How FAST Do The SLOWEST Tour De France Riders Climb? Could You Beat Them?

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Is The Tour De France really the hardest race in the world? Or could our very own Hank make the time cut? In today’s video, we’ve come to Alpe d’Huez to attempt one of the most infamous climbs in Tour de France history!
0:00 - Intro
2:55 - Hanks attempt
11:43 - The finish line
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@gcn 10 месяцев назад

How fast do you think you could get up Alpe d’Huez? 🤔 Share your thoughts in the comment section below! 👇

@TyTexas125 10 месяцев назад

Barely? 🤔😕

@CarlForde 10 месяцев назад

I did it in 2 hrs 15min on FulGaz. It hurt

@AndreaHackl-Herrwerth 10 месяцев назад

Does Alp´d Zwift count?

@RaymondOlgado0 10 месяцев назад

10 hours.

@oscarcantu2642 10 месяцев назад

I don’t think I ever could considering where I live in South Texas, small to medium hills but the heat is almost unbearable. That would probably be my only advantage that I can ride in heat up to 108 degree heat for a little while BUT that wouldn’t help going up that infamous mountain 😅 lol

@ashitpawar1 10 месяцев назад

Hank you are a monster. Gasping for air while still narrating and commenting and climbing! Killer mate!

@NoahStephens 10 месяцев назад

And blowing past other cyclists

@empirelee7676 10 месяцев назад

If you writing in Zone 2/3 that should be possible. Crazy thing is that he is just flying up the mountain compared to the other normal people while doing it :D I honestly thing he could beaten the time, if he wouldnt have had to talk to the camera man while doing so

@TheBClark88 10 месяцев назад

Hank is a monster but this was likely filmed in a few different takes or at least with pick ups

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Is there anything this can't do! 👀Think we need to make the challenges a bit harder!

@thecoffeeblog 10 месяцев назад

He did alpe d'huez in an hour in zone 2 😮

@CDNFF82 10 месяцев назад

The fact that he is still talking while climbing shows just how "in shape" Hank actually is. I would need a team standing by with a defib at each switchback just to attempt this climb. Solid effort mate, amazing job!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

His pro days aren't that far behind him 😉

@speedsociety9177 10 месяцев назад

well he might have been up quite a bit faster without the talking though, kinda shows we wasn't really going all out for that 1h as I can't believe his FTP would be only 265W

@robertneild3772 10 месяцев назад

Facts!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

He's no slouch that's for sure! Have you got a favourite hank challenge? This one is a GCN staff favourite 👉ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xlb0DllsC-c.html

@johnmullineaux302 9 месяцев назад

Well done, Hank! I climbed the Alpe in ‘94 at age 44. It took me 1:39. We were riding it the same day as the tour, just in the morning. I made it to the top thanks to the 500,000 people on the road cheering me on. Like you that was the only bit of the tour we did that day but we did climb the Tourmalet the day before.

@user-od2sj4xd2b 9 месяцев назад

Was riding the Alpe D’Huez at the same time and you flew past me - took me twice as long - 40deg on my Garmin - what an epic day with spectacular views and sunshine! Loved it!

@patrickohara4160 10 месяцев назад

A brutally honest and entertaining perspective on how these TDF riders (even the sprinters) are on another level. Nice effort, Hank!

@_shreyash_anand 10 месяцев назад

Exactly. After yesterday's absolutely mad full gas stage, they were only 38 minutes slower than Carlos Rodriguez. And they can also do 75km/h in a flat sprint. Absolutely mental. They are much better climbers than 99% of all amateurs

@cyberfunk3793 10 месяцев назад

@@_shreyash_anand They also have Epo, Tramadol, Corticoids etc. 😁

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

@SamGenazzini 10 месяцев назад

@@cyberfunk3793no they dont

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

The "slow" riders really aren't that slow 👀 Just puts into perspective how quick the big names are going 💨

@markbarter9717 10 месяцев назад

I am glad you explained that you didn't do the full stage

@markbarter9717 10 месяцев назад

I did the climb in 2008 in 55 minutes, I didn't do the full stage, if I did try to, I would have not completed the stage, I wouldn't have eaten and drunk enough and the heat would have finished me off.

