The Final Decision - Crowning Cycling's Next Superstars | Zwift Academy Finals 2021 Ep 5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- It's the last day of the Zwift Academy Finals and just six riders remain. For the final challenge, finalists will have to battle it out in the race arena, tackling some of Zwift's toughest climbs in their last chance to impress the Team Judges. The life changing pro team contracts at Alpecin-Fenix and CANYON//SRAM are within touching distance, but only two finalists will walk away victorious. It all comes down to this! #zwiftacademy
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Did you expect the winners!?
I was rooting for all of them.
Rooting for Bermuda but wondering if canyon sram will offer Maud a non minimum multiyear deal.
What brand of knives sponsored GCN when you stabbed Sam in the back like that?
Yep, called them both after ep. 1
yes both so cute, happy they won
I really enjoyed this short series, more than I thought I would. They really know how to put these things together at GCN and even though all the corporate stuff is there it still feels real. Dan and Si are exceptional presenters.
We loved watching it too! Dan and Si always guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Don't worry Si...we don't think you're a stalker 🤣
Samuel Hill, you might not be the best climber, but you're the Filippo Ganna kind of rider. I think you deserve a pro contract too.
His climbing was quite good as well! Maybe a Rohan Dennis!
There is a pretty good chance he and Copper would be also picked up by a Pro Conti team at least.
I think all top 3 will be contacted shortly by pro teams!
I agree, but recently viewing his social media platforms he is one sore looser and did not gracefully accept he did not receive a pro contract.. His attitude will hinder him from getting a pro contract with future teams.
@@zwtvchannel I think telling the story this way is a little biased as well. He won nearly all of the challenges and again and again he was neglected by the coaches even after time trialing away from all the others as a bunch...
if they dont need/want a diesel-type rider why even invite him?
Maud is freakishly talented. And also seemed to be the most relaxed rider too which is a great combo. Excited to see her rise through the ranks.
Can we get a hill climb race with Maud and Ollie??? Please GCN?
Why make a fool out of Ollie again? Poor lad
@@filipdenijs1997 having a teenage girl drop Ollie. Id pay a GCN+ sub for that!
@@bujang3022 a teenage girl who will be a future world champ isn’t too bad… Maud is just a stratospheric talent
Time to start a 'Drop Ollie' reel, @GCN
Much respect to Caitlan as she is like a mother figure to all of the younger kids. She is also a real powerhouse on the bike.
Yup it was heartwarming to see how happy she was for Maud ❤️
Congratulations to Alex and Maud! Maud is an incredible talent- she has everything: physiology, race craft, and incredible pain threshold
Would be really lovely to see in a retrospective of one year how the winners performed in the pro-teams, what goals were set and achieved. GCN pretty please 🙏
I mostly avoid reality programming, but I was hooked here. I liked Alex from the beginning. Just something about the guy. His attitude throughout the week was great, and he turned out to be very tactically smart. I was pulling for Caitlin, but Maud’s skills and natural talent were just so impressive. Excellent series.
Well done GCN for helping to put this together. Was eagerly anticipating each episode.
I can only repeat what the other comments already mentioned. Two incredibly talented riders! And this show was epic to watch - every day I looked forward to the next episode. Did not experience anything like that on youtube before!
Si's statement about him being emotional invested says it all.
I want to see Sam as a stagiaire for Quickstep next year and learn from the tractor Tim Declerq himself
Quickstep doesn’t need two tractors.
@@Stevenafoe Not for one race, but it's a squad of 30 riders who are frequently riding in two or three races simultaneously. Surely Tim Declercq can't be in multiple races at the same time?
It was clear to see who they wanted to win, the joy on the judges faces at seeing Alex win, words like "confirming", whereas with Sam words like "abuse of power". Can't deny Alex did great but they clearly had a particular rider in mind.
