We Raced A Cycling Legend On An Epic Climb & Descent
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ต.ค. 2024
- The Poggio is one of the most iconic climbs in cycling. It’s not the longest or the steepest, but it‘s certainly one with a lot of history, including the exploits of Sean Kelly on his way to two Milan-San Remo victories. With Sean riding a modern Vitus Zenium and Ollie on a 1986 Vitus 979, we challenged him to the ultimate vintage vs modern race on this epic climb!
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Who is your pick to win Milan-San Remo on 19 March?
imagine getting dropped at descents....
caleb ewan
The Pog...
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Following the king down the Poggio has got to be one of the best experiences you’ll ever have Ollie. I hope you appreciated the magnitude of what you’ve just done !
Great to see King Kelly in another GCN video. The man should be given his own GCN Jersey. Loving Ollie's enthusiasm to wear all the correct period kit in all the retro videos, very authentic. No shame in getting dropped by the King on the descent.
Think Ollie's shorts were from the 50s/60s 😃, definitely not the 80s.
Thanks Matthew, we love doing videos with Sean - still showing us up 30 years after retiring!
" The man should be given his own GCN Jersey." AGREED!!
Kelly's GCN jersey could be yellow with GCN in blue, in the same size and font as the KAS jersey.
I just found out there's gonna be a GCN+ documentary featuring king Kelly this month! What a legend!!!
This was brilliant. I would give it 100 thumbs up if I could. Sean is a legend and top bloke and still has all the skills at 65.
Thanks Petyr! 👍
@@gcn keep it up with the content guys!
12:30 ...still there
This is masterful. Sean gets to relive one of the greatest races of all time. And Oliie gets dropped again.
Did you really expect anything else from Ollie! 🤣
what is this, a crossover episode
@@gcn Nah, let's be hones over the last couple of months we vitnessed Ollie dropping plenty of others, including one big name, Mr Contador.
@@mateagoston8145 He didn't have his steak, prior..
That was so much fun to watch! Sean Kelly was my absolute hero when I was a kid. He won races on sheer grit and determination. There are few athletes in any sport who could match the mental toughness of Sean Kelly.
That has to be a record for Sean Kelly talking on camera! So good to hear. A legend like no other. Last of the hardnen, gritty.
the reverence & respect ollie has for the history of the sport is heart-warming. we should all be so lucky to find something that brings us that much joy.
Sean Kelly is a classy guy. Love how he gives Ollie an out when talking about descending on the old bike is something you get use too. He could have just smiled and alluded to the fact that Ollie can't descend.... Truly a great on and off the bike.
What an honor to be able to ride let alone race the King. It was an absolute pleasure to watch you both. 1000 thumbs up.🤩
Love watching Ollie and his antics, so much enthusiasm for everything he does. Need more King Kelly on GCN videos
Glad you enjoyed it, Donald! We'll try and get more, though he's always busy commentating on the racing!
This video is PURE GOLD! Loved every minute of it! And what a treat seeing Sean Kelly race again! More such content, please, GCN!
Not only was the riding and the climb super engaging, Ollie is really starting to develop his own voice as a presenter. Don't be surprised if he gets -poached' by a larger network in the near future - I think he really is that good.
@@krisjones74 I totally agree. And at the same time, I hope he stays with GCN. It looks like this is his natural environment, so to speak. I enjoy his videos a lot. His and Conor's.
Thanks Alina - glad you enjoyed it!
How can anyone not love this guy!!?? Great video.
I used to ride on very skinny tubs in the 80s on my lovely Woodrup Reynolds 531c steel road bike. I once descended fast and misjudged a bend. Off I came and have never quite had the confidence to descend as fast again. That bike is long gone and I now ride a Giant Defy carbon. At 61, I would be lost on a bike of that vintage now. Sean is a proper legend who I loved to watch back in the day and he's still terrifically fit.
Great comment Ian - thanks for sharing!
Beautiful video and performance from both Ollie and Sean! Chapeau to Ollie for once again riding in full on vintage kit including the pedals and helmet! 👌Always great to have Sean on videos sharing his incredible knowledge. Thank you 😊
He was super committed to the retro look
Just a note, the sound at 13:28 isn't the brakes, it's Ollie screaming in terror....
It's probably just a call for help by his muscles
Haha! 😂
Check the handlebar stem of the vintage bike at 5:33 - it has a crack.
Woah! Great catch!
Wonderful to see cycling legends like Sean Kelly still giving it some welly!
