Milan-San Remo is the world’s longest bike race, a true epic at just under 300km! What happens if you try and ride it? With the help of our friends at Vitus Bikes, Ollie Bridgewood joins Alan Marangoni, a man who raced it five times in his career, to see just how hard it is to make it to Sanremo!
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2d – Nylonia
A Little Deja Vu (Instrumental Version) – Staffan Carlen
Below Horizon – Luwaks
Bug – Czar Donic
Castles in the Sky – Across The Great Valley
Changing Tides – Daniel Kaede
City of Thessaloniki – Trabant 33
Curlicue – Jobii
Fantasy Parade (Instrumental Version) – Torii Wolf
Heavy Words We’re Holding – Trevor Kowalski
Mark My Words – Pearce Roswell
Nauseated – Pip Mondy
Ostersjon – Ooyy
Paradisio – Sum Wave
Reversed Beginning – Luwaks
Telephone (Instrumental Version) – Blood Red Sun
The Cynic – At The End Of Times, Nothing
This Was Your Dream – Nylonia
You Know What I Want (Instrumental Version) – Staffan Carlen
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26 Comments
Which of cycling's five monuments would you most like to ride?
It is irresponsible of GCN to show by example riding in dark clothes at night. No reflective vest. No high visibility colors. Foolish. Illegal in France (strictly enforced). The marketing department at big bike companies (Specialized esp.) promoted this dark-clothes-are-trendy idea.
Alan knows what is important… food.
Great job Ollie!
Well done Ollie
Got to say, it doesn't look too nice a route to cycle, once you hit the coast, huge amounts of traffic on a busy windy road.
I have, and still ride, a Vitus 979, like Sean Kelly did in the 80s. The gearing is painful when compared with today's technology, but it's a very comfortable bike.
‘Not many people manage to win Milan san Remo’ yup generally there’s about 1/race, funny how that works
Disc brakes = unaero
Good job GCN team, you finally made Ollie feel fast
Hello GCN! Love your content. Your videos have always been composed of beautiful shots and great imagery. Don't you consider switching to 4K? I'd love to watch it at a higher resolution, it would be a great upgrade in my opinion.
Nice one Ollie!!!!!
Does Vitus offers the rim brakes version of the bicycle? Because disc brakes absolutely ruined the look of this bicycle.
Why can’t we watch races in NZ?
Why would anyone ride this route on open roads on a weekday? 300km of traffic lights, busy junctions, roundabouts, pedestrian crossings, white vans and narrow streets full of traffic. Seriously? Get help!
De poder hacerlos se puede ,lo berraco es el ritmo q llevan durante esos 300 kms
You know I had heard of prime wheels and I was genuinely gonna order some but I was skeptical. Now that I’ve seen them on a GCN video I may just snag them.
Caption. "Dirt is good…Persil"
[Heavy Italian accent] "The road to San Remo, its not flat". Ive heard enough…Im out!! 😉
hahah alans demeanour at the start, needs an espresso
Great Episode Gentlemen!!!
Thank you for making this video, I really enjoyed it. As a teenager in the 80s, I dreamed of being a pro. Riders like LeMond, Hampsten, and the 7-Eleven team especially fueled those dreams. As you might guess, I am American. As you might also have guessed, turning pro is not as easy as you might hope, and I was nowhere close to doing so. Living vicariously through videos such as this gives me hope for at least riding the same course some day.
Who gives a monkeys
The coastal section of this route can be experienced by riding along the waterfront at Weston-super-Mare
Its a little smelly even with deoderant.
10 hours riding. Wow! I do 3 and feel exhausted at the end
When Alan speaks I just hear poetry
Pro bike races are too long . They become very boring after awhile . maybe have one day of a very long ride and then keep the rest of the rides to under 100km. there would be much more action in the form of breakaways and faster longer sprints ?