How Does The World's Best Team Prepare For Paris-Roubaix?

[@gcn]

What did you make of the recon and who do you think will win Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift?

[@paulien8371]

Lotte Kopecky 💞

[@shaunhoulahan4080]

Great video Manon. I think it’ll be Lucinda Brand this year

[@Check-it-out]

Whoever is lucky and gets the best power-ups wins. So, Zwift wins and we all loose. Zwift has totally lost it’s mind with those power-up-cheats !

[@SendingStache]

fantastic to see the women get profiled like this - love to see more exposure for women's cycling. PS a nice raise is in order for whomever titled the video and made it about cycling and one of the best teams in cycling and nothing more!

[@chrisprice5895]

Women need to be profiled not as just women but as people. I agree

[@gcn]

Thanks Karan - they are fully deserving of the exposure as should really be getting even more. These women, just like their male counterparts, are at the absolute pinnacle of sport and it's a joy to watch!

[@stuartmitchell523]

Looking forward to watching the women’s race with my 14 year old daughter. After watching last years race she is now hooked on road cycling, so thanks for inspiring the next generation.

[@gcn]

That's awesome Stuart. So important to have representation for the younger generations!

[@nemesiswrath928]

great to see Manon so enthousiastic ;)

[@andyfairchild2383]

Great video, thanks Manon and GCN. Love to see more content highlighting Women’s racing. Both P.R. races were great last year, but Lizzie winning the first Women’s race was the high point of the whole season for me.

[@gcn]

Thanks Andy. Women's cycling deserves equal coverage to the men's side of the sport, and we do know there is a lot more to be done, but we are trying to get there!

[@nataliazen]

I can't wait to see the second edition for women!!! Warm and dry from the couch or maybe during a Zwift ride. Who knows?

[@paulien8371]

So happy seeing you guys do this about the women :)

[@gcn]

Thanks Paulien - women's cycling deserves so much more coverage than it get's but we are trying to readjust the balance!

[@simongilliat2205]

Really nice piece, thanks! Ms Kopecky seems a lovely person and a great rider. Good luck this weekend

[@gcn]

Lotte is wonderful on and off the bike - a great ambassador for cycling!

[@austinj8335]

Excellent coverage, Manon! Very excited for the first edition Le Tour Femmes - especially if we can look forward to more content like this in the lead-up.

[@jasonmcgrody9472]

My wife loves Zwift and I loved the 2021 women's Paris-Roubaix. What a great race it was

[@gcn]

It was awesome! Let’s hope this years is just as exciting! 🤞

[@geoffreyhoney122]

Thank you for highlighting women's cycling! More of this great content please! Welldone Manon!!

[@bikeskimawk670]

Manon, job well done. Track to kobbles, one extreme to another. Ride to the level of your smile.

[@avelai9216]

5:58 I skipped back 5 times to see Lotte Kopecky to that quirky little jump again, made my day! Aside from that: great coverage, love to see Manon being so passionate about it! Paris Roubaix Femmes really got instant legendary status, but well deserved. The riders are working hard for it and doing a ridiculously awesome job. I'd love to see more insights to women's cycling and little films like this one.

[@gcn]

Thanks Avelai - Lotte showing off her CX skills there! It's important to give exposure to the women's half of the sport so that's something we want to do more and more moving forward as they are just as deserving as the men who race!

[@avelai9216]

@@gcn Brilliantly said! I am looking forward to see more of your great content about these amazing women then :)

[@TheMarman57]

Turbo trainers are becoming more technically advanced and even race-event specific. I love the fact that you can train hard and increase strength and endurance for cycling without having to keep stopping at traffic lights, or having to avoid crazy traffic etc., It is a tool which more and more Pro teams and riders are using and rightly so. There's no substitute for riding outside in the "real world" with the elements to battle, but you can still make fantastic gains on your turbo trainer.

[@carlmullender2941]

Brilliant video - last years P-R Femmes was the first ladies race I ever watched, and the first bike race I watched from start to finish it is wonderful to see the ladies getting the attention and rewards to so deserve 🥰 👏 👍

[@gcn]

You'd been missing out Carl, although a great one to start with! It's a wonderful spectacle and the women involved, like their male counterparts, are fantastic athletes and it's a pleasure to watch them perform at the pinnacle of the sport!

[@velodavid1287]

My 3YO daughter has caught the cycling bug off me and loves seeing videos with Manon in, she gets so excited. Thank you for profiling a women’s pro team ahead of the biggest classic of the year, it really helps inspire her and I’m sure many other young girls getting in to cycling.

[@gcn]

You’re very welcome, David! We hope your daughter gets to ride Roubaix one day!

[@annabananna1992]

Absolutely brilliant video - so good to see the girls skill and power. Very inspiring - well done Manon!!

