The Secret To Winning Paris-Roubaix With Mitch Docker!

Paris Roubaix is a 250-kilometre test of strength, endurance & sheer willpower! A race that will push riders to their very limits and perhaps beyond. Mitch Docker is here to recon the course, meeting up with pro’s along to way to find out the secrets to riding & perhaps even winning this iconic race!
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[@xienix83]

Can Mitch be featured more often please! Or just become a regular GCN presenter? Love his passion and knowledge and he's a great presenter!

[@gcn]

It's going to be Mitch week this week 🙌 Turn on your notifications so you never miss a moment 🔔

[@alanhill7965]

Mitch is always good value listen to his Cape Epic podcast with Ian Boswell sublime

[@leedenton870]

That's a great shout 👏

[@waynejones9189]

He’s got a very endearing manner.

[@ryanw8987]

Yes!

[@jenniferw6081]

Mitch pushed me up a hill when I was struggling on a community ride years ago. He's the best!

[@gcn]

Great stuff! What an engine to have you pushing you 💪 We've got some great GCN+ docs with Mitch 👉gcn.eu/TCOTR

[@ip2899]

How to win? you have to drive on the side of the road and avoid the cobblestones

[@andrewmcalister3462]

Loving Mitch's GCN videos. His genuine passion and love of the race really comes through. ❤

[@gcn]

Mitch Docker 🤝 Paris-Roubaix - A match made in heaven! Lot's more Mitch videos on there way soon 👀

[@andrewmcalister3462]

@@gcn can't wait.

[@tobi-mr4zb]

@@gcn where to get mitch docker tshirt from the fanclub (from the cyclocross video).love it

[@Jpearse1]

Mitch is a king. Could listen to him all day

[@gcn]

That would be a ... good aye ... ba dum shhhh

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Always great to have Mitch on GCN. Love his enthusiasm for Roubaix.

[@gcn]

Mitch and Roubaix are a great combo! 🙌

[@matthewgburnell]

10:25 - Amber's voice being vibrated by the cobbles - brilliant!

[@derekkuhl]

This is an exceptional segment for GCN. Very well done. Engaging and showing the human side.

[@Tilemason1]

Really well said, Mitch just exudes child like passion that just cannot be dampened.🎩👏

[@buddhahat]

Hell yeah Mitch! So stoked to see you do a spot for GCN, you're a great presenter and really enjoyable to listen to. I saw you interview Phil Liggett at the TDU and you were excellent. GCN give this man more segments!!!

[@usurpareltrono]

Mitch is such a class guy, more please!

[@FreemanBR]

This is an absolute masterpiece, brings tears to my eyes, and I'm a mountain biker

[@Brenton-nu9rg]

I did love the sneaky change to his old team Skil kit at the end!

[@Driver8takeabreak]

Mitch is a GREAT addition to GCN. Wonderful presenter. More of him please!

[@hondasaurusrex6998]

Mitch is almost a throwback to the 80s. Mustache and mollet. Brilliant video!!!

[@mikebillington3152]

More Mitch please GCN!! Infectious enthusiasm and love of it. Brilliant.

[@NathanEide]

After Mitch's participation in the Rapha Gone Racing series, he's an absolute natural here on GCN. Wonderful video!!

[@sandrochiavaro7831]

She shows up to ride a few pavés without gloves!!! We know she is a tough one💪🏼💪🏼.

[@gcn]

Hahahah that is a big flex 🙌

[@sandrochiavaro7831]

@@gcn women Paris Roubaix is such an incredible race we have been deprived for much too long. Best period to be a lover of all cycling sport things. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@leangrypoulet7523]

A heck of a tash/mullet combo. Up their with the great combos of all time. Mitch owns it. 🤘

[@AshleyTowey]

Awesome style of video! Love seeing Mitch playing winner in the Roubaix velodrome, I have to say I did the exact same thing when I visited a few years ago

[@cleekmaker00]

Kinda like running the bases at a Major League Baseball diamond just like the Pros do. 🙂

[@tonybradford9061]

Still rates as my favorite cycle experience...riding the PR sportive. So much learning on bike handling. Even took Mrs B to try rolling along Arrenburg. Great content GCN.