@daviddanser8011 10 месяцев назад

@@markbarter9717I was surprised as well as I did a sub hour as well. But seems like this was a longer segment, not the 12,09 segment as shown in the video. Otherwise with 13,6kmh he should have been easily within the hour.

@username8644 10 месяцев назад

Didn't do the full stage nor the 15 stages back to back before that either. The big factor is that they do this everyday without any breaks pretty much. Edit: and still couldn't beat the time of a sprinter, and a sprinter that is famous for climbing very slowly. Not bashing Hank of course, he still did an impressive ride, but just shows how insane these pro riders are.

@toccandocreacanaleulterior176 5 месяцев назад

@@username8644🤓 actually there are rest days, you never do 15 days back to back

@username8644 5 месяцев назад

@@toccandocreacanaleulterior176 Notice how I said, without any breaks "pretty much". They barely have any breaks.

@JohnDoe-cr6ct 10 месяцев назад

A friend of min who is a professional sports coach and a gifted triathlete told me once that while riding in the Pyrenees he was overtaken in a climb by Cavendish. He tried hard to follow his pace for a while but couldn't. Although the Cav is far to be the best climber of the pack (to say it nicely) but it takes more than a very fit "normal" guy to compete with him in the moutain.

@stevemawer848 10 месяцев назад

Dr Hutch in a recent Cycling Weekly reported that a couple of his elite-cat friends rode against Cav in the National RR Champs a few years ago and thought they would drop him on the climb. First hill, he dropped them! As Hutch observed: it's all relative. The sprinters definitely have the hardest time at the Tour.

@TK-nc3ou 10 месяцев назад

So delusional. 😅 the weakest sprinter would drop them easily on any climb, let alone an elite one 😅

@spencerj6557 10 месяцев назад

When the worst climber in the tour would smoke some of the best amateur climbers

@paulrowan4421 9 месяцев назад

Cav often finished serious climb stages right at the time gap. Most likely, he and his team determined the pace needed up the various sections to keep him in the time window, and he (and others) kept just ahead of that time window. Why climb in 50 minutes when 57 minutes is OK? Nothing to be gained. It is like when you only need a 60 on a final exam to get a B in a class - go for a 65 or 70 and you are good. And, the next day brings a sprint stage, it is smart to save some effort. We often see comments assuming Cav was barely hanging on; most likely he was just conserving energy.

@MrScrofulous 10 месяцев назад

Best GCN in a while. No BS, awesome commentary, really brought the excitement of the race. I also laughed at the defeated look of the riders you passed. They looked gutted as you blasted by. I've not done the Alp, but have ridden Haleakala, which is also pretty cool.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Awesome, thanks a lot! Have you seen out 'Zero to hero' film on GCN+ where our own Cillian Kelly rides the Alpe at the end of his Etape du Tour? 👉 gcn.eu/z2hata

@mountainmoments 9 месяцев назад

to put it in perspective. A good MTB enduro rider climbs 1000m vert on an asphalt road like this in an hour. its tough, but with a road bike 1200m/h fairly doable for a fit mountain enthusiast. if you live in the mountains, you may understand that its well doable. also: it gets exponentially more difficult to get better.

@IkRikczijn 9 месяцев назад

Huge respect for you. 1.06 is huge. I climbed it this year 4 times in a day, 1.40, 1.41, 1.46 and 2.32. My goal is to climb it 6 times in a day next time.

@iskiiwizz536 8 месяцев назад

why tho

@AveryAbbott 7 месяцев назад

8 times will cover an Everesting challenge. You can do it!

@benedictearlson9044 7 месяцев назад

@@iskiiwizz536 He likes climbing?

@KevinHesp 7 месяцев назад

Alpe d'HuZes? See you there 👊🏻

@DanielH-ih3by 18 дней назад

Must be a nice e-bike

@douglastong3208 10 месяцев назад

Hank, you did what probably most of us would love to do, which is to simply finish such an iconic climb without stopping for a break. Well done! Although, I would likely have stopped many times on the way up just to take a few photos of the scenery. Lol.

@charles-ap1354 10 месяцев назад

the advantage of being filmed while climbing a lengendary mountain, someone else is taking the pictures (but you don't have the secret pauses "for the photos") !

