In this week’s GCN Show, we discuss the bombshell news that 19-year-old French phenomenon Paul Seixas is set to make his debut at this year’s Tour de France. We also dive into the latest tech from The Traka, including a first look at the new Campagnolo Record 13 Wireless group set and prototype gravel bikes from Canyon and Factor. Plus, we look at Tadej Pogačar’s new “gym bro” physique and the growing controversy surrounding e-bike bans on outdoor trails.
Chapters: ⏱️
00:00 – Intro & Traka Recap
02:30 – Paul Seixas: 19 Years Old At The Tour
08:57 – History of Teenagers in the TDF
13:12 – The Traka Gravel News
15:55 – New Tech: Factor, BMC & Campagnolo
18:08 – Pogačar: The Gym Bro Era
19:21 – E-Bike Bans & Road Safety Debate
21:53 – Hack/Bodge
27:35 – Caption Competition
29:51 – Comment Of The Week
37:51 – Coming Up This Week & Nugget!
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Do you think 19 is too young to race the Tour de France, or is Paul Seixas special enough to handle the pressure of the world's biggest race? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! 👇
Caption: ‘I’m sure Strava said to go this way’
Funny I always thought when traveling through Europe that the US was behind the trend with transportation. Now if the rest of the world thinks we have it down, think again. We are thinking of "Going back to coal" WTF??? Our government is off the rails. It has been for quite some time and just getting worse. Stop looking at us the USA for direction our government doesn't have a clue!!!!!
Si has new fear first it was cows now big cats.
Wait what is wrong with Strava?
CAPTION: Once more you find yourself lost after having downloaded a route from komoot that casually let's you jump over two cattle-fences and cross a river
Siexas could very well be thinking that he has peaked early than most other athletes and could very well risk his most fruitful years of he chooses not to race the Tour
The Beast of Brockley Combe.
The guy afraid of cows, is going hunting for a big cat? Another great show gents.
Caption challenge: The new gravel racing categories are getting out of hand!
20:04 The American pronunciation, with a the long "A" makes it much easier. Legis-LAY-tive. (Ok, well, maybe not that long of an A…)
Top nugget Si 👌
Big cat: In the US, we'd call that a bobcat
Caption: "That's not the lawn mower David!"
Sometimes I miss the old days when the GCN show was more about cycling and less about presenters Hair Styles 😉
Are you sure it wasn’t a small cow in the woods Si?
No mention of British cyclist Maddy Nutt winning the Traka 560?
Tune in next week for the new GCN picture segment: 'Cat or Cryptid?'
Caption comp; oh……Dumoulin left more than just a bike in this field…..
As a wider comment on many of GCN's recent output, it's great to see the around-cycling content. Have you considered looking into what happens to bicycles when they reach "end of life"?
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Thanks for the mention stuart ❤️
At this stage, any race will bring maximum pressure for Paul Seixas. The press will be haunting him anywhere he goes. So, let him start as soon as possible with his building experience giving us the pleasure of following his achievements. If he encounters problems with the physical demands of the Tour, he can just go home, at least I don't expect him to win the darn thing…
Caption competition: David Gaudu is really getting into the weeds with his new TT bike
Caption: Gaudu enjoy a roll in the grass with the one you love
Could have been worse Si, could have been a cow in the woods 😆🐄🐆
Caption contest "When you gotta go, you gotta go"
Regarding Si's sensitivity to bananas: you do know you're supposed to peel them before eating them, right?
Reference E bikes I believe that like many things in modern life, commercial drive is far more forceful than the legal apparatus that keeps us all safe, or there is an unwillingness to be proactive with the law due to the financial seduction taking place. The new technology floods the market and there is no law to deal with it. I live in a country where E bikes of every type rampage around, without their riders having a clue how to operate them safely, the Police cannot control the motor vehicle drivers, who abuse the cycle lanes freely without any care for the rightful users, never mind ebine users. My point is that if someone had told me 5 years before the invention of the ebike, I would have said, this will lead to serious accidents and bikes with unrestricted motors. If I can think of it then I am sure someone in government should have. The people riding illegal ebikes and scooters are a menace. The only way to police it properly is to say no ebikes on cycle paths they should be on the road and that will help the police in dealing with the issue.
Yes go for it enjoy it all ..do your first no pressure and enjoy.. stay mostly with the team but if you have the opportunity to win a stage or to lead out a few days go for it.. stop and take lots of photos with your family along the way.. just enjoy it all..
I'm excited to see him race.
As you pointed out, he can always pull out if he's suffering.
Miguel Indurain didn't finish his first Tour, and it wasn't until his 5th Tour that cracked the top 10.
Caption Competition: David Gaudu: when you gotta go, you gotta go
Instead of saying e-bikes, we should move to calling them pedal assist
Cats don’t go crashing through the underbrush… You don’t see them until they’re in your ear. On a side note, we have a bobcat cross the road 100 feet in front of us a couple of years ago. They’re skittish and not stalkers like mountain lions
Hmmm, dunno about those big cats in UK. We certainly have them in north-central Washington state with about 600 sq miles of roadless terrain here adjacent to North Cascades National Park. Neighbors get video of them time and time again (on porches, coming up to doorbell cams, more often with game cams). Maybe you need a few game cams set up. They will catch anything if it's there. But I especially like Dan's insight about the UFO's now that we all have phone cameras