[@TheMrbrookster]

A good choice for presenter of such an epic race, and I think the modesty of Mitch shows through, for anyone who is not aware Mitch suffered significantly in one of the worst crashes in the Arenburg forest in recent history in the very same race his team mate Matt Hayman took his historical win in Roubaix.

[@jordyd8916]

We should introduce the 'Mitch Moustache Moment', a moment when you can see the passion and love for cycling in somebody so clearly that it works inspring. The enthousiasm in het pedalling, the colour in his voice.

[@neilbardsley]

I visit the velodrome last year. The staff were so welcoming. Bucket list moment. Afterwards we went on to visit the Flanders Museum. What a contrast. In Belgium cycling is worshipped in Northern France is tolerated

[@darrencarlton7517]

More Mitch!!!! He’s a guy I’d like to ride with and have a beer thereafter!

[@h20s8804]

Mitch is a natural. Awesome the balance covering the women's field too!

[@DouwedeJong]

The sound on your riding interviews is phenomenal. Great job. Amazing,

[@daveland3599]

Love the Docker!!! Much more of him please.

[@gcn]

We've got loads of great GCN+ films with Mitch 👉 gcn.eu/TCOTR - Keep your eyes on the channel this week if you are fan of the mullet! 👀

[@aleq]

Mitch is amazing. The only rider to finish Roubaix in a different kit. More of him presenting please!

[@steffenandersensahl9443]

Great little movie to build up for Roubaix. Mitch is a a pure legend!

[@adamlucarelli7933]

Paris-Roubaix, what a dream to ride this course. Great video! It's encouraging to hear the pro's get as excited about this race as the fans

[@James-bt9og]

Mitch is an amazing presenter! Need more of this bloke!

[@barriem5318]

What a great video. My favorite sector of PR is Carrefour de L'Arbre. Love the mustache and long hair. Dutch women are lovely.

[@robertnobles8189]

You can FEEL the vibration in their voices. 🤯

[@stevemawer848]

Feel it in your ears, you mean?

[@johnboulter6698]

Excellent. Thanks, Mitch, for a terrific insight into PR.from a man who clearly knows his onions! More, please.

[@CrapKerouac]

Mitch D looks like Kevin Costner with that moustache, in the 1985 cycling movie American Flyers.

[@jamesmoros1274]

❤ Best race of the year 🎉

[@gcn]

It never disappoints 🙌

[@simonwoodford8728]

Great to see Mitch and the Kirk back together. MItch took a real hit in the Arenberg when Matthew Hayman won in 2016 and the Kirk was instrumental of the Greenedge"s best monments in the time he was with them. Like Mitch, Hayman and O"Grady were two of the Australians that loved PR and drew many of us to love watching those that could win this race.

[@chrisbaum998]

Great Video Mitch and GCN. We want more Mitch!!!

[@Elbrunosh]

Peru Bay is also my favourite Race!

[@KFc-pm1rz]

Excellent video again Mitch! Very well done!

[@marcus_velo_9970]

wow brilliant, GCN, Mitch Docker .... the real deal! get it. we did a ride in Melbourne, he turns up like anyone else, took a photo with him, followed his wheel, he did all this cause he loves cycling, he has the passion, the spirit and has lived it.

[@makaa7049]

Adding my comment to sing Mitch's praises! I recently became a cycling fan (like 3 weeks ago ha) and I've just been on a cycling video binge. This video is a perfect entry for new fans. Good mix of information and entertainment!

[@olieko]

Great seeing Docker after the Epic, what a great guy.

[@richardcoe7748]

That's a great documentary from the Doc !

[@bungee7503]

That mo, that mullet and the commentary: three things to like about this man!