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

Fantastic coverage. Great interview with Lotte. Now, Manon may have to revisit the cobbles to work off those pastries though. They did look great!.

[@gcn]

Don't you worry James, she got out of riding them this time, but not the next!

[@steffenandersensahl9443]

Awesome video to get great insight in the recon that takes place for these races. The only disappointment was that we did not get to see Manon suffer on the cobbles :-). Instead she was living the life in the car :-)

[@gcn]

We didn't let her get away with it for long Steffen! Got her riding the last 50km of the route on a £50 bike tomorrow!! And of course there's this one of her on the Eurobike too! 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6fTdql6YpKqd68

[@Bellerophon17]

Kopecky's self-assuredness in response to Manon's question, about how she might feel under pressure being the team leader, was quite funny

[@darinbusse7591]

Manon, you rock! Great video! Loved it! Thanks to everyone at GCN. Keep up the good work, and include more content like this. Amazing!

[@tristanbergh8655]

loved the video! brilliant interview and insights into a team’s recon ride.

[@leonbroekx]

Women's racing is far more exciting. GCN should make more content about/like this.

[@gcn]

You're absolutely right. Women's and men's cycling deserve equal coverage. They are similar but uniquely different and we love both sides of this wonderful sport!

[@LovetheIPAs]

So looking forward to this year's race! Last year's was breathtaking. Now that teams have the 2021 race experience 2022 should be even better! Enjoyed this video and especially the interview with Lotte Kopecky. I would have enjoyed hearing from more team members and how they prepare for this race in ways that differ from other races. Best of luck to all, women and men, this weekend!

[@mickeyatbp]

great episode! the dragon queen of wales is hell of a treat. but damn this race.. EPIC!

[@chrisbaum998]

Great job GCN for showing the inside working of a women's pro team as the get ready for Paris Roubaix!

[@gcn]

Thanks, Chris! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@FormikFilms]

Absolutely love this video! Made me want to grab my bike and head outside! Thanks Manon for your great coverage and enthousiasm

[@ianstewart8301]

Great job Manon! Great to hear from Kpoecky too!

[@gcn]

Hey, thanks!

[@Domwpiemonte]

Great film Manon! You are very passionate about cycling. Keep up the good work!

[@stuartmclean3843]

Great to see Manon and a great article 👍

[@Tilemason1]

Last year's weather and the amazing 4K coverage, I mean those shots of Balsamo sliding 30m on her butt, Lizzy fishtailing across the cobble's. EPIC shite for sure, women's cycling couldn't have had a more made for TV showdown. I bet viewership will be up another 14-17% 💪💪💯🏁🌻

[@theresajv5055]

The little gutter jump was so rad.

[@gcn]

Lotte showing off her cyclo-cross skills!

[@johnm7251]

These young women are incredible.

[@gcn]

Absolute superstars John!

[@cb6866]

Thanks Manon , et al......Peace

[@gcn]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@alexk2127]

Interesting to see a woman ask a men about thoughts on women cycling :) Can’t wait to see both Women’s and Men’s races over the weekend.

[@ethangodridge6833]

Hope the cobbles didn't disrupt your pastry consumption. Great video and roll on the race!

[@gcn]

Thanks Ethan!

[@account28191]

I'm going there this weekend!

[@gcn]

Very jealous Jonas - going to be epic!

[@account28191]

@@gcn can't top last year!

[@gcn]

@@account28191 Last year was epic in so many ways but Paris-Roubaix loves a surprise so we wouldn't bet against it!

[@nickpatten5263]

Great video. An insight into the workings of a team and an inspiration for young female riders.

[@gcn]

Thanks, Nick! We’re really happy with it too!

[@daviddjerassi]

Thank you GCN.

[@mavenmavenpest1750]

Loving this female racing coverage - keep it up please ❤

[@rickcoyne7845]

Fantastic Video Manon!!!!! Go women!!!1

[@richardedward123]

I'm so looking forward to women's Paris-Roubaix. 30mm width! Indeed! I think white handlebar tape on those s-works would look amazing.

[@donaldyoung8866]

Good exposure for the race and womens cycling, Manon should ride it too 😜

[@gcn]

She doesn't seem too keen on that idea 😂

[@ShawnIsBatman]

Fantastic video, but that is what we have come to expect when Manon is profiling the best of women's cycling!

[@gcn]

Thanks Shawn!

[@filippopogacar]

Manon the Queen

[@tristansmeets6086]

no Ineos Quickstep TJV Alpecin so what best team are you talking about then?

[@soleil_ky]

what is a good roadbike below 1000 usd?

[@nightsfalling]

I am glad that finally women are finally competing on the big races. It was long overdue.

