I Tried To Finish The Tour Of Flanders With Just 8 Weeks Of Training
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After 8 challenging weeks of training aided by Wahoo SYSTM, Cillian is gearing up to take on the Tour of Flanders, known as one of the most challenging sportives in the world. Is he prepared for its cobbled paths, daunting climbs, and the 160 kilometres of road that lie ahead at the Ronde van Vlaanderen? Will he manage to make it across the finish line?
Welcome! 0:00
Cillian’s training and equipment 1:06
Can anybody take on the Tour of Flanders? 1:47
What’s the race route? 2:15
The big day 3:00
Go time! 4:31
Si Richardson’s Flanders advice 5:59
The value of local knowledge 7:03
Climbing the Muur van Geraardsbergen 8:17
The Koppenberg 10:08
The Taaienberg, AKA the “Boonenberg” 12:08
Oude Kwaremont 14:38
The Paterberg: Last climb to go! 15:48
Last kilometre 16:34
Training metrics 17:27
Reflections 18:06
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@gcn Місяць тому
🇧🇪 Have you ever cycled the Tour of Flanders route? Let us know 👇
@two-eyedRoy Місяць тому
No! It seems to be very selfishly European... should it ever be held in AUS, then maybe. :D Q) Did Cillian roll on for a bit to claim a 100 mile ride?
@ToOldToTurnProcycling Місяць тому
The same route as Ollies, 300km in one day😢
@blissbouwerij4033 Місяць тому
Not yet! After watching you conquer it, I am inspired to give it a go! I am also an Aussie (@two-eyedroy4883) but I am in South Holland, the Netherlands...only ridden outdoors a few seasons on flat ground, and just back in the saddle after a 2 year break. You really inspired me with achieving this goal, from sharing your idea, to relishing in your accomplishment, bloody well done, and thank-you.
@phillippitts6294 Місяць тому
I wish!
@cloclob2002 Місяць тому
yes, 6 times and 4 times the full distance +220km. last time also to home = +40km >>> training and commitment!!!
@kevinmchugh1780 Місяць тому
Brilliant, more Cillian please. The peoples champion.
@Jan94712 Місяць тому
Would wish to see cilian take one of the iconic climbs in the alps, like the alpe d'huez or sth like this. That would make for some good content wouldnt it? Maybe si, hank or the others can ride along with him that time?
@michaelverlanov8977 Місяць тому
Agree! Very inspiring!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
@@Jan94712 I actually did this already. I did the Etape du Tour as part of a GCN+ documentary back in summer 2022. Hopefully some day soon those films will see the light of day again on a new platform. But yeah that day was roasting hot, 40 degrees celsius in the middle of the day, went over the Galibier, Col de la Croix de Fer and finished on Alpe d'Huez. I think I prefer riding in Flanders!
@gcn Місяць тому
The 105 of GCN? What challenge should we set him next?
@gregmcnicoll5520 Місяць тому
@@gcn**Tiagra. 105 is mow far too expensive for your avg person
@jonheggen Місяць тому
Cillian is now the GCN presenter I would want to go with on a ride! What a hoot!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Come to Ireland and send me an email and let’s do it!
@gcn Місяць тому
Wow! Think you could keep up?
@prispin Місяць тому
Seriously one of the best GCN videos ever - Cillian, you really have shown us average people that we can do epic rides like this - thanks! (love the facial expressions - nice editing!)
@TitanBene Місяць тому
Yes! You are so right! Love this video and idea!
@gcn Місяць тому
Thanks! We really appreciate the feedback 🙌 Would you like to see more Cillian in videos?
@morosis82 23 дні тому
Have done a lot of epic rides and there's usually a few hundred or thousand others doing it with me. Average people can do amazing epic rides with a bit of persistence and grit.
@folixmute Місяць тому
The hotrod flame socks must have added a couple of watts
@gcn Місяць тому
Minimum 5 watts
@johnandrews3568 Місяць тому
@@gcn per sock, right?
@bkerridge25 Місяць тому
Good job Cillian. Still missing the longer versions of videos like this that used to be put on GCN+
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Same 😔
@gcn Місяць тому
We miss GCN+ too 😢 We're working on a new home for the GCN+ Content, watch this space and we'll let you know soon!
@bkerridge25 Місяць тому
@@gcn great to hear, I will keep my eyes peeled 🙂
@dasf89 Місяць тому
6:10 Ah yes, the classic progression from "I will be giving it the beans" to "maybe some beans" to "well a single bean will have to do" within a sportive. Well done!
