Blimey Ed! Having ridden the event several times, including this year, the ride you did there was simply incredible. To finish 10th, despite riding around on your own for almost the whole day, starting from the second group, and with a broken spoke, is just phenomenal. I’m also sure that the riders in front of you weren’t vlogging either, so a top 3 finish should be well within your grasp at the very least. Glad you enjoyed the event itself, and it really is one of, if not the very best places in Europe to ride your bike. For anyone thinking of entering the event - just do it, and the one consolation for those of us who are much slower than you, is that the crowds are bigger and more enthusiastic as the day progresses, so the atmosphere is even better than you saw here. Surely you’ll be invited back next year, and get a well-earned slot on the front row 👍👍
5,2 W/kg after 100km of mountain passes in the legs?? that's pro level climbing. Apart from this great display of fitness (and taking us on the ride through the scenery), I really liked that you didn't start to think negatively after you cracked a spoke! Many people would give up and be annoyed with everything! Champion
I love the Dolomites. I am a ski guide there every winter and cover c1,800km each season. So I see the climbs and descents in a different way. So now I must take my bike! Grazie very much Ed. Fantastic to experience this with you.
Jo Ed, you have to ride the Ötztaler. It's one step up to this one. 227k 5500m Awesome ride. Definitiv Top 3 if you started in the first group. #Edventure
Thanks Ed for this great video. You have all the talent to win this event one day also thats for sure but also like the fact its for everyone to experience these surroundings. Keep it up! Look for the Oetztaler also btw
Did the maratona a few years back and I would say it’s the best gran fondo I’ve done. The Dolomites are really beautiful and an amazing place to ride. Nice vid!
What a stunning performance Ed, it was amazing watching you taking over hundreds of cyclists. Next year you'll start from the first pan, you can reach the podium👍PS Great video too
Well done Ed ... the bout of illness earlier in the year seems like a millenia away ... cracking set of rides and performances. Please for you mate ...you also have a cracking team around ... didn't comment on the earlier video ...but when charlie was driving like crazy to get the food runs i think it was thre dragon ride.... happy daze ...those hill chlimbing champs are getting closer!
To start that far back and not being able to tag onto the top group you did an amazing ride!!!. Well done fantastic top ten finish!. Least you will be in the top group next year without a doubt!!!. Ed for the win lol!!.
Just stayed on top of the Pordoi for a week and did all the climbs. Absolutly stunning, cant recommend this enough to anyone. The area has different climbs with difficulty levels for everyone.
Great video Ed, really enjoyed watching a talented rider with your fitness being able to ride those climbs and smashing it well done, brilliant channel keep this sort of content coming.
Excellent video, great content and fantastic to relive last Sunday’s amazing event. Incredible cycling Ed, particularly with that missing spoke and cycling on your own for the majority of the ride, chapeau 👏👏👏. By chance I was switching places with Arwel much of the second half of the ride👊, think he finished a few minutes ahead of me. Once again thanks, thoroughly enjoyed your coverage of the Maratona. All the best D
Was over for the race, my mate knows you or of you just found this by accident, going over next year if I dont get entry on my own get a holiday with a entry included well done took me nearly just iver 5 hours to do the Sellarondo on it's own Chapeau
Well done, placing 10th in this event is awesome, who knows where you could have been without the spoke breaking and if you had been able to start with the front group, I was off in the back group and the road was totally blocked with riders not paying attention to anyone passing them, it took me 7hrs 2 mins to get round but I’m old and passed it now at 56, it’s the first time I e ridden an event and felt old! What an awesome event though and an incredible part of the world to visit, we stayed for a week after the event to ride the route again and actually be able to take in all the stunning scenery, where on the day I was swinging like a barn door in a gale and not taking anything in 🤪
Great video Ed and congratulations on the great result! That is mighty impressive! I was there and it was a shame I didn’t see you. I’m definitely going back next year. Just like you I am really stunned with the beauty of the Dolomites and hopefully will see you next year! 👊🏻👊🏻
@@edlaverack I had an awesome time mate! The Dolomites is always special. I did the long route last year and completed it but not really had a chance to soak in the place with all the rush to make the time cuts. I did the medium route this year and was able to take time to admire the route and take some photos and videos along the way. Hope to see you there next year! 👊🏼👊🏼
Right up your Strasse this one mate, pity about the spoke it must have been quite unnerving to have a spokeless speed wobble on the descents that you could have potentially leaned more into and enjoyed the speed carried through. Buzzing for your result, deffo more in the mix for the next one and different vibe not having so many people to tight pass. Chapeau.
