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The zift games are here but who will be crowned the GCM World Champ the zift games promises to be the biggest indoor cycling event of the year with both the world’s best and Community Riders fighting it out over three different types of races to discover who the kings and queens of e-racing really
Are we’ve been given a sneak preview to see what it’s all about and find out which GCM presenter is really Top Dog our German French Spanish Italian presenters are all throwing their hat into the mix we’ve even got the triathletes over there from gtn who think they’ve got a chance and we’ve got
A full squadra here in the GCM Mega base to take these races on who though will prove to be the fastest three distinct races make up the zift games the Sprint the Epic and the f time so there’s something to every sort of Rider winners
Will be crowned for each race as well as an all round best swifter at the end of it all each race will take place on a different day but for our own Champs we’ve condensed everything into one day starting with the Sprints in the actual
Zift games this will be over a series of three short races top Riders advancing to the final to fight it out for the win and of course this is one for the sprinters which I am not R race will be 6.2 km long around the Glasgow crit
Circuit and the winner will be crowned best Sprinter but will also take home maximum points which will be added to the points gained in the Epic and climb races which we’re about to do in a second but right now we’ve got two minutes until the Sprint begins first
Race to see who’s going to be crowned best GCM presenter are we ready folks oh yeah I need more energy than this fing that we’ve got gtn over there thinking there thinking there something the race started two minutes ago mate did it start the race has started no it hasn’t started yet
Started this is what I’ve got to deal With oh we’re off here we go first race is underway the Sprint 6K very short very Snappy I do not want to get dropped from the gun F an a why are we all so Competitive looking like s and Alex are the ones to beat We’re inside the last kilometer now and this has turned into a battle between sigh and Alex Tech versus the cyborg I’ve got to admit oh it’s hard to tell looking at the facial expressions sze potentially more in control Alex looks like he’s just pushed out quite a big
Poo on the toilet but he’s hanging in there first race who’s going to get it 150 Alex is kicked Alex is kicked early can IAT him this is it do or die 9 more a kilo for Alex and he takes the win s second OE rolls over the line in third
Place brutal yeah this is only way of describing a Sprint race in zift full gas take deep breaths hang on to the line Okay we are moments away from race number two you should be able to see the current scores up on the leaderboard on screen now the Epic though is going to be a different story and you can sense that everyone’s getting a bit nervous into the big
Dog 5 Seconds to roll and we’re into it and we’re off we’re off the starts are br so it’s a long way to go to finish after this climb you’d be wise not to go too hard sit in the pack now get some sandwiches in me have my little treats bu my Time with a longer race Tactics come into play in the Epic and the start is a kg Affair but not for long everyone wants to win here and the competitiveness shows before long there is a split in the pelaton with OE side James sebas and Alex forging ahead on a
Descent will the win come from this select group or have they set the pace a light too early judging by the look on Hank’s face the game could be up let’s keep the pressure on for a minute and sigh let’s keep the group moving we work save
Over so then one of you attacking later the five Amigos stay away and it is obvious now that the creme de La Creme of GC and presenters arising to the top and it’s Ole who breaks free in the closing kilometers to take the win with a classy ride the tech Channel have
Brought the Heat and the Duo’s hold on this Championship is looking unbreakable with just one race to go so it’s still all to play for at the top for me I think o is still the favorite but s sebas Dark Horses Alex I wouldn’t say he’s normally a climber but
He’s he’s proves pretty Punchy in this one and we are moving on to the time which is going to be a serious test now remember all the elite races are taking place on separate weekends as the zift games progresses the clim is going to be the last one Elite A and B category
Riders will do this on the road to Sky course so just over 17K long over 1,000 M of elevation game we though are going to be racing a shortened course on the mountain Mash a new course which has been released just for the zift game it’s 5.9k long 335 M of elevation game
Who’s going to take it my money’s on Ollie right then 10 seconds to go the mountain Mash Beckons I’m attacked it’s my one chance I’m going for it that guy the early break Away I’ve been immediately Dropped immediately dropped so I think sebass is out of the Game Ty and Alex are currently duking out first and second place neck and neck with 2.4k to go OE 2 seconds back along with Max slightly distan at this stage which is surprising a long way of this climb still to go though Okay so we’re inside 2K to go the front three Riders together Alex s and Ollie doing a bit of quick Ms in my head so of course there’s the plaudits for the climb up for grabs but in terms of the overall competition it’s mainly now between Alex and Ole so whoever gets
That second place on the climb is going to take the overall best gtn ZF it’s hotting up over there Alex is looking he’s got his game face on all’s looking suspiciously fresh it’s all to play for It’s all kicking off at the front coming towards the Finish O’s put down the first big attack SI trying to follow he’s got him in his grasp but this is a serious test now of the Wy cyborg Alex on the other hand looks as if he’s just had three cream crackers for
Breakfast without any butter he’s suffering he’s in the Box can he hold on looks to me as if Ollie is running away from it at the moment 3 second Gap now the Bridgewood stomping on those pedals like the Terminator wearing a hair band oh s’s claing him back he’s claing him