They never wanted Sam from the beginning. Shame. Hope another team needs a leadout, or just a powerhouse to close gaps, dude's a machine
True, I really like Alex and Cooper but Sam was the best in my opinion.
Yeah, they surely were searching for a certain type of rider
Sam is a bit of a panzerwagen, but if that is not what they are looking for he had no chance. Also Alex seems to have gotten better over the days while the others got worse.
@@tupolev141 Alex was the best climber and the last two days were just that, climbing. So it was not surprising he improved as the competition progressed. I've ridden the Zwift KOM to the Radio Tower several times and it is a bone-crushing climbing route. Perfect for Alex. Absolutely perfect. Having said that, I liked Alex as a rider and competitor. There are things I would have changed about how the competition was set up. But I don't say that to take away from what Alex accomplished. All these young people were brilliant!
#justiceforsam
Imagine if Sam had beaten Alex on the final round. I think the Alpecin Fenix guys would still have selected Alex but would have had an awkward time justifying it.
I think they were looking for a trend guy, bit funky, mullet hairstyle… Sam is massive big rouleur i am sure… but not blingbling for the show unfortunately
It's not hard to justify at all. Alex is 19 and already better than Sam. Teams look for potential and not Zwift racers. Also his descending would have been reason enough to not consider him.
@@eteokles3 could not agree more!
Very simple really. Sam, nice guy, extremely strong but mostly one tactic of going flat out. Thats not going to work as a domestique and even worse was his bike handling, this is what would have put the coaches of most as he would get dropped in peleton on the simplest of descents even when they are coasting down. Alex produced good stats, has all round ability and at 19 he will develop even more, he is a punchy rider and can see he has race craft also. I really dont see the issue here. I would also have picked Cooper way before Sam as he is very strong, fast and very determined and lot to offer a team, unfortunately this challenge is geared to be more for all rounder and not for sprinter type riders. Only was a sprinter type would win is if they beat Merlier in the lead out challenge lol
@@0ldw3lshm4n I know for a fact that the team is not looking for any sprinter/leadout riders. They desperately need climbers/gc guys for the coming years.
Keep your head up Sam, you impressed this old racer. But Maude stole the show.what a talent. Enjoyed her looking around checking the others suffering. Will have to start watching women's racing!
Just shows how far hill reps in Nijmegen can get you! Congrats Maud! Plus congrats to a new flying mullet in the peloton with Alex. And congrats to the GCN team - I thought this entire series was top notch viewing!
Seriously one of the finest contents that I've seen on not only GCN, but entire TH-cam in recent years. Corporate sponsorships don't really bug me at this level of quality production. Awesome job.
There's gotta be a big shout out to Chris Miller and NERO racing in Oz. To have one NERO rider win it last year and two in the final this year speaks volumes to what Chris and Co are doing and also to the talent pool down under. Well done to Chris and all NERO riders.
@Jay Bonner I get that, obviously, but he's gotta be doing something right to recruit said talent and nurture to this point.
Maud: "I didn't see it coming, I wasn't expecting it."
Us: "It's ok, Maud, *WE ALL DID*, even the other Zwifters." 😂
Absolutely wonderful achievements. Both Alex (come on Aussies!) and Maud are very genuine, likeable, and cool people. And once again, like so many of the new generation coming up, there physical capabilities (already showing WT numbers -- Alex doing the same time as Yates!!) as well as race craft seems way beyond their teenage years.
Alex is going to join Jay V, MVdP, and the A-F squad. Wow. Maud is going to be in heaven too :-)
Very happy for them.
No doubt the winners deserve it however I would love to see the others continue on. Particularly Sam. He’s a beast with courage.