Did the Nove Colli a few years back, the way the Gran Fondo are ridden over there is absolute nuts. Massive groups absolutely giving it, with ex pro and neo pro mixing it. Would love to have been good enough to be anywhere near the front
You should come on down to Australia and take on Peaks Challenge. 223km with over 4000+ metres of climbing. This years Peaks Challenge was run in temperatures of 42 degrees celsius (107 degrees f). The previous years was held in showers and hail……..truly one of the toughest rides you’ll ever do.
Man I did a couple training rides with Tommaso Elettrico (2nd place) back in December and got dropped HARD up a steep 20% climb. Competition is no joke at these fondos.
@@edlaverack with a 10th you'll be automatically in next year and you should be in red grid - it'd be fun to see you starting from there, I can imagine the (Italian) folks in disbelief when you were passing by at that pace. I agree with the guy who shouted "Che gamba!" (great legs) - congrats! Bring over such great content, btw how could the battery of your action camera last so long? I could record half Maratona last time :)
mate you could have started at the front, held onto front group and maybe got a better time due to draftaruchi, but no .... guts, did it the harder way but certainly more rewarding experience and personal achievement, true grit Mr Ed, a masterclass.
Well done 👏 will be very interesting next year when you start with the lead group! Few people will be worried about you, me thinks. Some of the “elite” riders being passed by you…….. while recording your ride 😂 get in mate!
What an amazing video! I'm new to cycling and have a question about eating on rides. You say you had "jellies" on the ride, what kind of jellies? I was wondering if "Swedish fish" are an ok candy to eat as fuel for rides? I'm finding fueling that hardest thing to learn as a new cyclist. Thank you!
The type of jelly I was eating is the type you dissolve in water to set and make in to set jelly. So technically it was raw when I was eating it. People swear by Haribo and alike too, you can experiment with lots of things like that.
Sadly there is no secret here other than 15 years of cycling, very little injury or illness keeping me away from the bike, used to race professionally and know how to prepare and execute.
Blimey Ed! Having ridden the event several times, including this year, the ride you did there was simply incredible. To finish 10th, despite riding around on your own for almost the whole day, starting from the second group, and with a broken spoke, is just phenomenal. I’m also sure that the riders in front of you weren’t vlogging either, so a top 3 finish should be well within your grasp at the very least.
Glad you enjoyed the event itself, and it really is one of, if not the very best places in Europe to ride your bike. For anyone thinking of entering the event - just do it, and the one consolation for those of us who are much slower than you, is that the crowds are bigger and more enthusiastic as the day progresses, so the atmosphere is even better than you saw here.
Surely you’ll be invited back next year, and get a well-earned slot on the front row 👍👍
Thank you :) :) :)
5,2 W/kg after 100km of mountain passes in the legs?? that's pro level climbing.
Apart from this great display of fitness (and taking us on the ride through the scenery), I really liked that you didn't start to think negatively after you cracked a spoke! Many people would give up and be annoyed with everything!
Champion
I love the Dolomites. I am a ski guide there every winter and cover c1,800km each season. So I see the climbs and descents in a different way. So now I must take my bike! Grazie very much Ed. Fantastic to experience this with you.
Jo Ed, you have to ride the Ötztaler. It's one step up to this one. 227k 5500m
Awesome ride. Definitiv Top 3 if you started in the first group.
#Edventure
Well bloody brilliant Ed fantastic up the Welsh fantastic content as usual.
“Che gamba!” (What a leg). That’s what the guy shouted at you. Meaning you are very strong 💪. Well done Ed! Please go back and win this.
It's a stunning route to do. I did it 4 years ago and have been longing ot go back ever since. What a great effort on getting 10th place.
Thanks Ed for this great video. You have all the talent to win this event one day also thats for sure but also like the fact its for everyone to experience these surroundings. Keep it up! Look for the Oetztaler also btw
Awesome work Ed - i did it in 6:20 and mine was a packed field! Well done
Did the maratona a few years back and I would say it’s the best gran fondo I’ve done. The Dolomites are really beautiful and an amazing place to ride. Nice vid!
Totally agree!
What a stunning performance Ed, it was amazing watching you taking over hundreds of cyclists. Next year you'll start from the first pan, you can reach the podium👍PS Great video too
Well done Ed ... the bout of illness earlier in the year seems like a millenia away ... cracking set of rides and performances. Please for you mate ...you also have a cracking team around ... didn't comment on the earlier video ...but when charlie was driving like crazy to get the food runs i think it was thre dragon ride.... happy daze ...those hill chlimbing champs are getting closer!
Finally got around to watching this in full. Superb performance, Ed.