[@johnnyrizzo2351]

Great video! Mitch is a great presenter/interviewer. I really like his podcast too! We need more of him on GCN

[@chiefsittingstill6061]

When they're talking while riding on the cobbles, it has a kind of staccato effect on the voice 😄

[@countryseller]

The flying moustache!

[@marcochecchelani5966]

Great to see Mitch as GCN presenter. Hope to see him more often!

[@ozavanti]

Brilliant overview - more Mitch and Mullet!!

[@cyclingnerddelux698]

Love seeing Mitch on GCN🎉

[@janetw9016]

Great way to conclude the video with Mitch in his old Skil Shimano kit riding the Roubaix track!

[@magicknight8412]

Love Paris Roubaix, a highlight of the year for me

[@gcn]

Best race of the year? 👀

[@magicknight8412]

@@gcn I think so !

[@VinceLongo-pz6ze]

Mitch is an absolute natural in front of the camera. Keep him around!

[@ruizmorelos]

I don’t know what’s more epic… the segment of cobbles, the race or the mustache… love all three anyway…

[@andrewwhittaker43]

2016 Mitch waking up after surgery from his crash . The nurse says’ Matthew Hayman won the race’ Yes Mitch says Mathew Hayman was in the race. The nurse says ‘no Mathew Hayman won the race’ Incredible stuff! Memories for a lifetime

[@bhpalmer]

Nice inspiring video guys.....dreams come true at Roubaix.

[@MarcoP70]

That was brilliant. I love Paris Roubaix. It excites me more than any other race. I'm going to be controversial and say I love it more than the Tour, which I do love too. Can't wait for the race. Wout for the mens race. Lotte Kopecky for the womens.

[@stoempert]

That Skil Shimano kit at the end 👌🏻

[@danielbarford5136]

Love this 🙌

[@brianford8493]

Yep my fave too......great stuff!

[@auricr359]

Nice content! :)) But even more interessting would be the analysis by one of the Podium guys from former PR races

[@Tilemason1]

awesome Mitch really well done.

[@TheFastchook]

Mitch is such a down-to-earth bloke. Nice one mate.

[@nelocarbon3284]

Man there is always that voice inside my head screaming over the radio: "Mitch crashed bad! Mitch crashed bad!!!" That crash inside Arenberg Forest is the stuff of nightmares

[@SLAYS863]

anatta tuff sekta...gotta love this dude!

[@edwardojg]

There's quite a few cobblestone sections where I live in North West of England the smaller ones usually on streets that haven't been resurfaced but then there's the back alley baby head cobbles like arenberg that jolt your body and loosen your fillings 😅 I couldn't imagine riding a 2300m section let alone at racing speed

[@WahyudiWidodo]

10:45 love the vibrato

[@dandaniel9374]

Love it when Mitch makes an appearance! Also loving all the Paris-Roubaix content this week. Sure with GCN+ carried the race in North America! NOT a fan of FB and refuse to pay $150/year for what they have to offer. For that matter, NBC needs to get out of the cycling game too! Thanks for all you do GCN!

[@abedfo88]

These videos are so good.

[@gcn]

Buckle up! We've got a few more of these on the way 👀

[@ethangodridge6833]

Cracking video. Roll on Roubaix on Sunday. As an Ineos fan last year was my favourite but as a cycling fan I’d say Hayman’s win in 2016 i’d say.

[@gcn]

Both great wins🙌

[@sebastianmachadocph]

Such a beautiful video! 🥹

[@revisephilosophy]

A great video! Mitch is a natural talent and his Life in the Peloton podcasts demonstrated that (check it out). Jens Keukeleire is also a nice bloke. Met him at the Ronde 11 years ago.

[@cra_55]

With that moustache and mullet, Mitch needs to be riding a lugged steel frame with downtube shifters

[@arnoldhau1]

Very true. And a cap no helmet or old style thin helmet...

[@MildStallion1]

Great video, Mitch is a natural presenter. I'm curious why he changed into different kit for the velodrome?