First up, hearty congratulations to the winners. Both deserved it and at such a young age, they will only get better. Maud is an alien!😅
I can understand that they are professionals and have spotted, picked and trained great riders, but god were the Alpecin guys negative about Sam. Alex was great and probably deserved to win. But even when they had something positive to say about Cooper including giving him excuses like "He's only a sprinter", they couldn't say ONE good thing about Sam. Always the same broken tape recorder "Diesel engine, Holding steady power for long time is useless,Abuse power". Seriously? Not one good thing about a Zwift academy finalist amongst 150,000 people and having won 2 races and never finishing outside top2? Seriously? They could have said "He's doing well, but he's not somebody we are looking for at the moment". But not a single compliment? That was absolutely pathetic.
*Rant over and out* 🤣
They really had it out for him, very odd to see
I am totally ok on criticizing his descending skills or for the skills he lacks, but it just irritated me to see them constantly harping on the same things!
PS: I read somewhere that his brakes were setup the European way on his bike, which he is not used to and thus, probably compounded his descending problems.
Well, Mr.Roodhooft doesn’t give a shit about your opinion 😂
@@Godshand2 Funny you should say that, because anybody with an ounce of common sense wouldn't be expecting him to. He is the right man and that is why he has the job of picking the right guy for the team. 😂
@@kashyapsrisha Wow if they really didn’t swap the brakes that would have been a significant issue for all the Australians
One of the best show of strength, passion and determination I have seen for a long time.
I finally watched all these episodes and I was super impressed by it. This is television network quality entertainment! Very well done!!
Glad you enjoyed watching it as much as we did making it!
After the 1st video I wrote down Alex and Maude! Strategy and stamina showed right away. Absolutely loved this series and best of luck to all of the riders.
Same mate. I was so happy I was right. They deserved it so so much. Cant wait to see them race next year, knowing their story. It will be great!
Alex has been my favorite since the start. Not because of his cycling. He's just so funny. I didn't foresee him getting a contract as I just thought Sam Hill was the obvious choice! Fair play and hope to see him in the 2022 seasons big races! Will be watching out for mullet lord
@Free T how so? You disagree with the decision made by alpecin? You obviously know better
@Free T lol I don't think it's so bad for Sam. He has been on the spotlight. Some other team is definately gonna pick him up. It's kinda like how 2nd place in American idol is sometimes the best off
@Free T they didn’t place the brakes backward. It’s factory standard in europe. You have it backward. Btw zwift doesn’t need braking. Alex won, also as (race) personality. provide evidence sam was cheated, or just shut the lies up.
The judges were pretty hard on Sam but they’d probably already identified a weakness in their team before the competition began and wanted to fill the gap with a suitable talent. Sam is a super strong rider but ultimately, I don’t think he had the right attributes to fill the place in the team.
@Free T I agree it was close. I thought Sam did better consistently but the last day was clear. As for "Alex sucked" that's obviously a ridiculous thing to say. To me, he seems just like a young Sagan. Love him or hate him he's a great rider.
Maud really deserve it. Holy cow.
Smashed it GCN! Felt like a cycling xfactor show. Could watch this all day, thrilling and brilliantly put together. Well done to the winners!
Congratulations on a fantastic series guys. Breaks new boundaries. Perfect combination of drama, production, real life and virtual. And I am sure this was a learning experience too in what it means to become a pro. The power numbers are critical, but there is so much more needed, session after session, day after day. It’s not just about one effort and one number
@Maud all the way.
Salute to her, being so strong and calculating at that age.
Greets
I haven't been feeling as engaged by GCN content for a while now (it's good regardless), but this series has gotten me all sorts of excited. I was setting alarms to get up in the morning to watch premieres. I never do that! Thank you GCN!
It was a little anticlimactic as youth walks away with it again (I'm getting old at 37), but still amazing to see just how deep the winners could go.
GCN I really appreciated the in-depth analysis/interviews and knowledge you gleaned from the judges. It was more impressive than watching professional biking since we knew each rider and getting judges' thoughts along the way (wish they would give a little more info though to help us riders know how we can improve). Outstanding presentation and also thanks for making us feel like a biking family.