@danbeel8533 Місяць тому
Been there. Realized I hadn't brought enough beans.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Haha! Exactly!
@gcn Місяць тому
He gave it all the beans! 🫘 Proud of Cillian 🙌
@nicholaswelsh8486 Місяць тому
This was my 20th edition of the long route. At 64 I was going to make next year my last, but someone told me the oldest rider to complete the 237k is 81! Good grief! No excuses then 😳.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Haha! That is brilliant, to you've another 18 years to go to try and break the record!
@gcn Місяць тому
Keep it up! Drop back in here and let us know what you brake the record 🙌
@nicholaswelsh8486 Місяць тому
@@gcn I actually might die trying, what a way to go though, on the Koppenberg preferably, not on the Hotond though! 😁.
@manfrommontreal Місяць тому
The man, the myth, the LEGEND: The Gel Smasher of Cork!
@gcn Місяць тому
Hahahah what a nickname 🤣
@peterfireflylund 27 днів тому
@@gcnhwat indeed!
@thsaintful Місяць тому
"some people can climb, some people can sprint. I for one, can eat as many gels as I want" - Truly a hero of the people Cillian is!
@238949 Місяць тому
Go Cillian GO , what a fabulous ride and video, so proud of you, what an inspiration x
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed it.
@gcn Місяць тому
Smashed it didn't he! 💪
@238949 Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn loved it x
@238949 Місяць тому
@@gcn he did 😍😍
@recreativeco Місяць тому
I love all the gcn presenters, but watching Cillian is the best. Congrats @Cillian 🎉
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thank you so much, really glad you enjoyed it.
@gcn Місяць тому
We always love filming with Cillian! Never a dull moment 🙌 Should we do it more often?
@recreativeco Місяць тому
@@gcn for sure! #adventureswithcillian
@ronaldgjosey1254 Місяць тому
Great ride Killian. Kudos Killian at the 9:26 mark going up the cobbles to the Chapel and asking the Rider if he was, okay, rider gave a Thumbs up that he was. True sportsmanship.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Haha! Well I’m glad he was ok. I really didn’t fancy stopping there. Very hard to get going again!
@gcn Місяць тому
Be more Cillian, always stop for fellow riders 🙌
@inz_uzi Місяць тому
Cillian is no average guy... He's a beast! Go Cillian! 😊
@Ravenblade86 Місяць тому
Cracking job Cillian, even with the weather treating you to some of those iconic classics seasons conditions you handled that really well and did a great job presenting it in the process!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! The weather was all part of it. I'm glad it was horrible. Made it more authentically Belgian.
@jacksonmah90 Місяць тому
I also rode the 158km version this year and I have to say those were some of the worst conditions I ever faced on a bike (you mention that in the video, but you don't emphasise on that enough! :) ). So no matter the numbers you mentioned at the end Cillian, everyone who started and completed the race last Saturday definately needed a far more than average mindset!! For reference: The shimano service personell didn't have anymore brakepads after a certain time because so many people needed new ones because of all the dirt and water everywhere. I wore out both my front and back brake, even after they were at like 50% at the start of the race, which could get you through a whole dry summer.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Wow! That’s mad. I wonder how many people didn’t finish? I kind of think the conditions could have been worse though. There was a lot of rain but there was mercifully very little wind.
@osimnod Місяць тому
Congratulations on finishing such an epic, iconic ride! Encouraging to see older, average but determined amateur riders tackling a Monument. And a "well-done!" to the organizers to create an event for the masses.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much. Yeah I agree, I think it was the best organised event I've ever done. Marshalls absolutely everywhere, everything you could possibly want at more food stops than you possibly need. It was brilliant.
@gcn Місяць тому
It's such a cool event! Would you ever take on a ride like this? 🚴
@osimnod Місяць тому
@@gcn Well, since I'm across "the Pond" in northern California, that would take some planning but it would be quite a test at my age (66) and the lack of cobbled roads here would leave me without any prior experience with that tricky surface. When I was 33, I finished both the Davis (CA) Double (200 miles in one day) and the Markleeville (CA) Death Ride (aka the Tour of the California Alps) about 130 miles and 15,000 feet of elevation gain. But those were days when I wore a younger man's clothes.
@robertsmme Місяць тому
This was simply brilliant. His numbers were encouraging too. Well done and kudos to the film crew for making this such an interesting ride.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Stefan the video creator is absolutely brilliant at his job. He worked harder than I did!
@gcn Місяць тому
Hard to make Flanders look boring 🙌 Great to hear you enjoyed the video, would you ever do an event like this?
