Is Professional Cycling More Dangerous Than Ever? | GCN Show Ep.368

[@gcn]

How would you make Pro Cycling safer?

[@chemistry9942]

Prevent turns in the last 50 m of the race (vaulta san juan 2020 et giro 2018)

[@MrBoggins1234]

Crash helmet mirrors, as jokingly/notjokingly suggested by @thighsclub Alex Dowsett, at TDU 2020. This just before Alex's teamate Ben, whom he had been discussing this with, smashed his shoulder up in a crash on the next stage.

[@9034833838]

There can't be pileups or big crash on 10% climbs. Just food for thought.

[@MrBoggins1234]

@@9034833838 Whilst logical, tell that to Nibali whom broke his back, going up hill, in the mountains at the TDF. Spectators are a problem as are the team cars (hideous crashes).

[@9034833838]

@@MrBoggins1234 that was alpe d huez. I don't want to live through the day when spectators are not a problem for alpe d huez.

[@WestIslandCycling]

Will GCN be broadcasting live Ollie's attempt to beat Merckx's hour record? I think a lot of people would be interested in seeing the attempt. Click like if you agree.

[@billincolumbia]

oh, for sure. i would love to watch. go ollie!!

[@daniellloyd100]

Caption: Nizzolo asks for help to get strap on down under.

[@gcn]

Filth. Get back to work!

[@mdk9495]

Dan, you watch too much porn!!!🤣

[@chanito_nyc]

New low... for GCN, liking you own comment

[@madmonkeycycling9098]

Get this man a water bottle, including mineral water.

[@ivormorgan9030]

I dread to think what he’d do with a water bottle.

[@TheTubaEmporer]

Love seeing top level pros giving back to and interacting with fans! Class act Sagan!

[@adityashetty1392]

20:45 I love how Dan & Si looked so pleased with their pronunciation of "Thierry" they actually paused for a second to grin about it 😂

[@TheTubaEmporer]

Crackin show! Dan and Si are witty and charming. Its wonderful to see the rapport they have developed. Cheers

[@derekjanson2063]

TheTubaEmporer I agree as I was laughing out loud to the point that my wife in the other room was thinking that I actually have friends! Dan and Si have fun and it is cool that we can watch their show and get our bike vibe on even when the weather is too crappy to ride outside. Ride on!

[@ArashFallah]

16:41 Si, he is NOT the current Mayor of New York!

[@fredmiller5612]

Though the current mayor WAS running for president.

[@bensepulveda71]

Bloomberg is NOT current mayor of NY. He is running for President but he is not the Mayor.

[@amypowarzynski1737]

FORMER mayor. Also one who extended his term limits.

[@stephensaines7100]

Glad you caught that. And I'm in Toronto! But Bloomberg is well worth watching closely. Here's the link to the article mentioned in the show: nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/01/22/bloombergs-infrastructure-plan-save-lives-boost-transit-stop-building-roads/

[@justinbouchard]

All I want is Peter to do his own audio book reading. Would be the best thing ever.

[@tabishop3]

Caption: In this photo with his shirt off, Nizzolo looks like a strapping young fellow.

[@biketrybe7071]

I watched Burt and Ernie on Sesame Street with my niece today, then watched GCN with Dan and Si and am struck by the uncanny similarities. Both pairs are oddly loveable, educational, and timeless.

[@mralbg271]

Caption: Mirror, mirror on the car - Who's the most handsome sprinting superstar?

[@johneichorst3134]

With races like the Vuelta a San Juan it is. Road furniture, no crowd control, loose dogs, etc. I'd skip that one if I was a pro. Also less experienced riders trying to impress World Tour teams. Yikes, look out!

[@bensepulveda71]

Keep Gravel UCI free!!!!!!!!!!

[@robbchastain3036]

I like how Ollie is using this hour deal to get the best aero gear :)

[@chemistry9942]

Not For Legends like Dan causes his biggest fear is a high pint to kilo ratio

[@GC_420]

When featherweight bikes and riders that blow away in a gust of wind are occuring, you have a HUGE safety issue. Not to mention pushing athletes into doping so they can get their 'incremental gains' that translate into cash for the teams. With their staff of ex-riders GCN could be a great instrument in exposing this...

