A Day In The Life Of A Professional Track Cyclist
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- Manon went to Mallorca to spend a day with her ex-teammate and close friend, Emily Kay, an Irish pro cyclist who competes in the UCI Track Champions League. From preparing for the day ahead to the evening’s racing action, find out what it’s like to be a rider who races at the highest level of the sport we all love!
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00:00 Intro
00:36 What is the Track Champions League?
01:11 Plan for the day
01:52 Packing race bag
03:27 Breakfast
04:28 How did you get into cycling?
05:33 Heading to the track
05:55 Bike setup
06:43 Warm up
08:12 Group photo
08:40 Race schedule
09:34 1 hour until the first race
10:37 Final preparations
11:40 Scratch race
14:20 Scratch race reaction
15:21 Elimination race
18:53 Elimination race reaction
20:02 Summary
20:46 Outro
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Do you want to see more ‘a day in the life’ videos with other riders?
Yes please ❤
Yes
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Would be great with series of "A day in the life of" where Manon forces pros to spend the day with her! Whether they like it or not!!
Hahaha not sure how many takers we'd get for that 😂
@@gcn Technically you don't need takers since they won't have any choice anyway!😄
I suggest "A day in the life of Pogi" could be more fun! for her and for us!
I love how pro track riders can just sit on the rollers like that, looking casual and comfortable like it's really nothing at all. Emily was great, and Manon you're an awesome host! Long live track cycling! 🚴♀👍😁
Pretty impressive stuff right? Did you ever catch us giving the track a go 👉 czcams.com/video/SRnmBfdJMLY/video.html
Manon, "I'll do some commentary"... "COME ON EMILY".... "COME ON EMILY".... 😂🤣Dan has nothing to worry about!
Between this video with Emily, and Hank's video with the fans, I am a bit shocked with how much I love the personalized method of these videos - meeting of cyclists who aren't regular presenters, seeing and learning about new things. Thank you Emily, Manon and GCN crew.
A nice casual way to get a look into a part of the sport that I'm relatively clueless about other than the stuff I've seen on GCN. Compliments to those involved in making this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fave GCN video in some time! This needs to become a series, perhaps following Emily through the season if she's willing!
Sounds like a great idea 🙌
Manon and the Track Champions League? 😍
Let's go!!!
That was really entertaining Manon.
Well done!
Loved it ❤️. Thank you so much
Glad you enjoyed it!
Much needed video. Recently transitioned to sprint only. Being an endurance nut head for 2 years. Being on bike ridiculous for hours. Killing fast twitch muscle. Wrecking havoc in my digestion with sugar spikes. I have developed huge quads and killed strava segments on most occasion. If you are a high tempered guy. Sprint is for you.
I appreciate the insight into track racing. Thanks Manon.
Are you watching the track champions league? 👀
Great peek into pro track cycling! Also Manon has learned what I have known a long time. never offer your help until you'r sure there is nothing left to do :-)
I love these videos where you get a look behind the scenes. Track cycling is so cool and entertaining👍
Thanks Martin! If you like track content we have loads more including this video wit GMBN! czcams.com/video/peM1RJqqQKk/video.html
Fun video. It's been really good to watch the progress of Emily over the years. I remember when she was stamping her authority on the Future Stars events at the (sadly now defunct) Revolution Series. It's great to see her up their tussling in the elite events now.
Thanks to both of you, excellent insights.
Enjoyed this. Good to see it on a personal level 👌👌👌👌
Happy to give you a view behind the scenes 👀
Great video, well done Emily, Manon, cracking job as host and commentator. Definitely want to see more of these kind of videos
Did you catch out beginner giving track a go 👉 czcams.com/video/SRnmBfdJMLY/video.html
Really brilliant! Loved this video, absolutely should be a series!
Thanks! If you liked that, check out our film 'Velodrome' on GCN+ gcn.eu/velodrome
Great vid Manon & co.
Very impressive Emily, that looked tough, absolutely no mercy in that elimination event.
It's tough tough racing 🥵
Race day, awesome 😊 This is what trackies live for ✅ but maybe you need to mention the other 20+ days of hard training on the track, in the gym and stretching then the travelling. Absolute dedication required 👏
So good to see some quality track content! Never had the opportunity to ride track but I'd love to do it.
Good show never seen an enclosed velodrome race, looks like fun.
Never saw the appeal of track til Mannon. I love how much she loves it! Infectious.
I don't normally leave comments on CZcams but I felt that I should after watching this video. I have never been into track cycling, nor have I ever watched a track race. I found it super interesting to learn about though! This video makes me want to try the discipline for myself!
Great, just great. PLZ more of it 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Cheers Manon, really enjoyed this one, your converting me ☘☘👍👍
Have you been watching the track champions league 👀
Best GCN content in a very long time
Manon's excitement is infectious! :)
She's a great host 🙌
It's mad my heart rate goes up watching track cycling as if racing myself because you know what it's like
loved this. so interesting!x
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video. Very interesting.