@dannelordbanana8362 Місяць тому
Thank you, very inspiring video! Good job! 👍 Next up, you should try the Vätternrundan 315km in June here in Sweden. 😉 Quite an experience to ride through the night with people all along the road, drinking beer and cheering on you!
@gcn Місяць тому
That sounds amazing! Is there a change we can get some beers after too? 🍻
@cb6866 Місяць тому
Thank you Cillian...sir , you are amazing , you did that whilst speaking ! How are you feeling now ? Thanks to the crew as well. Great episode , Cillian was laughing , something I appreciate greatly . His sense of himself ? Rest , recover .
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
I actually felt OK in the days after it. I felt good enough at the end that I could have kept going! Maybe it was all those energy gels....
@01FozzyS Місяць тому
Bravo,Cillian! All that blood sweat and tears in your training paid off. Congrats and looking forward to see what's next on your list!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! I’m looking forward to finding out too! I think…
@gcn Місяць тому
We're cooking something 🧑🍳
@ricardonascimento3545 Місяць тому
Brilliant! Cillian is a man with a full life who enjoys cycling, never hiding the difficulty of the routes. In between, he can still create a good atmosphere and bring a smile. Awsome!
@gcn Місяць тому
Always fun filming with Cillian! Would you take on an event like this? 🚴
@ricardonascimento3545 Місяць тому
He is a person with a lot of knowledge and even with a busy life he can do something as difficult as this route. I've done a few, but this will be one of the trickiest challenges. One day, I would love to try this! 😊
@carsonlewiscycling Місяць тому
The best craic! You’re a superstar, Cillian! More of you on here, please. ❤
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thank you so much. Really glad you enjoyed it.
@user-sn2sb2xi8t Місяць тому
Great video, very impressive to keep talking while putting in those miles! Maith an buachaill!
@KimiTheCat09 Місяць тому
Big up, Cillian, big big up! 🎉I haven't rooted for a presenter to make it through to the end of the ride this hard since Si sang/cried along to James Blunt and I genuinely began fearing for his sanity 😅. I can't explain how proud this feat made me feel for Cillian, cracking effort, well done! 🫶👏
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! I don’t think I’ve seen that James Blunt video. I must dip into the GCN back catalogue and try find it!
@KimiTheCat09 Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fYCnhGNrsI6pup8.htmlsi=Y4geziHKEnZRyfUs at 29:42 😁
@gcn Місяць тому
Luckily there was no Blunt on this ride 🤣
@TheImprobableIronman Місяць тому
Please can we have more Cillian on the channel - he's a natural. Epic ride - great video - top content. Maybe when he's sorted the water bottles and uploader, you can find him another challenge!?!? 😂
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Jaysus... the uploader. I was genuinely getting heckled about it during that Flanders ride... I better just stop faffing about and do it.
Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn Yes please, I wasn't able to upload a GCN-show teaser two weeks ago. 😄
@TheImprobableIronman Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn Ha - Sorry fella, couldn't resist it. Chapeau for that ride though and I stand by what I say - we need more of you on the channel.
@dalanywatkins 23 дні тому
Possibly one of the best GCN videos. This man is an absolute (gel-fuelled) legend!
@WarHammerWH Місяць тому
Well done Cillian! Wear the GCN colors with pride. They were well represented this day.
@gcn Місяць тому
Once you put the GCN kit you really get an extra push 👌
@mgapagnolo1819 Місяць тому
Cillian you are one of my favorite part time presenters. Loved the beans expressions. Whats next? the Alpe d’Huez and or, the Tourmalet? I would love to see that journey.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Well, thank you so much. They've actually made me do Alpe d'Huez already. I did the Etape du Tour in 2022 for a GCN+ film. Hopefully it will see the light of day on another platform sometime soon. That included the Galibier, Croix de Fer and Alpe d'Huez. I must admit, I preferred cycling in the rain in Flanders, than cycling in the sun in the Alps.
@danm5021 Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn I did both of these too and I concur that the rain last weekend was far more preferable than the mind-melting heat of the '22 etape... Well done on another cracking ride!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
@@danm5021 Thanks so much! Well done to you for getting through that Etape! I remember digging into the numbers at the time - all of the results from previous years, and it was the Etape with the lowest percentage of finishers ever.
@ThielemanMaarten Місяць тому
What a beast, casually holding a conversation on the Muur. Strong!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Haha! I knew I was going OK when someone jokingly complained to me that I was passing them out on a climb while presenting!