First ~ no offence toward Ollie, as he is a great presenter ~ but, I was rooting for Sean. I, too am 65, and still attempt to ride as hard as I did as when I was in my 30s. Besides, Kelly and LeMond were my inspiration to begin riding when I did, and they continue to inspire me to this day. Suffice it to say that, in a perfect world, my last ride would be the one to my own funeral. Lmao
Hmmm, I dunno. I'd probably be thinking I'd be up for another ride if I could manage that one. But what I think I can manage and what I can actually manage are, at 77, two different things, eh.
I plan to stop cycling when they pry the bars from my cold dead hands.
if it is uphill to get there, i will give a push (meant in the friendliest terms... we all gotta go one day. 65 here and loving my bike still (after many decades off i started riding again for the past two seasons)
I am 62 and ride regularly. At this age, I can still train and ride hard. Bike? 1976 Masi Gran Crit. I will not go quietly...
@@taichihead42 I'm hip. My Aluminum Trek is old, and it'll jar your kidneys out on a rough road, but on the smooth tarmac, it's responsive and nimble as hell.
Been from Ireland its great to see Sean a true Irish hero
Sean Kelly = the true definition of a gentleman and a legend!
King Kelly!
Fact Check: TIG welding was around for decades before that bike was built, and being used on bike frames in steel, aluminium and titanium. Bonding was used because it was quick to manufacture, allowed an adaptable frame design and didn't require post-weld heat treatment. Vitus could also use different alloys for the cast lugs and the anodised Dural tubes, even though they were not compatible for welding.
BTW Nice crack in the stem there at 5:32.
Have to know if the cyclists at 6:47 passing the weird guy in the retro leather helmet also knew they were passing one of the greatest cyclists of all time.
Beautiful vid and thanks to the bloke that let Ollie pound it up and down the Poggio. Serious attention to detail and confidence in the frame's condition and build quality. My friend's brother had a 979 when I was in high school back in 89. I envied that machine so much. The new Vitus is a real beaut, though, and so great to see the legend on it and still in excellent form. Inspiring vid, this one, for all us older blokes still cranking out the weekly miles.
I suspect the autographed frame might have been a pre-condition! Very generous & trusting gesture nonetheless...
Well done Ollie, great video and great to see the bikes out being used just as they should be. Although I think I'll be changing the handlebar stem, now looks like it didn't survive the decent ! Great work and well done, that's no easy ride.
Thanks for lending your bike for such a great episode. Read about the 86 and 92 Milan - San Remo and it must have exciting to watch/follow it.
Glad you enjoyed it Steve - thanks for letting us use that amazing machine!
Thanks for sharing the bike with all of us!
Loved watching this and remembering the poster I had of Sean in yellow on my bedroom wall in high school.
My goodness me ! how time has flown. Watching all the TDF broadcasts on Channel 4, all the way through the 80s and seeing this, Sean 65 and me ! now 69. I can't believe it's all these years ago. I went to Paris in 87 to see Stephen Roche take the yellow jersey and met him outside the Lido Club on the Champs Elysees that evening and we chatted for a while, he could not have been more courteous. Great to see Sean still in good shape.
Late to the party again for this vid - but it was a good one! Sean is amazing - still going strong and clearly still loving cycling so many years after retiring. An absolute legend. 🤩
Ollie that's the most beautiful bike you will ever sit on glorious machine great video.
I love Ollie’s enthusiasm for classic cycling gear and bikes. It draws you in
Awesome video! Love to see Ollie ride with Legends. Totally entertaining. Thanks for this.
I got to ride the Poggio a few times in 2007. The road surface is so stellar and it is just such a power climb. The descent really is no joke.
A brilliant video, thank you so much! I remember reading about Kelly's descent of the Poggio, when he rode Rolf Sorenson, Argentin's teammate, off his wheel. It was quite enjoyable to hear Kelly talking about it, and Ollie's enthusiasm is great as always.
I remember seeing a picture of Kelly and Phil Anderson bumping shoulders, literally, during the Flanders sportive a few years ago. It made me supremely happy to see former pros still riding for fun.
Just as an aside, Cannondale was producing TIG welded aluminum frames in 1983.
Keep up the great work, these videos are awesome!
I remember seeing those frames hanging up in the bike shop, they looked amazing with the silver frame shining through the translucent paint. The brakes were fine, they were the best at the time and that's what we used.
Couple points…TIG welding DID exist in 1986 (Cannondale was already building race frames) but the world of pro racing wasn’t ready to go for the “fat” look yet; and those Mavic/Modolo brakes were actually quite good (there have been A LOT more descents of the Poggio done with rim brakes than with the newfangled discs!)…like Sean says, “You ride a bike like that all the time,you get used to it”. But, it wasn’t really “getting used to it” because that’s what there was!…there wasn’t anything “better” to compare it to!