[@JosephLycettCycling]

Si: I didn’t realise how good looking Bernie was Me: Keep it in your pants Si

[@futureshock7425]

I’d argue on the contrary that just riding your bike in your town or city is more dangerous than pro cycling

[@icedog75]

"Sword of Damocles".....Nice one Sy!

[@M3T2W01f]

Bloomberg is the former mayor of NYC 😉

[@SE-qb9jv]

👍❤️ Congratulations 🎉 to the winner!

[@Lancew4]

I really enjoy watching the GCN show on my lunch break at work but now that it's regularly up to 30 minutes I was running out of time. Enter the 2x speed option on KZbin. Watching Si and Dan speed talking like the chipmunks makes for a very entertaining experience.

[@lukem546]

Caption: Nizzolo: 'Better give this heart rate monitor to all the women who see me like this!'

[@markzero8291]

Not only are those chimes at 21:28 really a present for the parents, but there's no way they made that noise. The people filming used some real chimes off camera to make that noise.

[@Geeraffe]

@13.46 " Richie Port heading for his best season ever " a quality #GCN kiss of death , I hope for RP sake its not true.

[@boysvenga6617]

Caption!: “Would you like me to lapdance for you? “ (if you know you know)

[@gcn]

HAHAHA!

[@goodwincycles7197]

Caption: Dan “And this week’s picture is of Nizoloooooo, I like that 🤤🤤”

[@10ktube]

I swear the roundabouts and traffic medians that come out of nowhere seem to be a nightmare for the pro races. Everyone narrowing down to half the road width, if someone isn't paying attention there, and it's near the end of a race, seems an avoidable danger. Stops the teams from sprinting to the corners and obstacles too, thus extending the danger zones. There's also more on the line for races now, winning could mean a bigger contract, losing could mean you're home eating cinnamon toast crunch watching the race on tv.

[@chriseggers689]

The trouble with Ollies hour record run is you and most "cyclists" are forgetting about the way the greats rode long ago. Getting lost in training and numbers, 20 miles in the back room on zwift and all of them never replace the real thing to build absolute strength and endurance. "Ride your bike, ride your bike, ride your bike." FC 47

[@gcn]

Thanks for your comment Chris, we assure you Ollie is riding his bike - don't worry!

[@bleckb]

I think there is a conspiracy against those of us post winter-themed inspiration related posts. Even those of us who are not Canadians think our cycling in and through the snow should be considerably more inspiring than those fair weather posts. Come on. Show us some love. The post from Utah of those three cyclists on an early morning ride was as inspiring as it gets!

[@christopherkeeler5058]

Regarding the sport being more dangerous, it’s interesting nothing was mentioned about support vehicles causing crashes, this seems to be on the increase.

[@paulturner7137]

Slam of the year for Dan! "Imagine where it will be when your 70."

[@antonioruiz2109]

That GCN Inspiration winner was ridding a MTB bike! :O

[@carmelidor]

caption competition : joe cocker : 🎵🎶🎤"you can leave your helmet on" 🎶🎵

[@oneiilldashuffler]

Biggest danger is inviting and letting another non UCI world tour teams on pro peleton. They lack experience and close quarter riding with a bunch over 150 riders. One small mistake and boom, 20+ riders down.

[@GC_420]

That is an excellent point. I would add on to that with allowing over zealous fans too close to riders being another issue UCI needs to address.

[@oneiilldashuffler]

@@GC_420 I think they are trying but can't enforce it. You can always put a limited amount of safety rails. But that won't hold them. Plus a stage over 100km and open roads and on top of that like a race of 20 stages, imagine logistics and assembly... Highly unlikely anything will change for now. Sadly :(

[@KevinWakliFitness]

You Only Need To Train Hard And Smart As Well. And Be Disciplined.