@mikepalmer8 15 днів тому
One of the best videos GCN has ever done. Really inspiring for all us (below) average guys
@bensmith2609 Місяць тому
Excellent stuff. Flanders is such an underrated trip from the UK. Train to Dover; ferry to Dunkirk; 100km cycle to Flanders; check into a hotel; cycle around for a few days; head home. Great trip for very little money! And you can go in the summer when it’s quiet, dry and sunny!
@gcn Місяць тому
Such a good trip! Did you catch Hank doing this very ride with stranger? 🚴 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/pHqAqHl9nJ2Ujmg.html
@socopower Місяць тому
What a hero Cillian, managing to chit chat while climbing some of these 😂 still keeping his smile at the end, clearly he needs a bigger challenge!
@user-np5dh8cu9p Місяць тому
That was awesome - I loved it! Well done Cillian in all respects. Well done GCN - all the videos where the presenters are in an event sharing the experience are some of my absolute favorites!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Ah that’s great to hear. Really glad you enjoyed it! And very humbled to be referred to as ‘a presenter’. Fantastic!
@pabloscope Місяць тому
Nice one Cillian! I did a similar ride with these iconic climbs and cobbled streets a few months ago and it was moving to see them again. Also, I acquired an extra level of admiration for the pros that smash these climbs.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Yeah absolutely, it's so hard to get a sense of the gradients and conditions when you're just watching on TV. It's like I'd been watching them in black and white before now and now I get to watch them in full colour
@allanfoster6965 Місяць тому
Congratulations. Brilliant stuff!
@aghorn Місяць тому
Congratulations, Cillian. Way to go!
@raysmith2602 Місяць тому
My wife and i did the flanders sportive some years ago on our Cannondale MT800 tandem. We had a great system of getting in the right hand gutter on the climbs cos tandems are very slow on the hills and people were unimpeded by us. Once over the climb i would give a big whistle snd the groups who had passed us on the climb shouted up "tandem" and move over as we descended so much faster than them. We got up every climb on two wheels but on the Muur we had to bump on the pavement cos somebody fell off in front of us and no way was i clipping out. So many people were amazed to see a tandem and one Belgian guy commented on how you couldn't climb out of the saddle on a tandem. We both got out of the saddle and climbed next to him. Best day out on a bike ive ever had in 55 years cycling
@gcn Місяць тому
love it! And there is nothing quite like seeing the motion of a pair climbing out of the saddle on a tandem! Poetry in motion! ❤️
@kippen64 Місяць тому
Cillian is looking fit!!!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Well thank you! I feel fit after that!
@patrickevans1632 Місяць тому
Bloody hell! Brilliant mate
@homersadiarin9299 Місяць тому
Congrats to Cilian finishing the Flanders. Riding in wet cobbles is the hardest and even more, it's a climb. Wish I could also smash 13% gradients easily.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
22% some of them!
@gcn Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn You didn't let that one slide 😉
@gcn Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn Here you go! ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fYCnhGNrsI6pup8.html - maybe save it until your lunch break
@jamesbull9879 Місяць тому
What a legend! Loved this!
@michelleshinn5231 Місяць тому
I truly enjoyed this! Well done, Cillian! Your completing the sporting gives me hope!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Really glad you enjoyed it. You should sign up for Flanders next year. Would you do it?
@andyfairchild2383 Місяць тому
Awesome! Well done Cillian ❤ Lovely video, really enjoyed that.
@kevinbrown7616 Місяць тому
That was awesome! What a great accomplishment. Plus, you had such a great attitude. Love it! KB
@jan_phi_lip Місяць тому
Absolutely brilliant!!! Love him, love the format, this was really great to watch 😊
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much. So glad you liked it. Did it make you want to ride in Flanders?
@duathlete827 Місяць тому
Excellent effort! Thanks
@alinapopescu872 Місяць тому
Cillian, you are a hero ! Well done!!! ❣❣❣🥇🏆
@lilbruin Місяць тому
That was brilliant. Well done, C! (Privately not sure what was the best part: the comment re mudguards, the ride itself, or those fabulous gloves!)
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Was so delighted I chose to put the mudguard on. I know Si Richardson was disapproving. But I don’t care.
@jthomp1254 Місяць тому
been looking forward to this!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Hope you enjoyed it!
@deputyfk Місяць тому
Cillian you are a beast! We need more content for "our" man of the people! Cillian represents the majority of us all and does it well!! Great ride!!!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed it. Have you ever been riding in Flanders?