Great series. Not to take away from that, and I mean this as a compliment, you guys have the ability to make it even better. In short, a little more detail would have been great. Felt a little rushed, longer episodes would be my vote. More biographical info in interview material of the riders would help us remember who is who, (not a problem by the end, but a little confusing early on). And a personal opinion: we know the emphasis is on Zwift and all, but more content from the road would be very relevant. Great series though, loved it, looking forward to more like it.
Personally I wasn't interested in their bio info that much. I was for the racing. So for me it was balanced ok.
Understand it’s sponsored by Zwift, but agree. More road content is probably more relevant. You don’t get any power ups in real life!
Congrats to Maud and Alex. What an absolute beast Maud was the whole week. Alex really developed in good time.
Also loved Caitlin’s energy. Good luck to all the finalists.
Awesome job Si & Dan.
Fantastic 5 days, will love to see how Maud and Alex do next year in the Pro Peloton! All the best to them, congratulations!!!
5 days of brilliant entertainment. Congratulations to everyone, such great competitors. Superb final, my heart was pounding as fast as Maud's.
Loved Zwift academy please keep doing these. If possible would love seasons and more episodes. PLEASE!
GCN is genuinely the best on TH-cam! Great stuff 👍🏼👌🏽👏🏻👏🏻
Other teams should benefit from what they are seeing in the quality of the field of young competitors. Make a cheeky offer of a contract to those who are unlucky enough to miss out. Just saying.
Yeah, there's no reason some other team can't step up and say, "Hey Cooper, gotta second?"
I think Cooper is the only one that would have a chance at a contract. Rachel needs more development, Caitlin unfortunately got into cycling 5 years too late, and Sam lacks tactical awareness and repeated efforts.
@@nucklehead99 Cooper was not tested on his terrain, as coaches mentioned. On punchy parcours he could be force to reckon.
@@jean-jacqueslavigne3109 thats why I think he could get a contract. His skills just didnt line up with the rides they did.
@@nucklehead99 Tactics can be taught to some extent, and while AF was not looking for a diesel many GC teams rely on them Heavily. It is not a co incidence that JV and Sky regarded Luke Rowe and Tony Martin as corner stones to their GC teams
Really enjoyed watching this, great to see these talented riders tackling the same courses on Zwift as us mere mortals!
So happy for both Alex & Moud, well deserved!
The best reality show ever! Looking forward to more seasons.
Production values were brilliant this year. Great job GCN and Zwift
Hats off to your production team, come a long way since ep1👍
One day 2, I already had the idea it’s Mauds contest to lose. Her level is just a couple of steps above the others. Great effort especially from Caitlin but putting that output on the last day at max 198bpm, it’s amazing
Just from the perspective of an old, wrinkly cyclist it is wonderful to see opportunities extended to youngsters who commit so much of themselves to their sport. Kudos to all of them and their futures, in and out of of cycling.
I need to know if Si finally got to hang out with MVDP!!
Great series, I’m very happy for the winners and I hope that other finalists will be noticed as well and maybe some of them will be picked up by other teams.
Congratulations to the winners, now the hard work really starts, GCN what a great series, seriously world class production. See you next year.
Greatly impressed by Maud's performance. Looks we have a new competitor to continue the Dutch dominance in cycling! (no pressure or anything... ;-) )
Congratulations to Alex and Maud. Looking forward to following you both! That was really cool having the final effort up the Epic KOM to the radio tower. I've done that climb many times at home on my trainer.
I hope Sam ‘the tractor’ gets a contract somewhere else!
What a talented group of riders, and lovely people as well. Thank you to Zwift for doing this and GCN for covering it. I think it would have been better, however, with less of the "Reality TV" aspects. Clearly I'm in the minority on this (I took a brief look through the comments), but I think the riders were under enough pressure already without having to only learn that there would be an elimination until shortly before it happened for example. But I'm old and crabby (well into the "Get off my lawn" part of my life), so maybe it's just me.