Missed this comment! Thanks Niels, aside from the performance it was one of the best events I've ever done tbf
Ed, that was epic. I cant understand why more people are not following this channel... its honest, its real and its very inspiring
Nearly at 20,000 :)
Brilliant vid yet again, Ed. I’ve just mentally done that entire event with you! Well done! 😁
An outstanding performance Ed! Inspirational stuff for sure.
To start that far back and not being able to tag onto the top group you did an amazing ride!!!. Well done fantastic top ten finish!. Least you will be in the top group next year without a doubt!!!. Ed for the win lol!!.
Great performance Ed and thanks for bringing us along.
Haha, had to stop working, because I wanted to watch this video. Really enjoyed the Vlog.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You are right, it's probably one of the best road events in the world. The Dolomites are gorgeous, the altitude hurts.
That was a great video, really enjoyed it. You captured the beauty of the place. Great ride as well. You are so damned strong!!
TY TY!
Great video. So different to a GCN video where they seem to take pride in the presenter being on their knees at the end.
What an event. Amazing. I have to do it once.
Superb! Loved it 😊 Thanks Ed
Another great Ed-Venture 👍
Great result and video Ed! It was very satisfying to watch you overtake other riders uphill!
That was absolutely fantastic Ed very well done. Really enjoyed every second of the video.
Brilliant effort, love your accent with the Italian names!!😂 Superb effort boyo 😂 We so want an entry for next year.
That’s a great result. Well done.
What an amazing effort Ed considering where you started..it would be interesting to know how many people you passed!!..great video also 👍
Just stayed on top of the Pordoi for a week and did all the climbs. Absolutly stunning, cant recommend this enough to anyone. The area has different climbs with difficulty levels for everyone.
Great video Ed, really enjoyed watching a talented rider with your fitness being able to ride those climbs and smashing it well done, brilliant channel keep this sort of content coming.
Thanks, will do! Another one coming up!
Congratulations on your ride, enjoyed the video.
More to come!
The mountains looked amazing and unreal thanks again.
Excellent video, great content and fantastic to relive last Sunday’s amazing event. Incredible cycling Ed, particularly with that missing spoke and cycling on your own for the majority of the ride, chapeau 👏👏👏. By chance I was switching places with Arwel much of the second half of the ride👊, think he finished a few minutes ahead of me. Once again thanks, thoroughly enjoyed your coverage of the Maratona. All the best D
Glad you enjoyed it. Ahhhh Arwel did say he was riding with someone later on, great that you could team up for some company!
Brilliant video Ed and great ride. Only managed the Sellaronda this year but did it both ways. Will be back next year for the big one.
Have fun!
I do my GCSEs next year and finish early so I’m 100% looking out for an haute route/maratona type event that’ll take u18s. It looks awesome 👏
That's a great idea!
Was over for the race, my mate knows you or of you just found this by accident, going over next year if I dont get entry on my own get a holiday with a entry included well done took me nearly just iver 5 hours to do the Sellarondo on it's own Chapeau
5hrs for the Sella is still good going for the vast majority! Hope you get a good ride next year!
Add in 59 and spinal/neurological problems (I cant even walk lol) @@edlaverack
Well done, placing 10th in this event is awesome, who knows where you could have been without the spoke breaking and if you had been able to start with the front group, I was off in the back group and the road was totally blocked with riders not paying attention to anyone passing them, it took me 7hrs 2 mins to get round but I’m old and passed it now at 56, it’s the first time I e ridden an event and felt old! What an awesome event though and an incredible part of the world to visit, we stayed for a week after the event to ride the route again and actually be able to take in all the stunning scenery, where on the day I was swinging like a barn door in a gale and not taking anything in 🤪
Love your account of the event!! So glad you enjoyed!
Great video Ed and congratulations on the great result! That is mighty impressive! I was there and it was a shame I didn’t see you. I’m definitely going back next year. Just like you I am really stunned with the beauty of the Dolomites and hopefully will see you next year! 👊🏻👊🏻
Hope you had a great time Ritch! Sounds like it!
@@edlaverack I had an awesome time mate! The Dolomites is always special. I did the long route last year and completed it but not really had a chance to soak in the place with all the rush to make the time cuts. I did the medium route this year and was able to take time to admire the route and take some photos and videos along the way. Hope to see you there next year! 👊🏼👊🏼
Right up your Strasse this one mate, pity about the spoke it must have been quite unnerving to have a spokeless speed wobble on the descents that you could have potentially leaned more into and enjoyed the speed carried through. Buzzing for your result, deffo more in the mix for the next one and different vibe not having so many people to tight pass. Chapeau.
Amazingly good storytelling 👍
Thank you! 🙂
Awesome ride, awesome scenery. Great video.👍
Incredible ride Ed, congratulations mate.