@deputyfk Місяць тому
No sir, I have not. Been in awe for a long time and much respect to anyone pro or "Joe" who does it!
@iansingleton Місяць тому
Brilliant mate! Not only did you complete the ride, I had no doubt in my mind! But you also proved with some dedicated training everyone can! I love doing sportives, folk from all walks of life turn up, there's some great banter and personally I've made some good friends while riding them. I can't wait to get over to Belgium and do that route! Looking forward to your next challenge! Well done!👍
@gcn Місяць тому
You will love the riding the route! ❤️
@jamesporter5630 Місяць тому
Monumental! Great ride. Great video. Good project from conception thru completion. Congratulations.
@michaelberenzweig6096 Місяць тому
Amazing job completing the ride! Cillian, you crushed it! Loved the flaming socks & knitted gloves! More of Cillian PLEASE!!!
@gcn Місяць тому
He did amazing! Such a hard ride 🥵 let's cook up another challenge for him! Any ideas?
@michaelberenzweig6096 Місяць тому
@@gcn His challenge is to fix the up-loader for the bike vault and hodge/bodge! 😂
@rbonn3880 Місяць тому
The man. The legend. Epic hero. Cillian, way to go!
@gcn Місяць тому
Amazing effort from Cillian here! 🙌
@SJPMs Місяць тому
Fantastic achievement Gillian💪👏👍. You have inspired me to have a go next year 🙂
@jimmckenna9811 26 днів тому
Superb...effort AND vid!
@Z-u-m-a Місяць тому
Brilliant effort Cillian. Really like your open style / approach to it all too including the presenting.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate that. The cycling bit was the easy part. It’s the presenting bits I get more nervous about.
@gcn Місяць тому
He's great isn't he 🙌 What should we challenge him to next?
@Z-u-m-a Місяць тому
@@gcnFred Whitton challenge. Going to try it myself next year too I hope.
@RobNeal-uy5xt Місяць тому
Top work fella, great effort and great video!!
@petergarner Місяць тому
Brilliant ride and video. Loved every minute.
@johnandrews3568 Місяць тому
Cillian, man, this was awesome! Congrats and VERY well done, mate. Love the laughter on the Koppenberg and love the Belgian gloves. GCN needs more Cillian Kelly! ❤
@bryansenn Місяць тому
Fantastic effort!
@shanestowers6706 Місяць тому
This is fantastic! Go Cillian Go!!!
@MonoderHungerForest Місяць тому
Amazing effort! Well done!
@cube04 Місяць тому
That was seriously very entertaining! I really love your passion for the race and how you tackled the Muur. I did the Tour of Flanders Sportive 8 or 9 times. A couple of times in typical Flanders weather, but this years edition was really not easy…well done, mate. Greetings from 🇩🇪
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! And well done to you on your own achievements. Fantastic! Yeah I absolutely loved it. Felt like I was riding through history.
@danbeel8533 Місяць тому
Cillian is truly a presenter for the people. I love your perspective and guts, mate!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it,
@killering5 13 днів тому
More Cillian! Seriously, mate - great content; GCN, please do more with this fine young man. Also - how about a contest, where winners get to go on rides with Cillian, on borrowed dream bikes? That's a good idea, I think.
@cilliankellygcn 10 днів тому
This is the greatest idea I have ever heard.
@ScotChef Місяць тому
Glorious! ✊🏻🏴 gawn yerself man well done. ✊🏻
@emersonVZLA 28 днів тому
It was a pleasure running into Cillian during the We Ride Flanders! What a great guy, super friendly and still smiling after the long ride 🙌🏽
@ellipticalsoul Місяць тому
Huge effort, well done big man!!
@climbslc2281 Місяць тому
Loved it! Esp. the infinite gel, "know you your super power" part! Congrats!!
@papaduck1000 Місяць тому
very impressed - great job
@ic8658 Місяць тому
I love all your content and it was great seeing how someone who is so relatable to many of us busy parents / weekend warriors made out! Great studf GCN!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Ah that’s great to hear. That’s the whole idea I suppose. Trying to fit a decent challenge in around busy family life. Would you do it next year?
@TheBridgee100 Місяць тому
You cracked me up when you were quoting all the winners of the Flanders. Prodigious memory right there. You are a legend! Well done on the completion of the ride; and most importantly that you enjoyed yourself!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much. Yeah was such an enjoyable day out. I would recommend it to anyone! Despite the weather... or maybe actually, *because* of the weather
@grahamhyde8355 Місяць тому
Great job, great fun and a great video. Looks like lots of effort training and during the ride. Now, next video. Cillian recovering from this epic ride, the first descent of his stairs after his sleep! Lol. The audio would be pure gold 😂
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! The legs were surprisingly fine the next day. I actually still felt great after the 160km. Felt like I could have kept going!