These two are adorable. Manon is like an eager puppy. Emily is like a aloof cat. Aloof but still sweet. Adorable, these two. Like a flipping Disney cartoon :)
I own on DVD a very interesting documentary on the History of the 6 Day race in Berlin. How it has changed over the years.
Enjoyed the vid Manon. Stairwells can offer a pretty good interview spot in a noisey arena.
Since I know nothing about track cycling, I learned a lot. Very interesting! 😀
Glad to help!
Great video. Makes me want to upgrade my steel frame track bike to one of these speed demons.
More track! Hell yeah
Love awesome video massive thumbs up
Thanks Andy!
Great content with Emily,Manon!
Glad you enjoyed it! Did you see Manon coaching our beginner on the track 👉 czcams.com/video/SRnmBfdJMLY/video.html
Thanks for this insight Manon/GCN. Would like to see more of these.
Thanks Ethan! Which pro would you like to see in a future video?
@@gcn Perhaps on a Grand Tour.
It was awesome watching you follow and cheer for your friend. Really wholesome video! 😊 And in the end I learnt more about track cycling and it's actually more interesting and complex than I thought.
Which lead me to wondering, why would they change the gear they use on each race day? Don't they have a gear they are comfortable/best on that they'd use all the time, until they "progress"?
Gearing can be different between races. A sprint race you will want to push a much larger gear than if it's an endurance event! Have you been watching the track champions league 👀
Thanks good stuff. Please, more track cycling content.
Thanks Richard! Give this video we made a year ago a watch czcams.com/video/0_p3WoRRUZM/video.html
This is so amazing I'm inspired to buy a bicycle
Yes, this is fantastic
yes more of these video but we need a tech from Ollie breaking down here bike that looked bad ass all the front wheels narrow handle bars cool keep it up Thanks now off to ride
More track content please. Been watching track videos from the Caribbean. Maybe was watching the next Nicholas Paul! Amber Joseph is amazing.
Give this video a watch where we take on Olympic track champion Ed Clancy! czcams.com/video/0_p3WoRRUZM/video.html
I would be interested in a comparison of race disciplines for training and diet. I'm assuming that watts/kg is important for all but the breakfast was interesting after watching an interview with Jay Vine where he seemed to obsess about every calorie. How much does WVA change his diet and training for TDF vs cyclocross? Thanks for the informative video. I really don't know anything about track cycling. Cheers.
I definitely agree that comparing disciplines would be interesting! in general however, the couple of grams you might save by eating a smaller breakfast A) is only really important when the road goes uphill, and B) plays into a much bigger and longer-term diet plan. Having the extra piece of cake on race day is not what's going to determine the outcome.
While athletes at the absolute pinnacle of the sport may very well be obsessive about every last bite, I think you'd find the vast majority are pretty flexible - the main goal will be consuming enough carbohydrates to keep up with their training 😉🥐
That's a great video idea!
Watts/kg is not at all important for track cycing. It's a bit of an overrated stat, it's not the end all, be all in cycling. It's only really important on steep or long climbs, which there are, of course, none in a velodrome.
On the flat watts/cda is far more important, but obviously it depends on speciality which energy systems and muscle groups are crucial.
A sprinter who uses pretty much does only vO2 max must be muscular like a weightlifter. There is a great interview with Chris Hoy (I think on Rouleur) where he explains what goes into making a sprinter an Olympic champion.
this would be a good series with different pros!
It would be great to have a look on a normal training day. It was nice to have a look at the race but it was not too busy outside of the race.
A Day In The Life Of... is a great idea GCN! 😀👍
Maybe sometime in the future Dan will be guest in a GCN version of This Is Your Life! 😁
Manon is such a lovely presenter! Such a cutie when just walking around, but get her on the bike... whoah!!!!!! Look out!!!!
I never thought Manon could be creepy, but 0:24…. “Psst-mornin’!” 😂
Well it depends who's doin the Psst-ing and in this case I wouldn't mind at all. 😏
Would love to have a video, one day on the life of Manon 🤔👍
More track? Yes, please! Oh, and fixed gear riding in general--not necessarily the urban fixie scene, although that's okay, but fixed gear bikepacking/touring, "adventure" riding, gravel. You know, all the things we do on fixed gear bikes :o)
If you're interested in more track content, check out our documentary, Velodrome on GCN+ gcn.eu/velodrome
@@gcn Yep, that is a great documentary--I've watched it a few times. And I love the TCL coverage, too! But, really, you can't have too much track ;-)
Manon is ethereal.
Could I please get the name of the cafe you ate at? Food looked amazing
Really interesting.
Thanks Ross! Have you seen our Velodrome film on GCN+? gcn.eu/velodrome
Great video. Nice work Manon. Really enjoyed this.Thanks.
Thanks Peter!
Great video 🙌🏽 it would be really cool to see videos where you interview track cyclists on race strategy for each of the race types.
Good stuff my lady's. Keepemcoming
Yes, by all means. Good to see something different.