[@JustAdelaideRacing]

Intro: “And we’ve got cycling terrorised!” Cuts to Caleb Ewan

[@philliptrzcinski5243]

On the safety of racing, you talked about the pressure being on all year round, and with the team sky effect meaning that every element of the riders' lives are controlled and under scrutiny. I wonder if we're going to start to see shorter careers as riders burn out by the age of 30.

[@gcn]

I think you're probably right. It seems so intense now that it'd be hard to keep up that level of dedication for too long. Dan

[@1dree1]

when the "Sagan-is-the-best-again"-thing came up I was already afraid it was about that derailleur-hanger again xD

[@coldmirow]

1:38 it happens - rarely but from time to time there is a lucky guy (or girl)

[@TheOriginalStevenH]

That bicycle reporting App needs to be all over the US. Too many people getting hurt and others violating the law for cyclists

[@spencerhopp]

What was terrifying about the guy taking his bars off whilst on the rollers......was his choice of wallpaper!

[@wotexpat9367]

Err.... Bloomberg is NOT the current NY city major. That is Bill de Blasio

[@joeberard5810]

I love your new Peugeot, I mean GCN Jerseys and caps.

[@vascoamaralgrilo]

Si´s caption was quite good... Great show!

[@williamcorrea7964]

Caption: "Just trying this new skinsuit prototype, I´m just into those aero gains".

[@inspiredtotired8369]

11:46 Can you ask Si to say "Mr Grimsdale, Mr Grimsdale". Thanks ;-)

[@ebikescrapper3925]

Lighter / aero bikes means faster riders means more potential dangerous situations. Spectators taking more risk trying get that exclusive shot their internet / social media pages. Riders becoming leaner so less fat means their bodies become more prone to the dangers / consequences of impact.

[@footballcards2025]

Caption: "This could have been so embarrassing but fortunately I remembered to shave my chest before being filmed!"

[@jbratt]

A bit off subject, but this months socks for the sock of the month club are really nice.

[@gcn]

Thanks, glad you like them. Dan

[@223cander]

When talking about the submitted photo from Aberdeen, I can't believe you didn't mention the clouds in a perfect replica of the sprint trains overhead shots you played during the Bernie interview! Would love to see an overlay...

[@aaronspivak8197]

Mike Bloomberg is not the current mayor of New York. He left office at the end of 2013.

[@enriquec8854]

Congratulations, #GCN guys! 1.95M+me subscribers. You are getting close and you totally deserve it!

[@gcn]

Thanks, Enrique!

[@michiganoutdoors8439]

The pot holes in US are really bad. The back roads or country roads have missing asphalt, stumps and rocks sticking out of the road.

[@superpod9488]

@7:07 Dan’s tentacle fingers on his coffee cup make me feel so uncomfortable. Just take your fingers off the coffee cup Dan!!

[@waheera]

Just realized you are almost 2million subscribers! OMG I still remember when you reached 1M

[@KenGoddard1723]

I saw Manky Bandage supporting Hawkwind in 1973 - great gig!

[@easternbrown]

Caption: Dan Lloyd does Mario Cipollini

[@zook420000]

i like how dan says GCN like geesen 25:35

[@simonguard5087]

With the multiple rider crashes I'm amazed we haven't seen more disc brake slicing of limbs, so many teams are now disc brake only bikes.

[@chinboy66]

Simon Guard the simple answer is that that’s because they were never going to. Just more baseless crap about disc brakes

[@sbusiello]

mike bloomberg is not the current mayor of NYC, I wish he was. We have the socialist deblasio at the moment. Happy to be your onside NYC reporter :)

[@jylmcgunigal6110]

Dan, yes Peter Segan’s book is available as an audiobook. I highly recommend it.

[@novicerider840]

🙂

[@sylvainmichaud2262]

Caption : "Giacomo, you can't use the machine again. We've already milked every once of energy you had."

[@Stefanosinf]

GCN: @SafaBrian for xtreme corner.... Or maybe a feature for this extremely skilled & fearless rider!

[@larrington3062]

22:57 Dan says “oh, dear!” Intentional pun? I certainly hope so...

[@Nojikuzus]

UCI gravel? No, no, no, no!!