[@emiljarengrim2536]

I'm actually very disappointed that Manon didn't go into full DS-mode in the car. But I guess SD Works are happy that she did stay out of her DS-mode!

[@andybrine2197]

The tall bird with the beard towards the back has a nice action she could go far!

[@ildutcho]

Nice but I guess Lars Boom won't do the Rasputitsa

[@LegSpinna]

Paris- Roubaix starts 125 miles outside of Paris???? Gotta love your cycling.

[@gcn]

It's one of those great quirks. The names of races are often a great insight into the history of the sport!

[@coverchick]

More Manon! This is great.

[@gcn]

Glad you enjoyed it Chris! We do have another couple of videos already where Manon does ride the cobbles too! On a $300 Amazon 'superbike' 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6fTdql6YpKqd68 MTB vs gravel vs road bike 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ianWoWV5oaZsqZI

[@amyx231]

I think I’ll keep an eye on a used Zwift kit…I don’t have the knowledge to set up the back wheel kits, and I can’t afford the full bike. But what a goal item!

[@rck812]

good one and please, more like it.

[@gcn]

You'll be glad to hear we have more Roubaix content coming as we approach the weekend's races!

[@SioLazer]

Now go watch the doc that Specialized produced!!!

[@amyx231]

Would a wider tire, mountain bike or even really wide fat road tires, be better? Less aero and more rolling resistance, but uneven ground…

[@gcn]

Funny you ask that - we did a fun experiment last week about different kinds of bike on GCN Tech 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ianWoWV5oaZsqZI

[@davidabbs4459]

Great video, my money is on Lotte to take it Saturday.

[@newttella1043]

Can't wait!

[@gcn]

Neither can we!

[@Gaaaaaaaaaaad]

great video

[@runabq]

Noticed that very few of the women were wearing gloves while riding. One would think that they'd want to have the extra padding of gloves and some hand protection in the event of a crash.

[@scottbelongie9051]

Very cool looked to cold

[@bronson911s2]

Fed pastries and probably coffee all while in the comfort of the warm car, being chauffeured around the course, wow Manon, you know how to do it right! However, I do know you know how the ladies felt during their ride as I watched you and Alex ride the Aronberg cobles a day or three ago. You got it right the second time around. On the whole, I did quite enjoy this insight into a recon, but I cringed when you were interviewing Lotte and went beyond the first question. I feel the follow-on questions should have been left out as she has already been asked those same ones dozens of times since ToF.

[@Philobiblion]

Manon is fantastic as usual. I can't actually remember her doing interviews as a reporter, which requires special skill. She's good at it. Manon, if you had been riding the recon, then I would say, go for the pastries. Riding in the back seat of a 'nice warm car' I'm surprised you didn't end up in the fetal position snoozing like a puppy. I say, more interviews by Manon!

[@edgerat]

very kind of Manon to not get out and show them how to stonk on them pedals!

[@GreenAlien2023]

Conor for team fizik!

[@patrickstoddard6610]

Manon keeps calling them "girls". These are definitely not "girls", these are strong "women"

[@lindabodewes7824]

Lars sounds just like my dad. I’m going to go call him.

[@wenschobert]

Thank you for the insights... The only thing I keep on wondering is, why women's races are (often so much) shorter then mens? I believe that these athletes could cope with the longer distances as well... Womens World Tour sometimes feels like a little different discipline than mens to me...

[@gcn]

This is a big issue in cycling Robert, so here's a pretty long response...! The roots of this lie in sexism, in the belief that women were too physically frail to complete long distances. This is of course nonsense, however UCI rules still exist limiting the maximum length of women's races to a much lower distance than the men's maximum. Now, there are arguments both ways as to whether women's cycling should want longer races - shorter races often create a more exciting spectacle, but then long races have that endurance element which is a big part of pro cycling. It's great that we're talking about this though and important to keep raising awareness about and questioning the inequalities in cycling! 👍

[@geoffreyhoney122]

@@gcn Yes it is sexist! And thank you for such careful articulation of thehistory and dynamic but the UCI should be looking at Ultra endurance female riders like lael Wilcox, Lee craigie, Emily Chappell who are blowing away all competition!

[@billkallas1762]

The faster you ride over the blocks, the "easier" it is on your body. If you ride over them at 25 kph, you bounce all over the place. Even 30 kph is bad.

[@peterwallace1277]

Hey Manon, are you overselling Zwift a bit? Matt Hayman didn't replace a recce with Zwift training, he won on his 15th participation. He could probably identify the sectors by the taste of the dust.. ( great video though, thanks!)

[@gcn]

Yes, that's very true Peter, but without being able to ride on the road, Mat used Zwift to ensure he was in good enough shape to make the most of all that Roubaix knowledge!