Thanks a ton!
Well done Ed, awesome ride 👏👏💪👍
you make it look so easy ed. nice job!
It's chaos behind the camera lol
top job - epic ride. just a shame the Welsh RR champs isn't this weekend - you'd murder it!!
Did the Nove Colli a few years back, the way the Gran Fondo are ridden over there is absolute nuts. Massive groups absolutely giving it, with ex pro and neo pro mixing it. Would love to have been good enough to be anywhere near the front
Unfortunate with the spoke, still a good result though. I hope you've enjoyed riding in the Dolomites, looks awesome there!
You got what your training deserved Ed massive well done 👍
Gosh it must be satisfying rocketing past people like that on the climbs though :) (says that 6'7" giant here!)
You'd be flying past me downhill though ;)
Epic, well done
Very well done👏👏👏
Great ride mate 👍 But also your just well prepared after the dragon
to basically time trial this one
Brilliant video.
Glad you enjoyed it
You should come on down to Australia and take on Peaks Challenge. 223km with over 4000+ metres of climbing. This years Peaks Challenge was run in temperatures of 42 degrees celsius (107 degrees f). The previous years was held in showers and hail……..truly one of the toughest rides you’ll ever do.
That's been mentioned a few times Andy! Thanks for the recommendation!
Amazing résult 👏🏻
Incredible ride
Amazing ride!!!
Man I did a couple training rides with Tommaso Elettrico (2nd place) back in December and got dropped HARD up a steep 20% climb. Competition is no joke at these fondos.
easy top 5 if you could draft... maybe even better... the organizers should give you free entry next year... you are doing their job with this video
Appreciate that encouragement :)
you should do the cape town cycle tour
Wow, what a ride mate - 10th at the Maratona is no small effort, while making videos too! 🚀
Thank you, certainly made for some multitasking!
@@edlaverack with a 10th you'll be automatically in next year and you should be in red grid - it'd be fun to see you starting from there, I can imagine the (Italian) folks in disbelief when you were passing by at that pace. I agree with the guy who shouted "Che gamba!" (great legs) - congrats! Bring over such great content, btw how could the battery of your action camera last so long? I could record half Maratona last time :)
The one thing I never said during this event was "we want Giau" lol
Amazing
crazy performance
mate you could have started at the front, held onto front group and maybe got a better time due to draftaruchi, but no .... guts, did it the harder way but certainly more rewarding experience and personal achievement, true grit Mr Ed, a masterclass.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
It must feel good to ride in those landscapes at 5w/kg
Makes the climbs shorter of course, but not always a good thing haha!
nice one!
Well done 👏 will be very interesting next year when you start with the lead group! Few people will be worried about you, me thinks. Some of the “elite” riders being passed by you…….. while recording your ride 😂 get in mate!
I hope so too
What an amazing video! I'm new to cycling and have a question about eating on rides. You say you had "jellies" on the ride, what kind of jellies? I was wondering if "Swedish fish" are an ok candy to eat as fuel for rides? I'm finding fueling that hardest thing to learn as a new cyclist. Thank you!
The type of jelly I was eating is the type you dissolve in water to set and make in to set jelly. So technically it was raw when I was eating it. People swear by Haribo and alike too, you can experiment with lots of things like that.
Smashed it
Did I see Hartley's Jelly packets. Can you eat the cubes raw!?
Im going to give them go at only 95p a packet, certainly cheaper than buying Clif Blocks.😋
Great ride. What’s the crack with eating jelly?
It has energy ;) Old school runners trick.
@@edlaverack ok I’ll give it a go
What go pro are you using? And how long can it record on one battery?
Yes, GoPro Hero 7 on the bike and 9 in my pocket.
@@edlaverack How long does it record on 1
Battery? 1080p-30fps?
How did you get so strong ed? Is it just down to time in the saddle or specific sessions? It would take me 3 times this to complete this ride 😢😢
Sadly there is no secret here other than 15 years of cycling, very little injury or illness keeping me away from the bike, used to race professionally and know how to prepare and execute.
Why weren’t you put in the first group of starters?
I think it's just down to your entry. I entered with a tour operator, not sure if you can have the option of starting further up.
Minute 18 People said “che gamba!”…..
Medal looked a bit cack considering 😮
Gwych Ed. Da iawn ti.
Maratona or Marmotte?
Maratona every time
Wow 💪 top 10 could of been top 3 if you hadn't blown a spoke 💪💪💪
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
Could you have won starting in the front group?
You spend so much energy in riding the whole route alone. 😬
Can't say, Would have made for a good day though!
24:25 how could you be roglic?? you were on your bike and not on the ground.. come on..