Been there in Berlin. First time in the velodrome. Gosh, this is quite some fun watching.
Highlights from my point of view: Elimination.
Nice one! It's such a great spectator sport, great to hear you've been enjoying the track champions league!
pulse meter with aliexpress from coospo I also have only on hand)
Santa is not real, Cinderella is! 2:29
Thank you for the video.
How narrow are the handlebars! Wow!
Great job Manon. It was a nice relaxed insight into the sport
Glad we could help, Did you see us take on the velodrome recently 👉 czcams.com/video/SRnmBfdJMLY/video.html
I can never understand 'races' where riders, runners or evn drivers do not startfrom a common line as in running sprint races. The riders etc. at the back have a considerable extra distancfe to travel to the finish line.If for example the rider at the very back at the start finishes second just a couple of metres behind the winner they will have done the race length in a quicker time but still not won.
Yay :)
If you are from Melbourne Brunswick Cycling Club Tuesday and Thursday Night
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Is there G T C N channel?
Not yet. Would you like more track content? How about this video 👉 czcams.com/video/SRnmBfdJMLY/video.html
Looks and sounds like Dakota Fanning.
Can someone scrawl an E into the "Surry Hills" sign please? Otherwise the commuters from London will have to stage a protest on Box Hill...
Manon is a very good race commentator, but I can't help but think, she could have donned the lycra and showed them how to do it.
Could we see a "Day in the Life" of a track commissaire? I'd love to know how they decide not to eliminate a rider who's last over the line. Twice.
Great video Mark. Based on no evidence whatsoever I wonder if your max wattage would have been higher if you weren’t on the rocker plate? Pushing against a solid base, equal and opposite and all that…
Where do track cyclists buy jeans?
Pls pass this on to your mate. It's a 5 min job to replace the cushions on your headphones.
How about do a series on how much a pro rider makes ? U can do one from different levels of the sport all the way up to the elites
Those were some raggedy headphones
So glad to see you ask a female track pro to front this video. Not enough gender representation by GCN at all
they gave them a $30 coospoo hrm 💀
Is that a fridge compressor to pump the tyres of a Professional Track Cyclist???
Professional or government supported?
Puck Pieterse
Manon at least not drink to mush mineral water😀.
I am the fifth one to comment on this video
And I'm the umpteenth person not to care..
Oh, that Oirish brogue is almost as rich as Conor's!
A pretty naive statement
@@ViveSemelBeneVivere I'm a 200% Plastic Paddy so comments like yours are water off a beaver's back.
What I can say, being an Irish pensioner having lived and worked in Co Cork is that there is considerable scepticism in Ireland regarding sports people from "the diaspora" claiming Irish nationality and qualifying for Irish teams.
Many such, living particularly in the UK declare for Ireland as they wouldn't have a hope in Hell of making the GB squads.
Italia 90, anyone?
But seriously, this makes it far harder for home grown Irish athletes to represent the country.
Finally, this is a subject that is rarely openly discussed.
@@Ystadcop that's one way to look at it, albeit a negative way. A positive way to look at it is it fast-tracks emergence of Irish interest and representation in sports where before there wasn't representation or even the willpower to invest in these sports to make Irish representation even possible. As for quote "claiming Irish nationality" sounds like you want to deny their legislated right to do so but take that up with the Irish gov, not me.
@@ViveSemelBeneVivere Of course, you are right, a very valid viewpoint.
However, (sorry), just a few years ago I spent some time with an Irish "pro" although I use the term quite loosely.
She told me that in her development squad (sorry, I can't remember the precise number but 15ish comes to mind) she was the only member raised in Ireland, and with 2 Irish parents.
Something is wrong with flags of convenience.
I'm bored again.
Strange that you compete as a GB rider at senior level and go to the Commonwealth Games as English, but now Irish.🤦🏻♂️
I’m interested in what the definition of pro status is, getting paid minimum wage or just living expenses
If she is Irish why does she sound English 🤔
💡There can be a variety of reasons one can be Irish with an English accent, most common reason is Irish parents who moved to work there.
Road in the same GB squad as Manon and represented England at the Commonwealth Games 🤦🏻♂️
@@TheTrev53 Do they lump in N. Ireland with Republic or something? Seems super weird
@@alexandersnider734
Not sure. I know the north used to come under Ulster for youth and junior, but if you’ve road as a senior for England I don’t understand how you can ride for Team Ireland.
Josie Knight used to be on the Irish team but is now on the GB pursuit squad so it works both ways. Happens in a lot of sports if one or both parents weren't born in the country they live in but their kids have been brought up there.
Here we go, another video for the 6 viewers of this channel who are track cyclists.
Track cycling is great 🙌We are here for all forms of cycling!
Sorry, but I did NOT see anything great in her! She is too blase! NOT very motivated! Very lackadaizical.
To be honest, I'm not that interested in track cycling, I'm here for Manon. 🙂
i wont be rude, i just want to know, some of pro track cyclist look a bit over weight, is it a thing or what is the case?
Yay :)