[@nstrug]

Pretty sure those roads were built for horse and ox carts rather than tractors.

[@wubble666]

I know I am in the minority but I dont follow the myth of a wet PR being better. Take the ladies race last year, to me it was wreaked because of the wet which allowed Deignan get away and prevented a real chase being formed due to the lack of traction. To me this turns a race of skill and strenght into one of luck.

[@trroland1248]

Was this video labelled as paid content?

[@celiataylor160]

One comment on a great video. The female riders are women. Not girls. And incredible women at that.

[@mrsmith4662]

Too bumpy by far, it's hard enough on smooth tarmac.

[@gerryfrancis3350]

Doesn't this need a sponsored content tag?

[@gcn]

It does Gerry - top left at the start, in the description and on the thumbnail

[@jaredlash5002]

Those bikes sound like they might work well for some of the trash streets in and around Chicago.

[@TheTurdFerguson]

Not gonna lie. I’m not terribly interested in womens cycling, but I’ll watch a 15 minute video on womens cycling if Manon is in it

[@davehause8571]

14 minute fucking Zwift commercial

[@mateagoston8145]

This race has nothing to do with Paris lol. The name of the race should just be Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift.

[@stevep2430]

I hope you did a big ride after those pastries Manon, you know where all those extra kilo joules go.😁

[@rdmadventure1603]

💕🌹👍👍👍

[@Check-it-out]

Every time i see those pathetic, childish cheat-power-ups on Zwift, i am sooooo happy that i left…

[@blairfraser3057]

How much did Zwift pay you to do this overt commercial? This was a great insight piece, until the CONSTANT product mentions kinda made me nauseous. I’m glad that Zwift has decided to sponsor the Paris-Roubais Femmes, and the womens’ Tour. They are getting HUGE publicity exposure for that. But why does GCN have to abandon impartiality and indulge in this unashamed infomercial? This erodes your cycling authority. I hate to see GCN selling out as a platform to be bought. A lighter touch, perhaps? Rather than ramming this sponsor down our throats?

[@colairhm5554]

Go go women cyclists

[@rnp497]

when will the powers that be accept if a man can do it then so can a woman!

[@chrisprice5895]

I don't see women 'waiting' for their race since 100+ years back. That's propaganda

[@gcn]

Sexist attitudes like this are extremely damaging Chris. Women have been fighting for equal rights for a long time. The push for equal bike racing was not as notable as it is now because women had a massive number of even bigger barriers that they faced in everyday life which needed to be overcome before bike racing became a priority.

[@chrisprice5895]

@@gcn equal rights and equal access is different. You are saying what a man can do,concessions for women ought be arranged so they too can perform the same occupation. Women's bike races are fully legit, but when ppl say men have been holding them back by not organizing races it's unfairly blaming men for the lack of popularity or economics of the matter, which is wrong. There should always be avenues for females to create an existence that is their choice,, that goes for anyone. But encouraging women to be the same as men is poison for the masses. Females ought be encouraged to be themselves and not be coherced, which they are more than men in advertisements and social/public propaganda. This way, by holding their own manifest, they will be happiest. Instead of doning masculine clothes and occupations. And again, I don't think 100 years ago women wanted their own Paris Roubaix. If they did back then, think how theyd want it to be; likely more fun, less bloody competitive, more familly-oriented and more comradory. Females, don't be mislead, don't believe all the little words tucked into movies and all sorts of media about how you are oppressed.. Women have a great wealth, a great need for them exists all over.. and literally training them to be less feminine, less likely to marry, be happy in marriage(due to demanding the same concessions and abilites as a man.) or raise children, or mentally stable children (some of the greater liberal kool-aid drinking women... Nevermind. You know) Nothing I said here on any posts was offending women. I definitely see the value in women, appreciate women and... IMO the words I say work for females happiness and the happiness of families. These large events, are opportunity for message disemination and tons of money is zooming around. Mannon, feminism is a business.

[@chrisprice5895]

@@gcn I like posting on GCN as you can tell.. I'll try not to get political, and I don't here really but... Don't blame men for what women haven't done, that is defamatory. Good men guide and assist women. Bad men also guide and assist women.

[@chrisprice5895]

@@gcn sorry assertion of why Zwift is sponsoring the race was crude. Yet I'm confident that's the crudeness/the reasoning of why they are sponsoring it. I'll tone it down. You have my word.

[@CowneloAlvaroid]

Ha a woman presenter afraid to ride the cobbles that woman have worked so.hard to ride🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@gcn]

Manon has ridden the cobbles multiple times before as seen in our other videos. They're not for her (no matter how much we _make_ her ride them!) but for the pros who have a chance of victory at Paris-Roubaix, there is nothing like it.