@charles-ap1354 10 месяцев назад

@@irfuel oh no, you'd miss the fun of the descent !

@douglastong3208 10 месяцев назад

@@irfuel I would be enjoying going 70-100+ kph too much to want to stop. But having to slow down for the hairpins would give me a chance to stop.

@jonathanzappala 10 месяцев назад

It’s not much of a descent, you have to slow for the turns, that’s why it’s always a summit finish. It’s an incredible view though for a flatlander. Driving there and back out you get great views too. It was a bucket list trip on my only trip to Europe.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

It's a tricky one isn't it! You wouldn't want to interrupt your climbing (or descending) flow but you need to take photos!

@thomaspirnat1889 10 месяцев назад

True bucket list! Prepared for it and did it a few years ago. Got chills when I entered the climb proper. The goal was do it without stopping…check! Time? There was a pack of ants that just nipped me on the line…but to be honest they drafted all the way up so I feel my climb was better! 🐜 😂

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Hahah at least you made it without stopping! That's a great achievement on such an iconic climb

@secretagent86 10 месяцев назад

i hate it when ants nip me on the line or grandmothers in wheelchairs are faster uphill than i am....but at least i get there

@Xotic_23 10 месяцев назад

love this format, brings back memories to Dan riding up the Tourmalet and Ventoux on gcn epic climbs :D and both of y’all passing other riders easily is the best bit

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

We're not all in that bad shape here at GCN 😉

@milanpit300 10 месяцев назад

I did this climb last Friday and will never look at the TdF the same... And in (even more) fairness to Fabio Jakobsen, the finish used for the the Tour lies past 'corner 0' which adds another 2 KMs to the climb. Absolutely brutal.

@alannohlgren 10 месяцев назад

Me & my buddy climbed when I was 70, & he had just turned 60. He also rides much more regularly & serious, & is known in our circle as a pretty good climber. Nonetheless, it took him over 70 minutes, & myself over 90 (I took a couple of brief pauses, you see). Your time looks respectable to me, & you were up out of the saddle a lot, so good on ya.

@heatherbellbikes 10 месяцев назад

Wow, that’s seriously impressive for both of you. Extremely well done.

@appa609 10 месяцев назад

So a ~30 year old ex pro is less than 10 minutes faster than a 70 year old man? That is a remarkably small gap.

@bigslim0464 10 месяцев назад

@@appa609no, record is 34 minutes by Marco Pantani

@SuperAnatolli 10 месяцев назад

@@appa609 Yeah, but the 70 year old have have apr 40 years more of training!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

That's a very respectable time!

@zackg4123 10 месяцев назад

Well done, mate! Definitely a bucket list climb for me. I've climbed the virtual Alpe d' Zwift many times and just barely make that virtual climb in under an hour - with no wind, no traffic or hazards, in an air conditioned pain cave. These cyclists in the pro peleton are just otherworldly!

@danbuck9214 9 месяцев назад

Love it! Love Hank! Love GCN! Thanks for the great video, all! Well done Hank to commentate on so much of this while climbing, and I loved seeing him encouraging the other riders as he went by them.

@paulmcc2006 10 месяцев назад

Well done Hank! Great video which really puts things into perspective.

@r.massattack4052 10 месяцев назад

Hank you had some really good numbers on that climb. Amazing effort and like you said those riders that do make it are really some outstanding athletes

@taWay21 10 месяцев назад

I follow some of the Tour guys on Strava and holy hell I could never accomplish some of the athletic feats they do day in and day out

@jason200912 10 месяцев назад

Ebike to cheat

@jamesrobert4106 10 месяцев назад

The power of Chemistry.

@garyboyle695 10 месяцев назад

@@jamesrobert4106What a really sad comment, cyclists are the most tested athletes. If athletics and football tested to this level you'd see where the real cheats are.

