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    Is Girona The Ultimate Cyclists’ Paradise? | Girona Uncovered Ep. 3



    In the third and final video of our Girona Uncovered series, Hank meets with ex-pro Rory Sutherland who has lived in Girona for the last 12 years. They soak up the Catalan culture and history, and Hank finds out more about Girona’s huge cycling community and why so many cyclists from around the world choose to make the city their home.

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    00:00 Intro
    01:04 Social group ride
    11:25 Pont de Pedra
    13:14 Federal Cafe
    15:31 Girona Cathedral
    17:23 Why is Girona so popular for cyclists?

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    3. Steve Alderete on

      Girona looks like paradise, whether you are a cyclist or not. Rory was right about the cathedral nave being the largest in the world. It is exciting to see he is proud of making it his home, not just because it is a cool place to be. Great series Hank!

    5. Jose Luis Cantin on

      Guys, nice serie about fantastic Girona, awesome place…but you are sport people, Girona is Cataluña and overall Spain. Therefore Spanish culture and way of life. You should stay far from non sense flavors of independence and split bullshit. Many thanks for your channel.

    6. Douglas Pate on

      Great one!!

      Now let's see Andorra. +130 of the top pros. Olympìc champs, World champs, National champs, World Tour winners, Track Champs, Classics winners, ex-Hour Record holders, guys and girls, and where some teams have more than a dozen of their riders living.

    8. Larry Vaught on

      I love that like the city of Girona itself, this video was much slower paced then a lot of the gcn videos. I love the fact that you combined food, coffee, history, sightseeing and of course cycling. It's absolutely no wonder why Girona is a must-see destination and why so many cyclists want to make it their home! I feel a slow cycling Girona video coming on. Top notch stuff Hank ! You Rock!

    10. Greg Vassilakos on

      Thank you for an inspiring video. I need to finish gathering documents for my application for Greek citizenship. Plan A is Loutraki, Greece, but I could live anywhere in the EU as a Greek citizen, so perhaps Girona should be a backup plan.

    12. Muppet Lord on

      Why did Girona become popular for world tour pros? Because France made doping a criminal offence and Spain didn’t. Pros left Nice for Girona.😅

    13. Peter Toth on

      I wish drivers would behave/respect cyclists in Hungary as they do so in Girona (and in UK too most of the times)! Well done again GCN, good stuff!

    16. ElderMonkey25 on

      I used to be a busy brit in the UK and was used to everyone always being in a massive hurry. I moved to Barcelona for one year and then andalusia for another year. I certainly learned to slow down, calm down and become a lot more stress free. I moved back to the UK last year and have taken that back with me. Why are we all in the UK always in a hurry! I now live in an amazingly bike friendly city of Milton Keynes which is a lot slower than other places I have lived with beautiful parks, lakes and cycling routes.

    25. shoham00 on

      I think making cycling-oriented travel videos is a great idea! Entertaining content and you won't run out of topics for a long time. Keep it up!

      Suggestions for a couple of locations, where I personally ride and know it's awesome:

      (1) Maui
      (2) Banff National Park in Canada

      I'm sure there's tons more – these two happen to be extremely scenic.

    32. jackchickenwing on

      I like the video, but is there a reason you guys film these on a gro pro? Understand its portable but curious why you wouldnt use a decent dslr / point and shoot on a channel with 3 mil subs!

    35. Aleksandr Starshyy on

      Hi My son and I really like your movie.
      We are from Kyiv Ukraine and were in Girona before the war.
      I am not a professional.
      This is my video about Girona and Costa Brau.
      And now I want to make a video about the war and connect it with a bicycle.

    38. Guillem Marín Ribas on

      Huge respect to Rory for making an effort with catalan, I'm catalan, living 40 minutes from Girona, and most people coming to live here don't make the effort. Really appreciate it.

    40. Les Flynn on

      Fantastic video. If I lived there, I'd bust heaven and earth to find a way to work from the saddle of my bike. Even living vicareously through these guys is great.

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