After a 14-year hiatus from competitive road racing, former pro Dan Lloyd finally pins on a number again for round four of the Castle Combe Summer Series. Supported by his “Super Nerd” domestiques—Si, Ollie, and Alex—Dan attempts to navigate the fast and furious 3km motor circuit to see if he’s still got the legs for a win. Watch to see if the GCN team’s master plan comes together or if 14 years out of the saddle is just too long.
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00:00 – The Return of Dan Lloyd
01:23 – The Challenge: Castle Combe
02:00 – Pro vs. Amateur Racing
03:45 – The GCN Team Strategy
05:40 – Race Start: The Speed is On!
08:36 – Dan’s Superbike: Pinarello F7 Specs
09:34 – Tactical Breakaway Attempt
12:28 – The Final Laps
15:45 – The Sprint Finish
17:00 – Post-Race Debrief & Stats
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What a performance from the team! 🚴♂️ Dan hasn’t raced on the road since his retirement in 2012—how do you think he handled the heat of the local crit? Should we “persuade” him to do another one, or is once every 14 years enough? Let us know in the comments!
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49 Comments
What a performance from the team! 🚴♂️ Dan hasn’t raced on the road since his retirement in 2012—how do you think he handled the heat of the local crit? Should we "persuade" him to do another one, or is once every 14 years enough? Let us know in the comments!
That looked like great fun!
Are you guys doping? The content lately has been on steroids. Loved the idea of this video. Funny how everyone ended up doing their own thing including Dan 😀
Outstanding
Love these vids where there’s a team with a positive attitude and dynamic!!
I was yelling at the screen for Dan!!!!!! Go, Go, GO!!!!! Another mate's having fun video, carry on.
So all of you but dan were basically category cheating, but excused that with riding for dan, who you then abandoned in the bunch to take 1st and 2nd? Just to establish a timeline here.
There needed to be more commentary over the top like Nocal Cycling. I had no idea where people were, or what they were thinking, at different points.
Dan put out some serious watts for his age.
SO MUCH FUN!!! Awesome work, everyone!! And Ollie is totally right, the race experience and peloton surfing is something that doesn’t go away. The race smarts gained get ingrained, particularly at the levels these guys raced at. Loved that Dan got out there again, hope he keeps it up with the other guys!!
More live race videos please!👍👍👍
id like to see a deeper dive into the telemtry. If 3 of the 4 kept tothe real team rules and 1 stayed cowboy. how much differnce in power expended how much does it take to have domestic's
Brilliant guys. You did fantastic.
Dan, you can do it. Get up there.
Lol. A £5k (more?) plus bike just waiting to get trashed because some newbie can't ride in a straight line. Buy what you can afford that is "good enough" kids, because if you're good enough to win, the bike is good enough for you, and you get to race again next week if you stack-up.
Domestiques
+ Super Nerds
= SUPER DOMS
Up the Wheelers
Now that’s a fresh new and exciting episode!
Will there ever be female presenters on GCN?
Where did Ollie finish??
U can just say crit race but oh well
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I love your race videos!! So much fun.
GCN bringing up the production with what looks like some increased scripting in these types of videos is playing to your strengths. Enjoying it.
Chapeau to you all! Thanks for a fun video. I would love to see more content like this.
Absolutely fantastic awesome video you guys just looked like you were so happy all the time. Very good for all of you. 😀
Alex made this video!!! Best cyclist in the street 😂😂😂😂
Great and fun video!!! More races please!
To be fair Ollie used a real tactic used in the pro peloton all the time. I just have not heard it transferred to the cycling excuse book by framing it as getting tactically dropped 😅 It is not an excuse but a real thing pros do.
Haven't even watched the entire video yet but holy hell that Pinarello F7 is visually stunning.
too much fun.
After that pep talk I was like, “Put me in coach!”
Fun
one of the best gcn video i have ever watched lads
Thanks! That was a very fun video!
Go team GCN!
Sick video 10/10
That was so cool to watch. You guys worked well until the last and Alex and Si saw that Dan wasn't there so they just went for it. The crew Seamed to work well and I think that with a bit more work on Dans part you all could take the win. I say that with nothing against Dan cause he is older and with his crash a couple of years ago he isn't at the top of his range. Some more gym time and rides with his wife and maybe a bit of coaching from Conner and I could see him taking a win on this. Would love to see that. The team has done so well on this one. You all are doing great, Now maybe put together a ladies teem and have Conner train them, lets see what they could do. I am kidding but it could be an idea for a future show. Poor Ollie. The only one there that wasn't a pro. He has worked hard at improving his riding and has done amazing. His brutal climbing challenges are a testiment to his training. His work in the gym is legit. Thank you all.
Si reminds me of a broke college kid.
These four guys have the best chemistry. Love these shows.
This may be one of my favorite GCN videos
Yall really made me want to race. Im signing up for my first ride
Love the warm up scenes, a bit like the magic roundabout 😅 Awesome video again, great work from everyone.
Rim brakes at 13:08.
this was a great video, guys – not just the camraderie, but the editing was so flipping good. well done GCN.
Pretty fun vid, guys. Loved it!
Love it – hilarious!
Awesome stuff Fellas!! Kudos all round and I must say it has been a really fun video to watch. Truth be told, I was expecting the Team to claim all the podium spots… At least you guys had a great day out!!!
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Very entertaining 😂 thanks GCN
Love it, loads more detail on what’s happening during the race, that was great.
Despite the plan falling apart it looked like you all had a great time and Dan was just happy to be involved. Great video