@alaefarmestatesllc 10 месяцев назад

@@garyboyle695what’s really really sad is there are people like u out there still that believe cyclist are clean lol. 7w/kg for 20 minutes, right after that, doing 7.4 w/kg for another 15 minutes. All natty right? Lol. Climbing a 12% mountain at 16mph. Totally natty. Other commenter was t wrong at all. Don’t let this take away from their hard training and discipline and elite genetics. But no one is natty. Test mean zero. It’s just there for people like u. Who will believe anything. Where there’s massive money involved, there’s massive “cheating”

@empirelee7676 10 месяцев назад

Bad argument. Doping in football just isnt as effective as in endurance sports. You can run quicker and longer than Messi and be stronger than him. If you don't have the technique, you will never be as good.

@theralphster8492 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic effort and nothing to be ashamed of...I'm even more in awe of the pros.

@charlescarlson1290 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for doing the video! I’ve often wondered about doing something similar, impressive.

@dpthompson 10 месяцев назад

Love this! It can be a misconception that sprinters are not good climbers but in reality they are still better climbers than most of us! Would love to have seen the time Hank could do after having rode the whole stage before Alpe d’Huez or even a best guess as to how much slower he would have been.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

He might've been a bit more tired, yeah 😂

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Great idea! Maybe we went too easy on hank... 👀 He had no time for that on this shoot, he had to rush off and film something pretty epic with GMBN 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lzjiCHJgRXAN.html 🤯

@TK-nc3ou 10 месяцев назад

Not "most of us", but all of us. There is NO comparison between ANY professional rider in the world and amateur ridera.

@le0fonzagoric164 10 месяцев назад

There is no mystery or conceptions, its all physics

@petyrkowalski9887 10 месяцев назад

@@le0fonzagoric164phyiology actually

@iancalland5934 10 месяцев назад

I did the Alp Dhuez triathlon... 13 mile run after that climb was brutal but what an iconic climb ❤❤

@avisantube 10 месяцев назад

where was the swim?

@AndreWichert 10 месяцев назад

@@avisantube Lac du Verney

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Wow, yeah we bet! 🥵

@chrisdawson955 9 месяцев назад

Wow look at you

@graemeanderson8836 10 месяцев назад

Love this type of video. Tor stages and iconic climbs 👌

@davieislay 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant effort, Hank! Be good to see you back on Islay! 😁👍🥃🚴🏻‍♂️

@michaelr148 10 месяцев назад

I would have lost money on that bet. Great effort, James, and this was a strong lesson about the performance level of every TdF rider.

@mlafleurhua 10 месяцев назад

Really entertaining video. Hank you did a great job putting out 260 watts while narrating significant parts of the climb. Another fun aspect is modern gearing. You looked fabulous going up at 80+ rpm and getting out of the saddle multiple times to push the pace. I was fortunate enough to do the Alpe back in Sep 1989. Just managed to break 75 min. Gearing was 40x24 at 60-65 rpm.

@BoonBreyne 4 месяца назад

Love the fact you're thinking about the crowd and ambiance and make that a way to push yourself forward 💪

@nickrobinson2023 7 месяцев назад

I was out of breath just watching you climb. Well done! Professional cycling is probably the most challenging sport on the planet. And the Tour de France is just the most brutal scenario for competition. Heat, distance, and the mammoth climbs. It's what makes cycling so appealing to many, including myself. Thanks for a very impressive video. All the best.

@Professor_sckinnctn 10 месяцев назад

Hank, I didn't think you'd make it by a long shot, and you were relatively close! I'm super impressed! Congrats on such a great ride and thanks for a great video!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Hank smashed it on this shoot! He's not too bad at going down hill either? GMBN took gave him the megavalanche treatment! 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lzjiCHJgRXA.html

@Professor_sckinnctn 10 месяцев назад

@@gcn WOW!!!!!!! Excited to watch! You folks are, genuinely, amazing and inspiring.

@sparx550 10 месяцев назад

Another great vlog, Hank is a great sport and personality, really enjoyed this, I’d be lucky if I did it in 2 hours.

@benjamindonnot3902 10 месяцев назад

Awesome content. It's really an interesting perspective. Thanks

@erwinpluys1279 8 месяцев назад

For all the Zwifters, I've done the Alpe de Zwift in 58 minutes but never the real thing. I have done the Ventoux however in 1:53 and Ven-Top in 1:35. I don't want to depress you, but there is a huge difference between the virtual and real thing. I was really surprised that Jakobsen went that fast.