[@rosbifle413]

People parking in cycle lanes is annoying but getting them prosecuted like a little grass is even worse.

[@tussk.]

A moment of quiet reflection as Nidzolo braces himself for a ribbing.

[@dpstrial]

Spectators leaning over to take selfies have caused a few crashes.

[@Jack-cu7rl]

if you tilt your laptop screen forward Si and Dan look like Zwift characters lol

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

caption: NOOOOOOOOOOO - that's where the petrol goes in

[@steveyankou4144]

Bloomberg stopped being our mayor over 7 years ago.

[@extinctrex]

Peter Sagan's book is available in Audible... Narrated by Si... I mean Sy Thomas.

[@s_kavan]

Caption: This movie is heartily rated pg18.

[@dtooearth]

Make it compulsory for All Cyclists in the peloton to wear some extra standardized protection over the knees, elbows, and shoulders. You want performance loss to be equal for all.

[@seansurdovel2148]

@16:40 - not the current NYC Mayor, FYI.

[@Dhungerf60]

I think that each generation of racer has their own challenges with respect to a safe race. But there has been tremendous advancements in safety equipment and regulations, the crashes may never go away, but the level of injury that the cyclist may get seems to have been lessened.

[@fgoehner]

Caption: Hey guys, watch, I can cut glass with these

[@thomaswinkler9610]

SiDan - my favourite combo :-)

[@eecak1973]

Pedestrian control barriers with the little sticky out legs seems to cause more accidents.

[@kinanhewitt141]

Caption: Nizzolo and his heart rate monitor would be inseparable if they were joined at the nip.

[@justinbouchard]

Caption: "I swear it's my first time with the strap on the front.."

[@Heavywall70]

Remove the computers from the bikes, ride soley on feel alone and never looking at a screen. I’d allow power meters to be used but the data not seen until after the race when it could be downloaded and used as a plan. Give everyone a radio to communicate, that can also be overridden by race control as in the case of the road blockage during the last TDF.

[@pello9019]

48,775km Wish him good luck and strong legs!!

[@everactivedad]

Caption: the guy in this reflection in looking “well”

[@damienmitchell7686]

Caption: " Oooh Biilllllllllly "

[@thomaswalker7247]

Close the contest we have a winner

[@alexspinkbear]

Caption - Nippzolo struggles to strap on his Giacomonitor

[@PhilipClare]

So the secret skin suit Ollie is wearing was shown at @19:20??

[@fuquanali]

Philip Clare Yeah I think they blew the cover on Ollie’s next video

[@capio78]

How is love Island on tv and this isn't??

[@junkandcrapamen]

Maybe road racers should look to downhill MTB'ers for some body armor tips. Also, Bloomberg is not the current mayor of NYC. That would be DeBlasio.

[@YouTuberouse]

Caption: Stage 5 reflection is better than Stage V remission

[@patrickroldan1336]

@16:40 Mike Bloomberg is the former mayor! ☝🏾

[@Stephen-nq5kd]

Dan's quip of the week..."I'm stuck on the saddle."

[@YouTuberouse]

Caption: Art rating exceeds heart rate

[@xmxu7779]

12:47 A flatbar bike??? REALLY???

[@williamvardy2753]

#caption competition Giacomo Nippolo giving his strap the Tour Down Under

[@hebrews11vs5]

Gcn you read my mind with the headline news there about the crashes. I had been watching Dan give the race recaps this week of tdu and the San Juan race and I was thinking someone could create a cut and paste of all those crashes and Dan's different reactions 'oooo, ehhh' etc, and it would make a great case to not race your bike. Personally, still timid from a crash last May, I'm really not sure about putting myself into this dangerous sport. Good summary guys: race organizers should do better to cut down on the crashes. The little footage of San Juan, gave me the instant impression that it's a dangerous place to race. It just seems more disorderly than the typical European racing that I see.

[@stubbietubbie]

Si: “$8,800!” Picture: “$8,900.”

[@sureshchinnappa2290]

Love the show lads!

[@SergioCristancho]

15:20 if insurance are an issue, how Mtb does it? enduro, CX, Freestyle... there is a way I guess?