@grahamhyde8355 Місяць тому
@@cilliankellygcn Time to consider doing the Whistler Gran Fondo then? And, a series of “Cillian does…” differing famous or infamous tours/fondos/races etc, and remember to eat donuts between training just like all of us “average people” do! A GCN exclusive
@EduardoGois-tq8be Місяць тому
Gratz man!!
@petertillemans2231 Місяць тому
Awesome ride. An inspiration!
@willmo1725 Місяць тому
Way to go cillian!!! Looked like a blast, great video.
@laurentaudibert9632 Місяць тому
Well done Cillian!!! Brilliant stuff🙌🙌🙌
@paulgolds199 Місяць тому
an inspiration to all of us - well done!
@jeffreywilliams3646 Місяць тому
Well done. Very relatable. Now GCN needs to see who can done the most gels without digestive distress. My money is on Cilian.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Well coincidentally Hank gave it a good go in a GCN video last week.
@henningsykkellarsen Місяць тому
the year I turned 50 cycled the rondhe! a memory for life! You managed to awaken this memory! the following day we stood at odekwaremont to cheer on the pros! we stood there with mother and father bettiol.... the following year he won the whole thing! we got to experience it all, test the trail ourselves and meet the stars on the trail the day before the pro race❤ Make more of this!
@paulgordon7526 Місяць тому
Top Man Cillian! Great effort especially in the conditions !!
Місяць тому
Cillian, the Flandrian of hearts! What a ride and an amazing effort. Loved to watch your training and racing, and inspires me to ride The Ronde also. Hope you've had the opportunity to have a beer afterwards? Well deserved! Thank you for taking us with you, and ride on!
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Well thank *you* for watching! You should definitely sign up for next year. It was the most enjoyable sportive I've ever done.
@DG-tf9rp Місяць тому
What helped you a lot was the awesome white Flame socks. Very well done. an accomplishment to be very proud of.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Haha! Yes! That was the idea. Surely worth a few extra watts
@SystemicCreative Місяць тому
Extremely entertaining, thank you 🙂
@dominishka3 Місяць тому
Well done, that was brilliant.
@MichaelLonetto Місяць тому
Gorgeous production and edit, just terrific story telling!
@adamwilkinson6679 24 дні тому
I love this guy. I was there this year and rode all the climbs😀, not that it matters but a minor point of pride. It's a cultural experience I would recommend to everyone! Flanders is awesome
@andrewhayes1339 29 днів тому
Another fantastic video Cillian & congratulations on doing what you set out to do, completing it, even the pros had to walk sections as we all saw later. PS love the socks & the retro look gloves 👏👏👏👍
@larryvaught3053 Місяць тому
Awesome Job Cillian ! YOU ARE A ROCK STAR !! I always enjoy the videos you are in. This may be one of The Best ! Hats Off to the crew as well. Another stellar job! I don't know how you do it in those circumstances? BRILLIANT !! 😁💯👍
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much Larry, really glad you enjoyed that one. Yes! The video creator Stefan had to work harder than I did on the day! He was brilliant.
@spuddysadventures3054 Місяць тому
Great job Cillian, and great to see you at the Muir, definitely a highlight of the day on that tough cobbled climb.
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Aha! Nice one! Did you say hello? Well done on getting through it too!
@quacker998 Місяць тому
Brilliant job! You should be very proud of yourself! 👏
@cilliankellygcn Місяць тому
Thanks so much! I am! Have you ever been cycling in Flanders?
@Mr.Smolny Місяць тому
Cinematic, awesome 😊
@slak1978 Місяць тому
Great effort and amazing video.
@DJKLIBRA Місяць тому
Nice! Try to say the ou in Oudenaarde and oude kwaremont as the o in wow or down. Oude kwaremont. Ask Dan, he has nailed it. Rob Hatch does it brilliantly as well. Going to watch the video now. Big respect for trying to ride these cobbles, I wouldn't dare to. Spoiled with lovely bicycle paths in holland.
@scotty-smith 29 днів тому
so proud for you! Giant kudos!
@lastpme Місяць тому
Congrats 👍🏿
@thibaulttouchais4269 Місяць тому
congrats ! love the gloves
@jmod8787 Місяць тому
My new favorite GCN video!
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