@thelilprokids8105 9 месяцев назад

Amazing commentary, 260watts and able to pull a coherent sentence together is massively impressive let alone narrate a hugely loved GCN film…whatever you pay Hank it’s not enough!

@jacquelinesim9578 6 месяцев назад

And encouraging others on the way past - classy!

@davehollingworth5537 10 месяцев назад

Outstanding. Fantastic ride by Hank - smoking everyone else on a bicycle in this video - but also an honest assessment of just how good the pro riders are. This was eye-opening. I’ve tried this ride on Zwift and, yeah, it ain’t easy (for me anyway) 😅

@struancochrane753 10 месяцев назад

Having, until this week, never tackled an Alpine climb, I wouldn't have believed you. 10km plus of 8% plus is unreal. It is relentless beyond comprehension of someone who cycles in the UK. The reward, though, far outweighs the effort required, especially on the decent. I would urge anyone to go and try them. In their own time. Because it takes you to places you didn't know you had, and gives one new found respect for the pros. Great video Hank.

@Joshuavoice29 10 месяцев назад

Hank, you are a beast and an inspiration! Just awesome!

@Tom-fx5kl 10 месяцев назад

Magnificent climb and great effort Hank!! Would love to see Fabio riding it whilst giving a running commentary; you should subtract a couple of mins! 😉Planning to climb it myself next year!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

It's an awesome climb! Why not check out our 'KOM hunter's film on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/KOM

@liamwalsh2467 9 месяцев назад

I remember cycling the Surrey 100 in 2019. It took me 5 hours and 30 minutes. Then the professionals came out and did it in 3 hours 45 minutes. Just shows how talented these riders are.!

@AntonioDiaz Месяц назад

That was so good!! Nice work!

@campbellmciver5707 10 месяцев назад

Epic and humbling video! Amazing!

@alicejwho 10 месяцев назад

This was interesting and entertaining. Thanks, Hank...you are such a great presenter!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

He's one of our finest! What's your favourite Hank moment?

@alicejwho 10 месяцев назад

@@gcn for a start, the bits where he's cracking up at Conor in the Deep Water video! The videos with his dad...everything really. But every single presenter you have is excellent.

@user-wu4nk9xy2n 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for giving us the perspective how tough this climb is within the tif time cut despite the monstrous effort you put in and you're probably fitter than the average cyclist. Kudos!

@joeelliott2157 9 месяцев назад

Probably? All the riders he passed that day are probably fitter than the average cyclist. Just to be attempting that climb.

@hypermatenTV 10 месяцев назад

Amazing video, climbing Alpe d'Huez and Col du Tourmalet have always been a dream all since a kid. Still one of my Top 3 on bucket list!

@Greg.Sutton 10 месяцев назад

Get it done. Do not wait.......! It took me till i was drastically overweight and in my mid 40's before i realised i needed to change things around as i was going in the wrong direction. As a TDF fan since 1987 this was my inspiration. Took me nearly 2 years and losing 21kg but i then did ADH and Ventoux in one summer and the following one did Tourmalet. I have never looked back and have now done multiple TDF cols in both the Alps & Pyrenees on what has become an annual trip to France to ride mountains. Next up is Pic di Midi Bigorre - above and beyond Tourmalet.

@carl1427 9 месяцев назад

Incredible ride, dang man I was hoping you would have gotten closer. Good show.

@GuilhermeSantos-uz8jd 10 месяцев назад

Hank droping everyone on the road.😊 Hank still being dropped by tdf last rider😮

@ron2477 10 месяцев назад

I am the proud Alpe d'Huez assent record holder of a "never stopped, never clipped out once," no assistance, only 2 water bottles, at FULL EFFORT in Four Hours 12 minutes. For that record to be broken a much better athlete than myself would have to ride so slowly he would probably fall asleep and fall off. But he will never feel the thrill I did at the top.

@billybud9557 10 месяцев назад

You are a very fit and strong individual.....well done....and salute to Fabio...he was hurting.

@martincornish1737 10 месяцев назад

Well done Hank. Respect to you for conquering the Alpe D'Huez. Would love to give it try myself one day, and just take my time ul the climb and "enjoy" the ride. Not fussed about the time, just more having the experience of doing it.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

That's all part of the adventure. No need to speed up every climb, there's something to be said about taking your time and enjoying the view!