Spot on! Those 1st Gen 'Dales with those funny looking rear dropouts (yuck!). They didn't feel comfortable either.
Wonder if some riders used in their Campy brake shoes those red rubber Scott Mathausaur pads? I still use them on my Super record brakes because they just don't dry out and grip my MAVIC rims really nice with ZERO squeals!
@@ralphc1405 Actually it was 2nd generation Cannondales that had those weird “cantelivered “ dropouts…just looking at them made me think they would snap right off! First gen Cannondales (circa ‘85-‘88 approx.) had a much more “normal” looking stay/dropout configuration.
Did not exist in 1980s?? 😂😂😂😂😂
i can't even begin to imagine how much steve freaked out when you brought the bike back to him with that top tube getting defaced like that!
I saw OLLY written on the road twice! As a youngster I was a huge fan of Kelly, even sat in front of him at Goodwood when interviewed after the race.
More riding with legends please! Love the war stories!
Fantastic. Great from both Sean and Ollie. I do think that Ollie is getting to like these vintage bikes.
All those shots of Sean lurking behind Ollie, reminiscent of a great white shark that was just waiting to strike. Great job.
I’m always glad to still see the King on a bike…unlike many pros who climb off at the end of their careers and get fat, Sean still shows why he was so successful…the passion for the bike and drive to ride hard still shows!
He's a true legend!
Great to see King Kelly.
And the 979 is gorgeous...always loved them.
Love a bit of Kelly and I rate his colour commentary. Also always feel sorry for the poor man whenever Kirby starts flapping and saying things that makes no sense
One of the best cycling videos on youtube, Great stuff.
Love Sean and Love that Bike back the days that would have been my dream frame set and group set.
This was an amazing video, can't believe how capable Shaun looks still clearly has a passion for cycling still
WVA for San Remo. I'm not senior yet, but I wouldn't mind (a whole series!) Sean Kelley's wisdom on riding after 50
Loved that! So gracious of The King.
Glad you enjoyed it! He's still got it
He's a brand ambassador for Vitus - either way, great video.
Great vid Doc...and I agree Mr Kelley deserves his own GCN kit.
Kudos to Steve Grimwood of Elmy Cycles in Ipswich! It's great to see this bike back out on the Poggio
At 65 years YOUNG Sean Kelly is amazing thank you Ollie & GCN loved the video D.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My man!! He and Greg were my boys!!
In San Remo 1992 he used the Vitus 992.. still a great video:)
It would be nice if you could continue with other legends of the past on race courses with similar bikes. Good old kelly
It's always great to get to ride with a legend
Great video and good to Sean Kelly still looking so good on the bike 👏👏👏👏
2:25 I've found Ollie's dramatic narration of Milan-San Remo even more riveting than the blasting soundtrack, all the more so since he -astonishingly- remained "en danseuse" throughout it without running out of breath somehow... Breathtakingly talented!
Excellent episode. Fantastic location to shoot.
Ollie you got your haitnet helmet on backwards dude! Definitively good to see Ollie up against the King!
He did, I thought Sean would of said something
Hey! I have the same bike as the one Sean is riding in this!! (It is a Vitus Vitesse EVO, isn’t it??)😬😬Well this has cheered me up no end!! Currently stuck at home in a cast with a badly busted up ankle but seeing Sean, who is one of my heroes (I had posters of him along with others of Stephen Roche, Greg LeMond, Sean Yates, Pedro Delgado and other 80s legends on my bedroom wall as a kid)😊 riding a bike exactly like mine was very cool! He’s still got some engine on him for his age and descending like a demon too! What a legend!! Awesome to see the old bike getting put through its paces too but the owner musta been shitting himself in case Ollie trashed it😬…..that must be worth a small fortune….and it’s signed by the great man himself now too!! Amazing…..awesome video lads!
These series with Ollie in Italy are great. Now I am ready to watch the race on Saturday. I also like Matt Stephens cafe ride format. so you guys know.
Who's your pick to take the win?
@@gcn Tadej Pogacar
A great video, well done Sean Kelly. back in 50s n 60s we called them Brake blocks, useless in the wet. Toe clips we had a metal plate fixed to out cycling shoes so when the strap on the toe clip was pulled tight the foot couldn't slide out of the peddles, the leather strap had a quick release buckle that you had to release before getting your foot out. Good old days "not"...
Great stuff. I would like to see more legends and the original bikes. The best thing I have seen on this channel.
Glad you enjoyed it!
5:32 that crack 😬
Are we the 2 only ones who spotted this BROKEN stem ? Who is crazy enough to descend in such conditions !!!
@@Bagheerabe Not only! I had experienced cracked stem and broken as a result while cornering and wouldn´t suggest it anybody)
Great video!! Best GCN video this year 👌🏻🥰 Sean is always up for the craic!! Same when he is on his local club rides!!