“I THINK ITS CLEAR”
Great series, well put together. And now Matthieu can at last get an escape from Si! 😂
I absolutely lived the emotions and the efforts with these 10 finalists. I was gutted for each of them in the eliminations. I was cheering on all six at the end. All 10 are inspirations. Congratulations, Maud and Alex! Chapeau to all 10! What an amazing five days of vicarious living through them!
Wow great going Maud
Unless there's a pro team for 50+ year olds I think I've left it to late to go pro but what a cracking series by GCN and an amazing programme by Zwift. Massive kudos all round but especially to the finalists and the totally awesome winners. Chapeau!
Great series, well done to all. Would be nice to follow up with the new pros at regular intervals next season to see their progression.
We hadn't seen Maud go deep all week, and I wanted to see her go all out.
What a rider, can't wait to see what she can do at the top level 🔥
did i just hear than only the winners walk away with their bikes???? all the finalists should keep those bikes
They're like $15k, no way they should keep them
Fingers crossed for Caitlin!
Great series. Do more of these!!
My guess is Maud and Cooper. Mullet is too raw. Sam is excellent but Cooper is trainable for the future. Maud is just in a different league to the order ladies, so how can it not be her ?
I fully agree about Maud. But it could still be Sam.
@@alinapopescu872 that is the big question Sam or Cooper ….. 🤔
@@79devo Indeed.
@@79devo And it was... Alex 😀
@@alinapopescu872 yep. So fast, so young. I know nothing 😁
Very exciting series! Incredible effort by all the riders. Happy for the young ones and look forward to seeing their progress next year. Also, well done to "Si-n-I" (as spoken by Dan), a killer news team.
This series was so damn good. Also I appreciate the great edit! I really got nervous for the young rides. Very impressive efforts of all the finalists!
Thank you for entertaining, this was awesome :D
Wow!! Brilliant efforts and really entertaining finals.
Excellent series thoroughly enjoyed it. Good luck to the winners!
Great great stuff once again GCN and ZWIFT! Congrats to the well deserved winners💪🏻 very entertaining!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This was by far the most exciting what GCN has ever made. I follow them for many years but there is no doubt that the Zwift series are next level to what they ever made. Better than Game of thrones or Braking Bad or anything recently! :D Well done guys! Keep up the good work!
You got me at: "Braking Bad". LOL. Made me remember how Sam's brakes were setup wrong. LOL
The show was fantastic. Really enjoyed watching day after day. Great analysis. Congratulations to all who made it and to the winners of course. Headed to the trainer now!!
Fantastic show.Well done all finalists.The numbers are world class.Simon and Dan brilliant as usual.
Say hello to the new Anna vd Breggen
This year has been difficult for me. Feel crippled with depression. On one side I ticked off my first 200 mile ride. But then the blockades I cant seem to get over have seen me not ride my bike very much at all. Not been interested in watching racing or anything to do with cycling. But really enjoyed watching this and inspiring to ride again. Gcn seems to be a good safety net for me and helps me bounce back. Thank you.
Thanks Christopher, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope that you feel better soon. Dan
Glad I’m in the States and don’t have to wait all-day to watch, comes on at 10:00 am here.
Wasn’t too bad waiting all day today as the cross was on sadly no MVDP though.
I really love this content! It's so well done and the competitive talent is exceptional! Something I would love to see is a review of what happened to past winners and losers. What happens to the winners in their pro careers? Do any of the past losers become pros or Olympic athletes or something...?
This was a great series to watch and congrats to all the cyclists for making it to the finals. I thought it would be Cooper and Maud, so I was half right.
Chapeau GCN.
What a super series. Thank you.
This was great and well done! Hope this returns next season and hopefully other series like it.
Loved these finals. Only thing that annoyed me was the unnecessarily long pauses when announcing who is to go home or who is the winner. “The person going home is………………………yawn, pan the anxious faces……………..X” Bad reality TV habit and unfair on the contestants IMVHO
Does someone know if their Zwift power button are commercially available?