@Southerncyclist 10 месяцев назад

Fabio being a sprinter is a awesome climber . Crazy at the level the pros are at. That View is crazy. Almost as good a Yosemite.

@franciscagonzalezcohens3714 6 месяцев назад

I conquered it 3 weeks ago! It was brutal but so freaking beautiful!!! A dream come true. I did it an hour slower 😂 but that's a motivation to return and do it faster 💪🏽

@geppi1993 9 месяцев назад

Really honest video. Good job❤

@onebigdarkroom3945 10 месяцев назад

absolutely love climbing-my fav thing to do on a bike. one day I will go to france and climb alp d'huez :D

@chrisweidner 10 месяцев назад

Now I want to see Ollie and Si go up.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

A GCN race perhaps?!

@cb6866 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Hank and crew...Dooooooooooood. You did all that climbing while speaking !! Fabio didn't have to do commentary ! Chapeau , bud ! Have some Rosti and a beer .

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

I imagine he had quite a few beers after this 😅

@tedallenwolff 10 месяцев назад

Ah, great video guys! Hank, you are a beast!! Congrats on a great ride.

@davehollingworth5537 Месяц назад

Christ! Massive respect to the Gruppeto - Hank was flying! Congrats to Hank on a fantastic ride, but, yeah, it shows us how unreal the pros are! (second time watching, and just as impressed!)

@Nebrisbeef 10 месяцев назад

I wonder if an amateur could make the time limit on one of those transition stages like we saw in the 2nd week where it was a bit hilly but a rapid pace, or even on one of those 200km, pretty flat sprint stages where the peloton had to chase a break. Those would also be some interesting experiments to continue this series

@johnb5482 10 месяцев назад

Kudos to Hank. I know he’s a competitive person and I think that if there teammates and competitors by his side he would have gone up that climb much faster. As I sit here on my sofa and watch.

@VandeCristo 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting undertaking,kudos. Great work regardless.

@suppersday 8 месяцев назад

That puts it in perspective, the size of some of the sprinters and the speed they can move up the mountain just to make the cut, let alone those in contention for the win - amazing stuff!

@Kim_Miller 10 месяцев назад

That's a brutal climb and that you spoke to us for so much of it says something about your reserves of power. 👍 To my mind, hills are one of the unnecessary elements of cycling. Others are heat, humidity, and head winds. 🙂

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Only downhills with a tailwind in the winter for you then? 😉

@brianpykett5874 10 месяцев назад

Great effort chapeaux. Be interesting to see what your Zwift “Alp D’Hue” time is.

@TheSteinbitt 10 месяцев назад

Zwift isn’t real though, so not really that interesting.

@kennedystuart5685 10 месяцев назад

You are a beast Hank !!!!! Well done my man. Well done. 👍🏻🇨🇦

@anthonypapa9407 7 месяцев назад

Hank Great insight into the TDF and Alpe d'Huez. You put up a great effort and solid time. The climb up up Alpe d'Huez would be a Bucket List accomplishment for me and I hope to complete it someday.

@ifitrollsrideit530 10 месяцев назад

One small thing, Fabio Jakobsen's goal when riding up the Alp is to get a close to the time cut as possible and no faster. He's deliberately riding as slowly up as he can without being disqualified because he wants his legs to be the best possible condition for next flat sprint stage. He could probably ride up faster if was a disadvantage to his race goals to do so. Sometimes the sprinters get that wrong and get eliminated but that's the chance they have to take if they want to win later on.

@michaelw7115 8 месяцев назад

That seems logical, however if you'd watched the Netflix episode on him on the climb, you' know that it was far from what he was doing, he was lucky to make it as he suffered really badly and had lost his teammate on the way that was supposed to help him stay inside the cut-off, don't remember if it was because he was needed elsewhere or because their manager didn't want to take the risk of him also getting disqualified and no longer being available to ride for their leader.

@Peakabike 10 месяцев назад

Did it twice last year, 1h03 on Day 1 and 1h00 on Day 8 after doing other climbs every other day. It was HARD ;-)

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Nice work! 8 Days in the mountains sounds like great fun!