[@thesoultwins72]

Jeeez......ain't seen a mullet like that since the '70's!

[@matskelton9589]

Cracking stuff 👌

[@krishollyman143]

great video ,,,,I will always remember Lizzie diegnans early break away ,to me it was one of the sporting moments that will always stay with me ,it's a shame it wasn't greatly publicised outside of the cycling press ,it would of been an excellent inspiration for young people

[@TopgunB]

Nice one enjoyed that!

[@gcn]

We'll be keeping the Roubaix hype up all week, turn your notifications on to catch the next video 🔔

[@billcodey1430]

Awesome preview!

[@gcn]

Are you as excited as we are for the race? 🙌

[@matzemuller3278]

Great Mitch!

[@4726trav]

I enjoy this type of video

[@shepshape2585]

Without even watching this video, we all know what it takes to win Roubaix...legs and luck. You have to have both. You can have Wout's legs, but if you suffer a flat or other mechanical at a crucial point, you've lost the race. If you suffer no mechanicals or flats but don't have the legs, you've lost the race. Now of course this is true in any race, but we all know that it's even more important on the cobbles. So brutal, both on the riders and their bikes. Which makes me think...maybe I need to throw mental toughness in there too. Getting pounded by cobbles for hours on end would make most people just sit up and cash in. This is my second favorite race of the year behind the Tour, and I'm going to have to pick Wout to win it this year.

[@gcn]

Thanks for the comment Shep! Sounds like you really know your stuff, this is a race for the toughest of riders with a generous sprinkling of luck 🙌 Give the video a watch and see if we missed anything 👀

[@shepshape2585]

@@gcn Just finished watching it. Great video and everything I mentioned was mentioned and then some. Can't wait for this year's race.

[@peterleffler2062]

More Mitch please.

[@michaelrichard8845]

Wake up, new Mitch content just dropped!

[@Greg.Sutton]

Cracking video. Mitch is very good - got such an easy style of presenting / being on video. Can you tell me though what is the name of the hotel they were at in th beginning - I am trying to find a decent base for doing my own roubaix exploration ride weekend. I am so excited for Saturday and Sunday....... gonna cut my club rides short to be back for them! Top Picks - Mens - Ganna / De lie Femmes - Kopecky / Vos

[@thomaspossien3898]

excellent

[@bicycletheberkshires5176]

well done.

[@simonguard5087]

Tash and mullett….MD is a top guy, like to see Mitch & Lachlan together.

[@BigWojS]

Slick costume change at the end there, Mitch.

[@patrickorourke152]

Brilliant 🇮🇪🇮🇪👍

[@filippopogacar]

Cool Mitch

[@lesflynn4455]

Mitch clearly still has a feel for the cobbles, he's riding them like a pro. The old Skil Shimano pro kit still fits too.

[@mitch9294]

I am a simple man. I see Mitch Docker, I click the video, I click like

[@thomaskranked562]

Mitch is very cool. Wondered about his wheel size. There is so much clearance on the fork. Ita looking a bit odd.

[@richcrompton6891]

Just love Mitch’s videos. What a genuinely engaging bloke. Beside that, MvdP for the win! But would love Tom Pidcock to triumph! He may be way too light though…

[@gcn]

More Mitch to come this week! 🙌 MVDP certainly has the form, let's see how it goes 👀

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

Cobbles are great news for rheumatologists and bearing producers 😏

[@Metzgermeier]

I am a simple man. I see Mitch Docker, I press like.

[@ferrousfreind]

Old bibs for the recon, Florian?

[@biggertree7063]

My lower back cries in anguish watching this.

[@gcn]

What was your favourite win at Paris-Roubaix? 🪨

[@patrik1856]

2018 Sagan

[@sdq605]

2016 Hayman

[@Jakiou]

Hopefully Mads Pedersen 2023!!🎉

[@morosis82]

Hayman. As an Aussie I was stoked to see him win, especially off the back of an injury.

[@headofmyself5663]

2016 Hayman