What an amazing competition and what amazing young people. The future of cycling, in fact the future of society is secure if these ten incredible individuals are representative. Congratulations Maud and Alex and as for the remaining 8, I have no doubt that you will all be successful too.
Easy decision for the judges in the end. Amazing battle and series though, chapeau to all 👏
Alex was great, but from day 1 the coaches had it out for Sam . Couldn't ever even compliment his performances
Gotta wonder why they even had Sam in the final 5 then. Alpecin chose the finalists, right? I did appreciate Sam's efforts, and hope he can polish his craft enough to make it as a pro.
The ladies are a little more relatable but these numbers are still ridiculous. Great stuff!
The kids won... Alex and Maud are deserving winners.... Youth power in display.... both are very promising cyclists..... kudos to GCN anz zwift on this reality show
Absolutely brilliant GCN, that was fantastic. Looking forward to see how the winners career's progress.
What an amazing opportunity for the riders.
Huge congratulations to Alex and Maud 🥇🎉🎉
Sam should try and be a pro gravel racer with that low cadence diesel engine style of riding he would do well in my opinion.
That's not a bad idea.
After reading all the comments I’m getting a feeling everyone loves Maud!!!🤗
F* YEA! Mullet man got it! Was cheering for him 🙏🏼🤩
Man Cooper looks so fresh after that first climb
Congrats to Maud and Alex
Been super all very friendly contestants liked all of them
Are the racers wearing continuous glucometer devices on their triceps? Are coaches using that data? CGM data usage in endurance sports would be an interesting video/topic for GCN does science.
Yes they were and the data was being monitored, so the show didn’t cover everything that was going on
Just a great series of videos. Better than any reality tv show on conventional tv channels. Can’t wait to see Alex and Maud racing. The way Maud looks across and calculates in the Zwift races is next level.
A superbly enjoyable series with two very clear and worthy winners. All the competitors seemed a genuinely nice bunch as did the team directors. Extra kudos to MVDP for being a top bloke!
New Training Idea: every time someone says „two of them will go home as professional cyclists“, do a maximum effort until a mallorcan panorama is shown. Rinse and repeat.
Massive Respect to All 10 of the Final Cyclists - Chapeau. I did call it that Maud & Alex would win the Pro Contracts - Kudos. Well done to GCN, Apelchin Fenix and Canyon Sram and Zwift 🚴😁🚴♀️👍🚴♀️
They really did sabotage any chance for Sam to win. They did the diesel dirty. What a shame. Alex is no slouch but the dude sat in on all the efforts and didn't stand out at all.
Somebody who loses 30 sec to a min. in a descend is never getting a contract. Besides power you also have to be able to drive a bike.
@@Whistler4u Sam literally commented on yesterday's video that his brakes were switched from Aussie to Euro-style, he braked with the wrong lever, and that that bit was purposefully cut from the video.
@@n8toriousplaya I think it was already in ep. 1 that Roodhooft said Sam couldn't take corners. He's just a bad bike handler. If you know anything about cycling you would see for yourself.
@@Whistler4u I know more about cycling than you when I see that the heaviest guy is still putting out 5+ w/kg in all these climbing-intensive efforts and LITERALLY dropped everyone in the Zwift Richmond race. But oh no He DiDnT gO dOwN tHe HiLl vErY goOd tHaT oNe tImE lmao like stay in cat 7 buddy.
@@n8toriousplaya Zwift is not cycling. Gaining time in the climb doesn't mean a thing when you lose it downhill. btw I worked in pro-cycling for almost 6 years so I kinda know....
Alex will win. He has so much so grow. Sam is better now but will reach his twilight too quickly.
Gutted for Sam he probably would've been my pick. Needs to sharpen the racecraft and learn to sit in and make the other riders work. He led from the front too much. Well done Alex and Maud 💪