@ChrisP978 10 месяцев назад

How much harder than Alp du Zwift is it? I imagine that the elevation adds significantly to the challenge.

@jeanbrubeck1565 9 месяцев назад

Hank, you’re amazing…you talked the whole way up that crazy climb. Well done, you give us mere mortals hope 😁

@hsfcb 10 месяцев назад

Fabio Jakobsen rode as relaxed as possible within the time limit. Even sprinters can ride 5 watts/kg for an hour. That would be about 47 minutes. - Can you beat the slowest Tour de France riders at a relaxed pace ? - would be a more appropriate title.

@Bijits2510 10 месяцев назад

Honestly dont know how these Tour de France cyclists can endure so much pain … Huge respect to those cyclists… and Thanks for trying

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

They're pretty incredible! Cycling is definitely the hardest sport!

@kevingregoire1042 9 месяцев назад

Impressive numbers from Hank, an untouchable goal on their own for most, 1hour climbing at 13km/h on 8% 265watts for more than an hour Can’t imagine that being the third hard climb of the day, in a three weeks stage race Echeloning down from slowest pro finishing the time cut of a full stage, to powerhouse gcn presenter on a one climb video, to most amateurs who’d find it hard in a 1:30 to 2 hours, helps understanding how the slowest pro in the mountain like Fabio is one epic great climber …

@jodaefauser2911 9 месяцев назад

Great Video Hank - DANKE, regards and appreciation from Germany

@lewisthompson9179 10 месяцев назад

Wow! Amazing stuff hank!

@nzmarty 10 месяцев назад

Wow I was actually really surprised you didn’t break an hour you looked so smooth and fast - did notice you were in absolute granny gear a lot though!!! Epic ride would love to do it one day too. Such a logistical mission from NZ.

@empirelee7676 10 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure you can rent a bike in this region so the issue would be just flying to Europe :)

@_shreyash_anand 10 месяцев назад

@@empirelee7676just make sure to flip the levers! Mainland Europe has the brakes reversed of course

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Definitely worth the trip! Although I'd guess you'd probably say the same about New Zealand!

@DominiqueB 8 месяцев назад

As Empirelee noted, renting bikes is easy, there's probably 1/2 dozen bike shops in Bourg d'Oisans at the bottom of the climb, renting a full range of bikes from e-bike grocery-haulers to top of the line race bikes, for decent prices. One tip is to bring over your saddle and pedals (and shoes :-) so your body is familiar with some of the important bits. Oh -- and there is a LOT more than Alpe d'Huez to ride in that area, i'd say dozens of world-class passes within riding reach, most all a lot more quiet than Alpe d'Huez.

@satori4183 10 месяцев назад

My absolute best almost-dead-at-the-finish time was 1.05 on Alpe du Zwift. If I tried the real thing it'd be way longer because I would have to get off at corner 7 to look at the beautiful church.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Hahah why not! There's something to be said for taking your time and enjoying the view rather than speeding up!

@veloman59 9 месяцев назад

Great video Hank - I rode it in 1988. It was bloody freezing though and the clothing we had in those days was crap. Needless to say I doubt whether I could get anywhere near YOUR time - chapeau Sir 😁

@markmahoney5255 10 месяцев назад

Awesome production and editing. Hank wasn't the only one that put in a huge effort. Bravo all!

@oumtaha3834 10 месяцев назад

I like you poor

@jpridesbikes 9 месяцев назад

I love this area of the Alps, spend a few weeks there each year, and have ridden Alpe d'Huez 40+ times. Hats off to Hank, my best time was 56 minutes, and my worst was 1 hour 40! The fastest guy in our club did it in 49 minutes!!!

@michaelganshirt8795 10 месяцев назад

I would love to try this for myself at nearly 50 years of age. I'd do well to lose some extra pounds first.

@thelawnexperiment2142 10 месяцев назад

A True Classic! Thanks Hank.

@twirlingswirlinggirl 10 месяцев назад

Brava to you! It's an unbelievable feat to conquer the mountains. Hats off to you and hats off to the stellar athletes of the Tour de France!

