but that’s not aerodynamics.

[@aastadpalkhiwalla944]

Fabian

[@clemme17]

Kasper Asgren....?

[@octaman4218]

You fail to mention Fabian cancellara who blew away Tony Martin and others in the 2016 men's individual time trials at the Olympics in Rio using what you called the traditional style. you're so called praying mantis position used by Tony Martin at the time and others was ineffective. and Tony Martin ended up 10th using the praying mantis style. in that same year Tony Martin switch back to the traditional style(the Fabian cancellara style because he said he wasn't getting the power he used to from that praying mantis position) and won the Qatar men's time trial finals hands down using the so-called traditional style(which he used till the end of his career)not your praying mantis style. Just because something works in a controlled environment such as wind tunnels and indoor velodromes doesn't necessarily mean it equals power in the real elements.

[@paulsolon6229]

Remco head down He needs a mirror to see up road

[@MegaTubescreamer]

LMAO sub-optimal enhancing hypodermic hyperdrive hypo-critical

[@micomrkaic]

This is an incredibly ill informed video. CdA is the product of Cd = drag coefficient and A = area of cross section of the moving object. 1. The units of CdA are square meters. Ollie should know better, since he studied science! If you don't use the correct units for CdA, you don't get the right units for power from the air resistance formula. BTW, some people call CdA "drag area". Get it? Area! 2. More importantly, Ollie lumps together Cd, which depends on the shape of the moving object, and A, which depends on its size. So, Remco's CdA might be small, be he is also a small rider. If Ganna and Remco had the same shape and hence the same Cd (in the parlance of cyclists -- if they were equally "aero"), Ganna would still have a larger CdA, because he is a bigger rider! The fact that Ollie does not discuss this is inexcusable. 3. This is the third major scientific mistake I've found in GCN videos and I'm losing my patience with this sloppiness.

[@bojansaksida3625]

Realy???? the only picture of Roglič is from last years TT in the TDF???? with the TT helmet on a climbing bike in the midle of a climb??? the best climber in the world with so many TT wins...and the olimpic champion.... it's obvious you don't like him, but as a commentator you should be more objective

[@mbal4052]

He was talking about how poor his helmet was aerodynamically you know, not having a go at him..🙄

[@bojansaksida3625]

@@mbal4052 his helmet was good....for a TT bike in a TT position...no TT helmet has an aero gain siting upright on a climbing bike !

[@bojansaksida3625]

@@mbal4052 actualy the REAL experts say that he has the best TT position , because of how straight his back is, from all the years training ski jumbing inrun position as a kid

[@trdi]

Come on, be serious, don't mix female and male cycling. Keep them separated so that viewers can choose what they want to watch.

[@trdi]

Ah, yes - maybe then you wouldn't have missed all those riders in Zrs' comment. Crazy.

[@andyolsen4517]

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