Thanks Jay - glad you particularly enjoyed this one!
Fantasic video, inspirational to all of us over 65's. Well done Sean.
Thanks Carl - great to hear!
Amazing ride with a legend - thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it Alan!
I love Sean Kelly and these old Vitus frames. I still have a few 979 and 992 showpieces in my collection.
Love it! Very pleasantly surprised to hear my home town mentioned and a shop I used to know well. Go Ipswich!
Nice one!
Would love to see some GCN+ episodes on classic races (a la the re-cycled podcast!)
Great stuff lads !! 👏🏻 Brilliant from the King 👑 ❤️
just watched this for the first time, really enjoyed it! Combo of Ollie's enthusiasm with Kellys wisodm and experience works a treat, are there any more videos in a similar format?
As you put your grip right on the signature of Sean on the top tube! YIKES!
Man. Mad respect for King Kelley. I hope I can be half that fit when I’m 65.
The finale of the 1992 Milan-San Remo where Sean overtakes the lead and wins is one of the most breathtaking moments in cycling history.
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Both wins were amazing. He was known for unleashing something extra when approaching the finish looking spent. Lemond said he was constantly worried about Kelly passing him in the 1989 World's Road Race final sprint. Lemond also had that kind of finish but didn't manage to unleash it quite as often as Kelly did. Especially after he got shot.
Thanks for posting that 👍
Thanks for the link…amazing!
@@indonesiaamerica7050 lemond another hero and class act , one of Sean’s biggest disappointments was losing the sprint to Lemond that day . I think he was under geared too . Of all the riders who deserved to wear the world champion jersey it was Sean
The face of Sean getting the bronze medal that day . It meant nothing . He wanted gold
@@brody5211 I remember him saying he mistakenly relied on a 13 rather than a 12.
Had that Mavic rear derailler on my first race bike back in the day. I was quite proud of it. Great to see in on a bike.
Any older cyclist would be proud just to be still riding a bike at Sean's age.....I know....I'm 60 and still glad! Great video! DD
That "old" bike is a beauty...
Still love The King 👑
What a bike rider he was and still is 💪
Take about 1/32-1/16" off the pads on a belt sander they get dry and will work much better after reconditioning the brake surface.
I can’t get enough vintage content. Keep it up!!!!! Ollie needs to do an eddy mercx era cobbled classic next!!!
Awesome video! I grew up watching Sean Kelly and Stephan Roche.
Sean will play with whomever wants to ride , chapeau
What a great video; the King still killing the finishes.
so awesome to Seans win, again :-)
Sean Kelly, thats what a real hard man looks like. Such a nice guy too.
This was a ton of fun, and my scalp hurts looking at that old helmet on Ollie. Woof.
This was well done and fun. You and Sean are sports! Excellent!!!
Great video for the nostalgic folks like me. Kelly still has it, but, Ollie, a jersey your size or some beef on those arms are in need...
olly is a brilliant presenter. Entertaining, self effacing, modest and witty. Very entertaining
Super Video. Anything with Sean in it, usually is.
We will never see the likes of Kelly again so happy to have been around to experience this Eireann go bragh!
That is video gold. Thank you for creating!
Our pleasure!
Sean is an inspiration 🙌!
This is when I got into cycling and watching the tours. The two Seans, Roche and Kelly, Abu etc. great stuff. Was it ‘92, the last stage time trial, Fignon and the Yank. I remember seeing the disc wheel of Fignon and thinking, ‘that’s gonna cost you the race’. (Crosswind)
1989
Looked like a lot of fun. Thanks!
Certainly was - thanks Kyle!
My first racing bike was the 85 Trek pink 770!! With mavic arrow rims and Campy super record!! It was a awesome bike and i ride a Trek to this day i am old school and have a sweet upgraded trek 4.9 madone with with new Dura Ace!!! No electronics for me!!
Amazing that Kelly pulled off this win in 1992 at the age of 35 -- back in the days where athletes had shorter careers due to different medicine, training, diet, etc. I think the equivalent today would be a 40 year old (or thereabouts) winning -- which is probably never going to happen. He will always be one of the greatest in an era of greats.
Oh no Ollie got dropped...again chapeau to Ollie for riding the vintage Vitus and especially to Sean who still has it.
Great video - and amazing to see the king still taking risks moving out to the other side of the road to take the corners! My only sadness is I’ve waited a year to get a Vitesse Evo 105. Never in stock and now they’re discontinued 😢
Very cool video! You raced a hero of my generation.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Well done Ollie. Brilliant video.
Glad you enjoyed it!