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Thanks! Our own Cillian Kelly conquered the Alpe in his Etape du Tour last year and we made a film about it on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/z2hata

@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable 10 месяцев назад

We’ve all watched and cheered Fabio during the series covering TDF 2022. This video really does it’s job of showing just how hard Le Tour really is. Wow.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

No one know how hard it is more than our own Cillian Kelly, who rode the Alpe in his Etape du Tour. Check out the film we made on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/z2hata

@reid3737 10 месяцев назад

If Hank had a wheel to hold he probably would have made it, let along an entire peloton breaking the wind for him. Even though its lower speed, drafting still has significant impact.

@gcn 9 месяцев назад

Who's Wheel Would You Hold? 💨

@breitemasse 10 месяцев назад

Hank you are a unit indeed, blasting megavalanche and hitting alpes duez 🙏🙏

@richards4422 10 месяцев назад

You were GREAT!!! Now it would be nice to see GCN feature the fantastic Eileigh Gardner on the same iconic climb !!!

@furceanumarius6972 6 месяцев назад

I have managed to conquer Alpe d'Huez in 2022. I am one of the lucky cycling enthusiasts who managed to finish L'Etape du tour de France in 2022. I was smashed at the top and cried like a baby. I was so happy on that day. Thanks for remembering me about the feelings I have lived back then.

@neilmdon 10 месяцев назад

Hank is saying “it is all about pacing yourself and staying within your limits” and I am thinking these are not Hank’s strong suits lol

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

😂😂

@eastyorkshiremamil 9 месяцев назад

Great video to give some perspective. Alpe d'Huez is a bucket list climb but the climb on the opposite side of the valley, out the back of Bourg, up the D219 to Villard-Notre-Dame is much better! Even better views, tunnels, switchbacks, a great cafe near the top then a bit of gravel to the top, followed by a brilliant decent and back to Bourg. Truly awesome.

@garyjones6519 10 месяцев назад

Great video and a real eye opener , that really shows how super impressive even the ‘slowest’ are

@twright1983 10 месяцев назад

Just shows how good pros are As Hank looked like he was going really fast and the grupetto on climbs looks like they barely pedal yet Hank was slower

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

They're a step above the rest that's for sure!

@perryyip8017 10 месяцев назад

U just nailed it and yet talking along the way. 🎉

@petyrkowalski9887 10 месяцев назад

Brilliant video and well done Hank. I have just come back from 2 weeks training on some very big hills in the heat in France and know how tough this is. Monster effort Hank. Chapeau.

@gcn 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like a great trip! 🙌 What climbs did you take on?

@petyrkowalski9887 10 месяцев назад

@@gcn i was in the Ardeche in the Massif Centrale near Le Puy and did climbs like the Col de Bouzon, Col de Millet, le Pendu. Bouzon is 13km and about. 7-8% amd every ride you domout there has about 7-10 summits to get over.

@r.massattack4052 10 месяцев назад

I'm doing all the Tours routes on Zwift and these are extremely tuff. I can't imagine having to do all these climbs every single day. My legs would fall off

@TChalla007 10 месяцев назад

I'm on Zwift. What's the program? Thanks.

@SuperOrcy 10 месяцев назад

@@TChalla007 the new climb portal currently has some of the iconic tour de france climbs. graphics are bare bones, but the routes are GPS accurate apparently.

@TChalla007 10 месяцев назад

@@SuperOrcy Ok, I did one of those the other day. Wish the graphics were better.

@SuperOrcy 10 месяцев назад

@@TChalla007 yeah, some people are hung up on the graphics. I run zwift on an ipad. i'm just there for the exercise and prefer more routes to higher pixel counts.

@TChalla007 10 месяцев назад

@@SuperOrcy I'm one of those guys that like graphics. I live in Marin County Ca that has beautiful scenery. Mt Tam, ocean riding, etc. I didn't see the point of riding inside until covid hit. Before until then I could care less about swift. I ended up buying a wahoo trainer for my BMC while my Dogma F10 got no use. Only then did I begin to appreciate swift, but I don't do any training programs. I need graphics. LOL. I've riden with Mari Holden, former Olympian silver medalist and her ex Barry bonds. As a former Pro Athlete, graphics unfortunately are important, or I get bored.