Back absolutely disgusting effort it’s not over yet and the finish line is inside Bridges put in a dig so’s trying to close but it’s too little too late and it looks like Ollie is going to take the mountain Mash Climb Alex finishing off third place looks like he is actually about to crawl into a hole and Never Surrender Fair Play Hold On hly took the V right then our very own zift games has come to a close remember the actual winners of this in March get the very
Own status symbol in game that we’ll be able to brag with for the rest of the year but we will have to be content with listening to Ole bang on about the facts that he took the victory W well OE fair play yeah fair fair enough it was good effort
You team tactics in race two come out to bers in the bum haven’t they Alex yeah because well well results after all a little bit surprising Alex was actually in second place come on g s missed out on the second spot but he did take third place rounding out the
Podium got sebas in fourth Max there in fifth James Cana honorable mention Kar it’s K that’s what I said it’s Kar how’ you say it James right Island it kunar wait G James from gtn yeah yeah we go James from GTM was in Sixth and then you should be able to see
The rest of the results on the screen now just pay attention to the fact that I beat Hank by three three points can I just say how much I enjoyed that genuinely I’ve not like I’ve not been to with FR in this I’ve only been doing the
Group rides but that was absolutely Mega Fun I’ve ridden for a long time yeah I can tell for two weeks since you’re in Australia yes is it on my training camp I just wish I was in better form I think we have to rerun in a few weeks yeah also put in some
Training yeah but don’t forget there is a ton of racing going on in March you can get involved in the zift games too it doesn’t matter if you’re an elite racer or anyone even Killian Kelly can get involved in try and take on some of the category of racing that’s going on
And you can catch the elites action on zwift’s channels too if you want to stay a breast of everything it’s happening know why I just clapped you deserve a clap you thought Conor had finished carried on talking right if you enjoyed this video hit that Thumbs Up Button we’ll see you
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Lots of power in the room!
Whatever the results, thank you GCN crew for the passion, knowledge and, and humor you bring to cycling!
Whereโs the podium pic with Ollie on top๐
Actually … you can't take part but good effort all. Still seems quite strange.
Thoroughly Enjoyed that
Where is Dan..?๐
Has Alex taken Siโs crown of sweatiest presenter?
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Hank got dropped almost. Kudos to Ollie,Fred (Alex) and Is
Hank doesn't need to do well in these type of races. He knows that in a nonstop race to the southern tip of South Africa, he's got it in the bag.
I'm only here to see who Hank crashes in to.
Thank you, Thank you, thank you all!! โคโคโคโคโคโค
What's up with Toby? Did the german camera man stumble over his cable?
So proud of Ollie! Amazing journey and absolutely inspirational!
Ollie definitely been taking some climbing inspiration from a certain Mr Feather ;D
The kit looks great seeing the presenters all together
What a battle…way to roll Ollie! What happened #wattbomb Conor Dunne!?
Connor has the best comments ever
Very well done to all of you. You all smashed that. However mr paton… Please never race with a camera that close to your face ever again ๐คฃ the faces you were pulling may actually give me night terrors ๐ only joking well done and strong effort ๐๐ช
This is feeling suspiciously like a 'Rocky' plot.
Ollie's in Beast Mode right now.
This really shows the power of training, those presenters who have been training more in recent times came out on top. It goes to show that a large part of success in cycling comes down to how much work you put in and itโs not just about genetics.
Massive congrats to Ollie for taking the win, super inspirational to watch his training journey to get to where he is now.
Please can the next GCN video include a Rocky style montage of all the times Ollieโs been bagged or dropped by everyone else, then stick on some Eye of the Tiger music and show him kicking arse here!! Well played Ollie and well deserved, from being dropped to being top banana, all through hard graft and lots of sciencing the shit out of everything. ๐๐ผ
Is Dan waiting for the Zwift Masters Games?
Can you do this outside tho ๐
Si's face when Hank starts clapping is brilliant ๐
Si is the only one left from the time i first watch gcn, so sad internet cant match the mainstream media with the bucks they offer to the other two.
Alex should have shaved his chest to gain the needed power to beat Ollie ๐
Be nice to see some more of these type of videos when youโre all against each other
Way to go Ollie.
Would love to see a behind the scenes of GCN mega base as well and all that goes into making a GCN/GTN/GMBN Youtube video. I'm sure there are loads of really hard-working people that don't get enough credit for the amazing content that gets put out multiple times a week.
Is Ollie the youngest presenter? No surprise if so.
Cream crackers with no butter ๐
No more zwift videos ๐ด
Has Ollie been drug tested?
Thatโs really impressive considering where Ollie started at. Amazing effort to from all. ๐
great
Give ollie the yellow jersey. You should this as a tournament and give the winner a special jersey to wear a year.
Nothing better than an underdog story. Seeing Ollie climb the ranks amongst GCN presenters. Would love to see a GCN special on the journey from dropped to dropper.
I hope there was an official weigh in before this, weight dopers everywhere on Zwift! ๐
From cycling weakly to gcn top dog.
Why it is not Alexys Brunel instead of Max from GCN France ? ๐
what the heck, I haven't watched a video in a while, but when did Ollie get fit?!? (not that you weren't fit Ollie, you know what I mean)
hi guys….don't mean to be negative but does this zwift software account for head, cross & tail winds ? as well as road surface's ? just wondered because these are important factors to be taken into consideration, looks good fun though, especially if you don't have to be in the same room to race each other & can compete with someone anywhere in the world, i would definitely like to try this out as it does look awesome,….c'mon guys hammer those peddles