As an Italian I will always cheer for Ganna, but there is something about Dan's dedication to find every subtle performance improvement that fascinates me. Sure he is genetically speaking a top athlete, but in some way, he is less "superhuman" than Ganna. He is all about pure efficiency. He is not particularly tall or particularly full of muscles. He rides in an extreme aero position to compensate for his power deficit with respect to his more powerful competitors. During races, he always gives it all, sometimes maybe even a little bit too much. He is always so focused, so determined, yet so humble. I have great respect for him and for what he achieved.
Being tall and having lots of muscles are not directly affecting your performance in time trial like this. It is lungs, veins, O2 uptake, get out of Co2 efficiently and yeah HEART and resistance against mental fatigue. There is no guy in top 10 who is not riding in extreme aero position.
Brilliant video. We’ve now gone from marginal gains to microscopic gains. Love the discussion on core temp, warmup protocol etc. Those aero sleeves/undershirt was interesting too.
If Dan hadn't broken the record he knew that he had done everything that he could to break it - which is why he did break it. A truly inspiring performance. Chapeau!
Amazing feat but such a pity he only held the record for 7 weeks, ...after all that effort! Couldn't Ganna have given him 6 months to bask at least! :-)
@@robatkins6432my understanding was that they did this as a bit of a test run for Ganna, it's all the same sponsors so it's not like they pulled a fast one, I think they wanted Dan here to iron out all the little testing, then transfer all that knowledge to the absolute specimen that is the Italian to knock it out of the park, which he ended up doing.
A tale straight from the Bhagavad Gita. Surrender to the process and let the chips fall where they may. Even surrender to the end goal and focus only on what you can control. A true inspiration.
For me he's up there with Graeme Obree, both mavericks, both men who had to fight the system, who the system (British Cycling & UCI) tried to break and failed, who triumphed through sheer will, determination and ingenuity.
What an incredibly insightful documentary. So many things that the 'average joe' wouldn't even consider: core temp, aero sleeves, sweat suit training etc... Today's Obree perhaps 🤔 A phenomenal achievement from Dan, chapeau 👏👏
What a tremendously impressive performance. Kudos to the entire team. That how we get rockets to the moon and Moser look slow (and slow, never he was!!)
Your career/results may not be on the top end of the sport, but your persona, ability to inspire and hard work ethic are beyond anyone else. Put this behind.
What an amazing guy and documentary. Being a follower of this absolute monster of Dan since the truly missed days of the Huub Wattbike track team I can only say Chapeau for this ride you are truly an inspiring man (not forgetting Johnny as well) and really opened the aero gates for me. I am amazed to see what you were actually doing before evey world tour team in terms of aero innovations. Huge congrats for this ride and actually on the recent track world's too ! You'll get this Italian one day !
Presumably other nations have their own secret squirrel clubs. The British (Obree) have this historical link to time trialling perhaps in a way other cycling nations don't. This I reckon partly led to the innovation from the likes of Mike Burrows with his ground breaking TCR design for frames that became the norm. Then Graham Obree really started the focus on aero that then led to Boardman and his superman position that got so much progress and attention the UCI banned it. This chap is the new standard bearer for innovation. It's to be applauded.
From all the riders that have had the privilege to ride on a Velodrome as I did in the early 60s at Reading outdoor Velodrome on my fixed wheel Claud Butler, ( very well done a prestigious record, fantastic
